KickStarter Kickstarter Watch.

[Elthosian]

So, any particulary interesting kickstarters around at this time? The Mandate looks groovy, so does Stasis and that plant platformer. Anything else?

A Night in the Woods, from Alec Holowka, the guy that made Aquaria.

There is also Obduction, first-person adventure by the team that created Myst.

 

[kaizoku]

So, any particulary interesting kickstarters around at this time? The Mandate looks groovy, so does Stasis and that plant platformer. Anything else?

Besides the ones you and Elthosian already mentioned, there are these ones:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1446315704/lords-of-xulima-an-epic-story-of-gods-and-humans
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...vnos-turn-based-grand-strategy-game?ref=users (for iPad but they have a PC stretch goal at $12K. BTW, maybe this one is tacticular material)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/829559023/confederate-express?ref=users
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637037674/lords-of-discord?ref=category (sadly it will fail )

 

[Elthosian]

Studio Fawn is at it again, this time asking for $40.000:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1376061185/bloom-memories-a-new-kind-of-action-adventure-rpg

And this time they're going to release an alpha demo, good!

Edit: Btw, Trash, there is also another campaign for SKYJACKER, sadly though they will fail again, asked for $150.000 and only got 27.000 so far (it is a 45+ days campaign):

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digitilus/skyjacker-space-combat-sim?ref=live

 

[Studio Fawn]

Studio Fawn is at it again, this time asking for $40.000:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1376061185/bloom-memories-a-new-kind-of-action-adventure-rpg

Don't panic! We are also working on a codex version of the game

 

[Alchemist]

Don't panic! We are also working on a codex version of the game

18 character party! Insta-pledge!

You forgot the tetris-style inventory, otherwise it looks perfect!!

 

[JudasIscariot]

Studio Fawn is at it again, this time asking for $40.000:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1376061185/bloom-memories-a-new-kind-of-action-adventure-rpg

Don't panic! We are also working on a codex version of the game

Nice to see someone try something again Good luck this time

 

[kaizoku]

oh man

that image



Cleve could learn a thing or two with that one.

 

[Alchemist]

This looks interesting:
Astral Terra - Smooth Voxel Sandbox Fantasy RPG
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tethys/astral-terra-smooth-voxel-sandbox-fantasy-rpg?ref=users

Here's the pitch video on Youtube:


Also they have some more in-depth gameplay footage videos on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/AstralTerraGame?feature=watch

 

[Ninjerk]

What's causing the display to warp at the edges?

 

[Alchemist]

What's causing the display to warp at the edges?

Probably wide field-of-view settings of the in-game camera. It is a bit odd - hopefully they tweak that or allow players to.

 

[Ninjerk]

I had to turn the video off because they kept that stupid music playing over the voices.

 

[UserNamer]

watch it one more time. just to be sure.

YEAH BRO TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER PIXELLATED INDIE GAME

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5194589257B6ED74&feature=view_all

Stupid fuck.

to be honest it's completely different, yes.

I don't follow kickstarter much but this drifter seems pretty cool.

 

[toro]

watch it one more time. just to be sure.

YEAH BRO TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER PIXELLATED INDIE GAME

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5194589257B6ED74&feature=view_all

Stupid fuck.

to be honest it's completely different, yes.

I don't follow kickstarter much but this drifter seems pretty cool.

1eyedking.

 

[toro]

This looks interesting:
Astral Terra - Smooth Voxel Sandbox Fantasy RPG
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tethys/astral-terra-smooth-voxel-sandbox-fantasy-rpg?ref=users

Here's the pitch video on Youtube:


Also they have some more in-depth gameplay footage videos on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/AstralTerraGame?feature=watch

Their tech demo sucks, they suck and she needs a good fuck.

