Just received this news from an All Quiet on the Martian Front Kickstarter pledger about the filed bankruptcy of Robot Peanut Studios with brands Alien Dungeon and Architects of War. Read below for the full announcement.
We regret to announce that effective January 27th, 2016, Robot Peanut Studios, LLC, and its associated brands, Architects of War and Alien Dungeon have permanently closed their doors.
Our sales plummeted precipitously in the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2015 and never recovered across our online retail operations as well as hobby shop and distributor sales. We could not maintain our business under these conditions and despite a continuing series of sales and marketing efforts, we have been forced to file for bankruptcy. The case has been filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at case number 16-20247. Please contact an attorney if you have any questions.
We set out six years ago to start a company providing exciting and entertaining intellectual property primarily in the analog gaming market. RPS began with miniature games with the intention of expanding to board and digital games. While the All Quiet Kickstarter project brought in significant sales for us, the cost of development, manufacturing, and shipping exceeded the sales numbers and we were relying on sales beyond the Kickstarter in the broader market to carry the costs and expand the game. These sales never materialized in sufficient quantities. It is just that simple - we sold stuff through the Kickstarter that essentially ended up just above cost and then paid for the shipping. All Quiet just didn’t generate enough money for its scale. In addition, our original cost estimates based on quotes and time frame from various vendors Pre-Kickstarter were exceeded, making the business model untenable without retail sales that never materialized.
We are very sorry that it has come to this. Certainly not the outcome we dreamed of when we started the company. To our investors, the Kickstarter supporters and our loyal customers, we’d like to thank you for your support. It has been difficult not communicating during this legal process, but we have had to go through a process and that has been well outside any of our previous experiences.
This will be our last communication. Customer service inquiries will not be answered and there will be no additional communication on Kickstarter. We do not know what the final disposition of All Quiet and or other product brands will be at this time. We have to forfeit our participation in such matters to the court.
Barb and I must move on and find employment and start putting our lives back together. To our friends, investors, vendors, and loyal customers, thank you for helping us try to fulfill our dream and we wish you the best possible future. Yours Sincerely, Barb and Ernie
2 comments:
"... I must move on and find employment"
Having worked at GW with you in the past, Ernie, I feel bad for your future co-workers. If there are any.
You better hope any potential employers don't do a 30 second google search on you. Your reprehensible behavior and atrocious failure in your sordid work history are plain to see.
Remember how you failed to make budget... ever? Not even once.
Remember the guy you terminated, who found a job with Black Library? Remember forcing Black Library to rescind the job offer?
Remember how you treated and terminated the Regional VP's (all long time and respected leaders, who, unlike yourself, had previously achieved budget targets) in the most public and humiliating way possible?
Remember Memphis?
Good luck, Ernie.
Someday we'll see each other face to face again.
I have a card that needs to be returned to you.
Hello there, can't confirm your information but thanks for sharing your opinion on the matter. Wasn't aware of these matters, that said I still wish everything involved the best for the future and hope that their games will still be produced by another dedicated company. Cheers!
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