The Pathfinder Dice Arena game from Fun to 11 was fully licensed fro Paizo and had funded in only three days when Geek Native first wrote about it. It has now been cancelled.
Why? Feedback from the Pathfinder community. This is feedback that came along with cancelled pledges. In an update, Luke Peterschmidt at the rest of the Funto11 team said;
The reasons are not financial – we’ve more then met our funding goal. We are ending the project based on feedback from the Pathfinder community.
They’re not crystal with why the battle game fell out of love with some in the community but there are some hints.
After speaking with lots of those who cancelled, many mentioned the monetary pressures of the holiday season, but much of the feedback from them has been that they realized Pathfinder Dice Arena wasn’t the Pathfinder game they were looking for. We took that feedback to heart, and decided we agreed – the game is super fun, but it’s not a good fit for Pathfinder.
The game had $47,764 in the bank and six days on the clock to run when the plug was pulled. They only needed $35,000. Unless Fun to 11 was countining on beating the public target by a considerable amount then it’s hard to imagine money was the only factor in this decision. Money is always a factor – after all, would this feedback have had the same result if the campaign was sitting on twice as much cash?
Pathfinder is a great brand we love with a dedicated following, and we don’t want to disappoint players who would be willing to give PDA a chance at retail simply because it had the name “Pathfinder” on it. This was Fun to 11’s decision, not Paizo’s – who have been great and supportive partners the whole way.
Why do you think the plug was pulled? Did you give feedback to Fun to 11?
