/fg/ - Fangames

There's speculation that he didn't like the fame he garnered from the two hit KO that was both his song "A Sardine Grows from the Soil" and the more minor fame he got from lcddem. Some speculated it's because some of his work was based off traumatic incidents in his own life or that of others he has known, but personally I think it more or less has to do with the fact that he was quickly gaining fame and notoriety and couldn't handle all the eyes on him and his work that would now be combed through. He's Japanese too, so cultural standards are much different and he either felt like his work was out of his control now (he specifically states for people not to credit him if they reupload, which lead to his work being author titled as XX and derivatives inspired by his work being called pseudo-XX which was a concession after he did the classic Japanese behavior of getting upset about people reposting which I will never understand for the life of me) or he simply wanted an alias and body of work different from what he has already showcased and felt his old identity was limiting. Who knows for sure, there is speculation he was suicidal too and not mentally all that well. The song getting popular on niconico seemed to be the impetus because (from how the situation unfolded) it brought more eyes on lcddem which he wanted all discussion of burnt to the ground. When that wasn't possible, he burnt everything else around burning the whole house of work down. I mostly hope he is okay but he was rather meanspirited towards fans who truly cared about his art (calling them "stalkers" and insulting them on his various twitter accounts that would spring up and then be deleted). It probably plays into the whole cultural "don't repost" culture in Japan that is a bit nonsensical for the nature of the internet.

Western artists who like anime/otaku art have adopted this "don't repost" mindset but without the cultural context of why people in Japan are like this (namely fear of stigma and losing control of their image in a collectivist society) which I find incredibly funny and felt was worth mentioning as a side note because for them its just aping the "serious artist" style. There is also valid reasons though (ie people posting artwork without credit or worse, using artwork or music without credit for their own projects) although I'd say google reverse image search exists for a reason. Though that doesn't address the worse problem of people using without credit or compensation for bootleg merch you see at cons and shady hobbyist stores, but I don't think a watermark on an image that says "No reposting No using No AI" will solve anything other than create a tacky eyesore and limit your reach as an artist.

There's a massive thread about not just LcdDem, but xx in general and the whole madness that happen that time >>124

Is not really clear what actually happen with him. His case is one that deeply resonate in my head constantly, like if it was someone close that suddenly dissapear. I remember even reading something random about that maybe xx was actually a tiny group of people rather that one individual, and some heavy arguments behind scenes related about LcdDem cause a dissolution (tho obviously there's not solid proof of that; again, sometime random I read years ago).

I sincerely hope that he is well, wherever he may be.

>I’m genuinely sad the dev didn’t make anything else
he made stuff under like 3 different aliases afterwards but became completely inactive around the early-mid 2010s iirc
music producer, game dev, and artist, truly a pity. what sucks the most about the Lcddem nuking other than the game not getting updates anymore with stuff like events feeling really lacking is the whole thing prompting what little niche audience it had to not make fanwork for it anymore

While I haven't played Lcd Dem just yet, I recently decided to take a plunge into exploring Koronba's musical productions and I've been having the time of my life. Stuff like untitled_0346, Oivomaitnt, and the OST for Ghost Mayoker have been playing on repeat dozens of times these past few days, and I think I finally see why Koronba's disappearance caused such an stir within his audience. Seeing a genuinely talented creative vanish and nuke their work always makes me wonder what else they could've achieved had they stuck around. While I wish Koronba would've found a way to continue despite gaining more popularity than they were comfortable with, I can't exactly say I don't see why they did it, as I've frequently nuked my own art accounts at various points because of sharp bouts of embarrassment in tandem with getting bigger amounts of attention. I very much regret doing so and please don't take my experiences as endorsement of what they did and how they did it, but more to show that what they felt isn't as uncommon or unthinkable as some might think. Fame, even minor fame, can be as scary as it is tantalizing, and all the more reason why I favor imageboards as my choice of place to post my work. (NOTE: the image I chose is not my own BTW, artfromsaturn made it)

You know there is a slight chance that koronba tried to “delete” this fangame off of the internet was so it would become more popular because I mean of course telling people to forget your own fangame is gonna have the opposite effect

>>17147
Someone implied something similar to your post 4 years ago >>15132

>>17121 explained it best, Lcd dem was a casualty from the trigger that was a Sardine Grows from the Soil blowing up in NND and the tagging system pointing all the sights to him and his body of work to a degree he found unbearable

I mean yeah it's fun to theorize morbid crap like him pulling a 3D chess move for the lulz or him being somehow ashamed of the game gaining notoriety because of the meme that the ending somehow reflected his personal life but it always seemed like a clear and cut "pixiv artist deletes gallery only to return and do it again several times until they get burned out and quick altogether" case to me.
Pic related.