{"id":64430,"date":"2026-03-31T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64430"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:41:42","slug":"developers-who-crowdfunded-340k-game-budget-are-seeking-legal-action-after-platform-fails-to-pay-out-over-half-the-amount-raised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/developers-who-crowdfunded-340k-game-budget-are-seeking-legal-action-after-platform-fails-to-pay-out-over-half-the-amount-raised\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers who crowdfunded\u00a0$340k\u00a0game budget\u00a0are\u00a0seeking\u00a0legal\u00a0action\u00a0after platform\u00a0fails to\u00a0pay out\u00a0over half\u00a0the amount\u00a0raised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a statement shared on X<\/a>, Skeleton Crew Studio, the team behind the upcoming Shibuya Scramble Stories<\/strong>, announced that they were looking into legal options after the Japanese crowdfunding platform Ubgoe failed to deliver over half of the total funds their project had accumulated, in excess of 27.75 million yen (over $170 thousand USD). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shibuya Scramble Stories, an ensemble-style visual novel, was announced in April of 2025 alongside its crowdfunding campaign. The game is a spiritual successor to Spike Chunsoft\u2019s 428: Shibuya Scramble and features several members of its key cast and crew on the production team, including lead writer and director Jiro Ishii and actors Fumio Kitagami and Kousei Amano.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original announcement was met with enthusiasm from fans, who helped raise 54.75 million yen (over $340 thousand USD) to finance the game, more than ten times the 5 million yen (approx. $31 thousand USD) goal the developers originally set for the project via Ubgoe. However, more than eight months after contributions closed, the team at Skeleton Crew have yet to receive more than half of the money that was raised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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