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Having disappeared into the darkness after dropping a digital smoke bomb, developer Fntastic, infamous for its high-profile scam, The Day Before, is back with a fresh new Kickstarter project. Its new game, Escape Factory, looks like a harmless enough physics-based co-op title, and in a truly incredible display of forgiveness, kind-hearted gamers are actually contributing. With a modest ask of just USD $20,000, Fntastic has managed to part 36 backers with almost $3,000 already, which boggles the mind.
The pitch for the project is unreal in its brazenness, and repeatedly throughout, the Singapore-based developers promise that significant personal and professional growth has taken place since a "gold rush" of negative takes ruined its last game, never mind that it barely existed in the first place.
Incredibly, under the heading "Everyone Deserves a Second Chance", the studio has included a short document titled "Fntastic 2.0: The Plan for Recovery", and the very first line reads: "From now on, our development and marketing will be based on the principle of honesty."
Are you ready to give Fnastic another chance? How about that PS5 console port, a stretch goal at just 100k? Dispose of your hard-earned money responsibly in the comments section below.
[source kickstarter.com]
Comments 46
Some ppl just got money to burn. To trust this developers again is wild.
Forgot where I saw it, but this new project has already been revealed to be an asset flip.
Oooh! We're going to get a sequel to one of the worst gaming scams of the last decade!? Exciting!
If you're dumb enough to donate this, you deserve to have your money stolen. Lolz
Only 36 donors with all the publicity this Kickstarter has gotten is laughably low. Wouldn't be surprised a good portion of that money was "donated" by themselves.
A fool and their money are soon parted.
Forgiving gamers? Sorry but those people donating are suckers. Id love to be proven wrong but that is very unlikely. This is the company that released an unfinished game and tweeted sh*t happens.
nice screenshot
Why this scammer doesn't get jailed?
Never heard about that to be honest. Maybe it’s other blissfully unaware people donating. But if it’s people who donated before to this company, then wow are they stupid.
I tried reading about this to ketchup with what’s goin on. Not even halfway done reading and can already tell these guys deserve jail.
How many of these people do you think called the PS5 Pro a scam?
I'm sure everything will be different this time!
For reals this time guys, I promise.
@Enuo I dunno, the sort of people who’d buy a Pro are absolutely the sort of people who’d give money to these idiots. Money to burn after all, if you’re concerned about the financial implications of the Pro then you’re bound to be less likely to dump money on a random Kickstarter.
@nessisonett I bought the pro I would never donate to any kickstarter 🤣 the pro I know what I’m getting. Kickstarter you don’t get a guarantee of anything
@IamJT That’s fine. The point was more that thinking the Pro isn’t worth the money doesn’t line up with people who donate to these things.
I'm glad they've decided to start being honest. It's a breath of fresh air after they ripped off hundreds of thousands of people.
Man, just with the Kickstarter these guys made more money than Sony with Concord. 😭
Jokes aside, people are crazy, man.
@Frmknst Boggles the mind how preoccupied you are with the Pro that u even talk about it in articles that have nothing to do with it
@Lup Concord’s estimated revenue was $1,000,000. That is an absolutely devastating number for a game that size. Worst investment since those VC guys bought an NFT of Dune thinking it gave them the rights to make a movie.
Sorry but I won't feel a shred of sympathy towards all people who are aware of this company's past actions and yet still naive enough to donate to this.
Please, let it hapen.
I wanna see the aftermath caused with this one
Sites should have a duty to not post articles on scams.
End of the day some people are vulnerable and places like EG/PS etc should not be giving these guys free publicity.
@Jayslow my thoughts exactly. 36 is... nothing to write home about, especially if in reality it's lower than that.
They're not a Singaporean based company btw. They're Russian and they rent an empty office in Singapore to register their company there.
A lot if ***** can go wrong doing a big project. It's fair to give them the go to finish their work.
Many are suspecting these "backers" are the devs themselves to sell the illusion.
@yazzika Fair? The Days Before was a legit scam from the start.
@ChrisDeku makes you wonder what the money is really going to be used for.
I never really understood the desire to fund kickstarter projects, seems to always be a 50/50 shot in the dark.
@DennisReynolds I am not informed enough about this specific case. So I should not have commented I guess.
My opinion was more in general.
38 people, that's low enough to be friends and family to make it look like people are pledging.
I'm hoping that some of them realise what they're doing and pull out.
Fools. They have a track record of failing with more than one game. Just most people seem to think the day before was the first. I would not trust those people.
Forgiving is one way of describing them. Another, more accurate way would be gullible idiots.
@nessisonett I'm buying a Pro and i would never support a Kickstater and i sure as hell would never support The Days Before devs. End of the day i'm in my 30's and i'm at a point in life if i want something i can buy it within reason, i find this mindset is much more healthy then moaning when strangers online buy something you don't like.
A fool and their money are soon parted. Zero sympathy for anyone falling for this new scam.
What's the saying? I think it might come from Tennessee, I know it's in Texas... fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.
Stop calling them developers, come on now.
They are naught but con artists, manipulators and slave drivers
In future articles we will accept "fake developers and criminals" 😅
@Yousef- wow, you really are looking into it, then? how's the research going? I expect a full write up on my desk (the hot take thread) this week haha 😁
How does the saying go? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me
What idiots supporting this dev
@nessisonett maybe the Pro isn’t worth the money to you but to some it is.
My wife likes to go to NHL games where tickets are $300 a game. That’s her enjoyment where I think it’s a waste of money.
In short - everyone has different opinions so just let them enjoy what they want
I mean, why? These guys are obvious frauds.
@Bobtheking Unless they're tickets for the Maple Leafs
One would think after the last scam Valve would block its distribution on its Steam platform, Sony on the other hand no I mean did you see some of those crap games on PS4 years ago what was one Black Tiger I think !!
@nessisonett I would love to see the data that links 'the type of people" that buy an upgraded console and the likelihood of them being fooled and supporting a known scammer via a Kickstarter campaign or just a kickstarter in general.
Other then an opinion that the" type of people" that purchase an upgraded console have additional income to spend frivolous and an inability to sport fraud because you've come to the conclusion that the Pro is a waste of money.
People make choices with their own money and making a purchase you disagree with doesn't make them a fool.
Theres a sucker born every minute. Getting fooled when there is no history is one thing, giving money to proven liars and scammers is just asking to be ripped off.
Immediately donated 10000 euro. Not.
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