1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comCarly Smith Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/roseofbattle/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7iwQcjNkHD"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/update-paypal-holds-half-of-indie-developers-money/"><b>Update:</b> PayPal Holds Half of Indie Developers’ Money</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/update-paypal-holds-half-of-indie-developers-money/embed/#?secret=7iwQcjNkHD" width="600" height="338" title="“<b>Update:</b> PayPal Holds Half of Indie Developers’ Money” — The Escapist" data-secret="7iwQcjNkHD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Developers for original 2D fighting game Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm only receive half of their funds from PayPal. Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo are wonderful for getting independent games off the ground, but things don’t always go as planned. Nyu Media, independent publisher for a 2D fighting game called Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm, successfully completed their IndieGoGo campaign last month, raising double what they posted as their goal, but they have received only a part of the funds. In an update posted on their campaign page last night, Nyu Media founder Seon King announced PayPal had restricted the company’s […]