Players believe The Day Before is a scam – developers want to fight misinformation

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The survival game The Day Before (Steam) is much discussed. Some players believe the title is a scam and will never appear. Now the developers spoke in a statement about the spread of misinformation.

What kind of game is this? The Day Before is a survival game in which you fight to survive during a zombie apocalypse. In addition to the struggle for survival against zombies, battles against other players will also play a major role, because PvP is an important part of the game.

The survival title was the most-requested game on Steam alongside Hogwarts Legacy for months, but in January The Day Before suddenly disappeared from the platform.

Why do people think the game is cheating? The assumption that The Day Before is a scam and that the game will never be released is based on several points of view.

We embed the gameplay video, which players dubbed “Walking Simulator”, here:

The Day Before – 10 minutes of gameplay

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What do the developers say? In a new statement on Twitter, the developers of The Day Before now speak about the spread of false information and how it burdens the team, as well as other indie developers affected by similar experiences.

On top of that, they announced that after the release of The Day Before they would think about how they can help young developers deal with the misinformation that is spreading.

You can see a German translation of the statement here:

We all live in an age of disinformation and a lack of fact checking. Everyone can say anything for their views, and everyone will believe it. Disinformation must be tackled because it can harm not only us but other indies and small/medium sized studios as well. It also has psychological effects on the members of such teams. After the release of The Day Before, we will think about how to help novice developers deal with fakes and provide resources for it.

The Day Before developer Fntastic via Twitter

What are the reactions to the statement? On Twitter, some users responded to the statement and talked about what could have gone wrong in the case of The Day Before and Fntastic.

  • Blakwoods: “The solution to this problem is a good marketing team. If not, then you need to be more transparent and communicate better with the community. If you look closely, The Day Before was the most requested game, so people support you, the problem is your communication.”
  • Fntastic: “Thank you! We will improve communication and create more transparency (via Twitter)”.
  • TastelessNobody: “Maybe you should put out some information or news every once in a while and not go silent for a year and a half and only post 1 gameplay video, then there won’t be any misinformation.”
  • Fntastic: “We don’t even have a marketing department. All of our resources go into game development. But we will improve communication, thanks (via Twitter).”

    • Under the statement, other Twitter users continue to talk about the lack of evidence that the game even exists and suggest, for example, hosting a live stream from inside the studio while the developers work on the game. In general, the communication and transparency of the studio is viewed critically.

    Some MeinMMO readers expressed similar criticism as on Twitter. For example, 30% of you gave up believing The Day Before was a scam:

    New survival MMO on Steam looks like the next big hit – but you don’t trust it

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