EQUUEST: Bad Management killed a Rising Star

[@YTRattle]

This video took a long time to make due to a few external factors. To be clear, yes, I do want to see every horse game succeed the purpose with this video is to make it clear that without a strong pilot at the helm, this game does not have a chance as it stands now. I don't know if they will find a coder for the same price, and I don't know if Shoe will disappear again, leaving the devs high and dry again A second project manager must be assigned to ensure the game can move forward. However, I do wish them the best.

[@aurered6387]

yayy excited news swem development kind of getting back has even posted roadmap on discord ;)

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Wag, jy's Afrikaans? Of praat Afrikaans? Hoe het ek nie die aksent geplaas nie! ei ek voel so dom nou

[@YTRattle]

Hey! Nee k is volbloed Afrikaans! Bly hier in Suid-Afrika my hele lewe lank al! XD Is jy ook hier aan die gat kant van die aarde?

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@YTRattle Selfde. En yep! En ook nog ook in die middel van nêrens. Ek hoop loadshedding is nie te erg nie by julle nie

[@aerkame]

It's a curse. Whatever pandorian forces SSO is using to keep other horse games down needs to be investigated.

[@YTRattle]

LOL Maybe Ydris is at the heart of all of this!!!

[@aurered6387]

this comment best xD

[@gothnerd887]

Interesting, so moons are lucky while horses are unlucky.

[@Shyhearted]

“We’re making a horse game.” Famous last words before disaster.

[@dxrk_lodges9902]

Accurate

[@voopu]

Horse games gotta be cursed, I have never in my life encountered a sub-genre in games that had that much drama in it. Thanks for covering it as always, Rattle ^^

[@DustyHoney]

Yandere games are also cursed.

[@adinosaur2708]

animal survival games too!

[@emilyplaysgamesstuwe5801]

@@adinosaur2708not really, only animalia I’d say.

[@ghoultooth]

Dragon games where you play as a dragon

[@sinfulpuritan3430]

That must mean a yandere game where you play as a dragon, survive, and ride horses must be the ultimate recipe for the most cursed game genre.

[@Ilusen_Autumn]

"Failed due to poor project management" can be said of so many games, indie and AAA alike. Too many people confuse "manager" with "idea guy"

[@YTRattle]

Oh damn, well said! 😂

[@myskaplaysgames6081]

Too true 👍 but even if you hire a PM to the team there's no guarantee that investors or management will listen to the PM. I've worked for various studios and companies that have hired me as scrum master, and the point of being a Scrum Master is to change the way they do things to make the project work and the team efficient. Unfortunately investors think mainstream and don't like change. The projects fail due to lack of willingness to improve processes and change management styles

[@saborblaze762]

@@myskaplaysgames6081agreed

[@saborblaze762]

Yes I had the same thoughts

[@thj_5046]

when ender said "guys, i just wanted to draw pretty ponies for (a) fun horse game wtf is happening" (in the discord screenshots) i really felt that. thats a bit how i feel on the rdr subreddit

[@lilysnot0kay]

not even a minute in and "yet another horse game that is on the brink of collapse" made me giggle 😂 i thought this year was supposed to be the year of decently fun horse games 😅

[@YTRattle]

I want to cry, not even lying right now LOL

[@JuliaJulia-vh4xc]

“Who wants to watch the downfall of a horse game?” Me every time Rattle uploads: Oh boy, another dead horse game!

[@jettash0720]

Why do I feel like stuff like this keeps happening because a lot of people simply don't realise just how hard it is to create something until they're in too deep and then will try to save face but it just doesn't work...? Not that people shouldn't try and create something! I just feel like there's not enough research done beforehand?

[@DustyHoney]

In the horse world in general, don’t put up with an unprofessional work environment. Even if you are volunteering or doing something for school credit, you shouldn’t be expected to do a project manager’s job as one small cog in a machine.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

23:00 Rule #1: Never conduct business with friends, it almost never ends well. Especially if the other person has another day job to take care of and cannot commit 100% to the project.

