I was going to make a cynical reply about them not finishing their first project, but this looks FANTASTIC.
I guess I'm a funder now instead :)
I guess I'm a funder now instead :)
I think only non-backers or very confused backers could say something weird like it not being finished. I don’t think I want them to ever finish, I want to get my documentary fix.
I backed it. I do not have a copy of the game to play.
That means it is not finished.
If I am wrong in that please do tell me how.
However, I don’t think any of this matters, really. Also: We were never promised a product. It’s right there in the launch video: We get to see them attempt make a game and they will document it, warts and all. Whether it succeeds or fails. That’s the promise and that’s exactly what I’m getting.
People that are upset at the project "being late" completely are people that are treating KickStarter merely as a pre-ordering system. It's not.
I don't really agree with this. They promise to give me a thing (or multiple things) in exchange for my money. Yeah, there are tchotchkes for most projects and there are 'interesting' updates, but the reason you (the generic you) put down your $20 is to get the thing at the end of the day.
I get that they say that you're not buying a product, but one can call a tail a leg and it doesn't necessarily fit, yeah? If it was really about just backing-a-product, I'd think everyone involved, including project creators, would be a lot more careful than they are with their wording.
> People that are upset at the project "being late" completely are people that are treating KickStarter merely as a pre-ordering system.
I don't agree here, either. They're people who expected the project pitches to be realistic measures of time-to-completion. My clients aren't happy when I blow estimates, either. They may still be happy with the final project, but that doesn't mean it's okay for me to hork an estimate.
Five months delayed. Millions of dollars over budget. No product.
I can't think of a better example of unfinished.
So if their budget is $3.3m I’m not sure where you are getting the info from that they are (already) millions over budget. When all is said and done the game will probably cost more than $3.3m, sure, but I‘m also not sure why that matters. It’s not like putting their own money into it is somehow wrong. It’s their game, they can do what they want.
> it's simply a fact.
No one is disputing that fact. However, you're the one making it out like it's late and that it's millions over budget, neither of which are fact.
More importantly, you make the idea of it being unfinished bad, as if you were guaranteed anything via KickStarter.