Rogue Ant Simulator devs blow budget on 'liquor and strippers'
The video below is a tough listen. In it, Eric Tereshinski resigns as lead programmer on Ant Simulator after discovering the extent of his long-term friends' spending. If it's not obvious, 'long-term' can now be swapped for 'former'.
"A year and a half ago, I signed an LLC agreement with them," Tereshinski says. "I trusted them and they had been my friends for 11 years. That means that resigning, and therefore cancelling the development of Ant Simulator, is really the only option available to me right now."
Worse, Tereshinski claims that he's legally obligated to take any videos that were created as part of his work for ETeeski LLC down from his channel, including all Ant Simulator videos and a popular, Kickstarter-funded series of game development tutorials.
"They went over the contract line by line with me and I reviewed the whole thing twice," Tereshinski comments in response to calls for a lawsuit. "I just didn't realize they had protected themselves, screwed me (like the fact that they listed themselves as consultants, so they aren't legally obligated to work on anything, but still have the rights to spend money etc.), and I had no idea what their plan was until it was too late."
People who pre-ordered Ant Simulator can expect an email to try to arrange a refund. If Tereshinski's account is accurate, it's a catastrophically bleak situation. We covered Ant Simulator in September, and it looked like a promising, unique survival game, now squashed.
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BahrozPosted:
Trans_AmWubs tbh I think it was better off spent on liquor and strippers, that actually sounds like funner than "Ant Simulator"
Yeah but the original dev didn't benefit from the strippers and liquor/good times!
But the original dev should definitely sue his business partners for mis-use of company funds, after all he does own "Ant Simulator" and the idea behind it
this is why I dont trust anyone when it comes to money and business
SwiftPosted:
You cannot make this stuff up. I am so mind boggled right now.
We should just make our own game with hookers and blow. It could happen.
We should just make our own game with hookers and blow. It could happen.
Trans_AmPosted:
Wubs tbh I think it was better off spent on liquor and strippers, that actually sounds like funner than "Ant Simulator"
Yeah but the original dev didn't benefit from the strippers and liquor/good times!
But the original dev should definitely sue his business partners for mis-use of company funds, after all he does own "Ant Simulator" and the idea behind it
KurumuPosted:
Feel bad for that guy, put hard work and trust in his partners and they screwed him over, hope these dicks never work in the gaming industry again.
WubsPosted:
tbh I think it was better off spent on liquor and strippers, that actually sounds like funner than "Ant Simulator"
djPosted:
Well failure at life just throwing it away that quickly I mean why not 10x then blow it. Just saying
DanielPosted:
Discern Wow this is quite embarrassing on their part.
Hah its not quite embarrassing, it is embarrassing.
PolygonPosted:
Sounds like an excuse to cancel a failed game imo.
Yeah, my unnamed partners did some stuff and now I can't make the game you paid for sorry.
Yeah, my unnamed partners did some stuff and now I can't make the game you paid for sorry.
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