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Setting the Record Straight: Addressing False Claims About Me and My Work
Hello my lovelies,
I'm the developer behind Layers of Stardust, and although we may have not met before, I wanted to reach out to community. I've returned here because the furry multiverse has unfortunately become a breeding ground for malicious gossip and unfounded rumors that I feel compelled to address.
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that I stand firmly against bullyingand bullies.
- Firstly, For those who may think I was banned from FVN, let me clarify this for you: I was never banned; I chose to leave voluntarily. When I first ventured into art, I made some misguided decisions based on ill-advised advice and created a single traced piece of artwork, which I posted here. Unfortunately, this led to a very unpleasant situation.
- Secondly, I also want to address the matter of AI usage in my work. If you've taken the time to read my previous posts, you'll know that I made the decision to use ethically sourced AI-generated backgrounds, specifically backgrounds, due to personal circumstances. Last October, my father passed away, and I found myself battling severe depression, contemplating the unthinkable. Moreover, I've been in a situation where I've had to prioritize basic necessities like food and rent over everything else. This difficult situation was exacerbated when my mother tragically lost her life in a car accident this May.
- Third, I want to clarify that the removal of downloads was a result of in-game changes, which rendered old saves incompatible and could potentially break the game.
- Fourth, there have been comments suggesting I am 'Roleplaying' my working past within Bioware and Project Red. I find it offensive and unfortunate that people will want to erase my professional work past as a principle, possibly literally wanting me to send them payslips as proof.
- Fifth, My own art.
I am not a artist, I am a writer. I will never be a great artist, I have said that repeatedly on the discord channel. Unfortunately since the Update has been released there have been suggestions I fabricate and trace my art using AI. Have I been unfortunate to draw a character with 6 fingers? Yes I have. Have I drawn one with 4? Certainly. Have I drawn characters who have the head to body ratio too big or too small? Of course. Lursa looks like she has cow hips. Jonathan looks like he could crap a brick. I am not an artist. I struggle with hands. The amount of times I wanted to throw my iPad through the window goes in thousands. Some of the chibis look like South park characters, Lellan looks like a fat frog.
But I would not offend my loyal and loving readers with lying to them to scam them.
- Rumours that the VN is unreadable and the grammar is out of this world horrendous.
As a non English speaker, and an English teacher with ADHD yes I make errors, in fact on a daily basis I have a tendency to talk and write in German English where I would use German structure for English sentences. That's why I try to proofread, do I make errors and mistakes yes I do. Everyone does.
There is a channel on the discord where I openly encourage people to tell me what they think I've done wrong. Because I will never stop learning.
I genuinely do not appreciate being subjected to slander and encountering echoes of it across the internet, especially from individuals who have worked tirelessly on their own games—games that I've consistently supported and praised throughout my journey in VN development, even though we may not have exchanged a single word.
Please, let's refrain from engaging in such behavior.
Thank you
Bob
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A gay furry Sci Fi Visual Novel taking place in a exciting setting where politics and romance collide.
More posts
- LoS 0.3 Public releaseSep 03, 2023
- Update 23/08/2023Aug 23, 2023
- Update 16/08/2023Aug 16, 2023
- Layers of Stardust Update 11/07/2023Jul 11, 2023
- Update - 25/06/2023Jun 25, 2023
- Layers of Stardust - Promo VideoJun 10, 2023
- LOS - Sad personal newsJun 05, 2023
- LoS - 5th of JuneJun 04, 2023
- Very small delayJun 04, 2023

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I have read a TON of developers make lame excuses for why they are lazy and unfocused. You are not one of them. I feel all of your endeavors and struggles are believable and legit. You are always informative on your situation and you do something I never see: take accountability. Also, you let the readers know BEFORE you take a hiatus. that one thing garners so much respect from me. Good luck with it all, I will stick around here til the end!
Android build 🥲
I'm sorry for what happened to you until this point. From my experience, there's always someone who being envy with your achievement and they will do anything to bring you down. To me, you're already made quite a great work and I enjoyed your VN. It's okay if you want to take it slow, as long as you look after your wellbeing as well.
Goodluck and take care!
This is actually the first time I've heard anything about your work history! ><; True or false, I think it doesn't really matter... if your content is good, then that should be what speaks about you. (And besides... as someone who very much rather not have their face and identity revealed, I can feel the same for not providing info.)
AI I'm more iffy on, but a one man show with little extra resources, this I'm fine with. Definitely if the art generated was ethical.
The situation you have described is horrendous. Sorry that people are compounding an already difficult time. I’m a big fan of your VN, and a bigger fan of you. Thanks for sharing your work and world with us.
I am sorry to hear you are having these types of comments levied against you. I cannot speak for everyone, but I love your writing and the world you have created with such vibrant characters. While you might not claim to be much of an artist, I adore your style and think you should be proud! This game has so much promise and I cannot wait to see where you go from here!
And as far as the backgrounds, the only comment I have is that they capture the world you have made wonderfully! My only critique is I miss this little guy, living his best life sunbathing! lol
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Sounds like people have been real jerks to you. Sympathies.
We still haven't found a way in our internet community to deal with the issues of large groups finding a 'special friend' to target and torment long-term as a group.
