Ever since I saw this thread I've had a lot of thoughts. Most of them, as I look around FeralHeart in it's current state, are thoughts consisting of me being incredibly anxious for change.
In all the time I've played this game, there has barely been any change aside of community, and maps, a change sprung on us pretty quickly. It was only recently the source code was obtained after all this time and put to good use, with the changes to the character creation. But even before so, the community has been fading out. Especially when the maps were changed, of which I still grieve as a returning member, the familiarity is gone. Attempts may have been made to replicate the old maps, and some maps were named like the previous, but even then my point stands; the familiarity is gone. Without set points in maps to flock to, with community members leaving and others following, Feralheart has been waning out for a while.
What I'm trying to say, is change is essential to the flow of time, to the fate of this game, but it could easily become its demise as well as far as we've seen. It really depends on what kind of change it is and how it impacts the community, and I don't think I agree with the maps being the first thing to change considering how impactful it was and the lack of familiarity it gave to the game, but that's just my opinion. However, there are many things that do need to be changed. Customization options, running animation, map variety, bug fixes (like the one I encountered), etc. And the slower these changes are now, the more Feralheart will be caught by the tide and pushed under. I understand these things take time, and I'm not referring to that, I'm referring to the time it takes to communicate about these changes, to begin to work on these changes, to get the approval for these changes. And if all of that takes months to a year to do, with there being no advertising for the game, then Feralheart will lag behind, no doubt, as it already has.
That being said, the remaining community it has, many who are active now are old and returning members who want to see it out to the end. In that, the game will live on, and even if it continues as it is now, I'm sure it'll live for a long time, albeit with much fewer members than before. I don't see Feralheart dying out too quick, but I really think it would greatly benefit from some more work done on it. I have nothing against Raz, nor am I suggesting anything of anyone's position, but I don't think the game could work out like this forever. It may last for a long while, but it seems more like an ill animal now rather than its once thriving self.
I'm rambling, so I'm gonna stop there. Those are just some thoughts I'm having out loud about the game.
On the end note, though, I agree with KD on this line: "I have refrained from being pessimistic but in all honesty what happens, happens. As sad as it may seem, there is not much we can do other than keep up what we're doing."
