The Day Before Developers Are Totally Shameless...

[@KaijuAKD]

"We learned the lesson, will be honest from now". Proceeds to make an extremely dishonest and public statement

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

We promise we will never lie again.... starting "now"

[@KaijuAKD]

@@Grogeous_Maximus ...now.

[@HandFromCoffin]

Standard Ruzzian Operations.

[@FoxeyeValkyrie]

Kira aged back like 10 years in this video.

[@ryuno2097]

He's probably worried because he's reaching unc status soon. 😂

[@Babycow.]

Bros handsome asf ngl

[@tetrisgonzo37]

dude looks like dogpack404 now or maybe it's the hoodie dunno

[@ryanthompson5880]

Glad I'm not going crazy, I had to pause and zoom in to be sure this was still Kira

[@shanepedersen883]

I checked the release date cause I was confused. He's playing RS and looking 10 years younger. I thought I was back in 2010.

[@Carnyzzle]

Lmao, trying to tell us they refunded the troll 12 grand when we know how Kickstarter works, they're not even being honest to us right now

[@GamersHolyArmy]

I'm making a prediction: Once this Kickstarter fails they'll announce that the game was fully funded anyways and will be available on Steam "soon".

[@Sniperbear13]

ill make a bet they will have someone fund the amount they need and then it will be available on steam "Soon".

[@SuperZura91]

@@Sniperbear13 Yeah, can't have the kickstarter fail and not receiving the money now. Better for someone in their circle to donate the rest to reach the goal so they can take the money too.

[@blehz]

they'll probably start an indiegogo and then it doesn't have to reach the goal

[@ChellePearson]

This is like your partner promising you the world, then asking for your bank details, then them running off with your money, but you stopped the transfer in time, and months later they turn up at your door saying "sorry, do you have $20 please, I've changed" 😂😂😂

[@sohu86x]

And people will give the money. That's how stupid people are

[@juances]

Why lie about their resources being custom made when they must've already known that the internet would find the original in like 5 seconds, especially with all the eyes on them after their previous scandal. They either are dumb or think everyone else is dumb... or both.

[@ectothermic]

Yes.

[@Solibrae]

Classic narcissistic behaviour.

[@deltasaves]

Both, for sure.

[@Dumb_Furry_UwU]

All three, no doubt.

[@ayok101]

"I believe in second chances" a second chance in this scenario would be them self funding a game and releasing and it not sucking. What's scary is that dude isn't the first person on the internet I've seen take the "everyone deserves a second chance" stance

[@Demonsouls1993]

a second chance is them making a game from the ground up and not making another asset flip

[@zscout1288]

I would also accept them making and releasing a free feature complete alpha version of the game before kickstarting it. Key word "make" no asset flips

[@tifinity]

They've already used up their second chance during their earlier nonsense, they need to accept that.

[@CidVeldoril]

@@Demonsouls1993 I don't care if it was an asset flip honestly. Just like with RPG maker games I only care if the game itself is good. If you wanna focus on the game mechanics and thus take a shortcut for the assets like houses and stuff, I'm perfectly fine with that for an indie game.

[@everlonggaming1966]

Kira: Man news has been slow on scams lately Fntastic: Were back!

[@lucrative6477]

Punctuation helps. Your joke reads like a poorly worded sentence.

[@everlonggaming1966]

@@lucrative6477 jist enuthr brylant mynd diztroid bi tha publik edukation sistym.

[@everlonggaming1966]

@@lucrative6477 enither brylant mynd diztroied bi tha piblik edukation sistem

[@everlonggaming1966]

@@lucrative6477 please show the proper puncutation for this statment.

[@tristambre632]

it took me a couple of secondes to realise that Kira shaved. I was not expecting him to look so young and fresh, that's lovely.

[@santorassandbox]

The circus is jealous of these clowns lol

[@simoncodrington]

Everyone should also be aware that these pricks are trying to copyright strike other KZbinrs talking about them. SkillUp got one today with them trying to remove his video because he included publicly available information in his videos (photos of both of the brothers they themselves included in a previous video) This is how they want to engage in the community

[@moriorinvictus9054]

The people that donate to this group are the same people still waiting on that nigerian prince to send them the money. A fool and their money, are easily parted.

