5 Video Game Kickstarters That RAN AWAY With Your MONEY!!!: RPG Edition | KickScammers

[@ethangaren7560]

Kinda ironic that a game called Project Pheonix died, and won't be returning from the ashes.

[@JackTheBlindOrganistAndCrepey]

Ethan Garen You are wrong, my friend. A company called Little Orbit is attempting to revive the project out their own pockets.

[@JackTheBlindOrganistAndCrepey]

Ethan Garen So the Pheonix rose, but it will never be the same mythical and epic being it once was.

[@lakie92]

Jack the Blind Organist and Crêpeypasta that TOTALLY practice in Legal Foodyism wrong game, that's unsung story

[@j.6230]

Jack the Blind Organist and Crêpeypasta that TOTALLY practice in Legal Foodyism You have the most annoying username ever, therefor your argument is invalid.

[@JackTheBlindOrganistAndCrepey]

lakie92 Whoops, thanks for correcting me.

[@dragonphoreal]

Apparently the Project Phoenix director didn't even actually get those creators officially on board, so it was a scam in that sense too.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

Shenyongo The Dragon Slayer I'm honestly unsurprised. That list of big names attached looked far too good to be true.

[@Ironman1o1]

Yeah, all that talent, who lives around the world, coming together under one studio? (no names too) BIG red flag.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Yeah, but how can they promise such things and lie all about it, but still get accepted for Kickstarter? Don't they do a background check at least when a gaming company approaches them? Or anyone and their uncle Bob can make a kickstarter asking for a million dollars?

[@Doomwolf82002]

Not the first time I've seen someone pull this; Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men was one of the first who tried to pull this BS when crowd-funding games fist took off. newmediarockstars.com/2012/05/reddit-users-expose-kickstarter-video-game-scam/

[@pferreira1983]

Ah that's explains it. Thanks.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

Got to hand it to Little Orbit to take over the project out of there own pocket and to take the backers as there own is a Major risk and I have to give Major kudos

[@skyrimlover777]

Yeah, good thing the game went into the hands of people that as least gave a shit

[@SadalDay]

i found it a bit fishy tbh but might be due to me becoming a tad cynical over the years.

[@Howtard]

The Ethical Pixel I know what you mean.. It has an air of buying bad debt about it, doesn't it?

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Except Little Orbit isn't getting investment. They're using the funds from another game to fund this one. They're gambling on making a game that'll wow people.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

How old are you? 10? Explain to me "deflection strategy". How does it benefit them? Two words, kid: Grow. Up.

[@LendriMujina]

Holy shit, Little Orbit. Paying out of pocket to fulfill the empty promises of a Kickstarter gone wrong without a cent of the funding it got. That's an impressive sacrifice for the sake of the consumer. This video started on a surprisingly positive note.

[@fireflocs]

>Sega C&Ds fan projects based on dead IPs like Streets of Rage and Shining Force >But not fan projects based on Sonic >Turned down that third-party company who wanted to revive Jet Set Radio >Sonic Mania made by third-party company Here's my theory: Sega isn't just sort of letting their unused IPs idly sit around - they *actively want those properties dead*.

[@Aevilbeast]

I think it's more that they kinda of gave up on trying to create an actual good Sonic game and let others try to make one since they're desperate. This way if it's bad they don't have to take the blame and they don't have anything invested in it. Plus, they are probably holding on to their other IP's just incase they come up with a good idea or need to make some quick cash. Makes sense business wise. I mean even a HD remake or mediocre Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage,etc would definitely sell big on pure nostalgia alone, and make them some serious cash. Like an Ace up their sleeve, just waiting for the perfect timing to use it. Sega is unfortunately not doing so well, so they trying to survive anyway they can and letting people/groups have at their most loved and famous IP's would be a risk they aren't willing to take.

[@chocov1233]

While Shenmue 3 was very disappointing and I don't even know what Balan Wonderworld was supposed to be, we've still got a good new Streets of Rage game & that Bomb Rush Cyberfunk indie game looks like a worthy successor to Jet Set Radio & Jet Set Radio Future, or at least as good of a successor as Yooka-Laylee was for Banjo-Kazooie & Banjo-Twooie.

