Klaim terkena masalah finansial, Madmind batalkan Agony Unrated

Developer indie Madmind sempat mendapatkan cukup banyak dana dari kampanye Kickstarter mereka untuk game horror-adventure Agony. Rencananya, mereka akan merilis game reguler terlebih dahulu, mendapatkan keuntungan dari sana, lalu enam bulan kemudian meluncurkan versi Unrated. Baru-baru ini, rencana tersebut dibatalkan karena masalah finansial. Inilah yang mereka tulis di laman Kickstarter mereka:

"Dengan menyesal, kami menginformasikan kepada Anda bahwa perusahaan kami saat ini harus berjuang dalam masalah finansial. Akibat dari masalah teknis dan legal, Madmind harus membatalkan pengembangan dari Agony Unrated. Sebagian dari tim akan tetap melanjutkan dukungan terhadap Agony di Steam dan konsol dengan merilis patch baru."

Berikut tautan ke laman Kickstarter Agony.

Tentunya para backer/gamer tidak senang sama sekali akan hal ini dan menyambangi Kickstarter untuk menyuarakan kemarahan mereka:

"The game just came out, mixed reviews aside, now would be when you would GAIN profit after selling it to more people than the kickstarter funders... instead, you are going bankrupt? What happened, the management spent all the money on luxury items while the programmers slaved away?"

"Seriously, Just refund my money you MOTHER F*CK*RS! I have a key I can't use cuz I don't have a PC yet and now when I get one in a few months I don't even want to play whatever unpolished, Censored mess Agony has become. I want to just move on with my life and completely forget madmind or agony (Both the game and the actual agony I've been put through by you bastards) ever even happened. I feel like a kid that was promised Disneyland and right when I got there the park had to close, Just to reopen and then blow up. F*CK YOU MADMIND AND ANYTHING YOU *SSHOLES TOUCH IN THE FUTURE!!!!"

How the hell do I get a refund from this utter shitshow?

I backed this project because I wanted a unrated vr game like this... sorry but you failed big time madmind. At least if the wallpaper was nice lol. Last kickstarter for me.

After the way you treated us, your investors and customers, you bringing a product we were never going to be satisfied with because you lied about what we were investing in. After you making backroom deals requiring ultimate censorship of the product and then lying, lying and more lying to everyone. Missed opportunities to make things right, making promises you couldn't and maybe never intended on keeping and just being horrible developers, I am not surprised. Less than a month from your game's release and you're having to backtrack again on more promises and now your studio is closing down. While I am human and definitely do not like to see people lose their livelihood so, those in this company that were responsible for everything I listed above wrong and more - you caused your company to fail."