- One of the co-creators of the 2D video game ‘Terraria’ has been blocked from their Google accounts.
- Andrew Spinks said he canceled the version of the game for Google Stadia due to his frustration.
- He told his 65,000 followers on Twitter that the company was a “liability” on Monday.
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One of the co-creators of the action-adventure game “Terraria” considered Google a “passive” after being without access to Gmail, YouTube and Play accounts for weeks.
On Monday, Andrew Spinks told his 65,000 Twitter followers that he had ended the unannounced development of 2D multiplayer for Google’s gaming platform, Stadia, due to his frustration with the company.
“My @Google account has been deactivated for more than 3 weeks. I still have no idea why, and after using all the resources I have to resolve this, you did nothing but turn me around,” he wrote.
Spinks is the CEO of the indie game studio Re-Logic, better known as “Terraria”. He used the official identifier “Terraria” in late January to tweet on a YouTube support account that Re-Logic had lost access to his YouTube account, and that Gmail and other Google apps were disabled a few days later . “This account is linked to many business functions and, as such, the impact for us is quite substantial”, he wrote at the time.
On Monday, Spinks said he lost access to “thousands of dollars” in apps on his Google Play account and was unable to access his YouTube and Gmail accounts, which he has used for 15 years.
Insider previously wrote about what it feels like to be indefinitely without access to your Google account, with many features receiving only automated responses.
—Andrew Spinks (@Demilogic) February 8, 2021
“I absolutely did nothing to violate your terms of service, so I can’t understand it any other way than if you decide to burn this bridge,” continued Spinks. “Consider burnt out. #Terraria for @GoogleStadia has been canceled. My company will no longer support any of its platforms going forward.”
He added: “I will not be involved with a company that values its customers and partners so little. Doing business with you is a risk.”
The decision is another minor blow to Google’s gaming ambitions, just weeks after the company announced it was abandoning plans to produce games domestically.
Insider approached Google for comment.
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