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This article is factually inaccurate. At least two projects they list as Where the ^%$# is it!? (Castle Story, Light Table) have delivered on time. I have playe

by dkhenry 14y ago

This article is factually inaccurate. At least two projects they list as Where the ^%$# is it!? (Castle Story, Light Table) have delivered on time. I have played castle Story, and have used Light Table. This is nothing more then link bait.

evan_ 14y ago
The Castle Story "dev diary" just had a post three days ago titled "Rewards sneak peak"[0] which implies that the rewards haven't shipped yet. The comments have a bunch of people asking for the beta, so it sounds like that's not available yet either. Maybe this is why they thought it hadn't shipped yet? [0] http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-number-thirty-five/ http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-number-thirty-five/
- dkhenry 14y ago
  So shipping the initial product and being a month late with the final product is considered "Where the ?!$#!" is it ? Especially with a team that has been in _constant_ contact with their backers about status updates and progress reports. Like I said the article is link bait plain and simple.
  - evan_ 14y ago
    If the table's inaccurate I suggest contacting its author. The information I found seems to agree with the information in the table, so if the game has actually shipped then the table's author is probably unaware. If the final product has not shipped yet, though, it does belong in the "Where is it" bucket. Everything else on the table has delivered. A mistake in one field in the table hardly invalidates the whole article, which I think you should probably read rather than jumping to invalidate the whole thing.
    - scowley 14y ago
      Hi, Stacy from CNNMoney here. We talked to all 50 project creators to get the shipping info -- it's all firsthand data. The beta was the "main" project the Kickstarter was intended to finance, and that's not finished yet. We included a link to Castle Story's dev diary in the profile (click the square) and made clear that it's in active development.
louhike 14y ago
And I can't see the problem if the developpers communicate about it and explain why it will come late. Furthermore, most industry projects with classical funding come late, I don't think Kickstarter's projects are an exception.

by dkhenry 14y ago

evan_ 14y ago

The Castle Story "dev diary" just had a post three days ago titled "Rewards sneak peak"[0] which implies that the rewards haven't shipped yet. The comments have a bunch of people asking for the beta, so it sounds like that's not available yet either. Maybe this is why they thought it hadn't shipped yet? [0] http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-number-thirty-five/ http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-number-thirty-five/

dkhenry 14y ago
So shipping the initial product and being a month late with the final product is considered "Where the ?!$#!" is it ? Especially with a team that has been in _constant_ contact with their backers about status updates and progress reports. Like I said the article is link bait plain and simple.
- evan_ 14y ago
  If the table's inaccurate I suggest contacting its author. The information I found seems to agree with the information in the table, so if the game has actually shipped then the table's author is probably unaware. If the final product has not shipped yet, though, it does belong in the "Where is it" bucket. Everything else on the table has delivered. A mistake in one field in the table hardly invalidates the whole article, which I think you should probably read rather than jumping to invalidate the whole thing.
  - scowley 14y ago
    Hi, Stacy from CNNMoney here. We talked to all 50 project creators to get the shipping info -- it's all firsthand data. The beta was the "main" project the Kickstarter was intended to finance, and that's not finished yet. We included a link to Castle Story's dev diary in the profile (click the square) and made clear that it's in active development.

louhike 14y ago

And I can't see the problem if the developpers communicate about it and explain why it will come late. Furthermore, most industry projects with classical funding come late, I don't think Kickstarter's projects are an exception.