Reddit roundup: when campaign renders look better than the real product will
Product Quality · PledgeRadar Editorial ·
u/dolphinmachine flagged a well-backed tile game campaign whose marketing used CGI animations of lenticular tiles that, they argued, couldn't look like that in reality.
The replies are a balanced look at renders versus reality, and at how creator track record changes the risk.
What Reddit users said
Kickstarter should either enforce its rule on product renders or change it; inconsistency confuses creators, especially when a project is featured.
Original commentPoints to the creator's long record of shipped products and good backer reviews; most backers know it won't look exactly like the animation.
Original commentAgrees the real product won't match the renders, but has received high-quality games from this creator, who promised to show a final prototype and allow $1 pledges until then.
Original commentLenticular printing isn't new and the pieces are clearly makeable; they just won't be as crisp as the video, and similar colours may challenge colour-blind players.
Original commentThinks creators should have to show something closer to the actual product.
Original commentSays the creator's previous project also launched with mock-ups, and the production samples turned out well.
Original commentSource: 1500 people backing this entirely CGI (and probably ai) marketing with zero actual product or prototype. (r/kickstarter)
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