[@kojikakoifish2862]

Horse games are literally cursed, doesn't matter if its Browser or PC or whatever. Its INSANE how many games I've watched over the last 20 years act like they're going to be the next big thing in horse games only to literally never even release, never mind release and actually be good. Its a wonder to me that SSO and Howrse even exist. They are truly an exception to the "Horse Games Don't Happen" RULE in this genre.

[@bi.ologie]

19:28 in relation to a dev (arbiter) speaking ill of a backer (me, reverie) in vc - i was one of the top backers, if not the top. to be clear, arbiter knew that i was a backer and that i was in the vc (muted), and the things she spoke of were related to horseisle 1 drama. this was apart of my reasoning to pull my backing. we have since spoken and apologies have been issued from both sides, for both the original hi1 drama and what was said in the vc.

[@YTRattle]

Thanks! I'll add this to the pinned comment! ♥ Glad to hear you guys sorted it out! ^^

[@RebeccaRavenbird]

For anyone wondering what happened more in depth with Wild Horse Islands (I witnessed it firsthand): their owner? Developer? I'm not exactly sure what his title is, but anyways, he decided to restructure the Discord server, but had not PINGED any announcement roles BEFORE closing the channels that needed rework. I believe the reason for the restructure was to remove some channels that were deemed unnecessary. People had many sales threads, chats, resources, and giveaways IN PROGRESS DURING the time he made the channels invisible. Keyword: Invisible. They still existed, just not publicly visible. Many people didn't even know what was happening until they looked in the general chats. The reasons this angered so many people was that there was little warning that there would be changes in the first place and that no one had any time to save any of their work. When the server reopened, the ability to create Threads to discuss sales was removed, which is the biggest blow to the community. Again, threads were the way that people communicated with each other about trades, sales, auctions, giveaways, etc. Important channels like #value-chat (where people could discuss or read how valuable a horse/item was) and #game-help (a questions type channel to get help from the community rather than asking staff)were also removed. Other channels that were seemingly unproblematic like art channels and voice channels were also removed. The reason for these changes was, in summary, that it became too hard to moderate everything. The server was about 38k members. Then, the allegations came out about underage moderators, favoritism, unprofessionalism, and homophobia and probably some other stuff. I don't really know if any of those allegations are true, but due to the general channels being so very heated about everything, the Discord server became read-only.

[@arcticwolf8353]

It's so sad that we either don't get good horse games or if we do get it, the community has to be super toxic. I don't know why we can't just get along and be friends.

[@OliverStarfall]

Because horse communities are often filled with toxic ideals even with real horses, like fat phobia, misogyny, pick-me ideals, etc. and when communities are toxic, they tend to not be able to create good things.

[@windowsill9724]

@@OliverStarfall I sure hope you’re not calling the 20% rule fat phobic

[@OliverStarfall]

@@windowsill9724 wasn’t talking about the 20% rule I was talking about how even stick-thin models get shamed for their weight even when they’re well in the healthy range.

[@windowsill9724]

@@OliverStarfall Oh good!

[@nottrabusiness9703]

Bc horses have become rich people items and that comes with an elitist attitude that prevails with old money and that old money often comes with outdated views. Likewise, many of said horse games come with a breeding feature which makes horses less like a pet and more like a commodity.

[@OliverStarfall]

The segment of people on discord being upset that rattle was asking questions is so upsetting to see. If it’s taking so much time to be transparent that it’s taking away from development then they shouldn’t have promised full transparency. “Drama” shouldn’t take away from development, if it is then the project manager is incompetent and not focusing on actually doing any work. This idea that criticism is somehow slowing development is just so saddening to see since any good project worth the money SHOULD be criticized! And the team should be able to stand up to scrutiny! If it doesn’t then you shouldn’t give money.

[@RandomHorseCrazies]

If you werent in the discord, please don't comment what you don't know.

