Let's be honest

[chaosboy90]

To be completely honest, the SRB2 community is slowly dying every day, probably because of the lack of updates and mod leaks

 

[Julia]

Lack of updates? The game literally updated earlier this year. As for the mod leaks... it's bad, but acting like it's killing the scene is a bit silly. Things are slow now, sure, but we don't need the consistent hits of 2021 and 2022 to keep the community alive. I'm sick of seeing all these "the community is dying" threads, man.

 

[Jammin']

Can we stop this stupid doomposting bullshit?
It's just pointless pessimistic groupthink.

About the lack of updates, STJr works on this game on their spare time. It's not their job. They've also been working on 2.3 more than ever recently so obviously updates are going to become fewer and farther between because 2.3 is shaping up to be comparable to what 2.2 was to 2.1 as far as I can tell.

And about mod leaks, that's an aspect that's out of anyone's control. We can try to mitigate that but there's always going to be some impatient child somewhere in the world.

Even then, popularity isn't everything. It's okay for things to calm down. You shouldn't expect constant public interest forever. That's stupid.
It ebbs and flows.

Lack of updates? The game literally updated earlier this year. As for the mod leaks... it's bad, but acting like it's killing the scene is a bit silly. Things are slow now, sure, but we don't need the consistent hits of 2021 and 2022 to keep the community alive. I'm sick of seeing all these "the community is dying" threads, man.

I think he's talking about the volume of updates. (I doubt anyone would count hotfixes, btw :P)
The last non-hotfix update we had was 2.2.14 and it was released over a year after 2.2.13. Just because it was somewhat recent doesn't mean the game isn't being updated less.

 

[time gear]

SRB2's development doesn't depend on its popularity, and those who enjoy playing the game will do so with or without the rest of the community as well. Slow periods aren't a big deal, and the popularity will spike again when the next major update drops anyway. If the slower pace of things bothers you, you could try working on some mods of your own to contribute, or find other things to do with your time while you wait for things to happen with SRB2.

Moaning about it isn't helpful though. The community isn't about to come roaring back to life just because some random forum user is complaining about how dead they think the community is getting. The forums will still be here when things start picking up again eventually, so don't get so worked up about it and find other ways to enjoy your life while you wait. You'll be happier that way too.

 

[SONIcsez1234]

If it's really "dying" as u say, do smthn about it

 

[Mr Beagle]

I think he's talking about the volume of updates. (I doubt anyone would count hotfixes, btw :P)
The last non-hotfix update we had was 2.2.14 and it was released over a year after 2.2.13. Just because it was somewhat recent doesn't mean the game isn't being updated less.

The low point is expected because the bulk of development work is on 2.3 now. The same thing happened with 2.1.x as it wound down to eventually make way for 2.2.

There will be another 2.2.x version with minor new features and fixes yet, but all of the big new things like Ring Racers ports will wait until 2.3.

Now on total activity, keep in mind that over time it becomes more dependent on new content from the modding scene (because I do not think it is realistic to think that someone would, for example, continue to avidly play the official campaign after 5 years unless they are new to the game, even with different ways available to play it).