Independent developer Julian Glander announced his departure from the service Steam. About the decision, the author of such little-known games as ART SQOOL and Lovely Weather We’re Having told in his personal blog. The reason for the outcome is quite simple – indie creator disappointed by the fact that Valve and team Steam made no statement supporting the movement “Black’s Life Is Important“.
tonight i pulled all my games from @steam and i don’t see myself publishing with them ever again. i urge other indie devs to join me pic.twitter.com/JrtmdiGOdQ
– Julian Glander (@glanderco) June 12, 2023
“Over the past few weeks, Valve and Steam have not considered it necessary to speak out about the Black Life Is Important movement, completely refusing to give at least some criticism of racism. In my opinion, it is now extremely obvious that the owners of this platform feel obligated to a user base consisting of evil, white gamers. This is doubly offensive, because it is precisely these people who first and foremost need to talk about the lives of black people. It’s clear that as a company you can do as you please, but the option in which my games will be associated with Steam causes shame and a feeling of nausea. Please remove both of my games (ART SQOOL and Lovely Weather We’re Having) from your library as soon as possible, “Julian Glander wrote in the appeal.
A similar step on the part of the developer caused a rather heated debate. Someone defended Glanderothers called him “idiot“who leaves the popular digital platform only because of the lack of some kind of message from the administration. There were also users who laughed the author, jokingly saying that Steam lost the two best games of this millennium.
In recent weeks, the situation in the United States with a ripple effect has affected a variety of areas of the entertainment industry. Protests against a background of racist intolerance forced various developers and companies to revise their domestic policies, strengthen measures to control user behavior, and allocate huge amounts of money to various charitable foundations supporting the colored population.
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