Disco Elysium-like “psychogeographic RPG” Hopetown has announced a Kickstarter campaign launch date of March 17, as well as the addition of new talent from the team that made Disco Elysium. But for a variety of reasons—including that the studio head is allegedly banned from the game’s subreddit—I would not recommend backing the project.
The developer’s founder is mired in the creative and legal battles that have emerged following the stranger than fiction balkanization of Disco’s developers—despite not having been involved with Disco Elysium’s development in the first place—and what’s been shown of Hopetown so far doesn’t make it look like it will live up to the legacy it’s attempting to claim.
The Reddit thing
“Backing Hopetown isn’t just about funding—it’s about building a community, backing a vision, and casting a vote,” reads one passage of Hopetown’s latest press release. “Longdue is an independent studio daring to create the kinds…