[@Yami0to0hikari]

I believe some of this "donations" are friends and family of fantastic to show the public that there is interest

[@assasin19991999]

​@@Yami0to0hikari Yeah, but a few unassociateted people probably still fell for it.

[@artgokrew]

​@@assasin19991999even there's few so follower that still care for them like idk but I highly doubt this game will raises enough to have the server ran and cost of developing I'd imagine they might gonne get shadow investor to invest into there shipwreck of a game

[@paddy1505]

"If you read English at a child like level, which luckily I do" - Cracked me up. Never change Kira - also, like the clean shave.

[@Esotericspirits]

Caspian and the Day Before ❤ my favourite Kira content

[@algi1]

There's no communications issue, they specifically tackled the question by saying "trailer is not the game". That's why they wrote it. The answer means they don't have the license.

[@ztriker4406]

I love how most of the comments are about young Kira

[@justsefa1843]

I like the new Kira actor. He almost looks like Kira.

[@StarrChild.]

This is the least worrying thing about this situation I know, but their game just looks so ugly. Ugly designs for the characters, horrid map designs and bland colours for the background. Its just so horrible to look even on the trailer and I can only imagine playing it would be worse.

[@kirigherkins]

Shameless, gormless, maidenless

[@ArtsoK21]

Kira with beard: burly Viking man 💪🐻⚔️ Kira without beard: just a young lad trying to make it 🥺👉👈🙋

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Wait so NOW they admit it was a troll? when the backer first killed the pledge they tried to claim THEY were the one who refunded the money to THEM as they felt it 'wasn't made in good faith'....even though it was very obvious the pledge was canceled, not refunded. They just cannot help but try to take credit for it.

[@Blestyr]

I never thought a good reason for Fntastic returning would be Kira making top tier content. Such is the duality of man.

[@williamhououin]

The day before they lied, but today they’re focusing on honesty. You could say they’re the #1 brand in honesty!

[@ThunderChanter]

A scam is defined as "a dishonest scheme; a fraud." so even if they didnt take players money before the EA, they still benefited from it being the highest wishlisted game on steam

[@sukhoifockewulf]

And let's not pretend they wouldn't have taken the money if given the chance. 100% scammers and liars.

[@xxkillbotxx7553]

@@sukhoifockewulf They had the chance to do so. They literally could've just waited for a few more weeks.

[@xxkillbotxx7553]

We're really stretching definitions of words now, aren't we? I don't get why people can't say it's a bad game from a bad company but understand it's definitely not a scam.

[@Demonsouls1993]

@@xxkillbotxx7553 tell us you dont understand what scam means without telling us you dont understand what scam means

[@jampine8268]

​@xxkillbotxx7553 making a bad product is one thing, deliberately deceiving your customers about its quality/functionality is another. Whilst most marketing will exaggerate a products qualities, I think we all agree there is a line that crosses into straight up lies. We can argue about where it is, but we all know it exists somewhere, and the day before clearly crossed it years ago.

[@LaylaSpellwind]

Thanks for the video. They delete any posts on their steam forums that aren't just filled with glowing praise. But they haven't banned me yet, so I've been recommending your videos to people who might not know the situation very well. XD Sploosh? Reference the Holes maybe? Or just onomatopoeia.

[@onomatopoeia7505]

You called?

[@LaylaSpellwind]

@@onomatopoeia7505 Hah, fantastic name! Hmmm, that word is having negative connotations in my head now. Wonderful name! Have a great day, Onomatopoeia!

[@Stealthoneill]

Coming back on a platform of honesty and trust but then starting to copyright strike YT videos that call them out to hide the evidence is exactly what I would expect from them.

[@mariestarlight]

Time to bring back the Shadow Cabal.

[@arcticridge]

not gonna lie.. I love it when Kira calls us Frendos.. and then proceeds to kill us with one of those cow killing guns.

[@caseyhurlburt3561]

Hi Kira. You look so young without the beard

[@bobbobber4810]

I was thinking the exact same thing. That really change his face too.

