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The Day Before developer Fntastic has cancelled its failing Kickstarter for one game and announced another in the same breath.

Fntastic, who released the utterly disastrous The Day Before in December 2023 before pretending to shut down, resurfaced in September asking for money for a new game: the physics based multiplayer game Escape Factory.

It has now cancelled this project, however, after it reached just 15.73% of its Kickstarter goal with $3,146 raised of a $20,000 goal. "Our campaign on Kickstarter is unlikely to reach our goal," Fntastic said in a statement published to X/Twitter announcing another game.

"After careful analysis and discussion with the team, we have decided that our Escape Factory project has not generated enough interest," it said. The Kickstarter reached the 15.73% mark after four weeks. "With this in mind, we have decided to temporarily suspend work on Escape Factory and postpone it until a more appropriate time."

Fntastic is now allegedly working on Items, an action horror prop hunt game. "Your wishes are very important to us," it said. "This is exactly what many of you have been waiting for."

via IGN

 

[Hrk69]

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[Luipadre]

Who the fuck gave them 3k dollars

 

[RagnarokIV]

What they really wanna do is go all in on DEI, I hear the modern audience is huge! They'll definitely reach their kickstarter goal!

 

[ssringo]

Who the fuck gave them 3k dollars

Probably pledged it themselves hoping to spur a bit more action and run with the whatever they were able to scam from others.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Hold on, putting my entire month's salary in the pot because they make my favorite games!

Oh wait.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Fntastic?

More like Scmtastic, amirite?

 

[winjer]

Who the fuck gave them 3k dollars

Fanatic probably did that, to pad numbers and pretend there were people interested in investing in the project and that it's something trustworthy.
It's a common tactic with crowd sourced projects, especially those with low reputation.

 

[hemo memo]

The studio name is Fntastic. The irony.

 

[Peroroncino]

At this point you gotta respect the hustle I suppose.

 

[Gonzito]

Fucking scammers

 

[Moses85]

Them

 

[SJRB]

If you backed their kickstarter after all that happened you’re ngmi.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Anyone still supporting this group of fucking idiots is... well, a fucking idiot.