(I stuck this on her journal as well)

Based on their interactions with people via Facebook, YouTube, and Steam, if they are frauds, I'd say they're some of the best grifters ever.

The graphics we see in the video are completely plausible real-time; watch http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5d1ZOYU4gpo&desktop\_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5d1ZOYU4gpo to see what nvidia's tech demos look like (tl;dw: amazing). The fact that, in the video, the character's animation sometimes looks actually wrong is also encouraging; if this is a grift, that's an incredible level of subtlety.

Here's what I suspect: a bunch of no-name developers had an idea they think is worth a lot of money, but they have zero experience or major funds to call upon to develop it. They put together a demo video, MAYBE EVEN a dramatic representation of the end product (although their discussions on Steam and Facebook imply that the product has at least rudimentary functionality) to attract attention (while I feel that a dramatic representation of the end product should be labelled as such for honesty's sake, I also feel that there's nothing wrong with using one to attract attention to your idea to generate funds, as long as people know that it doesn't exist and there is a risk that it never will). Being total no-names, they have no favors to call in or real credentials to show: just an idea and a video.

There are also good reasons to choose IGG over Kickstarter as well, depending on the nature of your project. Both the Nostalgia Critic and the Angry Video Game Nerd chose IGG for their projects, for example. In this particular case, it would make sense, if the creators have a rudimentary product, that an incomplete IGG campaign would allow them, if nothing else, to continue producing the project into a more salable state, while an incomplete Kickstarter would allow them to do nothing.

So my take? It looks like a bunch of guys with a great idea and no experience launching their first crowd funding campaign and making a bunch of rookie mistakes. Good luck to them. If we're going to speculate about how it could be a scam, we might as well also speculate about how it could be legitimate, too. The project is only three days old; barely enough time for the lumbering giant that is the press to even notice them.

I say, keep an eye on it, and let's see where it goes :9

Found your comment via Google. ;) Anyway, I threw them some money though some of the tone of their updates gives me a little concern. The data looks really, really, really good for straight no-marker capture so presumably they've hand-cleaned it, but if humans can read subtle nuance off a low-res webcam, no reason computers can't.