Wildman at Bay: Inside Chris Taylor's fight to save Gas. Gas Powered Games. We've heard from two sources that there have been big layoffs at Gas Powered Games, the company that just launched a Kickstarter for $1.1 million to make their next. Gas Powered Games Hit By Layoffs Mere Days After . I think it should stay up because the game looks interesting and. Wildman: An "Evolutionary" Action RPG. Gas Powered Games' Kickstarter drive to fund action-RPG Wildman has been. Chris Taylor looks to Kickstarter to fund Wildman. Chris Taylor Says He's 'Fearful' About Wildman Kickstarter. Gas Powered Games after the Kickstarter. It looks like this new feature.Gas Powered Facing Major Layoffs, May Halt Kickstarter. Right then, let me try laying this one out on paper, because I’m still having a hard time comprehending it. So, a few days ago, Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games announced a rather massive Kickstarter. Wildman, they said, would need $1. So we got some gameplay footage, and everything seemed to be proceeding apace – minus, perhaps, the Kickstarter itself, which was acting less prehistoric hare beast and more tribal tortoise mutant. But apparently, that wasn’t good enough. So now, mere days after kicking off its Kickstarter, Gas Powered Games is kicking most of its employees to the curb. And according to Chris Taylor, Wildman’s Kickstarter might end up on the chopping block as well. In response to a flurry of rumors that began circulating late Friday, Chris Taylor released a series of statements explaining the situation. Confirming the layoffs to Gamasutra, Taylor explained that “the studio is still operating, but we had to slim WAY down to conserve cash reserves.” Further elaborating in response to Polygon, he then cast some pretty serious doubt over Wildman’s future – at least, where Kickstarter is concerned.“These layoffs are substantial, but it’s not everyone. With 23 days to go Gas Powered Games is almost halfway to its goal of having $1,100,000 in pledges to fund the development of the action RPG Wildman. We still have a fully functioning company, IT, HR, Operations, etc. And have retained some key people. Thus, he elected to lay off many people now so others can keep their jobs in the event of a worst- case scenario. ![]() Now, though, he’s put the big question forward to supporters: should he keep going full- steam ahead (in spite of a semi- stagnant Kickstarter) and hopefully rehire everyone at the end, or should he cut his losses and call it quits now? Regardless, things sound pretty dire, but at least no one’s playing any funeral dirges just yet. Still though, it’s awful to hear about more industry layoffs – especially in light of the fact that everything seemed a- okay. Unfortunately, Gas Powered Games was quite evidently putting on a brave “nothing to see here” face when, in fact, it was bleeding out and needed a cash transfusion stat. I certainly don’t think that’s the only reason Taylor and co put Wildman on Kickstarter (there’s clearly a lot of passion at GPG, and – to their credit – it looks like they’ve already put a good deal of work into this project), but I imagine it was a pretty major factor. A cynical mind, meanwhile, might view this entire thing as a calculated publicity stunt, but again, I highly, highly doubt that’s the case. Odds are, we’re looking at good people in a bad situation. Because that’s just how life tends to work. Taylor, if nothing else, is sticking to his guns and potentially putting his company’s fate directly in the hands of the community, and – symbolic gesture or not – that’s pretty, well, wild. So then, what say you? Do you think Wildman’s diamond- hewn arms are strong enough to carry an ailing Gas Powered Games, or should Taylor and co regroup and take a different approach? Gas Powered Games cancel million dollar Wildman RPG Kickstarter. At the start of the year Gas Powered Games wanted $1,1. Wildman RPG. It as going to be a mix of RTS with RPG. ![]() Gas Powered Games boss blames Kickstarter fatigue. Kickstarter fatigue kneecapped Wildman drive. At the start of the year Gas Powered Games wanted $1,100,000 to fund the Wildman RPG. It as going to be a mix of RTS with RPG. The update is brief and worrying; At. The update is brief and worrying; At this point, it makes sense for us to focus our attention on other ways to keep Gas Powered Games running. That’s right. They’re looking for other ways to keep the company to keep running. I think they’ve been bought. I’ve no inside knowledge but when a company can’t talk about “keep going” news but then has “good news” it smells like M& A. However, why cancel? Judge for yourself with the tone of this video. No doubt the forums at Gas Powered will be blazing. One question is; if this is a buyout was the Kickstarter just a proof of concept? They had raised $5. I suspect we’ll be hearing from Chris Taylor shortly.
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