Kickstarter really needs to screen potential projects a lot better. Too many joke or scam campaigns make it through their filter and while far from the worst offender Trumpman easily ranks high on the list of obvious examples. It’s hard to even look at the pitch without breaking out into manic Joker-like laughter as the titular character is supposed to make it from one rally to the next by not flying into things. The images and video alone make me want to wince in agony. It’s just that bad.
And frankly the campaign for Trumpman isn’t even the worst part of what AJIS is offering. Thinking that there could potentially be some validity to this (yeah, right) I decided to check out their Web site. What’s even worse than what they have up on Kickstarter, they claim to have experience of making apps as far back as 2004 but their projects page only shows like four as far back as last year. Something doesn’t smell right here.
Back to the pitch, there’s literally nothing there. They briefly talk about wanting to make a game, saying that for each $5k Canadian they’ll do one level and one bonus level. Um, yeah. Sure. The rest is basically just showing off what they’re offering as “rewards”. Which is painfully obvious that they’re not thinking straight, if at all. Even in the Risks and Challenges section they make a mockery of crowdfunding: “There is no real risk and challenge here. We have done previous apps and games and we feel very confident that we will deliver this project.”
Trumpman is a joke of the lowest denominator. At least others were good for a laugh. This one just falls flat on its chiseled chin.
I’m not as irritated by it as you are. It’s some pretty funny trolling on the developers part. The song is funny, even if the game itself is laughably bad.
Maybe I just have a more critical eye when it comes to crowdfunding. That said, I also didn’t try out the game itself.
You are absolutly right, the game is a copy of “Looping” back on the colecovision.
And there isn’t much of it that is exceptionnal… I made this game alone, on my time off, while working as a teacher and struggling to make my business survive.
I am happy to learn about the whole crowdfunding process, though, through this experience.
Your comments will also be taken into account, even if I find them rather negative. But, still, I can learn a thing or two from them, so, why not.
Last, you should try the game, at least, before trashing it completely. Maybe playing the game won’t change your opinion, hey, maybe you can even tell me what is wrong with it so I can make it better!
Thanks for the exposure (kind of).