Emphasis on mobile gaming ‘sunk’ the first attempt
Kickstarter has brought new life to dormant game properties and concepts, and I was among those excited to see headlines aboutMutant Football League. Until, like many of you, I got to the part about the project being geared toward mobile with other ports (i.e., the ones we actually wanted) arriving at a later date. What a disaster that turned out to be.
To be fair, the gamedidraise a sizable amount of pledges — $141,821 — but that amount fell far below its minimum funding goal of $750,000. The campaign was all over the place and the sticker shock didn’t help. Speaking toJoystiq, organizer andMutant Leaguecreator Michael Mendheim said he led with mobile platforms due to feedback received from developers who had prior success with funding their games through Kickstarter but confirmed that “the backlash to [mobile] was just unbelievable. We were sunk that first day.”
Mendheim also told the outletMutant Football Leaguewill return to Kickstarter later this spring with a much lower funding goal and a focus on PC first and foremost. I hope this second attempt better connects with fans and ultimately gives them what they want out of a newMutanttitle.
Going mobile ‘sunk’ Mutant Football League’s first go at Kickstarter[Joystiq]