[@OliverStarfall]

@@RandomHorseCrazies this doesn’t just apply to this game, bro. Games ESPECIALLY INDIE GAMES need to hold up to scrutiny in development or they’re NEVER going to hold up.

[@RandomHorseCrazies]

@@OliverStarfall I still stand by what I said. If you weren't there, don't comment on it. Rattle wasn't welcome there and was asked politely to leave numerous times. They dont carw about development of games, only juicy drama for KZbin

[@mayday2930]

@@RandomHorseCrazies quick question: why do you assume they weren’t in the discord? Maybe they were, maybe they weren’t, but it seems odd to me that you just assume they weren’t and ran with that. And even if they weren’t, they’re still allowed to have an opinion.

[@RandomHorseCrazies]

@@mayday2930 because I was in it? And know who was lmao what kind of question is that. You cant have an opinion on a biased story from one person, thats just ignorant

[@LWolf94]

As a web developer, I cannot understand how she though switching Code from what is essentially front-end technology to Unity which is a different kind of technology was a solid idea.... 😵‍💫

[@runic_raptor]

I only have a basic knowledge of code, and even I went "huh???" hearing that she was thinking about switching what seemed to be a browser based game to Unity code.

[@LWolf94]

@@runic_raptor Exactly! Unity primarily uses C# for development, while PHP and JavaScript are primarily used for Browser games. They would have had to refactor the WHOLE code to switch it from PHP and JS to C#. That would basically be creating a whole new game. It makes no sense, especially for a browser game.

[@bonqwater]

“here’s a little flag you can wave for shoe. i’m sure she’ll appreciate it 🚩” IM HOLLERING 💀💀💀💀 that’s how you properly handle ppl dog piling you

[@singularity613]

i'm glad Ranch of Rivershine seems to be avoiding all the curse all horse games seem to experience these days. While it's far from perfect, it's nice that Eloise is such a nice person. Her being the only dev is probably how she avoids all the drama too though lol.

[@geministrial950]

I wanted to say this but i really dont want to jinx it 😂

[@WolfoftheDM]

Kudos to you for always keeping my interest regarding a genre of games I’ve never even played before! I am concerned someone crossed an old fortune teller woman and cursed all horse media for a hundred years though

[@YTRattle]

LOLLOL! Thanks Wolf! It is very possible that one of us, somewhere in history, totally drove over a witch's cat and she's decided to take it out on all of us XD Glad you're enjoying the content! ♥♥

[@EdithSunpaw841]

Love your videos, look forward to them so much. Horse games HAS to be cursed because I’ve never seen a game genre fail everytime so badly. I’ve been playing Wild Horse Islands since 2022, off and on this year. I was very disappointed when the discord server shut down, it was very abrupt. It was a place for players to connect in trading, selling, breeding, and just overall helping eachother. But what happened? I haven’t heard anything about why is shut down.

[@YTRattle]

I spoke to one of the moderators, honestly it's an odd situation. They made some changes to the discord, the players freaked out about it, threw around some accusations and the discord was shut down to prevent further attacks. It's an announcement server right now. Although i do feel the players overreacted, I think the reaction came from a lack of communication between the devs and the players. It should have been handled a bit differently, but then again that's just from an outsider's perspective. Someone actually in the community might have a completely different idea.

[@yukifrost795]

As an artist myself, I don't really mind volunteering to do art for a game; however, (and it's a big however) If I'm not getting paid, the art will still solely belong to me. There would also have to be a low amount of required weakly hours of work since I'm not being paid, and would have to prioritize jobs where I am. No one gets my art for any reason unless they pay me for it. They can get permission to use it.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

11:25 That's advice for ANY game. Don't insult the people who gave you money. THEY owe you nothing, you're the only one who owes.

[@YTRattle]

Well said!

[@Nautiloch]

good lord, the way that discord server talked to you was bizarre!! You were being so genuinely respectful too???? what da hell

[@introduceyourselfimnice]

are you planning on making a video on the WHI situation? i've been a player since the start and have been a part of every outrage in the art channel, it's honestly sad how everything fell apart so rapidly.

