They claim technical difficulties (I know they had trouble getting the email campaign going) but the survey they link to seems to imply sales were not very good.

I understand wanting to reboot an unsuccessful campaign, and that there were probably difficulties in running the campaign themselves, but right now there is no information and I can't imagine trusting them without a lot more disclosure around what is going on.

Email:

You have been following the FatherIO project for a while now; as you know, a few weeks ago we launched our crowdfunding campaign on our website, in order to manufacture the first pieces of the 363R Trigger and complete the development of the game.

Unfortunately we are writing you today to inform you that some technical difficulties are forcing us to end the crowdfunding campaign in advance. We are considering to start a new campaign in the next few months.

If you have a spare minute, we would like you to answer two quick questions to help us understand which aspects of the campaign were less successful, and how to improve next time.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xZ7cLGOJOXw62HUGTKhsgB7AP6IW-OdJ7EB2jI2-wTI/viewform

Thank you for your support and for your time, we will send you an update about our next move soon.

Francesco & FatherIO Team