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		kgeist on April 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DreamWorld (YC W21) MMO raises all red flags What's the point of raising $10000 on Kickstarter? Isn't it basically 1 month income for 2 programmers?

minimaxir on April 22, 2021 | [–]

Publicity.

That said, games with this type of scope (and no VC backing) ask for something more reasonable such as six figures minimum.

Grustaf on April 22, 2021 | [–]

To be able to say that you were "funded on kickstarter in only 9 hours" (which seems very slow for such a paltry amount) and "overfunded by 500%" etc.

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