Yuta name“Diablo (Diablo/Diablo)”and“Diablo II (Diablo 2/Diablo 2)”Developers Moon Beast Productions are raising funds on Kickstarter for their new dark fantasy action RPG“Darkhaven”. But the situation encountered in this fundraising was very embarrassing: the team confirmed that at least US$65,000 (approximately NT$2.05 million / HKD 510,000 / MYR 310,000)The sponsorship can almost be judged as an insincere promise, and it is very likely that it will not be recorded at all in the end.
Kickstarter gives two paths, but each one hurts
Studio CEO Phil Shenk said they had contacted Kickstarter and the platform offered the optionKeep the funds currently raised and continue, or cancel the entire fundraising project and return all funds, and then restart a new, more optimized fundraising。
The problem is that since it has been confirmed that a large amount of money may not be received, retaining funds will affect the budget judgment and production schedule; but directly canceling and starting again would be equivalent to bringing all the sponsors who really supported it back to the starting point, and the publicity volume may also be dispersed. The team therefore stated that it would take a few more days to evaluate and figure out the best approach.
Some people advocate refunding money and restarting, while some people just want to make the game as soon as possible.
The reactions from sponsors are equally polarizing: one group believes that since the fundraising structure has been contaminated by fake sponsorship, the case should be withdrawn and restarted to return the numbers to a trustworthy state; the other group is more pragmatic and believes that the remaining funds should be used for development.After all, the purpose of everyone’s money is to see a weird and dark action game created by the old “Diablo” team, not to see the internal friction of the crowdfunding process.。
The title of Diablo’s creator is eye-catching, but it’s also easier to zoom in on.
The slogan “Created by the original creators of “Diablo” and “Diablo II” is very attractive for fundraising, but it will also make the outside world more rigorously examine the content completion and experience. In particular, the evaluation and first impression of the Steam Next Fest trial version will directly affect whether subsequent fundraising can be successfully restarted or continued. For “Darkhaven”, the most critical thing at the moment is not being criticized, but how to re-establish the credibility of “what can the game do with this money” after the crowdfunding figures are distorted.