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Deth Grand Master Posts: 662	Funding of mobile version / Reason for silence about mobile May 22, 2014 1:08:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deth on May 22, 2014 1:08:55 GMT Tim Rance that is the one that I think is the real driving force behind the 22scams and Peter just does not have the balls or know how to deal with him.
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Funding of mobile version / Reason for silence about mobile May 22, 2014 1:30:24 GMT

Post by banned on May 22, 2014 1:30:24 GMT

May 22, 2014 1:08:55 GMT Deth said:

Tim Rance that is the one that I think is the real driving force behind the 22scams and Peter just does not have the balls or know how to deal with him.

While you may be on to something, "London School of Business" seems a perfect place to learn to ruin things with "monetize everything!", I suspect you are letting Peter off way to easy.
PM is as culpable as anyone for this.

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Funding of mobile version / Reason for silence about mobile May 22, 2014 1:38:10 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 22, 2014 1:38:10 GMT

May 21, 2014 22:49:56 GMT razz said:

Tim Rance, CTO & Co-Founder, has already made clear in June 2013 that Godus is a mobile game:

We managed to secure Kickstarter funding last year and are working on our second big game, Godus, which is essentially the God game brought to mobile and tablets, inspired by Peter’s early and highly successful work Populous

Source: www.perforce.com/blog/130617/22-cans-old-dogs-reject-new-tricks

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Funding of mobile version / Reason for silence about mobile May 22, 2014 4:12:40 GMT

Post by bed on May 22, 2014 4:12:40 GMT

and this new information (to me) makes *everything* make sense. Except they didn't disclose the free to play mobile design model in the kickstarter - because they knew if they did nobody would have backed it.

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Funding of mobile version / Reason for silence about mobile May 23, 2014 8:57:13 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this

Post by stuhacking on May 23, 2014 8:57:13 GMT

May 21, 2014 22:49:56 GMT razz said:

Source: www.perforce.com/blog/130617/22-cans-old-dogs-reject-new-tricks

This article makes it sound like a lot of time was spent (wasted?) chopping and changing between development and process technologies and not getting things done. Spending project time switching from one versioning system to another is not productive, but I suppose it makes a good 'prodical son' story for Perforce. I wonder has there also been project time spent evaluating different project management techniques before finally settling on the Agile-Scrum-Waterfall-ZeroDocumentation Dynamic approach they apparently use? And don't forget time spent evaluating Unity, then returning to a more C++ geared workflow (I imagine this decision increased the expected project effort).

I wonder was all this experimentation done with the Kickstarter funds, or had they done this before starting the crowd funding phase? I'm not sure how other Kickstarter projects run, whether they do their technology and process evaluation before starting the main development process which is where Kickstarter backers expect their money to be used...

I'd still be interested in seeing the financial breakdown of the Kickstarter pledges. That's one of the suggestions Kickstarter makes for projects that are struggling

www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter+basics?ref=faq_nav#Acco

If the problems are severe enough that the creator can't fulfill their project, creators need to find a resolution. Steps could include offering refunds, detailing exactly how funds were used, and other actions to satisfy backers.

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Funding of mobile version / Reason for silence about mobile May 23, 2014 22:19:29 GMT

Post by banned on May 23, 2014 22:19:29 GMT

May 23, 2014 8:57:13 GMT stuhacking said:

I'd still be interested in seeing the financial breakdown of the Kickstarter pledges.

22*50k = 1.1m close enough for you?
projects run over budget when not completed on time.
(please note 50k as an average salary for the 22cans team was pulled straight from my ass.)

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