I think you just nailed the problem right there. There isn't a clear direction on how the game is going to be handled. After the initial concept was made when Necno first released the game any new features, ideas or direction has come straight from the community. No one in the dev team has really taken the mantle of creative director and decided for a true direction for the game.
Well, on the subject of what features we should and should not include, necno's on record as saying "I want everything". So there's no problem there.
And really, discounting the opinion of anyone who's called me an "
ignorant asshole" recently, there's not very much controversy at all.
Instead, WM is becoming more and more of a toolbox for people to create their own game. Which isn't a bad thing, but it's more like a way to try and please everyone which just simply won't happen.
Well exactly. I've been adding scripting and modding features because they're about the only things that don't start needless arguments. The plan was to pull out of WM development entirely once the scripting was far enough along and concentrate on making my own mod where I could do what I liked without making the game less useful to those of us that like to use use it solely as a pr0n viewer. But even
that isn't enough for some people, it seems.
So I think you're right. We're never going to please everyone, and I've been giving far too much weight to the opinions of one spoiled, self-centered and excessively vocal forum member. I don't like ignoring people's opinions, if only because there's always the possibility that they're right and I'm wrong. In this particular case however, I do believe I'm about to make an exception.
I'm going to have a little bit think about how to move this game forward as a
game. After which I think we'll see some changes around here. Enough is enough.