By avoiderdragon: The world of visual novels is something that hasn’t really been embraced in the western gaming market due to the nature of the gameplay, or lack thereof. They’re more like interactive fiction that are text-heavy and less involving than even David Cage games (Indigo Prophecy, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls). However, they do tend to succeed in being story-centric, and developers of other genres could stand to learn a thing or two from it. Dysfunction Systems is another title that follows this vein, and it does well enough for itself.
Marcus Estrada writes: "Back in 2014 they announced they had to "temporarily halt game development" on the Dysfunctional Systems episodic series. Then, due to a groundswell of fan support, they ran a Kickstarter. Unfortunately, what they managed to create via Kickstarter funding was not a particularly high quality product, and they asked for far less funding than turned out to be needed. This is a superbly unfortunate issue that plagues countless crowdfunding campaigns."
Backing a video game on Kickstarter seems to be an increasingly risky prospect. When this first became a thing, each and every project was greeted with the rose tinted glasses and as many bottles of champaign as we could find. Nowadays, backing a game seems more like playing Russian Roulette with your cash, where one of the barrels is loaded with confetti and the opening ten seconds of “Everybody Dance Now” and the other five are loaded with napalm so concentrated that it will even destroy the memory of the fact you had money in the first place.
Marcus Estrada writes: "No one could have predicted that Dischan would have to cease full time development on the title, but that’s exactly what was announced earlier today. Despite their best efforts and regular updates, the developer indicates it's no longer feasible for them to continue at this full time pace. Because new episodes are not ready now or in the foreseeable future all funders (over $5) can now request a refund. However, all the funding was already spent."
