[–] redditor1255 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
I don't believe Eric. With what he has, he has a pretty straightforward case for fraud. Contracts don't protect behavior not made in good faith.
If Eric were honest, he'd sue. His fans would happily kickstart his legal fees.
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[–] Gamio 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Friend of my sister was working as a programmer in the British videogame industry in the early 90s to about 2005, said that 90 to 95% of what he worked on in his give or take 10 year career never saw the light of day, most of it ended up as partially working empty programs that were often hundreds of man hours away from even displaying a polygon on screen.
[–] frankenmine 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Most crowdfunders have never launched a single business in their entire lives. They may have the technical skills to deliver (some don't even have those) but they don't have budgeting, planning, etc. skills. That's why they fail.
[–] senpaithatignoresyou 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
Nah,
The duke nukem forever approach, is where you embezzle the money from one game, and put it into your own pet project. In the case of duke nukem, it was borderlands. Gearbox then fucked over aliens colonial marines, and put that money into borderlands 2.
[–] INTERNET_TRASHCAN 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
With how great Borderlands came out, it was a good decision.
[–] Sragwaven 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And almost immediately, there's a response from the accused. This is starting to look like a drama fest. Dev drama fest in ant game.
[–] FattyWhale ago
Looking at both the OP's article and this one, this is appearing to be accusation flinging at this point in time. Neither side has provided compelling proof of their claims.
Hopefully, the accusations thrown shouldn't be too terribly difficult to effectively determine their legitimacy.
[–] thelasthotsuin ago (edited ago)
I seriously doubt that this is the first time this has happened to a crowdfunded project.
Also his partners' defense is pretty solid... you can't just not pay your workers.
[–] youareivan ago (edited ago)
i've had pretty good luck with kickstarters but i decided to stop kickstarting software. there's a lot of room for something to go wrong because the turn around between funding and game is so long. i'm not a fan of beta testing stuff so it's even longer for me because of my preference.
the only bad project i've backed was the odin's ravens boardgame but from what i understand the professional company that bought the license is going to honor comitment to backers. i'm also a little worried about project phoenix a jprg that seems to be floundering but 2 misses out of 60 is still pretty good.
edit: i guess technically it's 3 out of 60 as i think star citizen might be vaporware.
[–] senpaithatignoresyou 0 points 17 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago (edited ago)
It sounds like his business partners pierced the corporate veil....
It would be a shame if they got sued/s
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/piercing_the_corporate_veil
[–] pepepepepe 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
This is absolutely embezzlement. I'm no legal expert but I am 200% sure there's no defense against asking for money for something and then spending it on booze and strippers. It's not like they're missing a deadline, underdelivering, or releasing a shoddy product here.