[@NanerBag]

1 programmer $10k kickstarter project Could have ended it there, the conclusion was evident already.

[@Giomancer]

Holy moly. This whole situation is madness. You made it pretty interesting, even though I really could care less about horses or horse games. The email from the coder's partner was mind-bending. If I read it properly, the coder was in a three-way relationship and the second girl ran off to be with shoe and joined her and her husband. Sometimes.. sometimes people make their own lives more complex than necessary.

[@Rye_Smile]

I know less than nothing bout horse games, but I subscribed IMMEDIATELY after this vid - this is the content I didn’t know I needed in my life!!

[@foozywolf]

1:18 ACE ATTORNEY MENTIONED

[@tsunscaramouche]

their first mistake was only having one programmer. it honestly irritates me that people keep trying to make projects seeming to not understand in the slightest how creating a game works. imo 10k is a pretty small amount to make a good game and one programmer is not enough. literally any college with a game design program probably has plenty of people who would be willing to work on the project I dont understand how people are so incompetent

[@FandomLurker]

I'm starting to think that when developing a horse game, don't say it's just a horse game. Add something like.. steampunk puzzle racing game with rockets that just so happen to be on horses, or pokemon capturing but horses that have the ability to become power crystals, giving people hero like abilities that depends on the level of friendship and trust with the horse... Maybe then this witches curse will get confused and leave.

[@fantasyfinale6976]

So kind of all these horse games to ruin themselves to provide your channel more content, always such a treat :D But in all seriousness, it baffles me how horse games always fall to the same accursed fate. Game development isn't easy, every developer has to carry their own weight and more, but these seem to be very basic things that are being neglected that lead to disaster. Pride seems to be quite the rampant disease around here.

[@WonderlandLaLa]

Since you brought up WHI I wonder if you have any interest in covering the absolute dumpster fire that went down there in the discord. It’s super frustrating to see how they continue to handle everything regarding their community and making the discord a “read-only” was a final nail in the coffin for any interest I had left in the game :/ Cheers!

[@AracheNerd]

so obsessed with stories like these, thank you. as a game developer this stuff happens all the time in smaller teams even things for companies. it's insane how these kinds of situations will never stop, especially in the horse game genre!!

[@blackperformer379]

It's funny how we have so many good games coming out this year, but yet almost all horse games of the same year are in a dumpster fire state. Maybe we need that one hero to break the curse.

[@VulturetheTrash]

1) I love this video! You go into so much detail and go so far out of your way to talk to so many people it really makes this a super comprehensive video essay! 2) could you please list the games you were playing in the b roll? Sone look super fun! 3) what are your thoughts on Howrse? I know it's an older game but I hear no one really talk about it

[@YTRattle]

1) Ahh! Thank you! ♥♥♥ 2) Here ya go: Spyro Need for Speed Tavern Keeper RDR2 Horse Tales: Emerald Valley ranch Rival Stars 3) I played it a LONG time ago, I'll have to check it out at some point ^^

[@VulturetheTrash]

@@YTRattle Thank you so much you're a doll for the game names! I look forward to more videos!! 💞💞

[@daginganinja6916]

more defensive server members than the riders of rohan xD loving the content rattle, always bringing some light into situations

[@capybara_king]

Another good video! I think Horse Isle deserves a video of its own. I loved that game, it was the first horse game I really got invested in

[@hiqjix]

BABE WAKE UP A NEW RATTLE VIDEO ABOUT A FAILED HORSE VIDEO GAME I'VE NEVER HEARD OF JUST DROPPED!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@YTRattle]

😂♥♥

[@imdrunkmk427]

3:07 RIP ppl who loved games like H1-2-LIFECYCLE, horseland (game or tv), old SSO (with mods etc), - that one Japanese racing game where horses fly and stuff-, WQM, and other indie games such as Horsey racing (GGG), Lost Pegasus, Barbie Horse Games, etc. I'll never forget prime time for horse games with shitty graphics ;w; Yet the devs and mods/staff did really care back then, and they all went on to do great things. I am so proud of them!! Also, i have to say, once again, I LOVE THE MEMES RATTLE! you never fail to make me laugh, even on a serious topic.

