It might go some way towards a prototype, a proof of concept for investors, or could top up money already secured for development, but West didn't say anything about this. The Kickstarter goal of $50,000 is clearly not enough to make a game of Areal's scope. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. The Kickstarter also used some concept art that West's artists had made for other projects. All this Unity is fine if they're doing very early prototyping or have decided to switch to the engine, but West dance around it, seeming to operate under a principle of "don't say anything and maybe people will assume the best." When you're asking them for money, that's no good. Their later prototype gameplay footage also appeared to be in Unity with bought assets.
Given that West said they're developing their own engine for Areal, that was a bit dodgy. footage with a few snippets of scenes that were implied to be from Areal, but were a store-bought Unity asset set. The video showed mostly unlabelled S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The background: Areal was a very poor Kickstarter pitch. We don't know whether this suspension is based on something new Kickstarter have discovered, or in response to the whole cavalcade of reasons that have some people baying for blood.
Kickstarter don't say exactly why they suspended the campaign, but their FAQ lists some likely suspects: misrepresentation, claiming other people's work, and so on.
People who have backed Areal won't be charged and West Games won't get any money. "People also need to take into account that Ukrainians and Russians are in an information war right now, and as a Ukrainian developer, we were subject to constant hostility from Russian Kickstarter accounts (we even got death threats)." "The fact is that there are a lot of companies that make their livelihood on STALKER, so when we showed up on the scene, they saw us as a threat and did everything that they could to stop us," West said in a statement after the shutdown. West Games say everyone's out to get them, but they will persevere. It had two days left to go, and had passed its funding goal. It's not wholly surprising, then, to see that Kickstarter have suspended the campaign. Beset by accusations of lies and scamming (some, at least, unfounded), developers West Games lashed out with the worst PR-ing I've seen, claiming everyone was out to get them rather than addressing legitimate concerns. with its lead designer onboard" seems a foolproof Kickstarter pitch but crumbs, Areal has become a comedy of errors.
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