Game studio’s $340k crowdfunding halved after CEO wires money to wrong person

Last year, Skeleton Crew Studio successfully funded their visual novel, Shibuya Scramble Stories, on the Japanese crowdfunding site Ubgoe. Led by experienced director Jiro Ishii, the campaign raised an impressive 55 million yen – over ten times their initial target. However, the project didn’t go as smoothly as hoped after the funding was secured.








