KasperHviid: I'm in love!
Edit: There are three more vids at the
Steam page. Where, I now discover, it's an EA/GID (Early Access/Game In-Development) POS
I don't mind Crowdfunding, if a game is 100% crowdfunded, meaning it has no publisher, using Backer funds to offset their own risk.
Even then, I will only fund experienced Devs, with a proven track record of releasing great games, and only via direct funding.
I fundamentally object to KickStarter creaming off just 5% of my backer funding
So direct funding gives all my cash to the dev. No leeches, living off doing sod all but hosting a project on their site.
How much worse EA/GID is than even KickStarter/Crowdfunding can't be overstated.
1 You buy the Product, an unfinished game, usually not even in an Alpha state (Alpha State = playable from start to finish)
2 Buying ANY product, in an unfinished state, means you bought it "AS SEEN", on the date of purchase.
3 You have no legal right to expect anything else, because you knew you were buying an unfinished buggy mess.
4 Steam/GOG take 30% of the purchase price, for that buggy unfinished mess.
5 The Buggy Unfinished mess, also has a Publisher, that wants you to fund the development of the game, that they profit off.
6 All, including devs are profiting from selling an EA/GID POS, but not from me.
If this project EVER gets completed, I may take another look at it,
Even then, it will suffer, due to me imposing a EA?GID negativity penalty, for using a scummy business model.