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Rob Hale, the solo developer behind twin-stick shooter collection Waves, handed away earlier this month. Fans of the collection have since flooded the collection’ evaluations sections with a community-wide outpouring of help, condolences, and different messages praising Hale’s work.
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Waves first got here out in 2011, and gained modest buzz as an interesting, competent top-town twin-stick shooter with placing neon visuals. The second sport, Waves 2: Notorious, launched in early entry in 2015, constructing on the inspiration of what made its predecessor stand out. Waves 2 has since acquired a slew of updates over time, although it stays in an early entry state. Both video games had been launched underneath Squid in a Box, the moniker for Hale’s work as a solo developer.
Last week, Hale’s associate CJ revealed the “final” replace on Steam relating to Waves 2, noting that Hale had handed away just a few weeks prior resulting from issues stemming from most cancers. Following Hale’s passing, each Waves and Waves 2: Notorious are free on Steam.
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“This was something Rob was considering anyway within the past two months as their health entered into more substantial difficulties,” CJ wrote. “I hope this can be seen as a parting gift to all those out there that haven’t yet played either of these games.”
Over the previous week, followers of Waves have revealed a slew of constructive evaluations on the Steam pages for each video games. (Waves and Waves 2 each sported “very positive” rankings previous to Hale’s dying.)
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“This game is one of the best feeling arcade-like games I have played,” one participant wrote. “Rob, you have done an amazing job and have gifted it to us all at no cost. Thank you for your work—rest in peace, and much love for your family. We will all be sure to look over and safeguard your legacy here.”
“May Rob rest in peace, and [fuck] cancer,” wrote one other. “You left behind a legacy that fellow gamers like myself will remember for years. Your spirit will live on.”
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“The gaming world has lost [a] great indie game dev. RIP Rob,” mentioned one other. “You’ve given the gaming world a great game, or well two, but I haven’t played the second one. Waves was amazing all these years ago, now more people can enjoy this great addition to their Steam library—and they should.”
That’s only a sampling; many extra messages throughout the Steam assessment pages for each video games are of an analogous ilk. So typically, at the very least within the gaming house, when a sport all of the sudden accrues plenty of evaluations in brief succession, it’s unfavourable—the bad-faith collective motion often known as “review bombing.” This is the overall reverse situation.
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“I hope all of you out there, whoever you are and however Rob’s games have reached you, that you can at the very least hold a special place for the Waves games,” CJ wrote. “But most of all I hope that you can continue to feel the passion and love that Rob poured into these games long after the pain of their passing begins to fade.”