Key Takeaways
- Fntastic is back, and they need more money to help create more video games.
- The team behind the dangerous title, The Day Before, have apologized and outlined a plan that will guide them in their quest for change.
- A Kickstarter was launched with the goal of reaching more than $15,000, and if it fails, the studio will once again close.
The team behind The Day Before, the dangerous open-world MMO that was more suited to mining shooters, is back and rebranded. Oh, and they want more money.
Fntastic shared on Twitter that it is using Kickstarter to help generate funds to get the studio back. There is a link to the studio's website with the following statement:
We deeply apologize to everyone at The Day Before and take full responsibility for what happened.
This is where the team develops the “plan”, which describes how to overcome the previous mistakes, as well as the next game that they are working on. The game is called “Escape Factory,” and it's “a physics-based multiplayer escape game set in a dangerous factory for 4-8 players.”
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson?
The plan, which can be accessed here, states that the team will use three principals to guide them – honesty, transparency and professionalism. Elsewhere, a number of “strategic goals” have also been highlighted, including a focus on community engagement, development standards and branding, among other goals.
One FAQ addresses why the team decided to make a comeback after a previous failure.
After the shutdown, we reflected on previous mistakes and began a major internal transformation to drive fundamental improvements.
We have stopped using external volunteers and are fully committed to a more professional approach.
Honesty, transparency and community involvement are our top priorities.
After learning from our past mistakes, we developed Fntastic 2.0, a plan for recovery.
As part of the planned comeback, the team created a Kickstarter. If the $15,535 goal is not reached within 29 days, all contributors will be refunded, and the studio will be closed again.
Currently, the Kickstarter has only $ 222, which is spread between 10 supporters. For this, the team has introduced several rewards for supporters, including $ 10,000 USD that gives the Donors to dine with Fntastic, Discord titles, in-game credit recognition, copies of the game and a place on the site's supporter's wall.
Only time will tell if this plan will be successful, although at this point, it seems highly unlikely that it will generate the necessary funds. Then, again, something strange happened.
