It's been bothering me that people call Inufane a huckster. Yes, obviously there was a good amount of poor decision making going on, or we wouldn't be here, but I fail to see how he's "scammed" anyone, unless making a full game with all the promised features is a scam because it doesn't look like the pitch mockups? If it's a scam, it's a pretty poor one.
I would like to point out though, the base game is only a $900K budget game, not the $4 Million game everyone thinks it is. Yes, it did get $4 Million, but stretch goals funds in Kick starters usually go to the stretch goals. Granted, some of those goals seem kind of minor, but others are pretty major - publishing on different platforms can be pricey, since supposedly the Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft charge incredibly high fees to publish games. Either way, stretch goal money in a well made kickstarter doesn't necessarily get budgeted back into the base game to extend it's scope: That's how disasters happen.
Honestly, I think the main issues here are poor communication during Kickstarter campaign, poorly chosen stretch goals, and just some lack of talent. Combine that with either some bad luck or a few bad behind-the-scenes decisions, you get a bit of a train wreck.
Considering though, that they actually released the game as promised, with all features, and that the only issue really is that it didn't come out that well, it's leagues better than other kickstarters that never released. Remember that Ant Colony game? The developer there actually admitted that the funds went to Strippers and bear. Now that was a scam.
