Dustborn used far more government money than has been previously reported.
The Norwegian Film Institute funded the game for 14 million kroner, or nearly 1.4 Million USD. This is in addition to the 150,000 Euros from the Creative EU grant program.
Dustborn is basically an antifa training game. You "bash the fash" across the "Divided States of America" by using vocal powers to call people racist.
The game has 33 players currently on it's opening week.
A thread. 🧵
The Norwegian Film Institute funded the game for 14 million kroner, or nearly 1.4 Million USD. This is in addition to the 150,000 Euros from the Creative EU grant program.
Dustborn is basically an antifa training game. You "bash the fash" across the "Divided States of America" by using vocal powers to call people racist.
The game has 33 players currently on it's opening week.
A thread. 🧵
https://x.com/LavenderGhast/status/1826675834801041539/video/1
The company, @RedThreadGames , looks to be funding multiple games through the use of these government grants.
The games do not make money, as you can see from the Steam Charts below for their prior games Dreamfall Chapters and Draugen.
Their existence seems to be dependent on repeated grants, wastes of taxpayer money that fund games that fail over and over.
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The games do not make money, as you can see from the Steam Charts below for their prior games Dreamfall Chapters and Draugen.
Their existence seems to be dependent on repeated grants, wastes of taxpayer money that fund games that fail over and over.
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The company seems to be grifting off EU taxpayers money which are awarded, in part, on ESG criteria. (remember when people denied ESG grants for Indies existed and called everyone a conspiracy theorist?)
The Norwegian Film Institute, focuses on productions where the percentage of women in key roles is a factor.
Their latest project Svalbard, has received nearly 11 million Kroner so far ($1,050,138 USD) and 150,000 Euro more from the EU Creative Program.
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The Norwegian Film Institute, focuses on productions where the percentage of women in key roles is a factor.
Their latest project Svalbard, has received nearly 11 million Kroner so far ($1,050,138 USD) and 150,000 Euro more from the EU Creative Program.
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The rest of the funding is likely through their publisher, Quantic Dream @Quantic_Dream via their SpotLight publishing program.
Quantic Dream provides @RedThreadGames with additional support, including narrative work, motion capture, photogrammetry and sound design, localization and more. This is likely provide for free in addition to whatever funding Quantic Dreams invests in Dustborn.
In this way, Red Thread Games can continue to grift of taxpayer money and produce games while reducing many costs.
Quantic Dreams was aquired by NetEase in 2022.
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Quantic Dream provides @RedThreadGames with additional support, including narrative work, motion capture, photogrammetry and sound design, localization and more. This is likely provide for free in addition to whatever funding Quantic Dreams invests in Dustborn.
In this way, Red Thread Games can continue to grift of taxpayer money and produce games while reducing many costs.
Quantic Dreams was aquired by NetEase in 2022.
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It is curious why @RedThreadGames continues to produce games, given that none of them have garnered enough users to pay for their production.
It is also concerning that Dustborn has been crafted as a political agitprop tool backed by taxpayers who do not want this kind of disruption to their cultures or society.
But it is clear the Red Thread Games does not care or depend on gamers sales for their continued existence or ability to product political propaganda games.
It is also concerning that Dustborn has been crafted as a political agitprop tool backed by taxpayers who do not want this kind of disruption to their cultures or society.
But it is clear the Red Thread Games does not care or depend on gamers sales for their continued existence or ability to product political propaganda games.
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