Comments on: Japanese crowdfunded $340k game still missing half its funds as platform claims it accidentally sent the money elsewhere   https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunded-340k-game-still-missing-half-its-funds-as-platform-claims-it-accidentally-sent-the-money-elsewhere/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bakamoichigei https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunded-340k-game-still-missing-half-its-funds-as-platform-claims-it-accidentally-sent-the-money-elsewhere/#comment-7947 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:14:17 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64585#comment-7947 As a huge fan of Chunsoft in general, and their pioneering work in the Visual Novel genre in particular, I was saddened to hear I’d missed this crowdfunding campaign…but I’d been wondering why that’s the last I’d heard of it.

Jeez, that’s wild! Say what you want about Kickstarter, but you never have to worry about the *platform* running away with the money.

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