As if there was any doubt, the Starflight 3 campaign was a complete and utter train wreck.
I said it wouldn't fund.
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I said it wouldn't fund.
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The last minute hilarity ensued when a backer Tweeted Elon Musk.
I'm not playing.
I'm not playing.
Elon's response is the thing of PR nightmares.
But wait! It gets better!
This is the cringe email they sent out shortly after. Too long for me to do multiple Tweets, so here's a screen shot.
It's verbatim.
This is the cringe email they sent out shortly after. Too long for me to do multiple Tweets, so here's a screen shot.
It's verbatim.
It's bad enough that the campaign was an absolutely train wreck from start to finish, but I was still rooting for it.
That was until they decided to focus, not on the game, how they were going to make it etc, but on celebrity endorsement and a whole heap of inconsequential bs.
That was until they decided to focus, not on the game, how they were going to make it etc, but on celebrity endorsement and a whole heap of inconsequential bs.
Even with the Fig investor funding, I still don't quite know how they were going to make THAT game they pitched, with $800K. And I don't think even they knew the answer to that either.
That game they pitched, could NEVER have been made for less than $2M and at least 3 yrs dev
That game they pitched, could NEVER have been made for less than $2M and at least 3 yrs dev
Given the size and scope of the original games, the second bullet point in their SF3 pitch was a dead giveaway.
Even with procedural tech (ala No Man's Sky), you are still looking at a massive amount of work just for that single bullet point.
I mean, go ask @draginol about Star Control Origins, which is basically the same genre and premise. You think THAT took 2 yrs and $800K?
I mean, go ask @draginol about Star Control Origins, which is basically the same genre and premise. You think THAT took 2 yrs and $800K?
@PlayFig isn't the lawless frontier that is Indiego and Kickstarter combat because they employ some checks and balances when it comes to accountability and funding. However, take a look at the campaigns that get the sort of REAL funding games require.
fig.co/campaigns
fig.co/campaigns
For those two factors (accountability + funding) alone, I always recommend Fig. But as they're very selective of the projects they host, it's not likely that you're going to find a game you're interested in over there.
Which is why SF3 being on there, made sense.
Which is why SF3 being on there, made sense.
But this SF3 campaign was on the ropes right off the bat because of messaging, presentation, and general attitude which to me just came across as them trading more on nostalgia than on the actual game they were going to build and get funding for.
So that's that.
If this campaign ever pops up again in crowd-funding, and it listed for anything less than $3M and about 3 yrs to do, walk away. Unless you like throwing money into an open fire pit.
If this campaign ever pops up again in crowd-funding, and it listed for anything less than $3M and about 3 yrs to do, walk away. Unless you like throwing money into an open fire pit.
