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Malcolm 
I disagree.
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Posted on: Aug. 20 2013,11:04 |
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From PA Report.
QUOTE The Code Hero Kickstarter ended on February 24, 2012, raising $170,000 of a requested $100,000. The campaign, run by Peake and his Primer Labs studio, promised a full game in six months that would teach K-12 students how to write Unity code.
Ok, not a bad idea, although the entire "turn learning into pure play" thing always seems a bit bullshit to me, but whatever.
QUOTE With the over-funding, Peake tacked on "multiplayer MMO" features and a documentary about the crowdfunding process.
That sound you just heard was the train leaving the rails.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Aug. 20 2013,11:06 |
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QUOTE One of these new employees was David Lopez, a game designer from California; he quit his job at Red Giant Studios after Peake recruited him for Code Hero. Peake offered Lopez $55,000 a year.
"I never got paid for the majority of my work, which was tons of money," Lopez said.
$55K a year is not a huge amount for real dev work.
QUOTE Lopez said Peake tried to pay him at first, giving him a $400 check from Primer Labs. It bounced. A second Primer Labs check for $800 (to make up for the denied one), Peake didn't sign and Lopez couldn't deposit. Eventually, Peake wrote Lopez a personal check for $800. That's all he was ever paid.
Wtf?
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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TPRJones
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
Group: Privateers
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Posted on: Aug. 20 2013,12:13 |
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Most business ventures fail. Kickstarter just lets them do so more publically.
I do a lot of backing, but every time I do so expecting it will be a failure.
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TheCatt
Top 2%
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Posted on: Aug. 20 2013,12:32 |
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I have done no backing, except for friend backing.
I've just found it hard to find a good idea among all the crap.
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It's not me, it's someone else.
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