Development and initial challenges

The development of the game FTL started as a small prototype that the creators did not expect to become popular. However, after receiving positive feedback from industry figures and being featured on onlive, they decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign was a huge success, surpassing their target funding by a significant amount. This sudden success brought new responsibilities and expectations, as they now had to deliver a game to a large number of backers. They struggled with technical challenges related to distribution and fulfilling their promises, but managed to get the game on Steam for their beta testers.