I wish you the best of luck enduring it.
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Ignore the haters, they're just salty/jealous that you did something that they couldn't, produced an amazing VN that people are loving!
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Bob first of all thank you for all of the work you put into Layers of Stardust.
I have yet to play but from what I've heard a lot of my friends love your game and I for one and looking forward to the Android version.
Don't let others diminish the amount of work that goes into LOS . From one writer to another, at the end of the day what really matters is that you like the work that's gone into LOS. I'm sure there are people who love Layers of Stardust around the world.
True fans will help you learn how you can improve your work and make Layers of Stardust even better. They will work with you instead of against you, there will always be haters and trolls that will not change unfortunately.
Keep doing what you love, the people who appreciate what you do will support you.
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I'll leave you a comment with my feedback when I've played. I always do that for the Creator/team depending on if a team is behind a FVN's updates. I know you do all of the work on LoS yourself and kudos to you since not many creators do that. Have a great day, I hope this message finds you well.
Bob,
Please don't let them get to you.
We appreciate the amount of work you're putting in.
You're doing great.
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This is one of my favorite VNs so far, and the writing is great, and the characters look great (high cuteness levels from Magnus and Lellan).
Keep up the great work.
Sadly there are people out there who like being negative and attempting to put others down to make themselves feel better, I just wish they would put that energy into something positive rather than attacking people for making a great VN.
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I love your VN, both the original version and the current giving the character a fuller introduction before the route choice.
Having actually read the whole thing I can say the typos and grammar issues are few and far between.
I hope you are able to continue your work, despite the nay sayers.
The choice to use AI is valid as long as it's not copying other's work, and the system you are using seems to be good.
There are trolls everywhere in any online community, furrydom is no exception. I advise to just ignore them and try not to reply to unwarranted attacks as that just fans their flames.
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You are complaining about the furry multiverse becoming a breeding ground for malicious gossip and unfounded rumors about yourself, but all I see both in your discord group and here is overwhelming support. Maybe your own ego has became so big it can't get enough love and support at this point? I'm sure this one article you posted on reddit a while ago about stepping outside of your ego should help with your issues.
So after the whole message, you decide that I have a big Ego? Have you actually read the entire thing or just skipped it.
Wild and entirely unnecessary. Honestly, a great example of the kind of thing Bob was responding to.
You just made his point. Go away you nasty troll.
> Fourth, there have been comments suggesting I am 'Roleplaying' my working past within Bioware and Project Red. I find it offensive and unfortunate that people will want to erase my professional work past as a principle, possibly literally wanting me to send them payslips as proof.
But we need somekind of proof to believe you anyway, right? Otherwise how can anyone be even sure you are not lying to boost your persona? Anyone on the internet can say they were working for big companies.
Unfortunately that would reveal too many of my personal details and I don't want to be a centre of interest for dangerous people on the internet. I'm sure you understand that fear.
Then why even tell people you worked for such big names? Weren't you predicting that they would inevitably demand a proof? And what right do you even have to blame them for doubting you in that case?
Edit: I dont believe you working for those companies for a bit but if you tell me you have been working for modern Hollywood I would believe you no questions asked, because this is how your stance looks like:
“I worked for CDP and Bioware and I can’t prove it but if you doubt me then you a bully a troll and so on”
Doesn’t ring any bells?
Also gonna admire your absolutely phenomenal lack of self-awreness: a person who writes posts about “ego bad” can’t part ways with his own. Holy shit.
What does it even matter whether or not he worked for either company? Are you only reading his VN because of his past work experience, or are you actually enjoying it? What do you think calling him out, whether true or not, even accomplishes?
Think about it from this standpoint. I'll use personal experience.
I am very closely related to the current governor of Idaho, Brad Little. If I were to make this claim on the internet, for the purpose of garnering attention so that people... Idk, read a political book I wrote under a pen name, and you didn't like that, and you wanted me to provide proof, which ultimately would result in a direct revelation of my personal identity, my response would be "No". Not because it isn't true, but because I don't care enough to tell my real name to some random person on the internet who doesn't believe me.
In the end, you get to complain as much as you want about it, and people might believe you, but I'm still going to leave that information where it is, regardless of people believing it, because whether you believe the truth or not, is a problem that only you have to deal with. And I don't have to prove what I say, just because it sounds too incredible.
Circling all the way back, it's not Bob's problem that you don't believe him; It's yours, for seeing it as such an unattainable goal that you believe somebody else couldn't achieve it either. So he doesn't need to prove it.
Idk, that's just how I see it.
100% I feel the same way. GG
Jealousy is an ugly bitch for sure. But i am glad you stand up for yourself. There is nothing wrong nowadays to get support from AI especially when you work by yourself. Personally i think your art is amazing and the characters and chibis you made with the remake are beautiful. Given my art skills are limited to reading and watching, others might think different but there will always be haters. For me what you did here beside your personal hardships is truly nothing but amazing. Though i have to say that maybe some are right that your VN is not readable if they can´t speak english. Would be the same for me if you wrote it in French ;-) And i have yet to read a VN that doens´t have any typos or grammar mistakes. Just be sure that there are more than enough people out there who love what you do. 😘