Regarding Woodkid

About a year ago I decided to try Woodkid as most of you may know. It was supposed to be the “big project” that I would take on and I went as far as to say that it would my ‘finale’. I had really high hopes of doing a level like this and I thought that it would go on smoothly. I was honestly really looking forward to it at the start.

Unfortunately after a while it got to a point where it wasn’t the level that I was concerned about, but talking to the people who created and manages it. I waited many months for instructions, tried to help the best I could and tried to personally get involved with the team to get the level going so it can actually get a move on. The level is impossible both gameplay wise and in performance even with high-end hardware and I emphasised that a lot, but whenever I spoke up about it, I just get a small reply and then get left in the dark for months wondering what is going on with it. While I was looking for progress and waited for it, I found that Jakerz and the team simply doesn’t care about the level anymore (from their own words) and barely even talked about it. Even though the level was delayed till 2.2 I was expected to practice until then, but of course I can’t play on a broken level that got refused to be fixed. I shouldn’t have waited that long and still be optimistic about it. I don’t see any point whatsoever to be involved in a level where a team avoids it and barely gives information to me, a person who volunteered to complete something this hard for them.

And while this is happening, I get comments and dms daily about “wHeRe is WoOdKiD” no matter how many times I post about it. I got people who think I’m verifying it now and others complain about how ‘lazy’ I am for not doing a broken level. I got people who deflect projects I’m genuinely keen on but can’t get involved because I’m told that I’m “too busy”. Even though I’m not even doing the level now, I feel chained and completely demotivated from the game, especially after doing other levels and getting the same exact thing. I don’t really expect some kids to understand since they only care about the level and not the concept of me being human. I can’t carry a mental burden like that anymore and I want nothing to do with it. I want to be able to do things within my reach again and actually enjoy the game for what it’s worth right now.

With all this in mind, I decided to drop Woodkid. Please don’t send any hate towards Jakerz or the rest of the team, god forbid that they are bored of the game which takes an eternity for any updates. It is quite a massive level and I genuinely respect Jakerz and the others for creating something like this. I just happened to be too optimistic and expected too much from people who barely play anymore. I do wish the best for the Woodkid team and I hope to see the level complete and stable sometime soon. Maybe as an auto? I don’t want to be a part of that though and it’s a real damn shame. The reason I made the decision only now and not before is because I was actually afraid of what kind of backlash I could get, so I just kept waiting for nothing. Even though its hopefully out of the way, I am still very demotivated from the game so don’t expect much when it comes to the list. I am still open to verifying something that is within my reach.

Thanks for reading.
-BoldStep