Crooked Bee
(no longer) a wide-wandering bee
Squeenix wants to jump on the crowdfunding bandwagon and has teamed up with... Indiegogo to... make others come up with good ideas related to... the Eidos IPs SE owns. Yeah. Pretty sure they're going to keep all profits and copyrights and shit to themselves too, so what exactly is the point?
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/201892/Square_Enix_adopts_crowdfunding_model_for_new_program.php
Too bad they wouldn't let anyone do anything with their Jap IPs -- now that would be the perfect chance for MCA to do a new Chrono Trigger RPG!
Also my favorite comment so far:
This sure isn't bound to fail and/or end in disappointment.
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/201892/Square_Enix_adopts_crowdfunding_model_for_new_program.php
Square Enix today unveiled plans for a curated publishing platform, through which it hopes to bring together creators and players to make more game concepts become reality.
Game designers will be able to post ideas for games to the Square Enix Collective platform, which can then be judged by the Collective community, made up of players signed up to the platform.
If the community collectively decides that an idea is great, Square Enix will then utilize a new partnership with crowdfunding website Indiegogo to help get the game idea funded and development underway, and provide distribution services once the game is ready to ship.
Any project pitches can be submitted to the platform for free, whether it simply be to receive feedback from players, or to shoot for the Indiegogo funding plan. Square Enix says that the idea is that studios can receive real feedback from real players, and build momentum behind the idea.
[...] Notably, Square Enix is also offering some of its own IP to the program. If the company decides that an idea could work well with some of its older Eidos IP, it may choose to allow a studio to build a new game using one of these IPs. The specific IPs up for grabs will be announced at the GDC Next conference next month in Los Angeles.
Game designers will be able to post ideas for games to the Square Enix Collective platform, which can then be judged by the Collective community, made up of players signed up to the platform.
If the community collectively decides that an idea is great, Square Enix will then utilize a new partnership with crowdfunding website Indiegogo to help get the game idea funded and development underway, and provide distribution services once the game is ready to ship.
Any project pitches can be submitted to the platform for free, whether it simply be to receive feedback from players, or to shoot for the Indiegogo funding plan. Square Enix says that the idea is that studios can receive real feedback from real players, and build momentum behind the idea.
[...] Notably, Square Enix is also offering some of its own IP to the program. If the company decides that an idea could work well with some of its older Eidos IP, it may choose to allow a studio to build a new game using one of these IPs. The specific IPs up for grabs will be announced at the GDC Next conference next month in Los Angeles.
Too bad they wouldn't let anyone do anything with their Jap IPs -- now that would be the perfect chance for MCA to do a new Chrono Trigger RPG!
Also my favorite comment so far:
Finally I can get that Daikatana dating sim that I've always been waiting for: My Superfly Cannot Possibly Be This Cute!
This sure isn't bound to fail and/or end in disappointment.