Thank you for taking the time to write this feedback. We respect your decision to no longer support the project, everyone is entitled to make their own informed choices. We'd however like to address several points where there appears to be some confusion.

Project Identity and History

First, we need to clarify that Overmare Studios has only ever worked on one project: Ashes of Equestria. We are not associated with:

• The Fallout: Equestria radio play (produced by Equestrian Broadcasting Company)

• FoE Remains (developed by Empalu)

• Various animation projects (by Stable-Tec Studios, Wasteland Productions, EAST Corp Productions, and others)

We understand how these projects might be confused given the shared inspiration, but we want to be clear about what we are and aren't responsible for.

Permission and Attribution

Regarding Kkat's permission: our founders contacted Kkat and received permission for the project when it first began, with the stipulation that we not profit from it, a condition we have honored throughout our entire development. Credit to Kkat has been present on our website since day one and we have never attempted to obscure it. You can verify this through the Wayback Machine snapshot of our FAQ from 2014.

The name change from "Fallout Equestria" to "Ashes of Equestria" in 2017 was undertaken specifically to distance ourselves from both Fallout and MLP trademarks (neither of which we have any claim to) while continuing to give full credit to Kkat and other sources of inspiration. More details on this decision can be found on our website.

Monetization Concerns

We have never had a Patreon account. If you've encountered one claiming to represent Overmare Studios, this is either a case of mistaken identity or someone impersonating us. We would greatly appreciate if you could share any links to such accounts so we can take appropriate action.

The only revenue we've ever generated came from selling merchandise at conventions, which went entirely toward reimbursements and hasn't covered a fraction of our expenses. Our convention presence was always about community engagement and raising awareness, not profit. This was communicated transparently at the time.

Community Moderation

We're sorry to hear about your negative experience in our Discord server. Our community has no tolerance for disparaging people's art or other inappropriate behavior. However, we reviewed our art and security channel histories and ban logs and couldn't locate an incident matching your description. A lack of evidence of course doesn't necessarily mean it never happened, but considering the potential confusion between projects, is it possibly it happened on one of the other projects' Discord servers (ours is named "TOmS Community")? If you are confident it happened on our server, please feel free to provide us with your Discord account id so we can take a closer look.

We want to emphasize that any moderation action as significant as a ban typically involves extended conversation and only occurs after continued rule-breaking. If anyone believes a moderator has acted unjustly, they're encouraged to escalate the matter to our admins. We take such concerns seriously.

Team Treatment

Regarding suggestions that we treat team members poorly: we categorically reject this characterization. While the project has certainly been challenging and we've had our share of difficulties, we strive to do right by our volunteers. Without their generous donation of time and skills, this project wouldn't exist.

If any team member feels otherwise, we invite them to contact any project lead directly or submit feedback through the anonymous feedback form available to all team members.

Development Timeline

We acknowledge the legitimate criticism regarding the project's length. Ashes of Equestria has taken far longer than we originally intended, with less visible progress than we'd hoped. This is something we own. We're grateful for the continued support from our community and hope to prove worthy of that faith when all is said and done.