KickStarter Kickstarter Watch.

[Spectacle]

Space Shock Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/858695532/space-shock-0

(remember? http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ck-in-space-now-with-turn-based-combat.80120/)

I like how they go "we decided to replace ordinary real-time combat with more modern and exciting turn-based combat". Has gaming come a full circle?

 

[Infinitron]

Kz3r0 Not a game, but http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...e-32-million-dollar-indiegogo-campaign.84959/ o_O

 

[stony3k]

Kz3r0 Not a game, but http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...e-32-million-dollar-indiegogo-campaign.84959/ o_O

They already got more than $3 mil

 

[Infinitron]

Kz3r0 Painful failure: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986478987/champions-of-demah-0

 

[kaizoku]

Space Shock Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/858695532/space-shock-0

(remember? http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ck-in-space-now-with-turn-based-combat.80120/)

I like how they go "we decided to replace ordinary real-time combat with more modern and exciting turn-based combat". Has gaming come a full circle?

cock sucking fuck!
This looks very interesting and they aren't going to make it

Hell, they needed 600k to make this a really fine game.

Pledged... but it's not going to happen.



Also, it looks like Balrum is not going to make it
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/balconyteam/balrum?ref=users
Neither Eterium
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1989266212/eterium-a-space-combat-sim-for-windows-pc?ref=users

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?69587-The-Return-of-Tom-VS-Bruce/page15

Writing for videogames continues to be hard, as does ordering t-shirts.

Now I've never written anything for money, but I have commissioned a bulk order of custom t-shirts and LET ME TELL YOU BROS it didn't take that goddamn long. I even designed the logo for 'em. Unless Tom's using slow boat from China LundB sweatshops to save himself a few shekels compared to buying them locally I have no fucking idea how that's defeating him.

 

[Grauken]

Not sure if already mentioned, a 2d-exploration platformer (though level-based) with NES-style graphics and a modest goal already reached http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/odallus-the-dark-call

The trio already made a old-school NES-style platformer (Oniken, http://www.desura.com/games/oniken) which looks like a mix of Ninja Gaiden and Contra (good controls and fast gameplay, mediocre level design, great style).

 

[Kz3r0]

Demoted for SCAM:

The Doom That Came To Atlantic City! Cthulu comes to town with nifty, and expensive, figurines.

Added to CASH GRABS too.

 

[Infinitron]

Demoted for SCAM:

The Doom That Came To Atlantic City! Cthulu comes to town with nifty, and expensive, figurines.

Added to CASH GRABS too.

Holy crap.

 

[kaizoku]

not asking for this to be added

just a FYI
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...er-game-with-japanese-style-supe?ref=category

it can go both ways

 

[kaizoku]

look who's back http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/617502838/shadow-of-the-eternals-0?ref=category

Shadow of the Eternals is:
A single-player third-person action/adventure game with horror elements.
An 8-10 hour complete experience.
Multiple playable characters throughout different time periods of history.
Sanity events - special graphical, audio, and controller effects - will challenge your senses and your mind, causing you to question what is real.
Developed in collaboration with the community via an exclusive area on our forums.
Developed with CryENGINE 3 for PC (Windows) and Wii U.
Available via a DRM-free distribution method (for PC).

 

[stony3k]

Just an FYI - Spike Lee Kickstarter

 

[Kz3r0]

MotorGun cancelled.

 

[AstroZombie]

look who's back http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/617502838/shadow-of-the-eternals-0?ref=category

Shadow of the Eternals is:
A single-player third-person action/adventure game with horror elements.
An 8-10 hour complete experience.
Multiple playable characters throughout different time periods of history.
Sanity events - special graphical, audio, and controller effects - will challenge your senses and your mind, causing you to question what is real.
Developed in collaboration with the community via an exclusive area on our forums.
Developed with CryENGINE 3 for PC (Windows) and Wii U.
Available via a DRM-free distribution method (for PC).

How much of that will go towards McCulloch's bail?

 

[Kz3r0]

I have decided to discontinue the list of all funded projects above 100K, while has been an useful too to monitor the developing of the Kickstarter phenomenon now is simply unmanageable unless I start to develop some kind of automated tool, but non only I don't have the skills nor the will to do so it will be also pointless, this thread is not about data mining after all.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[tuluse]

Donation is a terrible word to use. Contribution or pledge are more correct.

 

[Studio Fawn]

These little rules are not here to exonerate projects. It's not a good thing that Double Fine got carried away with its plans and spent itself into a corner. It's not awesome when a studio stupidly offers hundreds of special alarm clocks and wastes half the budget paying off FEDEX. It's sad that games can become financial black holes, and it's dishonest to say you need $50,000 when you need a million.

This boggles my mind. 4.5 million ? Why not simply create the core game...the game you KNOW you can make with that money, and THEN start adding on extras with the load of money still in the bank?

The thing is, people look at well known developers doing this and then think an "amateur" could never do anything with a small amount of money. Everything is blamed on mysterious forces of the industry, instead of just simply bad business. Now the mistakes of a few rogue developers in dealing with the public (and a huge pile of money) will reflect poorly on ALL of us developers (even the ones like me, who don't just sit in a chair and manage / design...but get down and do all the work for the game on no budget. EXTREMELY different type of development.)

 

[baturinsky]

Will a good freeware game be funded on Kickstarter, if it does not promise any beads and mirrors to donators?

 

[Turjan]

Will a good freeware game be funded on Kickstarter, if it does not promise any beads and mirrors to donators?

No idea. I only went for the digital games rewards with all projects I backed, but I assume I'm not a representative Kickstarter pledger.

I think there are a lots of pitfalls with physical rewards. One obvious rule is to let the backers pay for shipping. Including shipping costs in your pledge sum is just plain stupid. The other thing is to stick to rewards you know the costs of. Something like T-shirts is quite safe, as you know the costs pretty well. Admittedly, tees are not really exciting. Even a physical box for your game is already somewhat tricky. An established developer/publisher might have some idea here, but these things can get expensive.

 

[stony3k]

Will a good freeware game be funded on Kickstarter, if it does not promise any beads and mirrors to donators?

Yes it can. It depends on how much you want, of course.

 

[Stabwound]

Also, ADOM raised $90,000. A 20 year old freeware roguelike.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/resurrect-adom-development

The game will always be freeware and backers get early access to beta versions. He even made older ones available to everyone, including non-backers. Impressive for a freeware game, especially considering the game itself and the developer's reputation.

 

[stony3k]

Yeah forgot about that one. I'm eagerly waiting for it to be completed

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

That is not good.

 

[kaizoku]

That is not good.

My understanding is that it's only this list: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/kickstarter-watch.70894/page-21#post-2079308
Not the relevant KS projects list in the OP.