Thread by @dsmart

So it doesn't look like Starflight 3 is getting funded.

I'm completely shocked that endorsements from big "names" who have NEVER worked on ANY games in the genre didn't help. Shocking.

Lackluster pitch and near-zero updates haven't helped either.

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Both SF 1&2 was my inspirations and heavily influenced my decision to start making games. And of course I headed straight into sci-fi.

Star Fleet, Sentinel Worlds, Hard Nova etc - all classics and major influences.

@Starflightgame If this ever gets funded (which it won't) I'm going to do be watching it like a hawk because you guys are actively engaging in the #1 sin: using "names" to push a game, rather than pushing the merits of the game itself and your plans to actually DEVELOP it.

@Starflightgame @dsmart
Instead of doing updates of the damn game, you're actively using people who have NEVER developed ANY game in the genre.

This time it was Chris Taylor. How are these endorsements going to LEAD TO A GAME?!?!

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This is precisely why I haven't backed it and have NO intentions of doing so.

You can't expect to trade and coast on nostalgia - and nothing else. That's how we ended up with the likes of Star Citizen and EVERY other FAILED crowd-funded game.

This franchise is very dear to a LOT of us. So if you can't FOCUS on explaining HOW you're going to actually MAKE the game, then what's the point? Celebrity endorsements aren't going to make the f*cking game!!

To show how ridiculous this is, you guys did a podcast days ago with the ONE guy @spacegamejunkie who has been the torchbearer for ALL these games for as long as any fan can remember. Not a word about it on your Fig page. I guess he's not a celebrity?

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You know what? F*ck it. I'm just going to kill it.

I'm going to go write a blog.