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Schilling (and a few others) being a dumbass with this debacle ended up killing a really good idea the state had to lure more game developers to the state. They wanted to become a new hub for game developers and tech companies within a few years.
On paper, the idea was to give Schilling whatever he wanted to help make the game become as successful as possible so they can use it as a launching pad to lure more game developers to the state. Think this game alone ate around 60-75% of the state budget for tech projects.
Instead Schilling's studio fibbed on how much money was actually needed and everyone else involved had no backup plan in case things didn't go smoothly with the studio itself or game sales. Not only did Schilling screw the state's plans, he also screwed a lot of other companies who couldn't apply for tech grants because of how much his project ate into the budget.
Forgot how the settlement went down but think I technically own a share of the game's IP via being a resident of the state and the state owning the IP now.
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