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

Streets of Rage 4 kinda makes this wrong…I hope

[@ilexgarodan]

Here's hoping Watch Mojo doesn't steal THIS one!

[@pakzgames1421]

They rip off James Rolfe's (AVGN) work as well...they should be hit with pladgerism.

[@aetherofthenorth9700]

@@pakzgames1421 As if YT would take them down. They get views after all

[@aeris2001]

wat

[@aeris2001]

@@pakzgames1421 explain

[@Maple_Extract]

From what I understand matsuno had next to nothing to do with unsung story and was basically just getting used by playdek as a name drop Matsuno has only done light contributions to games for awhile now, usually writing little scenarios or extras.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

It's a shame because Playdek made some of my favorite games.

[@qwertyMrJINX]

It's a damn shame this is what he's been reduced to. Matsuno is undoubtedly one of the most talented directors in the business, and I'd love to see more from him.

[@src175]

Mapleine Damn, that's kinda sad. Matsuno always had some rather amazing worldbuilding and writing. His work on the Ogre series of games is honestly better than what he did for FFT.

[@swaggerlevel90001]

@@src175 He's also supposed to be working on a mobile game called lost order but there's been zero updates

[@Mathmachine]

Due to their complexity, RPGs have to be one of the hardest genres to kickstart. Not just because they're so time and detail intense to make, but because they can (and probably will) cost a LOT more than you'd imagine to make. There's a reason even the "well known" kickstarted cRPGs have had 7 figure goals, that was basically just "stay afloat" or "side" money until they released the game to recoup the majority of their costs.

[@maximillianlylat1589]

Mathmachine if an RPG kickstarter was lucky enough to happen it would be like gen 1 pokemon and that game barely happened and was lucky enough to get popular

[@Mathmachine]

The Man With No Name 1.1 million goal, made just south of 4 million, and still had to get a publisher. Not saying it's bad, just saying, it kinda proves my point.

[@pluvius9265]

Undertale only had a goal of $5000 (which it got x10) and it's arguably one of the most successful video-game Kickstarters ever in terms of what people got for their money.

[@RFTL]

Just some I own. Shadowrun Trilogy, Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2, Wasteland 2, Torment ToN, Paper Scourer, Legend of Eisenwald & Eisenwald Blood of November, Dead State, Project Zomboid, The Dwarfes, Thea: The Beginning, Masquerada, Halcion 6, Serpend in the Stagland. Undertail, Lisa the Painful. I'm pretty sure if you actually search for it you will find more good RPG Kickstarter games. Also having a Publisher ... publish a game is not the same as a Publisher Investing in the development of a game.

[@Mathmachine]

Pluvius I'd say Undertale is more the exception than the rule. Toby had a plan and kept it small and tight specifically for the style of game he was going with. That's more an example of what good management and sticking to your original vision looks like I'd say.

[@itsmemrnukki]

*Insert Peter Molyneux joke here*

[@MrGreenToS]

I was one of the backers for Mansion Lord, I was so sad to see them run away with the cash after seeing the prototype game actually look really interesting. I do wish someone would take the ideas of the game and somehow use it for a new game.

[@eric4133]

I'm thinking of making a Kickstarter to fund a crazy person that will track down the people who ran with money from other Kickstarters, get the money back and then make them wish they never ran with the money. I think it would work.

[@SECONDQUEST]

Give me your money Larry, I'll make a videogame about how often videogames cause kickstarter drama. I might even fund it on kickstarter.

[@LotoTheHero]

Haha, I love the idea. :D

[@azadalamiq]

already made... its the dialog in "getting over it with bennet foddy" or w/e it called. He goes into detail about such stuff.

[@gurvmlk]

And all the boss names should be based on individuals involved in real events.

[@mrgbf8891]

You could just tell that mansion Lord was a scam, they didn't just steal money, they also stole character designs from other games (the maid is either Kohaku or Hisui from tsukihime, and the person in blue is Naoto from persona 4 for example)

[@pumpkinnecromancer2490]

I seen Byakuya Togami in there too. All those characters in a mansion together sounds like a weird fanfic.

[@barneynedward]

Have you pay attention to the mansion rooms and some of the character designs it's also a rip-off of the board game clue.

