Friday, May 25, 2012. Report 3

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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

Tim Schafer (Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango) and Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island) are two people who were working for Lucasarts games, making adventures back in the day. They wanted to get half a million dollars or so to fund a new adventure game project, but they didn't want to go to a big publisher company, get a loan and then effectively be held hostage over what the game will include and what kind of copy protection they would have to use.

So they started a fund raiser on kickstarter (google it up if you are unfamiliar with it), asked the fans to contribute and implemented a reward system. So, someone who donated $15 will get the digital download version of the game WHEN it is complete. Someone who donated $30 gets the boxed edition, $50 gets you a collectors edition, signed autograph or something, $100 gets you all the previous rewards plus maybe a t-shirt and the soundtrack on CD, etc, etc...The rewards i mention are not exact matches for the prices quoted, but it's close. You can even get your name in the credits of the game if you want.

The major difference here Black Six is they were honest and up front about the situation. That's not the case here. This was sold as a functional working game with out a peep from the DEVS about it's shortcomings, and releasing a statement that it's a work in progress and your support would be appreciated. If they had released a statement like that, it would be a different story all together. This was a "pull the wool over the eyes" cash grab, and people are upset about it.