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The developer behind the partially community-funded PC game Alzara: Radiant Echoes has announced it’s shutting down and the game won’t be released after the team raised more than $300,000 to make it.
Studio Camelia, which successfully raised €294,428 ($339,000 USD) from more than 5,000 people to fund the game via Kickstarter, made the announcement in a statement.
“We can only imagine your disappointment upon reading this,” the studio said.
Studio Camelia will not refund money to people who contributed to the Kickstarter. “Neither the studio nor Kickstarter is able to refund your contribution to the project, and we are truly sorry for that,” it said, adding that Kickstarter campaigns are inherently risky and are advertised as such.
Kickstarter says people who pledge funds to a project should know beforehand that, “Kickstarter is not a store and we do not issue refunds. When you back a project, you’re supporting a creator’s right to try to make something new–and agreeing to go along for the ride.”
What happened?
The team wrote in a statement that it wanted to build a JRPG with a “fresh perspective,” and one that was influenced by games like Final Fantasy X and Golden Sun. The company was funded in part by the Kickstarter
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