[@KnakuanaRka]

The Mansion Lord one is especially sad; it looks like something I would actually buy (assuming it was on iOS, it looks like an iOS game). Scamming is bad enough, but doing the work to create an actually interesting idea with no plans of actually doing anything with it is such a waste. Not quite as bad as ZUN prototyping a never-to-be Touhou game for April Fools by hacking Valkyrie Profile, but still. If only they could be arsed to ply an honest job.

[@joebaumgart1146]

One time Homer Simpson went to space. He opened up a bag of potato chips and almost killed everyone on board.

[@lotus-prince]

Careful! They're Ruffles!

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

That is irrelevant

[@ccricers]

That opening song is so fitting for this video. Those game Kickstarters did indeed take their backers for a ride.

[@Legoguy9875]

That really begs the question of why the Project Phoenix guy didn't just make a kickstarter for Tiny Metal. Sure, he probably wouldn't have made as much money on it, but if he really wanted the game to sell so well, his chances of that happening are ruined because of scheme he pulled. No one's going to buy a game from someone that scammed people with a unfinished Kickstarter.

[@AcornElectron]

I find it disturbing and slightly ironic that there’s a g2a advert in this video. They’re just the worst Daniel.... (or Larry since it’s on his channel)

[@MazingerDestro]

Hey Larry. How about making a "top 1 scam charity to pay an escort"

[@Larry]

Make a nice follow up to my "Top 1 Gouty feet" :D

[@SsnakeBite]

That sounds like a reference that's going over my head.

[@JustSkram]

top 1 *SNORT*

[@mannyichi]

MazingerDestroXtreme "why am I toxic??!!"

[@DrScoob]

Corpsephotos ack ack ack

[@belzaboul]

You sounds different larry.

[@BillyBob125]

That's not Larry.

[@christiannugraha1011]

Damnit, Bob.

[@zmodem4619]

It's DJ Slope @19:59. (AKA: Daniel Ibbertson)

[@belzaboul]

Yea dawg I know. I though i'd crack a dad joke just trying to be funny.

[@zmodem4619]

I actually laughed, though, before I replied :D Imagining Larry with this voice.

[@JargonMadjin]

Ok, good on Little Orbit from taking over that project and as for Project Phoenix, it should have been an obvious scam when they were listing off the games they supposedly worked on, I highly doubt anyone from those companies would work together, let alone all on one project

[@Benjy52]

11:30 Lmao that’s the music to 42-All Time Classics Chess Theme on the DS. *Never* would I ever expect to hear that.

[@7elevenhomelessman310]

We should probably mention how mansion lord had a couple stolen character designs, the most notable being naoto shirogane from persona 4, but also vegeta from dragon ball, and a few others

[@natgrant1364]

5:35 That weirded me out. It's a piece of music from the Sims, but I plonked it into Transport Fever, which I was just playing a few minutes before watching this video.

[@Chonkems]

Over 2 years later, unsung story now has a version in full development by Little Orbit that looks beautiful.

[@jamesbevan9939]

And in 2022, it's still in Early Access

[@starcola3035]

It's not a scam if a government agency pretending to be the sun sends you mental transmissions telling you that your game is too close to real life and needs to be cancelled.

[@guidadiehl9176]

VALIS should be a game

[@EarlnEarl]

Star Cola, you know the first half of your post reads like ass, but the second actually makes sense. Usually it's the other way around. Neat.

[@jacoblowery7164]

Like four kickstarters ever weren't a scam and did what they said, and one of those was a guy who made potato salad.

[@Grandmastergav86]

Just you wait until Shenmue 3 joins this list. I must stress I am a huge fan of the series, completed 1 and 2 around 30 times(total) on Dreamcast (EU) but I didn't feel compelled to fund the Kickstarter as I don't believe it to be feasible in a manner that does the series justice. Hopefully I'm very wrong...

[@SirGeeeO]

I think it will be fine. They're not promising anything crazy. the graphics are modest and may disappoint, but that's not what I need from Shenmue

[@Openreality]

Grandmastergav86 It already has. Didn't you see the video with engrish about crowd funding. Hell Don Bleuth made one about Dragon's Lair being made into a movie, however if you bought it digitally from the PS3 store, there was a game compilation turned into a movie for both of his Dragon's Lair games. I have a bad feeling that his was another crowd funder that ran away with your money.

