[PhoenixWright]

As someone who took their online gaming course I wouldn't have anything to do with these guys.

They abandoned Make games with us and have been spamming my inbox with at least 3 different business models since then, this being their latest one.

The online gaming course had buggy code and horrible stumbling lessons. I heard about them on here and was conned out of $100. Stay away from these scammers.

[DesaiAshu]

Founder of Make School here. I'm really sorry you had a bad experience with our online game development course :(. We're continuing to improve both the curriculum and user experience. Please drop me a line - [e-mail] - and I'll be sure to give you a refund.

[PhoenixWright]

I'm not interested in a refund. I posted my experience so others can learn from my mistake. When make games with us was on HN I believed in your company and by the end I felt duped. Maybe things have changed but I would never give you guys a second chance.

Also, my experience is not unique. During the course many students voiced their frustration. Your site crashed the first day, content was posted late and the example code had bugs in it.

That was the time to offer refunds, privately, to every one of your customers. Not here, publicly, to one person exposing your company.

[xerophyte12932]

I totally understand your frustration, but frankly I think you're being a bit harsh on them. I have recently started providing CS courses independently and trust me, it's not as easy as it seems. Shit happens. As a first timer, I know I have made mistakes and I have learned from them. I know my current course wasn't all that but I know my next would be better. Obviously I am going to email people telling them about my newest venture, though I would try not to make seem like spam.

Anyways, everyone deserves second chances. Just because my first code draft had bugs in it, doesn't mean I should stop coding. (though I really should remove those bugs before shipping)

[clay_to_n]

You say "abandoned" when it seems like they've really expanded the scope of their mission. Spamming sucks, but it's the reality of signing up for almost any e-mail lists - if you're no longer interested, it becomes spam and you should remove yourself from the list.

Sorry that the online gaming course wasn't good - hopefully they've improved. I don't know any students, but I know one of their first interns who spoke highly of the company, back when it was in a garage. I've met the founders at hackathons and they seem to be very nice and onto something big with a strong pro-social element.

Bummer to hear about your experience, but scammers sounds unnecessarily harsh, especially with a startup so young that is still figuring itself out.