I am nine months into the development of my latest project and am on the verge of reaching the alpha stage. Recently, a friend sent me a link to a video, which I watched and then verified on Twitter.

I went to the discussions to express my concerns about my project. My project is not political; its goal is to be accessible to everyone, not just a specific group. However, it now seems tainted by politics, and I feel that my ability to remain apolitical has been compromised.

Even if this isn’t the direction of Godot, I’ve observed this behavior since March 2024 on the Discord. Back then, I noticed moderators engaging in what seemed like a race to be offended. Casual conversations that would normally be innocuous were now filled with unmentionable words. The options were to apologize, censor yourself, or be banned. This nonsense left a bad taste in my mouth, and I decided to leave.

In short, I felt alienated by Godot. Fortunately, I have game development experience and am a good problem solver, so I can continue my project without that resource. However, what happened recently was a bridge too far. Telling people to “f out of your universe” indicates that this wasn’t an isolated incident but an intentional effort to alienate developers from the Discord and the engine if they don’t care about or agree with a particular ideology.

I don’t want to alienate my customers, and using Godot as my engine of choice has now become a political question with objectively negative implications from a utilitarian perspective. Even if Godot’s ideology is the right one, I refuse to alienate people who will play my game, I do not care about their politics and I am not so insecure that I must force them to care about mine.

I conducted a quick poll and found that, on average, 1 in 9 people have pronouns like he/she/they/them in their profiles on GODOT tangential Discords. While I didn’t ask any questions, I concluded that most people don’t have the energy to care about learning or applying pronouns to their profiles. Some of the 1 out of 9 might be doing it for work.

I’ve come so far in my project, but this is Godot. Life is about mistakes, and mine might have been not paying attention to the culture of Godot’s community back in February and March, even if they are a minority. The thing with politics in business is that it can be like a rotten apple in a barrel of apples.

I am nine months into the development of my latest project and am on the verge of reaching the alpha stage. Recently, a friend sent me a link to a video, which I watched and then verified on Twitter. I went to the discussions to express my concerns about my project. My project is not political; its goal is to be accessible to everyone, not just a specific group. However, it now seems tainted by politics, and I feel that my ability to remain apolitical has been compromised. Even if this isn’t the direction of Godot, I’ve observed this behavior since March 2024 on the Discord. Back then, I noticed moderators engaging in what seemed like a race to be offended. Casual conversations that would normally be innocuous were now filled with unmentionable words. The options were to apologize, censor yourself, or be banned. This nonsense left a bad taste in my mouth, and I decided to leave. In short, I felt alienated by Godot. Fortunately, I have game development experience and am a good problem solver, so I can continue my project without that resource. However, what happened recently was a bridge too far. Telling people to “f out of your universe” indicates that this wasn’t an isolated incident but an intentional effort to alienate developers from the Discord and the engine if they don’t care about or agree with a particular ideology. I don’t want to alienate my customers, and using Godot as my engine of choice has now become a political question with objectively negative implications from a utilitarian perspective. Even if Godot’s ideology is the right one, I refuse to alienate people who will play my game, I do not care about their politics and I am not so insecure that I must force them to care about mine. I conducted a quick poll and found that, on average, 1 in 9 people have pronouns like he/she/they/them in their profiles on GODOT tangential Discords. While I didn’t ask any questions, I concluded that most people don’t have the energy to care about learning or applying pronouns to their profiles. Some of the 1 out of 9 might be doing it for work. I’ve come so far in my project, but this is Godot. Life is about mistakes, and mine might have been not paying attention to the culture of Godot’s community back in February and March, even if they are a minority. The thing with politics in business is that it can be like a rotten apple in a barrel of apples.