[@Devilsblight86]

Peter von Feldt That would suck since Doug "The Nostalgia Critic" Walker had him on his channel and even helped endorse the Kickstarter!

[@drakron]

Shenmue 3 is not going to join that list, might be a disappointment but looking at the people involved ... no, they even have Deep Silver as a publisher.

[@Ballade90]

@Peter von Feldt, there's been some misconception about the Dragon's Lair project, but it hasn't actually been released quite yet. Anything else regarding Dragon's Lair isn't the actual project for the time.

[@palecurve]

Nice sprinkling of Chrono Cross' "Time's Scar" out of nowhere! Vids have been great lately; keep killing it.

[@joeldamminga7243]

i LOVE that no mans sky just put out an update and all the ads on this video were for said NMS update

[@ReaLMoisan]

You should do one on the scam that was ReRoll. The game that was gong to "map the world with drones" for their MMO "game." First day that game was announced I went on their forum and told people their idea is ridiculous, and cheaper and more efficient mapping techniques already existed. And if they haven't even figured out that very fundamental issue with their game, then it's got to be a scam. Days later I checked back, not only had someone from the team responded to my topic in their forum, they didn't even delete it. That's shows the confidence the team had in the stupidity of some consumers.

[@mercifulbutbroken6675]

Mansion Lord actually looked fun

[@pferreira1983]

I doubt the backers think that now...

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, the scammers definitely had creative potential. If only they could be bothered to ply an honest job.

[@madmodder123]

I was super excited until I realized I have already watched this video on SGR :'(

[@spicyhobo3163]

The Mad Modder I KNEW I had seen it before... I thought I was going mad.

[@phaolo6]

Reuploads are annoying, but luckly I'm only subbed to Larry.

[@nygamery]

Why do they do this? How are they related?

[@dwarfbunni]

I musta just saw it on my recommended for me cause I'm only subbed to larry aswell but I KNEW I saw this already.. thank you T.T edit: I just realized daniel ibbertson has slopes gaming on his channel I'm stupid I am subbed...

[@Lucario1121]

Yeah, honesty does Guru Larry not trust SGR enough that he wants to reupload the same video on his own channel? They might as well just join and create a channel together.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

BTW, who are these stupid people who have the money to spend hundreds of dollars on a “dream” game?

[@Larry]

Indeed, If I was investing $10,000 into a game, I'd want a portion of the royalties at least. Getting just a T-Shirt, your name in the credits and maybe lunch with the developers seems totally stupid.

[@Setta-p2d]

You were doing great for a while with a video every Sunday. I bet the next 1 drop is going to be worth the wait.

[@AlonsoDalton]

Does anyone know what song is playing at 16:08? I know I've heard it before, but I can't quite place it.

[@eval_is_evil]

This channel never disappoints.

[@Geferulf_TAS]

Happy 2018 from Kansas City, Larry and Slopes! Hope to see another year of great content from you both!

[@GMBalHajri1990]

Let me guess; project phoenix is going to be on the list.

[@MedievalGenie]

It was!

[@Scorpio2074]

Actually, it was "Project Pheonix", according to Dan's title card.

[@pferreira1983]

Congrats you are right.

[@Candiecane908]

I liked for the Sims Build Mode music.

[@THEORIGINALFrostByte]

Same!

[@dkittels]

I dropped an embarrassing amount of money into Untold Story, being a huge fan of Yatsumi Matsuno's work. I wasn't quite up to "Skype with the developers" tier but... I was close. I've actually backed a lot of Kickstarters for board games and video games and every other one so far has been a success (knock on wood Bloodstained please don't suck). But Unsung Story is the game I wanted to work out the best because my love of Matsuno's work is one of the few fandoms that will get my blood pumping as I slowly morph into an old man. I hope Little Orbit can still turn out a quality party but at this point it won't be the project originally promised and I'm not only left feeling burnt by the original Kickstarter, but straight up sad the spiritual successor to Tactics I was dreaming about, foaming at the mouth about, will probably never be.

[@LostCityGaming]

Happy New Year! Another Awesome Video

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Hm. Strange. At least they showed a shred of humanity by doing the Unsung game.

