Trengroove

Okay hotshot, what would you use to get a coffee stain up off a tile floor?

this guy gets me.

That's exactly what it's doing. When an indie game maker says he only makes 30% of his income from retail, you can be fairly certain he would be out of business without kickstarter. Or at the very minimum he wouldn't be able to afford the overheads that come before a game reaches the store.