The Perils of Backing Kickstarter Projects: Code Hero

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A great article was written on this very subject at the close of last month, and was featured on Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Titled "Kickstarter Successes: Where are they now?" Looks at the triumphs, the failures, the mismanagement and the still-to-comes of the crowd funding site.

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I personally enjoy where the writer admonishes those who were putting their release dates super early after funding had finished when they hadn't even written a single line of code.

As for kickstarter itself it's a really tough pill to swallow for some, and I've always warned people to always expect the worst whenever they give their money to this stuff. Even the best plan can fall apart as life intervenes or problems arise that were never anticipated by the developers. Of course, the worst thing that can happen is you get scammed by someone who never follows through on their project and pockets your money, then plays the victim when called out on it. Which is happening quite a lot when Kickstarter is involved.