[@williamsmith666]

"Such legendary titles as [...] Metal Gear Solid 5 --" (Record scratch!)

[@danforbes3573]

Fantastic vid.,Larry.Oh,and Happy New Year to you too,mate!

[@OriginalPiMan]

A couple of these "scams" aren't scams. They are devs biting off more than they can chew, and then being scared to face the music.

[@djaevlenselv]

Eh, I'd say that makes it a scam after the fact.

[@FamousWolfe]

I don't care how scared to face the music the devs get, they have to take responsibility! They promised something they didn't deliver, they literally owe their backers something. In real life we're all accountable to someone (usually our respective bosses at work or our clients if self-employed). No excuse, any Dev that takes Kickstarter money and then disappears is trash.

[@lakamokolaka]

OriginalPiMan They need to plan for stuff like that because you took money for a product that will never be made. This will reflect very badly on your company and probably prevent future games they can fund from being made, because they now have a stain on thier track record inventors will look at and refuse funding.

[@pferreira1983]

They all took the money and ran so they're scams.

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

hi, im from 2020 the Unsung Story actually still happened in 2020, Little Orbit actually post a gameplay video in June 1 2020

[@WolfCoder]

A dead giveaway something is a scam is if the funding goal is way too low. That mansion game for example, if it was going to be a serious game, would've needed 120k minimum, not 30 40k ish.

[@Devilot109]

I, for some reason, don't currently recognize the FMV with the Chocobos and the Airship.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

How did anyone fall for that Shining Empire project? With the amount of money they were asking for for a supposed MMO, it was obviously someone who was just looking to trick people into paying their rent.

[@DrScoob]

Happy new year Larry! Hope the book gets funded soon, looking forward to getting my copy!

[@Larry]

Thanks dude, Up to 85% now, so not much longer :) And Happy new year :)

[@pvt.prinny759]

I like how you included the man the myth the legend himself in this video, dsp

[@musashi1596]

I'm so pleased to finally see Unsung Story here. Really hope Little Orbit can turn it around.

[@CelioHogane]

Every day i live with the fear that i will find my own project on one of those videos for lacking updates on it.

[@lonegalaxy9158]

So this begs the question; why hasn't the FBI agents in our screens warned us about these? ;-; As if I didn't trust the government already. I'm gonna say this now for you guys, I'm obviously joking. Or am I?

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

*SaltAndPapyrus has been added to place #58240 on the FBI watchlist*

[@luisgonzalez5482]

SaltAndPapyrus If you are, good joke, haha. If you aren’t. I’m sorry. ;p

[@lonegalaxy9158]

I can assure you it was XD

[@baronjphellingtonesq9636]

Ba-bana-ba-bana- *You wouldn't pretend to be able to code* Ba-bana-ba-bana- *You wouldn't create vapourwear to draw investments* Ba-bana-ba-bana- *You wouldn't steal money from investors while doing nothing on the promised product* Don't pretend to know my mind Mr FBI...

[@luisgonzalez5482]

SaltAndPapyrus Oh I know, dontcha worry

[@LordMarlle]

Damn, that Mansion Lord looked enjoyable. Where'd they get the game footage from? Was it just a quick mockup? It looks playable. Sad :/

[@laytonspuzzle]

Apparently there's finally an early access for Unsung Story on Steam. Came out only a couple weeks ago, too. Neato.

[@ameanasaur]

How have I just learned about FF7 Monopoly....

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Project Phoenix... this is why you don't wait on a programmer and have one ready AT THE VERY START.

[@dufimaxi]

That dark syde phil burn (and transition) is comedy gold

[@ThunderFlarz]

Oh. Oh craaaaap. I found out about Tiny Metal's existence from a tweet and had been looking forward to it. If this is why it exists... Damnit.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Another RPG for the heap: You Are Not The Hero - www.kickstarter.com/projects/812850535/you-are-not-the-hero/ I hesitate to include this one: Unwritten: That Which Happened: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1599677835/unwritten-that-which-happened The creator had a crapton of misery and disaster hit on him. He offered refunds... and a lot of backers said "no, keep the money". That's how bad it was.

[@daveincognito]

I remember hearing about the Unsung Story Kickstarter, but I didn't back it. Now I'm glad I didn't.

