Ruffian's indie game Game of Glens is suffering from a backlash.Today marks the end of the pilot phase of Square Enix's experimental pre-crowd-funding hype builder The Collective. The idea is people vote to express their interest in a game being made. Then, once the votes are in, Square Enix will partner with projects that have received community support by showcasing them on its Indiegogo page.
Three games were invited to pitch on The Collective's pilot: Tuque Games' World War Machine, Kitfox Games' Moon Hunters and Ruffian Games' Game of Glens. The question for each is: would you back this project through crowd-funding? For World War Machine, 90 per cent of those who voted said they would. For Moon Hunters, 83 per cent said they would. Game of Glens? Just 39 per cent.
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