Kickstarter Fraud Revealed
Beware Geeks Asking for Gifts... as video game kickstarter is fraud
In and of itself the idea of funding a game via public donation using Kickstarter sounds like a lovely idea in a perfect world, where market forces are benign. Tim Schafer will hopefully prove this. The folks behind Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men... not so much.
The Beeb's reporting that a project called by that very name and promising, "animations will be done via motion capture thanks to some friends at Disney/Pixar" had already seen "$4,739 (£2,922) in pledges out of a target of $80,000 at the point it was pulled by its creator."
Why was it pulled? No comment from Kickstarter but says the report, "The person responsible for the scam may have been trying to capitalise on the success of another video game."
It's all pulled now... but beware.
Source: BBC
The Beeb's reporting that a project called by that very name and promising, "animations will be done via motion capture thanks to some friends at Disney/Pixar" had already seen "$4,739 (£2,922) in pledges out of a target of $80,000 at the point it was pulled by its creator."
Why was it pulled? No comment from Kickstarter but says the report, "The person responsible for the scam may have been trying to capitalise on the success of another video game."
It's all pulled now... but beware.
Source: BBC