[@dwarfbunni]

im honestly surprised that the kickstarter asking for five grand actually delivered something even though they raised double the goal, ten grand is not enough to make a game, I suspect all the money went into buying pre buit assets....

[@MadIIMike]

I wonder if/when we'll see Star Citizen on this list... after all, they broke a lot of their promises already and made some really scumbag moves. For example, they changed theit ToS, which originally said they'll lay open their finances if the thing is not released in 2016. And Chris Roberts is quite a shady guy IMO, especially when he keeps bragging about "having made Freelancer", despite being kicked from the Project after making the Demo/Original Design that was impossible to make with the technology back then.

[@yukisohma19]

5:38 that intro piano riff takes me back oo baby jerry martin

[@MSDarkspyro]

I remember seeing tiny metal but I'm glad I watched this

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

Dam dude...I really appreciate the amount of research you put into making these videos. Both you and Larry must spend tens of hours working on each videos content and information and that's not including the amount of time it takes for you guys to make the actual video. But hey, that's why I'm a sub and fucking love your guys videos and channels. Wish there was a way to get more vids from you guys. But you got enough to do

[@2Vilapupu]

Love your vids, dude! An amazing one yet again. Makes me feel sorry, show hatred, and shows how greedy people are in these vids. They're awesome! Also, I remember my first kickstarter backer was on this fighting game that was endorsed by the anime and pop culture convention Otakon back in 2012 or so. It's basically similar to what happened with this game, so RIP that small graduation monies I used back then. Give it a look if you want more stories! I believe it was called crisis heart brawlers, and it had a bunch of amazing people.

[@pjomayo]

Sad thing is,IGN..that "Paragon of Gaming Journalism" .never mentioned that Project Phoenix travesty within its Tiny Metal review.

[@Larry]

I wouldn't be surprised if they were given backhands to say nice things, wouldnt' be the first time for them.

[@Gfious]

But would it be necessary to mention project phoenix? They were reviewing a different game and had to be impartial about their work. If they would mention the scam, then who would read IGN's extremely impartial reviews? It would feel like IGN would bash on someone for their past mistakes, and not judge them accurately on their new project. Joking aside, I think that probably some sort of footnote or sidenote mentioning Project Phoenix would be enough. That way, you would have the review IGN might have been paid to do, and then you would have a reference Project Phoenix.

[@pjomayo]

Sounds like something they would do! Shame that a Kickstartered RPG called Cosmic Star Heroine never got reviewed by the major sites..as it turned out quite well,just not spectaculor

[@strangevision99]

I had no idea that Cosmic Star Heroine was kickstarted, its a really nice RPG.

[@ironwolf56]

Well you can't spell ignorant without IGN

[@jaiba3074]

No Elysian Shadows? That project has a long history, dude. Check it out.

[@Rich77UK]

Who is fool enough to pledge 10 grand for a game on kickstarter? Money to burn obviously.

[@TheJohnmurphy516]

its a damn shame sega is just sitting on the Shining force Franchise. A great couple of games that could really use a good modern take on the series.

[@Furrycowboy]

Great way to kick off New Years Eve!

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[@Redblaze27]

I want more info on that mansion game. If it was such a scam, did they actually make a prototype?

[@Bloodylaser]

This is why I’m hesitant to give kickstarter money.

[@bagoheado9065]

I pledged to Edge Of Eternity... Kinda worried about the lack of updates and the slow progress

[@juliuss7087]

Wow, that soundtrack takes me back to Marvel VS Capcom 2 instantly.

[@Jakten]

Unless I’m mistaken I’m surprised you’ve never included Nicalis on any of your lists, especially the Kickstarter ones. I feel like it’s one of the more notorious Kickstarter controversies in gaming. Like they’ve been hanging onto 90s arcade racer it since around 2013 and openly mock people asking about it and the original dev can’t do anything about it due to legal reasons. Not to mention how many other indie developers Nicalis has fucked over.

[@Juganawt]

I was ripped off on Kickstarter by the Bucanneer 3D printer - a record breaking (for the time) Kickstarter that ran off with £500 that I backed the project with. I even offered to travel directly to Singapore to collect in person, to save them from spending out on international shipping! After years of broken promises, I’ve given up. Lesson learned and from now on I only back KS stuff I trust with 100% certainty.

