Ant Simulator cancelled after blowing money on strippers and liquor

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'Ant Simulator' Cancelled After Devs Blow Crowdfunding Money On Booze And Strippers

The cancellation of Ant Simulator is one of the most disheartening stories about crowdfunding indie games I’ve heard. It’s also one of the most outrageous and crazy, filled with betrayal and greed and tragedy.

Lead programmer Eric Tereshinski, along with two business partners, raised money on Kickstarter to create a series of game development tutorials. As an added plus, they also raised money separately for the development of a survival game, Ant Simulator.

Fast forward a couple years and we get the below video from Tereshinski, in which he resigns from the LLC he set up with his ex-business partners—ETeeski LLC—and cancels the game. The reason?

His ex-partners spent the majority of the money raised on “liquor, restaurants, bars, and even strippers.”


The Kickstarter campaign only raised a little over $4,000. You can go high on the hog with four grand, but not for very long. It’s unclear just how much was raised separately for Ant Simulator outside of Kickstarter. If I can find out I will update the post.

Worse still, Tereshinski can’t finish the game on his own without exposing himself to a lawsuit from his ex-partners, and he has to take down all the videos made for the Kickstarter. Suing them would be difficult and costly, especially given how small the crowdfunding sum was.

“A year and a half ago, I signed an LLC agreement with them,” Tereshinski says of his once-partners. “I trusted them and they had been my friends for 11 years. That means that resigning, and therefore cancelling the development of Ant Simulator, is really the only option available to me right now.

what a hustle

heres a youtube video from the creator

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Friends ain't just cats that do shyt with you everyday. Gotta vet people man. I'd rather be solo

 

[ORDER_66]

Wow man...

 

[Trapperman Dave]

The fact ppl donated for an ant simulation

 

[5010]

The fact ppl donated for an ant simulation

$4,000 for an "Ant Simulator"

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

The fact ppl donated for an ant simulation

Am I the only person that played Sim Ant ?

 

[BaldingSoHard]

I mean, I understand going to the titty bar for a few beers, but the concept of actually "blowing money" on strippers has always been weird to me.
If you're gonna spend hundreds of dollars why not just go all the way and hire a hooker?

 

[duckbutta]

The fact ppl donated for an ant simulation

Don't push your luck

 

[Rice N Beans]

The fact ppl donated for an ant simulation

Act like you've never wanted to be an ant. 100x your weight in strength. Get to catch women showering. You're all fed warm for winter.

When that chancla comes though.

 

[videogamestashbox.com]

Ant Simulator cancelled after blowing money on strippers and liquor

 

[Kornball The Conqueror]

lol thought this was about Dr omar or what ever the fukk his name is

 

[scarlxrd]

Am I the only person that played Sim Ant ?

shyt was piff.

 

[Judo]

Read your contracts brehs. Gotta be more careful out here now a days. The amount of your years you knew one person will never amount the pain you gain from that knife in the back. I'm sure the people who really crowdfunded that project are not only mad, but devastated.

 

[dontreadthis]

you've got to be kidding . I subscribed to dude on Youtube and used to follow a lot of his progress on the project. he has a lot of Unity and modeling tutorials on his page. I watched Ant Simulator progress from:

to

 

[Supercoolmayo]

Could have made money on that ant man hype