[@AmeliaDreambell]

does the drama ever end?????perfect video as always. was very entertaining with my morning coffee if i do say so myself

[@YTRattle]

You don't drink tea while watching the tea? Blasphemy!

[@Shiba_Draws]

​@@YTRattleHow about drinking BOTH? 😌

[@Icy_815]

Horse Games that aren’t SSO try not to fail challenge: Impossible

[@SunsetEnvy]

Honestly what Killed me was the 6 day timeout 💀

[@Pog.anonymous]

I’m convinced no horse game will go without drama at this point 😂

[@LiEnby]

I wrote a horse isle 1 private server .. they came and tried to take over my project wanted to add features that werent in normal hi1, but it was meant to replicate to the original hi1 server perfectly. They then went and tried to make their own game instead ..

[@bi.ologie]

could you elaborate on who tried to take over your project? and what they wanted to add?

[@AbigailPinehaven]

Wait what happened to Wild Horse Isles?

[@YTRattle]

Discord was closed! They made a lot of changes to the discord, people got really upset, started lashing out and a day or so later, they locked it and are now using it as an announcement channel. Odd situation, to be sure.

[@beanvolence5301]

@@YTRattle Are you planning on making a video about WHI?

[@YTRattle]

I don't know, I spoke to a few people in the situation and, generally, it seems like a situation that got blown out of proportion for what it was. If more info comes to light, maybe :)

[@beanvolence5301]

@@YTRattle I hope that's true - I love WHI, but I also think them shutting the chats away on the discord server was a very awful choice. I miss the discord community of WHI since it was pretty different from what you see in-game (at least from my experience)

[@voodoovixen666]

33:12 There wouldn't be so much people asking if they would communicate right in the first place. God dammit

[@azureequus8045]

oh man this game! I remember it but I kidna forgot about it cus not much happened with it I never really joined the discord cus I am anti social and just...well horse games and there discord severs are proving best to avoid. I think contributed like $5 or $10 to this games kick starter ( I chose the smallest option ) a while back I wanted to give more money cus I wanted the game to succeed but I was also so afraid of the game not coming into completion and my money going well...out the window I hope this game gets farther along in its production and this miscommunication doesn't kill the game.

[@dragonetafireball]

As someone who used to be a programmer but left because of how frustrating the industry is dealing with a client who had no understanding of what’s a reasonable ask and constantly changed there min and demands updates when their in the middle of their workflow is beyond infuriating and multimillion dollar production team often say to don’t get paid enough to deal with all that let along a solo developer carrying the game on

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

Might just be reading into it, but it feels really sus to me when the "all women dev team" thing came up. Hear me out. Most of these kinda kickstarter projects just kinda pick up anybody qualified and interested, and it seems like it would almost definitely be a coincidence that all the talented and interested people on this project happened to be women. But advertising that everybody working on this is a woman implies that this was a like, choice, by someone who went out of their way to hire women, specifically because women generally get less opportunities in many lines of work. It just reeks of "Working on this is a privilege I can revoke and you're all only here because I'm such a good person". The usual 'boss is too friendly in a passive aggressive way to guilt you into working below your worth' dealio, basically.

[@leriati475]

I'm literally seeing this game for the first time owo

[@Acesura]

Ngl super happy WHI got mentioned cause the developers have continued to make bad decisions and are super lazy with their updates, refused to listen to their community and shut down the feedback entirely claiming they were "being attacked" when players were upset with never being heard

[@Acesura]

Another huge reason they closed the discord server was because their mods were minors harassing and falsely banning people along with one being a 12yo and basically stalking someone to cause trouble

[@theotherchief9608]

WHY is it so many indie horse game devs have this mentality of "it's my way or the highway! No one can do it better than me!"?! Do other genres have this curse? Also, jeez... that discord really was a hornet's nest, huh... 😥 Kudos to you for keeping your cool!

