Harvesting humans

[Carlobrand]

I don't think they have much of a chance of meeting their goal at this point, but it would have been a cool game if they had. Scientists respond to the Machine Apocalypse by summoning the Ancient Ones to counter the machines. Big mistake. The video is way cool.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/human-resources-an-apocalyptic-rts-game

 

[Ran Targas]

Unfortunately Kickstarter says it was cancelled a few hours ago.

 

[Carlobrand]

Dang. So what happens when a kickstart is cancelled. They refund all the money?

 

[aramis]

Dang. So what happens when a kickstart is cancelled. They refund all the money?

KS doesn't actually charge until it completes. They authorize and have the CC place a hold on the funds until the close of the particular project. If the KS is cancelled before that, they release the hold; the money never left the bank (on a debit card), and no charge was actually made (on a credit card).

If it funds, they then run the actual charge/debit at closure date.

So, if it hadn't closed out, no one was charged. (The funds were locked and unspendable, but not actually spent.)

 

[BlackBat242]

They are supposed to - but there is no enforcement capability in kick-starter, so if they don't contributors have to seek real-world remedies.

Anyone contributing to a kickstarter should automatically consider their contribution to be a non-refundable, non-return gift - and be happy for the lottery win if they get either product or a refund out of it.

 

[Daidoji Dave]

Well, they got almost $400,000 of a $1,400,000 goal. They might be back, if they can adjust their budget.

I see Uber Entertainment kickstarted another PC game in 2012, and released in 2014. I'd say that makes them not a bad bet as Kickstarters go.

(And, Aramis is correct, this one never reached the funding goal, so backers never got charged in the first place. That's the whole point of Kickstarter. BlackBat is correct about after-funding, but its a tangent here.)