Yup plus if you do help out and they die you may wind up being on the hook for the bill. Its not like people don't want to help but the amount of physical and fiscal danger they would encounter for helping outweighs altruism.
A new website. Its needed to be rehauled for years. But its taking longer than their pre-alpha test phases.
Using imaginary money to play an imaginary game is too meta for a lot of people.
Actuall there were 3 of them and they all got Pre-alpha access, GEBs can get you a lot of kronos real fast
"Come see the 200 sq ft of playable area that actually looks enjoyable!"
To be fair, it's generally a good idea to make your concept and systems work in a small area, and if it works to expand it out--after you playtest it and people think it's fun. The "I would play a whole game like this" litmus test. If after many years you still don't have a finished testing area, then it's either constantly shifting goals, or the too many cooks problem.
