“As the budget grew, we began a long series of conversations with potential publishing partners. We strayed from the core concepts of the original title. We moved from a Remaster to a completely new game. “Maybe we lost our focus,” Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick said in a statement today. The problem is that the team moved away from the promises of the Kickstarter to work on something that sounds completely different. Our goal is to do our very best to complete the game as outlined by our funding and stretch goals.” Still, game development can be unpredictable at certain stages, and we understand that. Fortunately, we’re starting this campaign at the 25 percent mark in development, so our estimates are more accurate than usual. “Early on in a project, estimates are far less accurate than later.

“One of the biggest risks with any project is the completion timeline,” Nightdive said on the Kickstarter page. It’s always interesting to go back to the “risks” section of Kickstarter projects that fall apart you quickly learn the difference between stated risks and the real issues of game development. This is the latest demonstration of in the risks involved in game production - no matter how prepared the team may sound on paper - and it’s yet another lesson that it’s unwise to contribute to any game with money you’re not willing to lose. The project has since cratered and, while the developers say they will eventually deliver a finished version of what they promised, it’s probably best not to get your hopes up. It would be hard to find a crowdfunded game that seemed to be a safer bet. The Kickstarter page itself was filled with details about the game’s production. There was a playable demo available for you to try before you supported the project. It had the support of big names in the industry, with the goal of remaking a classic. Nightdive Studios’ reimagining of System Shock, which raised more than $1.35 million on Kickstarter against a $900,000 goal, seemed like a sure thing.

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