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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SkittlePosted:
I am sure that other Kickstarter fundraisers turn to this, we jsut don't hear of them lol.
TaylorPosted:
Nebokenozo Honestly these simulators are kind of getting too stupid, even one of the devs didn't take it seriously
A lot of these simulator games are actually hilariously fun to play, with the exception of; Grass Simulator.
neboPosted:
Honestly these simulators are kind of getting too stupid, even one of the devs didn't take it seriously
FoldPosted:
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
Yeah, but according to the dev, they listed themselves as consultants, and also used other forms of legal wards to keep themselves safe in the write up of the contract. So he can't really sue them over the wasting of money unfortunately, although maybe in a civil court he could get some moral money.
simonsuadePosted:
he's actually full of crap. I've been following the development for this fame for a bit. He basically tried to screw his partners over. It didn't work so he's doing what most Noobs would "cry kick and scream"... I hope this plays out well... And never trust people when it comes to money.
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