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I would have prefered to not need to create this announcement but Space Bob needs your help. A wave of negative reviews have suddenly appeared and although they complain about many different things they essentially all say the same thing in various ways: The game is too hard. This has caused the game's 91% positive review rating to drop to 77% in a matter of days. Visitors to the store page have fallen off a cliff because of this and sales have all but stopped. Needless to say this is a very bad situation and totally unexpected. I thought we had the difficulty balance about right. The difficulty of various elements of the game have been discussed here on Steam and tweaked many times so it was a complete surprise to suddenly see a flurry of negative reviews out of the blue all complaining about difficulty. (Edit: It turns out at least one of these recent negative reviews was based on the fact that only 1% of players have completed the first achievement. The truth is that only 1% of the player base has replayed the game since achievements were added last week in the latest update. Things are starting to make sense.) As a solo developer, one of the biggest problems we must deal with is that we know every inch of our games. We know how every mechanic works and so the game always feels too easy. We never get the opportunity to play a new feature or mechanic without already knowing a way to beat it or how to avoid it. I'm not trying to make a super difficult game. The goal was for it to be challenging but only so far as to be consistently rewarding. Ideally I wanted it to be playable by every skill level. I've made a topic in the discussion area to discuss the subject of difficulty and would seriously appreciate your support by getting involved. Unsurprisingly, sales have dropped dead after the negative wave of reviews and it could spell disaster if we don't get this resolved. There's a link to the discussion below. If the game really is too hard for most of you, and more frustrating than fun, then tell me! This is news to me. That's why the game is in Early Access: to get player feedback and make any necessary tweaks. So please, speak up. Have your say. Let's get this fixed. If you want to see Space Bob succeed please get involved and share your thoughts and experiences with the game. Here's a link to the discussion on this subject. https://steamcommunity.com/app/780390/discussions/0/1727575977555648848/ Thanks for any feedback you can share on this subject.
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