PS5 stretch goal, anyone?
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]
Khayl Adam is Push Square’s roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
