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The Day Before Devs Return With ‘Fntastic 2.0’ and a New Kickstarter Campaign

I bet you didn’t see this coming.

In December 2023, The Day Before, a long-awaited, highly anticipated survival shooter, was released by Fntastic after years of development. It quickly turned out to be nothing short of a scam, with the game launching in a miserable state, after which Fntastic pulled it offline and shut down the studio.

Now, almost a year since the studio disappeared, the team is back with ‘Fntastic 2.0’.

Before we get started, let’s highlight that this is the same developer who said ‘shit happens’ on social media when their game was taken offline.


Guess Who’s Back?

In a shocking post on social media, the Fntastic team returned, stating that ‘everyone deserves a second chance’. They posted a link to a new game called ‘Escape Factory’ and stressed that they’re planning to fix their past mistakes. By ‘past mistakes’, they mean the swindling of thousands of gamers that left them a laughingstock of the gaming community.

They’re back on the scene with a Kickstarter that they’re putting together to generate funds to make more games, including the one I’ve just named.

I’m not even kidding:

At the time of writing, the Kickstarter has made a whopping £154 out of a goal of £11,646 (what a random number). If you back their campaign with a $12,000 donation, you’ll get an ‘unforgettable dinner’ with the founders of Fntastic.

This is the most laughable thing I’ve seen in years. They’re actually saying that they need the community’s help if they’re going to revive Fntastic, and they even published a whitepaper outlining their desire to change. They’ve ‘rebranded’ by changing the colour palette of their logo, and they’re now preaching honesty, transparency, and professionalism.

They also have a new mission!

Our mission is to create games that will be loved for decades.

This is brilliant.

Here’s the spiel for their new game, too:

You play as life-weary workers trying to escape the vicious cycle of deadly factories from which there’s no easy way out. Legend has it that only one great and mysterious individual has ever escaped.

Team up with 4-8 players for pure multiplayer co-op physics-based fun challenges.

If they raise $200,000, they’ll make the game and bring it to all platforms. I can’t see them making 1% of that, but shall we see how far they’re willing to take this?

If you’re going to put your trust in Fntastic 2.0, let us know on the Insider Gaming forum.


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a bit late for april fools no?

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SoloDolo

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the audacity is wild…

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Just in time for Hasan Kahraman's new game Abandoned: Again.

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This is the most laughable thing I've seen this year. This is just another scam.

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Who's to know what their agenda really.

But if they're just passionate devs & got way over their aheads in their first go (Day Before), then all the best to them & hopefully they bounce back.

There's enough hatred in the world already & I don't know who said it but I've always like that saying "we're all gonna make mistakes but what we do after is what matters".

I'm not a PC player nor bought the game however I fully understand the frustration of everyone who did but as a guy outside looking in I was hyped too because of it looks "Days Gone in NY" lol

Who knows what if these guys surprise us & who doesn't like a comeback story, right?

Just saying, guys.

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Why would anyone support these guys? They had their chance and messed up big time.

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How fantastic of them.

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Fntastic is back with a new mission, a fresh Kickstarter campaign, and a promise of honesty and integrity - but where's The Day Before 2?

Read the full article here...

Must've thought people forgot like the police in a GTA game

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Anybody who backs this deserves to get scammed

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Didnt know anything about this story, read up on it a little last night... These guys will have a tough time overcoming that. Especially asking for money from players. If they truly wanted to fix the last issue they wouldve got financial support from somewhere else and released the game from there.

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