[@Larry]

I'm sorry to hear that dude, has there been many others asking about it's development?

[@Juganawt]

Larry Bundy Jr yeah there were over 3,500 backers. It seemed great - it even had news articles about how the printer was going to be an educational tool for universities, and how its compact design would make it the first affordable and user friendly home 3D printer on the market. Apparently a small selection received an early non-heated bed version of the printer about 2 years later than the original scheduled release date, while the rest of us got shafted. The guy even admitted, after taking down the Facebook page, that nobody worked at his company any more and he’s left the project to work elsewhere.no refunds, not even a “sorry”. Nothing. And Even though I backed it years ago it still pisses me off something rotten to think that the designers could be so cold to people who invested 10x their requested initial goal!

[@mbe102]

Daniel / Larry, can you guys list your music tracks used please? I know it seems like a minor thing of trivial importance, but, its hard trying to check the comments to see if anyone has asked what a song was.

[@OnionSpank]

Wild season was another kickstarter game that fizzled out, at least they released a playable version

[@RosDKanjii]

Here's a lesson: Don't pledge too much for a team you dont know about or a campaign that gives little info.

[@cartmann94]

Hello You. Tonight we examine the phenomenon of Deja Vu. That strange feeling... that...sometimes get... that.. we lived through something....

[@Raf8347]

Unsung Story is still in development for 2019 thanks for Little Orbit (maybe)

[@Phataku]

Anyone know the music that is playing at 16:20? It sounds very familiar.

[@JustinJTime]

May have missed this one: www.kickstarter.com/projects/robaato/cryamore-a-true-first-class-take-on-the-action-rpg/description Granted, it is now progress somewhat nicely but it has been delayed for about four years at least and it had some issues. Which is a shame because it looks promising and hopefully it does get release sometime next year but who knows.

[@Crazy_Borg]

8:00 Nice use of The Terminator (MegaCD) music!

[@Perfect_Rice]

Crazy_Borg Thank you so much for that comment. It was driving me crazy trying to remember where I knew that music from.

[@MedievalGenie]

I might go and make a Kickstarter some day, though a small one to fund weapons and armour for KZbin videos. These scalpers will make it a tough job however!

[@ChazDragoon]

Strange...didnt you post this video a week or two ago? I remember you talking about these exact games before. Either im a time traveller or i dunno...

[@mide7]

Check out Harem Protagonist on Kickstarter, It's a dating sim that asked for €8,000, got €62,000. I think they also set up an extra paypal at one point, though I may be mistaken. With an expected delivery of last July. They usually go multiple months without updates. But it does appear they're still working on it. So it's not failed. Yet.

[@TheLadyEx]

That Sims 1 Build mode track on the mansion lord section...

[@TulioRamirezGamer]

I think in this kind of list, should be added the original Homestuck videogame, not because Andrew Hussie scammed people, but he was scammed by the company he hired, taking the kickstarter money to make another game. Eventually Hussie made the game, called "Hiveswap", with the rest of the money.

[@MHb_CCCLXV]

That is bull****! Asking for $100k and getting 10 times more than needed only for it to go to waste. Even though I never paid for any kickstarters, the last one actually irritates me. I love RPGs and many of its sub genres, to hear so much money went in to it (with an awesome title, Project Phoenix, so cool) only to get nothing, that's just terrible. Damn these scammers. Hopefully the backers get something out of this someday, if not, then here's hoping that scammers everywhere get what they deserved.

[@iczer7788]

Love the videos, do you take requests? I'd like to throw Barkley 2 Curse Of Cuchulainn out there for examination. Had a Kickstarter in 2012, reached the goal, had a release date of 2014 and now seems to be vapourware. I'd like to know what if anything is going on.

[@Loawercs31]

Dude is on fire, gained 5k subscribers in 6 days. Another good vid.

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

7:50 Congrats! Your money has funded this game! Aaaaaand it's gone.

[@Greil9]

On the Tiny Metal steam page they're claiming the PR rep was blackmailing the company to not release that statement that was false, and that they're suing the PR rep. But I take this as a case of "he said, she said" until I see solid evidence for one side or the other.

[@mjc0961]

Another round of cementing why I'll never Kickstart another game.