[@KawaiiStars]

mmo's and simulators seem to imo because they tend to attract people far more ambitious, than they are skilled

[@felsiccanis]

I swear horse games are genuinely cursed. I can't think of any other game genre this isolated in it's successes

[@rogerwilco2]

As someone with experience writing software, this sounds like a project that would require multiple programmers, full time, for at least a year. The budget is woefully inadequate to hire the people needed and the scope is too big for people to do this in their spare time.

[@foxgriin]

I love your videos, so much. However, I am sick of getting excited about a horse game and then I see you post LOL

[@YTRattle]

LOLLOL!! Sorry about that! 😂

[@TinCanBoodle]

Gotta to watch rattle to recover from possibly failing both of my big tests today

[@ZymXm]

Im glad you have heard about the issues within wild horse Islands, because I did enjoy playing that game ( Even if not as good as it could've been) The issues within the development team and the awful mods for the discord server kind of ruined it for me. Considering I was being bullied in the server for awhile and the mods basically ignored me, It's been very difficult to want to come back to a game like that ☹️ Horse game curse please stop 🤞🤞

[@Baiswith]

6:16 10-thousand or 10k - 'ten thousand k' is a rather bigger number LOL

[@hefoxed]

The product manager sounds like someone who should never be managing anything Anyhow, fyi lines of a code isn't the best metric if (something) { do this; } is three lines of code. if (something) do this; is one lines of code that does the same thing. A crafty programmer can fit a long function into a simple line, tho it may not be readable for others (which isn't great). A inexperienced coder could copy and paste the same long piece of code everywhere (instead of making a reusable method/service/class), inflating count.

[@_Mimi_711]

I started to play furry paws again today and this shows up in my feed. spooky. Great video!

[@XxExidiousMontessori]

Have you ever played my riding stables life with horses? To my knowledge it’s only on steam I’d love to hear what you think of it

[@lillyheartwarrior]

why cant there just be 1 new horse game thats actually good without any drama

[@catsarethebest556]

i may have no interest in horse games but how you break them down makes me feel so bad for those that do, it seems like every horse game falls to greed or never finishes. yall deserve better than all this. sidenote: loved the travelers rest b roll, love that game!

[@rott1ng_corpse]

Now wild horse islands? *Noooooooo* nothing is safe 😳

[@herpderp3916]

Have you done (or would you ever consider doing) a video on why so many horse games seem to fail?

[@YTRattle]

Keep your eyes out 👀

[@sukunasseiyuufan]

Good that Alicia Online is keeping up through all of these years! I enjoy it way more than SSO, I know it's a diffrent genre but come on, free game with no micro payments? Bro I love that! btw, I was so schocked at Gumshoe reference, love it!! (Edgeworth please stop cutting his salary lol)

[@sandpitturtle3577]

Unrelated but whenever I see one of your vids about yet another now dead horse game, I'm reminded of this open world horse game that the creators (?) of Howrse released and was available on mobile, and it was genuinely a decent game from what I remember.. until they took it back down. I miss it and I'm a lil bit sad 😅

[@princess7jasmine]

What were the games usee in the video? They look really fun especially the Stardew Valley looking one.

[@YTRattle]

Quite a few people have asked, so I added it to the description ^^ Here they are! Spyro Need for Speed Tavern Keeper RDR2 Horse Tales: Emerald Valley ranch Rival Stars Wildshade

[@princess7jasmine]

@@YTRattle Thanks you! Love your videos :)

[@simonfreys]

19k lines of code is not that much, honestly. Scripts can get very long, and a lot of the time a line will just be a couple of letters or just a single symbol. If anything, having a huge number of lines in relation to what actual game is there is a sign of an incompetent/inefficient coder. (That said, the treatment of the coder here was incredibly unfair.)

