They spent the money on booze and strippers - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: snoopy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 01:06:34 am
content: I always say that if you really want to know someone then go into business with themhttp://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/gaming/ant-simulator-programmer-forced-to-cancel-game-after-partners-blow-cash-on-booze-and-strippers/news-story/f9ebda0bc09246fccd5387945cf7e317#itm=newscomau|technology|nca-tech-plmnt-trending|1|section-technology-science-space|story|The%20CIA%E2%80%99s%20real-life%20X-Files&itmt=1454431219755#itm=newscomau|technology|right-now-in-|4|Ant%20Simulator%20game%20developers%20waste%20Kickstarter%20money%20on%20str...|story|The%20CIA%E2%80%99s%20real-life%20X-Files&itmt=1454431219756Quote

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 01:07:59 am
content: I feel sorry for the backers of course, but you can't help laugh, booze'n'stippers

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 08:10:33 am
content: Only $4500 for such a development is ridiculous, not even enough for two months of salary, so perhaps this was the best solution, get drunk, get over it, and start a realistic project or get a paid job.

author: mdg82
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 09:21:24 am
content: Haha, yeah you have to chuckle but they're a**holes nonetheless.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 09:38:36 am
content: Of course there are two sides to that coin:http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/02/01/ant-simulator-business-partners-respond-devs-claims-100-percent-bull.aspxAnd already coveredhere

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 07:54:21 pm
content: They spent the money on booze and strippers...the rest was wasted

author: os40la
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2016, 08:09:28 pm
content: Maybe they were doing research on possible add-ons to the game. In game purchases? Hmmmmm... Ant Simulator + booze + strippers. now that just might be some interesting game play.Tell me you wouldn't be interested in playing a game like that. Sure beats tossing off your birds at swines.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2016, 12:16:32 pm
content: Quote from: os40la on February 03, 2016, 08:09:28 pmQuoteThey both seem extraordinarilly silly to me, but them I'm an adult with more productive things to do with my time, including my recreational time.

author: station240
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 05, 2016, 05:46:49 am
content: QuoteI think the business partners meant "only three or four minutes of actual gameplay before we got bored and went back to liquor, restaurants bars and strippers".On his youtube video, Eric said in comments that he bought 3 passes to a Game Developer Conference, he attended all 5 days, his business partners attended 30 mins and 1 hour respectively.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2016, 06:38:08 am
content: Quote from: station240 on February 05, 2016, 05:46:49 amThat's understandable. They did the deal with Sony and they were done. GDC other than contacting and doing deals with 1st party vendors doesn't have a lot of things for the business types.E3 on the other hand is pretty much all business and not that much tech content. So if they did go to E3 then Eric could have been the one spending time at the restaurants, bars and strippers.GDC has super short and sweet marketing meetings from 1st party vendors, since they are trying for you to adopt their platforms/tech, the rest (non vendors) of marketing peeps just get bored and go to the restaurant/bar/strippers30 minutes and 1 hour for the marketing partners probably covered it all.I do attribute the whole "fiasco" as a lack of experience/knowledge on how things work by all three of them.