Alright I have read a few pages here and bunch of people talking about the goal post being "fair"
Let me just start at one of those people saying it is " reasonable " goal and then put some of these creators out there to try and make a point.
Mr.Dots, Evakiss, Ocean, Tlaero, Dr.PinkCake,BrainDrop just to name a few, Man I sure remember when they have set a goal post of 2500+ when they started their games!! Oh right... they did not, they all had a working job and was doing this on the side as they did not know how it would go, EvaKiss for example only set a goal much later and not a demand for x amount of money or she stops, no she did not. Her goal was if she reached a certain amount per month she would quit her main job and focus on making games. Talking about gaming assets and developing and etc, well they are investing in it and if that is the route they want to go why did they not make a game and finish the game and sold it on steam or other platforms as a finished product ? they would def get more then 2500 for it and their assets would have been paid for, however THAT is not what they are looking for. What they want is to set a goal and blackmail people in to a monthly payment to get a steady cash flow while doing the minimal of work to do a monthly release. ( that is IF we even get monthly releases..And how big ? )
The pictures and art looks insane, Ill give em that. However I would never justify or trust anyone setting a goal post like she has, Again what is stopping that goal post from getting reached and suddenly being increased by another 500 and then another 500 ? You going to search for more excuses to justify why it is okay ?
You do NOT okay something like this, the moment you do you are opening the doors for more people to come out and pull this practices, We already have a bunch of sketch and cash grab developers, I don't need a new group making demands like this.
All the Dev's I mentioned and there are plenty more out there, who knew damn well that the best way to reach or get something is by proving you are worth the money. As in, making a good game a good story, consistency in updates and being transparent, Open communication with your fan base. Moment they have proven their worth they have been making the money to be full time on development. And all that mention of assets,developing, engines,custom stuff etc.. yeah they paid for those too and yea they had to fork em out too and yeah they got their money back after actually putting in the work and the fanbase growing on their own. Another thing they did not get 2500+ within a CONCEPT release or a intro release no, it took a few updates for people to get pulled in. in other words about 6+ updates later ( big updates btw ).
So no, in my opinion a goal like that and telling me essentially pay me..or else.. does not sit well with me period.
PS: And if like some of you say, the cost of having to buy all the programs and assets and etc, makes it reasonable for the goal post.. Tell me, how is spending all that money for making the game ( I mean they already have those set assets and what not else we did not even get the concept intro release we currently have already ). Tell me, how is it good business to spend money on all of that and then suddenly if you don't get an X amount of money while already owning those assets and quitting within a few months ? What are you gonna do with all those stuff you bought ? Resell them ? We are talking about digital goods here..Not a physical item.
art style. I get that you probably can't make these changes but a compromise would be to keep the general level of drawing and then a flat art style that acts as an intermediary for later images that can be easily painted on top of. Goodluck
