Nobody expected this, but now the authors of “On the Eve” are making a radical decision. They cancel a new game and announce a completely different one – Yesterday

It’s hard to believe this is true, but the Fntastic team is back at it after the disaster The day before. The developers surprised everyone at the end of September Announcing Kickstarter to finance multiplayer chicken coop Escape Factory called Escape Factory, but This plan is now completely off the table. due to an apparent lack of support from the community. Therefore, the company returns again with a different strategy: launch new title style prop hunt; A term for an experience in which players become everyday objects escaping user hunters.

According to Fntastic Statement published in X, the developers received “there are a lot of requests to make a game prop huntSo, “after careful analysis and discussion with the team, we decided that our Escape Factory project did not generate enough interest. Our Kickstarter campaign is unlikely to reach our goal of S$20,000 (equivalent to €14,055). With this in mind, we have decided to temporarily pause work on Escape Factory and postpone it until a more appropriate time. As part of this decision, our Kickstarter campaign was also canceled and no funds were raised.”

“However, your wishes are very important to us and we are pleased to announce the start of development of a new game. prop hunt action and horror called ITEMS– Fntastic continues the message. – This is exactly what many of you have been waiting for! Once we have a fully playable demo, we can launch a new Kickstarter campaign or explore other launch options. “It’s important to us that players have the opportunity to play and test the game beforehand.”

“Given that the development of ITEMS will require significant resources, we decided run mobile games in parallel to support the process,” the statement further said. “All funds raised from these applications will go directly towards the development of (ITEMS). We believe this will help us create the game of your dreams.”

Fntastic already had a Prop Hunt game called Propnight.

What’s interesting here, besides the return of a developer who earned the hatred of a large part of the community, is that ITEMS won’t be the first edgy game prop hunt by Fntastic. And the developers have another game in history called Propnight which, launched in 2021, combined this dynamic of four players capable of becoming targets seeking to escape from a fifth killer user. This experience lasted longer than “The Day Before”; Its servers were shut down in January last year.

Fntastic’s statement never mentioned Propnight, although their new ITEMS will be very similar. In fact, message X ends with a sentence that reads: “This message is part of our new transparency policy“After all, the team’s return at the end of September was accompanied by an extensive document establishing a new communications strategy; the so-called “recovery plan‘whose bases are concentrated on honesty, transparency and professionalism.

As expected, Fntastic’s move did not convince the community. Users responded to X’s post by calling the developers. scammers and warning other players that don’t invest a cent in company projects. After all, The Day Before disaster happened very recently, and even after many years, fans are unlikely to forget its impact on the video game industry.

The day before: a disaster not to be forgotten

The development, progression, and finale of “The Eve” is a case worthy of study. Having attracted the interest of thousands of users with trailers that presented an MMO world full of zombies and survival, Fntastic broke many promises and finally launched product far below expectations. In fact, those who managed to play the game found the game to be riddled with bugs that weren’t even recognized as a massive multiplayer mode. What quickly developed into a controversy in which hundreds of people asked for an immediate refund.

The situation was so critical that Steam, in an unusual move, bypassed its refund policy and refunded everyone who bought The Day Before, regardless of the hours spent on the game (Steam only offers refunds within two weeks of the purchase and with less two hours of playing time). As if that wasn’t enough Fntastic has decided to withdraw its failed project from the Valve platform four days after the premiere and announced his decision to disappear forever. However, as follows from the latest research news, its participants They don’t want to leave the video game industry and now they are fighting to regain the trust of the players. It remains to be seen how the situation will develop in the coming months, but everything indicates that Fntastic and what was seen with The Day Before will not be forgiven by anyone.

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