[@amandalovegood7317]

I now hope that a good horse game is being made somewhere without going public with it. I'm starting to feel like once the developers go public with their game and get money, things will only get worse. Maybe a few arranged people should get together privately and start a passion project in private and only make it public when it is almost finished. Of course, this will take many years, especially without money and a lot of time, but the developers have no external pressure and can concentrate on the game at their own pace.

[@Cuckoo_dove]

Oh my - horse games really are cursed

[@KatyaSanders]

Idk if it's editing mistakes since it's a long video or something but you missed blurring a couple of names/profile pics from fb and things!

[@YTRattle]

Some I did leave because they were on public discords. Anything in private I blurred, but I'll check again to make sure! Thanks! ♥♥

[@eclair_21]

If I had a penny for every time a horse game crashed and burned, I wouldn't have many... but it's weird that it happened an abnormal amount of times

[@geministrial950]

Wild Horse Island shut down? What???

[@YTRattle]

Oh no! The Discord was locked down! Poor wording on my part! ♥

[@geministrial950]

​@@YTRattleOmg i almost had a heart attack 😂 im so curious though, didnt even know there was a discord! Are you planning on making a video on the situation? Youre the only horse game commentator i know and understand 😅

[@Marie-t2i7c]

I’m so early love our vids!!!!!

[@YTRattle]

Hello to you!! Thanks! ♥♥♥

[@POTO_Phan]

I played Horse Isle as a kid, Looking back now as an adult , I remember people using it to flirt as well. knowing what I know now I am 99% sure these were adults targeting kids

[@medjed4]

thank you for the ace attorney references

[@LauraBow]

I wonder if horse game always fail because theyre made by people with practically no experience in game design. When it comes to games (or ANYTHING really) youre going to want to start with something basic. Trying to make a whole open world online game like Horse isle is absolutely not something you can do just because you play a lot of open world online games. Maybe start with a very small off line horse game with a beginning and end. No before you even try that, make a memory match game or somthing.

[@geministrial950]

Thats probably why Ranch Of Rivershine is doing so well, the dev was already knowledgeable on game design and creation so she clearly knows what shes doing. And with no other folks helping here, theres no room for drama.

[@SilviaLmks]

Will u ever make a video about wild horse islands? 👀

[@zyonsay9332]

God, i am so SICK of horse games dropping like flies

[@littleperson8315]

i saw this and thought "hey i saw the kickstart for this on fb". and theres the screenshots from the post lol 😂

[@deerlyqueery]

Honestly I would LOVE to make a game, I find it an incredible and fun-looking feat, but I've got some serious unmedicated AuDHD and I know for a fact that I wouldn't finish it at this point in time. I may have ideas but I know I don't have the drive so I put any of that stuff on hold until I know I'll actually be able to do stuff and finish the project so people aren't left with a half-done shell. Edit: Holy shit I feel so awful for the coder what the fuck 19k lines of code in SIX MONTHS?! 😭

[@terrisjohnson710]

This is probably a weird question, but back in the day did you play AVH?

[@YTRattle]

AVH? Don't know it, sorry! ♥

[@terrisjohnson710]

Avirtualhorse, it was a stable management/browser game. Around for well over a decade. Thought you may have been someone I knew there.@@YTRattle

[@whoahanant]

Something tells me had they replaced Shoe completely this project would've done much better. Too bad they can't since Shoe is basically in charge and they seem to be a power hungry person, refusing to add ANY secondary manager or backers for feedback to be allowed makes it obvious.

[@StormyBuckets]

oh no!! it would have been sooo fun to have a browser horse game that wasnt... y'know.... hworze....

[@seeing8spots]

I want horseland back honestly 😢

[@markleesbruisedknee]

i realllly want another game like alicia online im crushed that they took it down

[@lyvenex]

Still early in the video but genuinely why would you ever make a discord server Kickstarter exclusive... I can understand putting it behind a Patreon because then it becomes a source of consistent funding but for a one time transaction? Girl...

