Disco Elysium screenwriter nearly faced bankruptcy, but was saved by help from fans
Argo Tuulik managed to raise L100,000 to „get through the winter” - and a court battle with his former employer.
The fundraiser of one of the Disco Elysium scriptwriters ended successfully - at the last moment. Argo Tuulik managed to raise over 100 thousand British pounds on the GoFundMe platform.
The Estonian launched a campaign in mid-December 2024 after a former co-worker initiated legal proceedings regarding claims for shares in the new Tuulika studio. In a nutshell, this amount for "surviving the winter" was supposed to cover the costs primarily of a legal battle, which had already consumed all his funds. The developer is to allocate at least 80 thousand pounds for this purpose.
The rest of the money is supposed to allow the developer to live until he deals with these problems, and if he has anything left - to fight with his former employer, namely the ZA/UM company.
Tuulik was the last scriptwriter of Disco Elysium who left the studio. He recently participated in a conversation with The 41st Precinct channel, resulting in a long interview lasting over 15 hours. The second part of the interview was published on January 31.
- Standalone Expansion to Disco Elysium Reportedly Binned. ZA/UM Hasn't Dodged Layoffs
- „I Think This Industry is Finished.” Disco Elysium Devs Call for Game Developers to Stand Up Against Systemic Greed
- Whole truth about Disco Elysium fate in 18 hours. Watch first part of interview with former ZA/UM devs
0
Author: Jacob Blazewicz
Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with gamepressure.com in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).
Latest News
- End of remote work and 60 hours a week. Demo of Naughty Dog's new game was born amid a crunch atmosphere
- She's the new Lara Croft, but she still lives in fear. Trauma after Perfect Dark changed the actress' approach to the industry
- „A lot has become lost in translation.” Swen Vincke suggests that the scandal surrounding Divinity is a big misunderstanding
- Stuck in development limbo for years, ARK 2 is now planned for 2028
- Few people know about it, but it's an RPG mixing Dark Souls and NieR that has received excellent reviews on Steam, and its first DLC will be released soon