[@KingOfCorinth]

He looks like he’s about to ask me to help him buy a ciggy

[@SuperVedos]

The worst part is if they still self finance the rest of the Kickstarter they'll still make a profit as KS cut is 5%

[@Demonsouls1993]

the fact kickstarter is allowing those scammers on the platform again says alot about kickstarter

[@PriNcEoFSpAcE009]

I'm kinda confused as to why they would stick with the name? would have expected a rebrand.

[@AnkaaAvarshina]

because they think people are stupid enough to be fooled by a logo recolor instead of a rebrand

[@Lenariet]

Because they don't see any wrongdoing on their end, or only reluctantly admit to it without actually believing that themselves. They - the two brothers leading the company - must be narcists.

[@LancerX916]

Most likely, Mytona owns their catalog of games. It was probably part of the original deal to publish The day Before. Sort of as an insurance policy if Fntasic did not deliver, which they did not.

[@TheFaTheR85]

"If you know you know" = "if people are familiar are familiar". The most brittish swap.

[@brandonbrown8516]

At this point they need to stop talking and just do. No more word games and half truths. Finish the game they promised with the graphics they promised and just release it and let the chips fall where they may. They should let their actions do the talking. Because their words mean very little if anything. So we go from what could have been a revolutionary game had it been successful and been what we were originally shown to that Abe's Odyssey looking game. Hell no...lol. If they can't give the game they promised they need to move around.

[@stevenwongso66]

Shame cannot make you money for your livelihood. It is by that principle, Fntastic returns.

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

*So.... There's a interesting theory when it comes to psychology & how the human mind works, when it comes too advertising & promotion... Which it seems like the developers over at Slavetastic... aka "Fntastic", are trying to do...* *The studies & theories show that people are more likely too recieve advertisements well & become hype for something, if it resembles something else that people have liked. It's pretty basic, when you actually think about it... Of course people are going to be more receptive of something if it seems familiar to them & it was something that they liked... Which is why Slavetastic made their scam of a game, "The Day Before" aka "The Scam Before", which used MANY, almost IDENTICAL, cover art copies of other games, like "Tom Clancy's: The Division" & Naughty Dogs "The Last Of Us" because they wanted to benefit from our brain, subconsciously, resonating the game as good because we enjoyed the other games that looked like it.*

[@SoulBlazer08]

I backed the Kickstarter for $2 just so I could keep an eye on it. No updates. The company seems to be spending all their time arguing with people on socials and letting the KS just wither on the vine.

[@bobbobber4810]

Not really surprising.

[@deltasaves]

Hoping they can keep the naysayers at bay and scam the money from those who don't see and don't know about their past. Very disturbing they think we should fund their game. Shame on them

[@Lenariet]

I feel reminded of Shane Isaac and his war with the shadow cabal.

[@historicalhijinks3058]

I honestly thought about doing the same thing with the Kickstarter, but it was a vindictive moment that I dropped almost instantly. Somehow, though, I'm not surprised someone actually did it...

[@the1misscinny]

Why wouldn’t they have just dissolved Fantastic and created a new company from scratch? Like under a new name and all? Complete disassociation from their former work? People wouldn’t even know it was the same team and it would be easier to work on the rebrand.

[@creeperizak8971]

They probably realize that things would blow up in their face if anyone figured out who was running that new company

[@Lenariet]

I'm not sure if they think that much to begin with. Afaik one of the reasons TDB was as lackluster as it was is because those two brothers constantly kept shifting goals and generally creating a messy and toxic work environment. They seem to have somewhat genuine intentions but are absolutely terrible at their jobs. They should let someone else lead their company and clean the toilets instead or something. I actually believe something similar applies to Shane Isaac and E2. These CEOs seem to truly believe they are doing something good and genuine - and if they fail then only we or the people they work with are to be blamed. We allegedly never give them the chances and opportunities they deserve, we just don't see and understand their visions, we are evil FUDers.

[@rafaelsawa6503]

Not going to lie, but I loved following when they were "developing" TDB. Imo it was better than most series you can watch on netflix. The weekly twist were amazing and often too good to be true. When that all stopped I was a bit sad. But!!! They are back for Season 2.0!!! Love it, you can't make up such a storyline if yoy tried. But somehow they do. Netflix, Disney, Amazon are you watching? Hire these guys!

