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ComputerSagtNein@lemm.ee 6 months ago
They are scammers and nobody should feel sorry for them.
I bet even this was planned from the beginning. Get some money out of the “game” and then just disappear.
Get some money out of the “game” and then just disappear.
Is this even possible with the way steam handles the payment of developers? If I remember correctly you get the money at the end of the month and they are also saving a certain part for possible refunds.
The few people at the top of the studio paid themselves a juicy salary from investors’ money for 5 years, then released a Unity asset pack they bought for a few hundred bucks as finished end product.
it’s build in Unreal Engine…
True, although I would guess the central argument still holds water. Most of the “game” looks like an asset flip indeed.
Unreal, Unity; is there much distinction between the two nowadays?
slaacaa@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The amount of people who don’t understand how this is a scam is sad. It’s not about the pocket change from steam sales (which they may get or may not at all), it’s about living for a few years on investor money and doing nothing (or working your own business). And they did release a game at the end, so the investors cannot easily sue them for fraud, as they csn just put their hands up and say they tried, it just didn’t work out.