Hello everyone,
This is the publisher, Top Hat Studios, just wanted to drop in to say a few things. As many people know (or as some people may not know), Sense was recently covered by Nintendo Life for its upcoming Nintendo Switch release, in partnership with EastAsiaSoft. As a result of this coverage, Nintendo Life's article was shared in some twitter and facebook groups which made it their mission to harass and send abuse toward both us as well as the developers of Sense publicly and privately, including significant threats as well as doxxing in addition to other less than ideal messages and false information about the game. We responded rebuking these people, as well as saying in spite of this we would not change content in game. This lead to further controversy with us being accused of making up the controversy for a marketing stunt, which, as those who follow our social media may have seen, was certainly not the case. We also wish to make clear that Nintendo Life's article itself was entirely fair, and none of this is their fault.
In response to this, we wanted to say that we greatly and sincerely appreciate the overwhelming support which people have shown to both us as well as the developers of the game in light of these events. It has been an incredibly stressful few days, and we cannot thank everyone enough for their support, no matter how they have sent it to us. While we never asked for this support and just wanted to stay true to our values as publishers and creators, we appreciate the overwhelming support shown to us.
However, we would like to say that with that said, please do not break any of Steam's rules. We have noticed some behavior both on the forums and in the reviews which is borderline contentious. If you are going to leave a review or engage on the forums, please make sure it is within Steam's rules. While, as many have noticed, we generally take a hands off approach to moderation, we cannot allow people to violate any of Valve's site-wide rules. Please keep both reviews and threads topical. Once again, we do appreciate the overwhelming support, but please do not violate any of the site wide rules.
Also, to be clear, both us and the developer understand that this game is not for everyone. If you enjoyed the game or did enjoy the game, you are entitled to your opinion. We understand the game is somewhat niche and may not appeal gameplay-wise to everyone. However, there is obviously a difference between such and the abuse we had received on social media. The developer is very open to critique and feedback and we are more than happy to pass valid feedback to them.
We will remain in strong support of principles of developer expression. Thank you to everyone who has shown support to both us as well as the developer of the game SUZAKU.