I have to say, I kind of support him on this one though. It's only because Frogger is a well known name that it's done better than Space Giraffe when SG is way more fun. But nobody knows it's way more fun because they haven't played it, whereas they have fond memories of Frogger being something more than it actually is (e.g. fun). It's a shame he sounds so whiney with his complaining but I really can't fault him for the complaint itself!

Would you have been as dismissive of his comments if he'd been the creator of Psychonauts complaining about the attention that other, inferior games got instead of his?

Do not speak ill of the Space Giraffe! It's awesome!


wardrox spends his evenings playing Boom Boom Rocket

@Jim: you're pretty much right on the reaction to such a comedic tantrum but, as you say yourself, it's gutting when a good game does badly.

Maybe he would have been better phrasing it as "Ahhh bollox. =( "

Maybe he still has a vendetta against Frogger since the old days when his camels and llamas were outsold by the frog as well? Maybe SG is an acid flashback to those days?

Frankly, I think the fucking ridiculous name didn't help.

Space. Giraffe.

Sounds like an indie band.

Oh game developers... haven't you learned not to put your crybaby rants online yet?

but frogger is awesomes.

Who cares about what Jeff Minter has to say, make a real game for once & stop complaining.

Space Giraffe is great.

Most people are either too intimidated by it or to lazy to figure the game out.

Yeah Jeff Minter is a Hack. I want my Live points back for this game.

Ironically, Space Giraffe looks like a ripoff of Tempest.

A crappy ripoff of Tempest. I really do hope he is joking, because really, this guy is a d**k. First he goes on about how "art" his game is, then I download it and it's ugly, easy, and pointless (and did I mention ass ugly?) It looks like what Every Extent Extra vomits after a long night of drinking. Now he throws a damn "I'm taking my football and going home" tantrum because it doesn't sell as well as one of the biggest selling games of all time. Yeah Jeff, I think you are in the wrong line of work, and I wish more people that made crappy games got the hint and, you know, stopped making crappy games.

@Diomeneus

Why do you have semen on your boot?

Bitching does not make anything better. It makes you a douche. Nobody likes douches. Doesn't he realize that getting all emo and stuff just annoys everybody?

I just checked the blog with the original post. Here's his post from two days after posting his bitchfest(please BBCode, please work):

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I'm not going to be writing about game development here any more after this. Yes, I had a bit of a rant the other night because frankly yes, it is a bit disappointing to see a repackaged MAME rom doing much better than original content, but hey, that's how it goes. People are more inclined to buy stuff they remember rather than stuff that's new.

We're invested in XBLA now, and we *need* to re-use the SG framework for a couple of reasonably quick games - I think that's the way to make it work out for us, we just need more games in the pipeline. I'm already halfway through the next one and I just want to get my head down and get on with it.

To those who came on here to have a go at me and tell me how much I suck - just piss off, I don't care. If you do that I shall delete your comments and ban you. Guess what, I think you suck too, and I don't give a rat's arse if you don't like my games; they aren't made for you anyway.

And thanks to those who gave me a bit of encouragement at a low moment. Rest assured I'm not giving up; I'm just getting on with it quietly.

So no more dev stuff here, from now on this will just be about sheep and plushies and other such non-work-related stuff. There will be no talk, no press, no screenshots and no videos of work in progress except as and when we are ready to release them, at the appropriate time, through the appropriate channels.
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The guy has his fellings hurt. He put alot of thought and effort into making the game. I take pride in my work and would be just as pissed as him......but I wouldn't make a game like Space Giraffe so thats his fault.

bawwwwww

What a lamer. Besides, Space Giraffe didnt sell because it sucks

Maca said it best.. fucking demo gave me seizures. I mean shit, if I wanted that I cold get it AND enjoy it via other measures.. but to seize and not enjoy it... hell to the no.

I am really shocked he bitched about anything at all, I would have laughed him out the building if he had shown me that to put on XBLA... it could possibly make them liable for causing utter stupidity.

Yes that's how much I HATED the thing.

I really had no clue what the fuck was going on when I played Space Giraffe. I wasn't a fan.

Here's what I'll say to anyone who is on the fence or defending him based on Frogger's assness: Play the Space Giraffes demo. A winner is Frogger on this win.

My game isnt good...WHY DID NO ONE BUY IT.

Jeff is ok, he needs to get good at writing instructions. Do I watch or play this thing? Shoot? Collect? WTF is this tempest????........Dashboard. Delete.

You know its not really a good idea to compare Space Giraffe sales to Frogger. Now I dont know if he is talking one week as of last week or launch week but if its the later he should really think of this. Frogger was released a while back there was no VC there was no Playstation Store and If im remember right there was no game every Wednesday. So basically there is alot more competing for my money now and Im sure for others too. I used to buy almost every title on live but that is dying down now cause there just so many other things to play. And Frogger for all its flaws is still reguard as a classic thus insighting nostalgia for purchaces(its familiar if I just got a 360 today and was looking in the now long list of games Space Giraffe would probably not jump out at me like Frogger) and its 5 bucks cheaper than Space Giraffe. I also wonder if the free codes count for sales too on Frogger they had those Funky madcat joysticks at Best Buy marked down to like 15 bucks with Frogger, Astropop, and Time Pilot.

@Blufire

So.. he' admits his game is not made for everyone and yet he whines about sales?