GoKawiilYou’re probably thinking “well of course you did it for the money, you run a business and you need to eat too”, right?
Right?
Seriously though, here’s why.
Toto Temple Deluxe’s financial failure
It might be a surprise to you, but Toto Temple Deluxe didn’t sell that much. The game is good , fun and everything, but it’s local-multiplayer only, and these are extremely hard to sell. Long story short, it was a pretty serious situation that nearly kicked us out of business. We were out of money and we needed a way to get back on our feet quick.
Evaluating options
“How about a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new game?”
That would take months, requiring us to find a decent idea, build a prototype, make sure it’s fun, put some art on it to make it appealing, build the campaign, wait another month, etc. It would clearly take too much time and we’d run out of money before even reaching the end of the prototype phase.
“You guys are in Canada, right? Why not apply to the Canadian Media Funds?”
CMF is a really good option to fund a project, and we’re lucky to have it here in Canada. The thing is that applying to CMF is pretty similar to building a Kickstarter Campaign. It would take us months to build a solid pitch, without any guarantee that it would work in the end.
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