[@CatGamingYT2]

im just wondering what the name of the game is with the purple dragon😊❤

[@YTRattle]

Spyro! It's on steam! They remsastered it, so it's a TONNE of fun! :D

[@dragonetafireball]

Not gonna lie actual stables have this much drama sometimes there’s the famous dressage rider who embezzled a bunch of funds from the city. In personal experience my stable was full of mildly racist unstable trainers who barely paid attention to us during lesson because they where to busy having inappropriate conversations, who eventually where all fired or quit because of a spiral of all falling out and threatening to make public accusations of animal abuse against each other, did I mention some of them lived in the stable. Edit: I forgot that the owner was in prison, got out and raised a bunch of money on the story of turning his life around that mostly went to upgrading the unheated kitchen and break room and then he ended up back in prison (I think for financial crimes) Double edit: I forgot to mention the stable specialised in teaching police horses and disabled riders so there was more consequences to there negligence than if all this was at a typical stable.

[@Izze_kpop]

im sorry but is some of that art from Devian Art correct me if i am wrong

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Honestly lack of communication is not a stupid reason for a project to collapse. Its the number one murker tbh

[@itsnotthatdeep6657]

It is a stupid reason because it's so freaking easy to avoid. If it's the most common reason why things fall through, well then that just says a lot about most people, doesn't it?

[@LeBongFairy]

Horse games usually annoy me, usually because horse girls typically directly ignore the actual anatomy and true nature of horses, and end up being very culty.. but I was still curious as hell! Interesting story going here.

[@organmann4821]

GUYS SWEM IS BACK IN DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS FINALLY GOOD NEWS FOR THE HORSE GAME COMMUNITY!!! HOPEFULLY!! (context; announcement from the discord)

[@YTRattle]

Ahh! That's awesome!! :D

[@vaporean_boylove.0w083]

Oh shit! Im happy that prodject was picked up again!

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

Yet another reminder that if all you have is an "idea" for a game, without bringing any other skills to the table, you have no business making a game. That is one of the first things we were told in game design at uni. Everyone under the sun can have an idea for a game, so you better have something else to offer. I honestly don't know why people would give this Shoe person money when all she seems to be is an "ideas" person. I guess we are that desperate for good horse games 😓

[@seeing8spots]

10k seems insanely low to start a game even with free art. At this point horse games need to start focusing on the GAME not the art. That said the art for this game is beautiful and the artists deserve better H

[@xSephironx]

I thought this channel was a "development hell analysis" channel, but it seems to be entirely consumed by horses in general 😂

[@YTRattle]

LOL Horse games tend to be in development hell XD

[@xSephironx]

​@YTRattle It was good enough for me to sub, even though I don't know too much about horse games. It's a valuable report for game dev in general, thanks

[@yourpersonalfrenchfryoffical]

For the love of freaking god give me a horse game without a crazy manipulative owner. I’d trade a horse for a decent horse game.

[@fleurtherabbit]

I really love all the TNG moments

[@YTRattle]

TREKKIES UNITE! Love me some TNG! XD

[@Lynn46662]

Uhh FYI I think WashoeWind's IRL name (based on context) was not redacted in the screenshot at 26:42 and 30:44 in the second paragraph. One thing I would like to draw attention to is there was more than 1 backer the dev team members Arbiter and Enderian choose to target and speak negatively about during the voice chat, their was at least 3 of us, yes myself included. The 3 of us that I know were spoken negatively about chose to pull funds specifically as a result of this (totaling a bit over 2k of backing) and not necessarily as a result of the lack of communication. I will be the first to admit, at the time we made this decision, the 3 of us had the wool over our eyes so to speak with the family emergencies and legal concerns WashoeWind was communicating and wanted to be understanding.

[@enderiaaan]

When did I ever say anything negative about any one of the backers??? I was on the side of the backers the entire time and pulled everything as soon as stuff went south.