Kickstarter has issued a public apology and fully reverted its recently updated mature content guidelines after significant backlash from creators and the community, returning to its previous policy prohibiting only pornography and illegal content.
VGC reports that Lucas Pope has become more reluctant to discuss unfinished projects because he worries ideas can now be copied or absorbed by AI systems before they are released. The Papers, Please creator also says the success of his earlier games has made the prospect of a next major release harder to approach.
AUTOMATON reports Japan's METI has opened IP360 startup support to individuals and unincorporated indie teams, offering up to 10 million yen at a 50% subsidy rate for new IP development, localization, and promotion aimed at overseas rollout.