alt Hacker News> Gun Rocket also stands out as my most lucrative personal project.
> I tried to boot up Gun Rocket to play it. But it refused. No matter how hard I clicked the game would not open.
> After trying a few times I realize if the ship isn't moving for about 0.5 seconds it explodes. Has that bug existed all this time? Oh bother. I hope not!
Grinds my gears that the game has continued to be listed for sale on Steam with years-old negative reviews pointing out exactly these issues, but the developer still has the gall to act surprised about them.
Hi there! I'm Jack. I wrote this article and created Gun Rocket. I can add more on my particular point.
When Gun Rocket launched, it did ok (maybe $100s). It made me feel great, but nothing life-changing. Most of the money I made was selling the distribution rights to a publisher (low $1000s). Again made me feel good but nothing crazy. They made some changes like a splash screen ad that I did not like. When that contract term was up I focused on removing that garbage. Idk when the explosion bug was introduced, but the point is I was surprised and immensely frustrated when I found it because the history of this game left my care and came back.
I agree that this bug existing for a long time reflects terribly on me. I hope that fixing it late is better than never fixing it.