 

[skuphundaku]

Kz3r0, bro, I tool a look at the OP and I noticed some things:

1. [RPG] Space Shock is listed as successful when, in fact, it was canceled.
2. [RPG] Paper Sorceror has just been released
3. [Strategy] Battle Worlds: Kronos has just been released
4. [Strategy] RimWorld was funded... 1300% even
5. [Space] Universum: War Front was funded

Also, I would like to report some new interesting projects that haven't been reported yet (or that I missed having been reported):

1. Bullet Bros ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1022212678/bullet-bros ) - "Bullet Bros is a modern day "Contra" style shooter with an emphasis on vehicle linking and over the top game-play."
2. Windforge ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/snowedinstudios/windforge ) - "CONTRA meets MINECRAFT in a building-block RPG! Explore an ever-changing steampunk world featuring Airships & Sky Whales!"

and some that have been reported but that are missing from the list:

1. Next Car Game ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1470493497/next-car-game-a-motorsport-with-attitude )
2. Paradise Lost: First Contact ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1183462809/paradise-lost-first-contact )
3. The Mandate ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate )

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

skuphundaku, Kz3ro said that he was going to take a month off from the 'Dex, maybe vacationing.

 

[skuphundaku]

skuphundaku, Kz3ro said that he was going to take a month off from the 'Dex, maybe vacationing.

Sorry, I missed that one.

 

[JudasIscariot]

Cinemaware is taking a second shot at Kickstarter with Wings Remastered

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/850516062/wings-remastered-edition?ref=recently_launched

 

[himmy]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1981824375/the-dead-flowers-case

An adventure game for PC, Mac & Tablets in a steampunk universe created by the producers of Syberia & Amerzone and Stephane Halleux


Seems doomed from the start, though.

 

[SuicideBunny]

to be honest it's completely different, yes.

other than looking like bastion with the superbrothers art style, you mean.

 

[skuphundaku]

After Reset - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2146421095/after-reset-rpg - "After Reset RPG is a sci-fi post-apocalyptic role-playing game. Inspired by original Fallout 1/2, Baldur's Gate and Planescape:Torment."; asking for $900,000

The artwork looks good, everything looks intriguing up to the point when you start to ask yourself "Who are this guys? Do they have a snowball's chance in hell of delivering?". And then the other shoe drops:

"FOUNDER, GAME DIRECTOR:
Richard Nixon, mrnixon@afterreset.com
I'm 31 y.o. Born in USSR. Served in army (Mission Controll Center). Used to be a merc (Asia Region). Have an MBA of Strategic Marketing (Durham University Business School and Synergy University Business School). Built my own international furniture business (UK/Germany/Russia/China) from the ground. I've been working on the After Reset as a hobby but if our campaign succeed I will pass control of the business and dedicate my entire time to gamedev. I know how to create and finalize the project and have a strong experience in business operations as well as fiery passion for the task in hands." [emphasis mine]

Hilarity ensued. I suggest the LULZ list. If this KS would be a Codex thread, my first instinct would be to say "inb4 retardo".

 

[Ninjerk]

Some of the concept art looks lifted wholesale from Deus Ex: Human Revolution concepts and oh yeah Lincoln memorialGordon Freeman.

 

[skacky]

As planned, Raindrop failed with $61,249 out of the $144,000 it asked.

 

[LESS T_T]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fourbitfriday/catacomb-kids-a-very-roguelike-platformer/

Catacomb Kids. Another roguelike-like platformer.

Catacomb Kids is a procedurally generated platformer, with an equal emphasis on quick reactions, tactical engagement, and strategic character growth. Wield swords, spears, axes, and daggers -- unleash powerful magicks to burn, freeze and poison foes with -- overcome traps and beasts both deadly and unrelenting.

The goal is to make a game that is streamlined but not "simple"; a system where basic elements interact to create complex outcomes and stories. Lure monsters into combat with one another or take advantage of environmental hazards to trick your foes into their own bloody demise.

Or maybe just face them head on, tearing through enemies with the magical might of a hurricane, or as an unstoppable manifestation of brutal physical violence. Each Kid is randomly generated to guarantee a unique experience every time, but from that starting seed you can grow in whatever direction you wish.

 

[Ninjerk]

Looks p. fun.