Exciting news!

[bls1999]

Jiggmin has vanished for years at a time. Some say he has too many expectations put on him. Some say he lost motivation. Despite the news given at the top of this thread, I want to suggest that that isn't actually Jiggmin talking to us. It's just something he said in a conversation with an administrator who then relayed the information to us. Jiggmin hasn't spoken directly to his fan base in half a decade. I support Jiggmin as much as anyone here, but his actions don't earn my support.

Sure, he was speaking directly to me. I was the only other person on the call; however, I asked if it would be okay to relay to the community everything I listed in this thread. So, he clearly knew what information would be released. In a way, I believe this is a form of communication since he could've very easily requested that I not share any details of our conversation.

Do I support leaving the community with no leader and then taking down the only website it has? Absolutely not. Do I have ideas as to why it happened? Yeah (listed previously). Do I support him? Unequivocally.

When it comes down to it, he doesn't owe us anything. It's incredible that PR2/JV still has an active community after 12+ years. He started JV and made these games as a way to support himself. He never asked for the multitudes of attention he got as a result of his games' popularity. Life is (and IMO should) be his #1 priority. Like I said in the call, if he ever feels like dropping in and saying hey, that would be welcomed with open arms, but given that his life is more than this community now, it should take a backseat to his more pressing responsibilities without him needing to feel that it's a betrayal of some sort.

So yeah, I'm hopeful. I'm not holding my breath for a final release of Bubble Racing or PRF anytime soon, but I recognize the effort and am encouraged by his voluntary return to game design.