starry sonata
Member
Aw shit! Time for me to back the game. But sadly, it's probably not going to make the goal anyway...
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Swery's The Good Life, [UP] FIG campaign fails, will be back on Kickstarter
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CannonFodder52
Member
Yea they also added a backing option that comes with the OST
probably still won't be enough, but this means PS4 version for $34
Worth noting that this is for pledges at $29 and above. Was going to use it on my $25 pledge but it is not eligible.
CannonFodder52
Member
It's my dream to see some kind of big Twitter campaign promoting this game.
Also if someone could go convince 4Chan to back this game, that would be legendary.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Indivisible also cheated by having their end dated repeatedly pushed back so IndieGoGo could get a 7-figure funded game under their belt. Not saying there's anything wrong with that, but I doubt Fig is going to break their rules about funding so that something stalled at rounding_error% can get over the top.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Same reason why I'm not backing it despite being a fan. Also a fan of Futatsugi's (Panzer Dragoon creator, Phantom Dust creator) work as well. Just looks bland to me.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
The Indivisible campaign was very interesting. I think they showed its possible to br all the moms slightly of you really work hard. Pushing back the date was clearly the right decision for them and they made it work but working really hard.
Can the same thing be done here? I think its possible but unlikely, they would need to change their tactics and really push as hard ad they can.
Its a shame it hasnt gone better but Im a little disappointed they dont seem to have made proper plans. They asked for a really large amount of money and just dont seem to have the required strategy to do it
Humdinger
Gold Member
It's gonna fail, as a Fig game does.
My coffee warned me about it.
Elaborate.It's gonna fail, as a Fig game does.
FIG has had these big campaigns:
Phoenix Point $750K
Pillars of Eternity $4400K
Wasteland 3 $3100K
Psychonauts 2 $3800K
Consortium $350K
19/24 campaigns have succeeded.
There are currently 3 active campaigns, including this. This one will fail. One has already reached its funding, and one may or may not reach its funding goal.
The Greek Freak
Member
Really sad that this is going to fail so hard when so many creatively bankrupt crowdfunded games that are clearly going to be a shit show from day one break 7 figures with ease.
Crowd funding is worse than the traditional model of getting the right games made at this point.
Crowd funding is worse than the traditional model of getting the right games made at this point.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah FIG has mostly been very successful. I want to seem them push though, I truly think its possible to raise big funds with the right strategy but I also feel they dont really have a plan to make it work
Fig has been successful because they're careful about picking games that are able to sell themselves. but I don't think they're able to help pitches along once they start to flounder or stall, like this one. Maybe they're doing behind-the-scenes shit to bring in bonafide investors but it doesn't seem that way from the outside.
AHA-Lambda
Member
What the hell is with the latest backer update?
Microtransactions TBD? The hell?
Also on a similar note, all the updates are just plain shit. They've basically been gif collections and little else
Microtransactions TBD? The hell?
Also on a similar note, all the updates are just plain shit. They've basically been gif collections and little else
It feels really weird and like... not aware of how to handle updates, particularly when they should be in panic mode, at all.
Did Fig even try to help them with this...?
PeakPointMatrix
Member
I didn't know this was a thing until today.
For fuck's sake it looks amazing!!
But it doesn't look like it will reach it's goal. But I can see why; I've never contributed money via fig but it's hugely more complicated and involved than pledging money for something like Kickstarter. And with a minimum of a $100 must scare off a lot of people. I see the benefits, it treats it more as an investment with a system of actual return of profit for backers? That's really cool, but the wall of entry is much higher...
Even still, I hope it can make it's goal, even with outside investors.
For fuck's sake it looks amazing!!
But it doesn't look like it will reach it's goal. But I can see why; I've never contributed money via fig but it's hugely more complicated and involved than pledging money for something like Kickstarter. And with a minimum of a $100 must scare off a lot of people. I see the benefits, it treats it more as an investment with a system of actual return of profit for backers? That's really cool, but the wall of entry is much higher...
Even still, I hope it can make it's goal, even with outside investors.
You're looking at the investment side of things. There's still normal KS/IGG-style pledges too.
CannonFodder52
Member
Swery was talking about some forthcoming update on Twitter tonight.
https://www.fig.co/campaigns/the-good-life?update=490#updates
Looks like a dog on the right, eh?
https://www.fig.co/campaigns/the-good-life?update=490#updates
Looks like a dog on the right, eh?
Earthpainting
Member
I've heard this exact sentiment several times now, and I can't really blame people. Right under the trailer of The Good Life it talks about the $100 minimum investment, which is going to stick out. FIG really needs to sort this miscommunication out, because it genuinely seems to be harming the projects on its platform.
SomedayTheFire
Member
This struggling is probably the least shocking thing I've seen in crowdfunding in a while. Amount they needed was way too high for what is a niche creator. I don't think it ever really stood a chance.
Cue the campaign changing to target dog people instead of cat people. 😂
My god I'm very sad this isn't going to be funded, it's everything I want.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Thanks for the heads up - didn't realize people were misunderstanding this as I've not seen much confusion. But yes, the $100 min if for investing, anyone can back the game starting at $10.
I'm the CM for Fig, btw
Fried Food
Banned
if this was on kickstarter it would have a much better chance at success
SENPAIatLARGE
Banned
It looks like there are even less Deadly Premonition fans then I thought.
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on why you feel this way.
Thanks so much!
Raven117
Gold Member
I don't know man. That artstyle is very different from Deadly Premonition.
Im a big fan of Swery...he needs the bump that Yoko Taro got with Neir.
Heart of Black
Member
Panic mode for a crowdfunding campaign is continuing as normal. You can't publicly freak out when doing business. How would that make any sense?
CannonFodder52
Member
I mean, I don't think anyone really loved Deadly Premonition for it's artstyle.
But, I also think this game looks very visually appealing .
Dog trailer
So now you can pledge toward either CAT or DOG.
Not exactly the thing I think will save the campaign, but I love Swery for being Swery
So now you can pledge toward either CAT or DOG.
Not exactly the thing I think will save the campaign, but I love Swery for being Swery
SENPAIatLARGE
Banned
Dat 1% dog bump.
i really hope Swery has a backup plan when this fails.
It's the opposite. The poor pups can't make up for the damage done by the dumb cats. If only he had promised us canine goodness from the start
Dandy Lyin
Member
I like the premise of this game, but the trailer was pretty bad, and I really dislike the artstyle. I enjoy stylized art for the most part, but this is ugly.
How About No
Member
i feel betrayed
CannonFodder52
Member
I'm def team dog now.
This is canon
It's the opposite. The poor pups can't make up for the damage done by the dumb cats. If only he had promised us canine goodness from the start
Same.
It sure makes the whole campaign feel less focused to me and more ...dare I say mismanaged? That might be too harsh of a word, but at least a bit sloppy... to tack on a second
clearly inferior