[@AutraxD]

Kira you really are keeping us well fed.

[@Julmara]

i can see them filling out the rest of the kickstarter themselfes so they can get what little the can

[@virtualworldsbyloff]

DO NOT PRE ORDER, So painfully SIMPLE

[@cursedaudio984]

I think its so cool how you let your son feature in your videos

[@clskullyshot]

I had this on in the background. Imagine my surpirse when i looked over and was so confused if i was on the right channel or had kira on a different tab lol

[@luke2806]

I feel like a lot of stuff like this game is just rich people throwing money at the wall saying they want something and just not understanding what actually goes into it. its almost like they just rented a place hired some people, and just said "make a le epic game, make it like a zombie apocalypse and its like, cool and stuff" thus this was born. ive worked for rich people like this myself, people who were handed down wealth and a business and whatnot.

[@Lenariet]

The CEOs allegedly gave out directives such as "do it like they [= all the popular Western devs] do". But blaming "rich" is debatable. I don't know what funds they had but since they had plenty of volunteers maybe they weren't running on that much. Game development sort of inherently is a costly thing. Seems a bit too simple to blame "rich". It's not like one-man-devs who work on their projects in their free time never fail. Perhaps with some other CEOs and better direction TDB wouldn't have failed so spectacularily. There obviously is interest there for the broad concept otherwise the game probably wouldn't have been wishlisted so much. But those two brothers leading Fntastic fumbled their chance. And that could have been mere incompetence, no "rich" needed.

[@baphomutt]

​@@Lenariet well, they managed to pay themselves $200K yearly salaries while racking up hundreds of thousands more in "travel expenses" (AirBnB, etc), so chances are they could afford more than $0.

[@Morbacounet]

Kira with a beard and long hair : hipster barista who works at an overpriced independent coffee shop. Shaved Kira with a hoodie : Fortnite streamer who buys frappuccinos from bearded Kira.

[@coffeejn]

More surprised that Kickstarter allowed them to post another game.

[@OgOssman]

How does it keep getting bigger, who is donating to the Kickstart.

[@peterpop-off]

Me

[@xxkillbotxx7553]

@@peterpop-off Yoooooooo it's Peter Pop-off

[@peterpop-off]

@@xxkillbotxx7553 no autographs today, sorry

[@xxkillbotxx7553]

@@peterpop-off Literally crying and shaking and peeing myself. How dare you, Peter Pop-off.

[@ThePampu96]

kira was 20 the whole time but the beard hid that

[@rune5416]

Calling them devs is too much credit

[@iloveanothermanswives4278]

They did make several games previously. They are devs, just extremely incompetent and scummy ( which sadly 90% of aaa devs nowadays ).

[@Lakensveiser]

I'm actually really happy they've returned. Great entertainment, og ad revenue for my favorite creators. Win-win

[@Garrumx]

Fntastic: says....anything Everyone: DO YOU IS AM ENGLISH?!

[@ferdinand12390]

"we didn´t scam nor take any money... back then"

[@jiddkk]

You may have missed it, but I think somebody stole your beard mate.

[@NorthStarBlue1]

The thing about being incentivized to lowball Kickstarter goals is pretty much by design, since it means people will be more likely to go back for multiple rounds and KS can take a cut from each of them, which adds up more in the long run. Though that also incentivizes scummy behavior, as it teaches people like Fntastic that small goals are probably going to go through, and they can make excuses to keep coming back with false promises and other nonsense.

[@johannderjager4146]

Who's this baby-faced gentlesir in Kira's chair?

[@Easyflux]

That gamer supps cup with glowing base is more transparent than Fntastic as a whole..

[@invertedfish]

Can’t wait to see how that fog is getting on!

[@NIL0S]

The gift that keeps on giving.

[@gameby41]

As soon as i saw this "company" were back saying things like "please we deserve a second chance 🥺🥺" I was like "you theiving germlins needs to leave now!"

