Haunts The Kickstarter Cautionary Tale

We have gotten a crazy amount of media coverage for our project. The tone of much of it seems to center around Haunts being the first notable Kickstarter video game project to fail. A dubious honor to be sure, and not entirely accurate.

We have not given up. This is not over. We are going to finish this game.

I’m more confident than I have been in many weeks, thanks entirely to the outpouring of support and offers of help that I’ve gotten from our supporters. I’ve done a number of interviews already, with some more to come. We’re renewed in our commitment to get this game out.

In case you’re curious - I know I was! - here’s a list of some of the stories about us. I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch, these are just the English language ones I’ve seen:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/10/18/fully-funded-kickstarter-game-goes-belly-up-haunts-the-manse-macabre-is-out-of-money-as-programmers-call-it-quits/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20003916

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/19/kickstarter-game-haunts-development-halted-programmers-quit/

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/10/19/3525746/haunts-kickstarter-project-halted-after-money-depleted-and

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/10/haunts-kickstarter-failure-highlights-the-risks-of-crowdfunding/

http://www.develop-online.net/news/42293/Backers-left-in-cold-as-devs-quit-Kickstarter-project

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/179789/Promising_Kickstarter_game_runs_out_of_money_programmers_steam.php#.UIGzs8XAdFt

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/successful-kickstarter-outing-haunts-the-manse-macabre-faces-uncertain-future/0104895

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Haunts%3A+The+Manse+Macabre/news.asp?c=45921

http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/19/development-halts-on-successfully-funded-kickstarter-game-haunts/

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/what-happens-wh-2.php

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/19/kickstarted-game-haunts-gives-up-the-ghost-sheds-devs-promises-refunds/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/haunts-the-manse-macabre/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/120238-Successful-Kickstarter-Faces-Collapse

Comments

[tennis divider]

Its a good thing that the creators of this game has not given up on the project. This looks like a decent game that we can try, since most of the RPG out there are about wizards and warlords, it not bad to try other games about macabres and dead people. I hope that they can finish this game, cant wait to try it.

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