Lucky Day
Daywatch
With the sudden popularity of Kickstarters (I'm waiting for Age of Decadence to jump on that bandwagon) generating large amounts of coin (Shadowrun raised US$200k in a few hours and, of course, Wasteland 2 and Double Fine Adventure have raised millions) I can't help but realize this whole system is going to collapse quite dramatically.
What started as a few artists, instead of looking for a micro-loan, they started looking for donations, and it worked. It works out great for them because they aren't obligated to pay anything back, and unlike Venture cap they don't give up any ownership either.
But remember IPO's? Too many companies lacked a lot of substance.
Cash is pouring into big names: right now its legacy franchises.
But I can't help but wonder when the first of these big names is going to collapse and the cash they took is going to end up in a Cayman Islands account.
I just think its inevitable that these kind of numbers are going to attract fraud.
That said, I have dreams for my board game which is almost finished. Hopefully I can't get it done before this happens.
What started as a few artists, instead of looking for a micro-loan, they started looking for donations, and it worked. It works out great for them because they aren't obligated to pay anything back, and unlike Venture cap they don't give up any ownership either.
But remember IPO's? Too many companies lacked a lot of substance.
Cash is pouring into big names: right now its legacy franchises.
But I can't help but wonder when the first of these big names is going to collapse and the cash they took is going to end up in a Cayman Islands account.
I just think its inevitable that these kind of numbers are going to attract fraud.
That said, I have dreams for my board game which is almost finished. Hopefully I can't get it done before this happens.