KickStarter Kickstarter Watch.

[Kz3r0]

Added
Lord British to the MMO section.

 

[Kz3r0]

Add http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portalarium/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0
to lulz & boycot plz kthnx.

I am tempted to, but only if Jaesun agrees.

 

[Jaesun]

It's a shitty MMO and holds all the things we hold as complete decline. I say throw it into the shit pile.



That's just My opinion (as a HUGE Ultima fan).

 

[Jaesun]

Annie V. Mitsoda ‏@Murderblonde
HEY PEEPS THIS IS AWESOME AND RUN BY A FRIEND AND IT IS AWESOME GIVE EM UR MONEY PLZ K THX :Dhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/178087494/thon …

This Kickstarter for THON will fund the mass production of the plastic injected game models on sprue (assembly required), rulebooks, custom dice, markers and packaging and get the game into your home.

The game's Core Set consists of a skirmish sized army from both the Sons of Ord and the Thonian Alliance, dice, markers, reference cards and rulebook.

THON is three games in one; Versus, a 1v1 head to head battle of tactics and wits, a traditional pen and paper style RPG and a casual design your own free-for-all.

The PnP fags here mind this interesting?

 

[Kz3r0]

It promised to be the first gadget to perfect handwriting and drawing on the iPad, but after raising almost $160,000 on Kickstarter, the Australian-made Collusion pen and collaboration software has been labelled "unusable".

Finished months behind schedule, it joins a series of crowd-funded projects that have fallen far short of expectations by failing to deliver what was promised in a reasonable time frame.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/collusion-pen-for-ipad-unusable-20130308-2fpzh.html

A CNNMoney examination of the top 50 most-funded projects on Kickstarter – which collectively raised $US40.3 million from more than 413,000 backers – found 84 per cent missed their target delivery dates. The analysis, published in December 2012, found 15 of them hadn't shipped at all and for those that had shipped the median delay was two months.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/technology/innovation/kickstarter-ship-delay/index.html?iid=HP_LN

 

[Destroid]

Two months isn't bad at all, nothing to complain about.

 

[skuphundaku]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/213177064/asylum-playing-cards:

for backers only update:

I understand that there is much frustration with this project and a lot of uncertainty. I understand and take full responsibility for horrible communication - and often non-communication. For the reasons I will explain in this update, I had hoped to avoid having to go into the full details with everyone publicly, but it is clearly necessary at this point.
One of my former associates has put me in a situation in which a large part of the funds that were specifically earmarked for the Kickstarter Asylum project were diverted to another project without my knowledge, and I have been involved in mediation over the past two months in order to get these funds replaced. In the meantime I have been slowly putting my funds into getting all of the elements of the project created. I expect to be able to begin shipping SOME of the reward elements this coming week, and I am hoping to have all of the Asylum Bicycle decks in and ready to go out by the end of this month. They have been printed - along with a couple hundred decks as overruns - and I am coordinating the full payment and shipping. Like I said, I expect to have possession of all the decks by the end of the month.

Motherfucker, quite literally, ran away with the money and spent it on hookers and coke.

 

[Kz3r0]

Something strange, more of a gimmick than a proper game tho:

SoundSelf is a sensual exploration game about the intrinsic pleasure of playing instead of the rewards of winning. You use your voice to explore a hypnotic world of sounds and visuals that feel like they are emerging directly from your body. Each tone will navigate you through strobing tunnels-of-light, impossible shapes, and into a meditative trance. The result is an elegant symmetry of image, sound and body: an entirely new experience of yourself and your world. Each play-through lasts one extremely intense hour.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soundself/soundself/?ref=kicktraq

 

[kaizoku]

Homeworld
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...s-android-and-homeworld-3-pc-mac?ref=category

Not sure how legal is this whole ordeal.

- