It's probably the single most blatant gaming-related fundraiser scam I've personally come across... but they got YC backing.
It'll take quite a bit to beat Star Citizen.
I don't understand the YC backing either though.
It'll take quite a bit to beat Star Citizen.
I don't understand the YC backing either though.
Dreamworld doesn’t even have notably padded resumes, and it’s flimsy even by the low standards of shoddy Kickstarter MMO campaigns. To be honest, when I saw it claiming to be a member of YC, I assumed it was touting a participant award (i.e. it applied to YC, but wasn’t necessarily accepted), or was engaged in some other outright deception. Anything seemed more probable than them actually getting YC investment
It's not particularly good one[*], and it's missing a lot of promised features, but you can actually, fly the ships, have combat, trade some, walk in ships etc.
I am not defending them, because It probably will end up in tears, but they already delivered some.
Although clearly in pre alpha state, is more stable than some recent releases by major studios.
They launched with a trailer that looked so cool everyone knew it was a scam and everyone called it out immediately so it got pulled.