[@ShieldMaidenJ]

"let me just move on Runescape so I don't get logged out;" So real

[@j_t_eklund]

The copyright for a video is decided when it is made, not after the fact. Thus their videos on YT where safe.. However the buyer may have stipulated that for them to sign the deal that those needed to be taken offline.

[@isskull7272]

Huh, haven't watched in a while and noticed the beard is gone. Digging the new look, Kira.

[@kenny42069]

It's so funny they have to say their number one focus is on honesty. You don't focus on being honest... you just are or you aren't unless you're a compulsive liar or some such.

[@LautaroQ2812]

I often think "Oh no do I wanna watch 20 minutes of this again?" and then your commentary reminds me on why I do and love it so much Poor MTG players. Take it up the chin, Josh. Wash your vest.

[@Nomisdoowtsae]

taking a shot every time Fntastic says "transparency and honesty" may be hazardous to your health.

[@LuminArcTech]

Hope Kira saved that one image of the day before face smiling with a clown makeup.

[@Kay8B]

The only way Fntastic could remotely have a comeback would be if they funded their own project, stopped begging and released a banger of a game. Which I highly fu**ing doubt.

[@rocket_goblin7755]

kira idk if you saw, but the tweet at 9:22, got community noted lol

[@itsagundamlolisaremasterra7475]

Kira’s intro is peak🔥

[@bladerunnervii4835]

There gotta be someone out there that will delete these criminals.

[@fredericklebeault3467]

The saga is back!

[@ferrouswheel2677]

As someone with shame it's surreal to see people with none. Just think the Uvalde cops still walk around that town and buy groceries and have bbqs.

[@megameerkat2634]

8:36 or it’s a sock puppet account. I’m inclined to think it’s a sock puppet

[@daniloalves1139]

Ok, what happens the day they are totally shameless and the next one then? If this is just the day before...

[@joeypeawood4656]

Looking fresh my man!

[@crane8819]

The balls it takes to try this after pulling what they did with The Day Before is almost impressive.

[@malleusmaleficarumsanctiest]

the curious thing is that my very close friend did not receive a refund for this game, and another curious fact is that for any, even the slightest criticism, they ban you on Twitter, etc. But everything fell into place for me when I dug a little and found out that they are "developers" from rusia

[@dougray30]

Oh happy day, calloo callay. Another Kira video!

[@brianaddison2828]

Like the updates, thanks!

[@MrNightmarekill]

Important to remember, they used the hype from the BS trailers to feed into advertising space for Prop Night, so even if they didn't make any money from users from The Day Before, they certainly got extra buys on Prop Night from the extra attention

[@XBluDiamondX]

These are the worst scammers I've ever seen. They're not even trying.

[@col2212]

What did you do with Kira?

[@skyeait5939]

nice board, you have it full rgb all the time?

[@erlanddrow7950]

I was making custom Magic the Gathering cards as you were dunking on their players 😅

[@View619]

I didn't know Kira had a younger brother, who also makes KZbin content!

[@svettis]

Isn't their new logo just the Twitch font?

[@hikkidol]

The pixel cup is awesome

[@Khalith]

Kira you looking clean! Very nice.

[@Squatch_needs_no_heroes]

Kira should be contributing to these guys for all the content.😂

[@johntee2012]

You look 10 years younger but im sure Fntastic can change that :P

[@kMegalonyx]

Why wouldn’t they just rename the company

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

I bet the devs would make you pay for your own meal when you go to dinner with them. And probably their meals too.

[@ReDkOaLa64]

doesn't kickstarter have flexible funding, were even if u dont hit the goal, you still get the Funds?

[@Billy-1138]

what up friendos!

[@brundelfly1]

I can't wait for Kira's foretold return to the land of Elyria 😂

[@Demonsouls1993]

if it wanst for steam that gave back everybodys money they would have kept it they wouldnt have given back the money they lied about claiming they allowed the refunds

[@artursantos6619]

Kira without the beard just throws me off

[@user-c4b9b]

I'm so embarrassed that these people are anywhere associated with Russia, and I'm an American. I will say that it's pretty lame how we westerners sort of bundle in the rest of the Nation in with anyone who makes an as out of themselves.... these goofs are very special - INTERNATIONALLY special.