Comment on "The Day Before" makers Fntastic are shutting down.
avater@lemmy.world 11 months agoGet some money out of the “game” and then just disappear.
Is this even possible with the way steam handles the payment of developers? If I remember correctly you get the money at the end of the month and they are also saving a certain part for possible refunds.
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The few people at the top of the studio paid themselves a juicy salary from investors’ money for 5 years, then released a Unity asset pack they bought for a few hundred bucks as finished end product.
avater@lemmy.world 11 months ago
it’s build in Unreal Engine…
Carighan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
True, although I would guess the central argument still holds water. Most of the “game” looks like an asset flip indeed.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unreal, Unity; is there much distinction between the two nowadays?
computergeek125@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Several paragraphs of licensing drama