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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrJamela" data-source="post: 7655766" data-attributes="member: 14020">I would LOVE to see high-quality digital products to improve the experience of using the rules and the books at the table.But as someone who has worked in both software and application development and as a gamer who has been following this since the earliest announcements, and having participated in their unbelievably bad 5e web alpha, I think it is safe to say that Trapdoor Technologies is not going to be the company that gets us there. I find myself a little perturbed at the hubris exhibited by these folks. If WE don't pledge our money in support of their second effort to produce their product, then clearly we don't value the FUTURE. Um, no. You had your shot with 5e and you blew it. (Side note, we don't really care why it failed -- only that we were promised digital product that has not been delivered). Here's a News Flash for you.....there is already existing product out there to support Pathfinder. And it is pretty good. And it is available now. If I want it, I can go buy it without having to bankroll your operation.Does it cost $2 million to build an ambitious digital product for an RPG? Maybe. Programmers are not cheap and it's a seller's market. I'm left wondering how they ever thought the margins on this product would cover that expense? Did WotC really authorize a million dollar spend and then kill this product with NOTHING to show for it? Somehow I doubt that. So clearly there was a plan to monetize expansions and content. If I had to hazard a guess it was some variant on the SAAS model and Trapdoor was expecting to get a piece of the subscriptions or transactions. TT's kickstarter is dead already, but they're clearly not ready to admit that publicly. So what happens next is that TT quietly vanishes back into obscurity -- blaming us for "being okay with the status quo."Whatever helps them sleep at night.Jaime</blockquote>

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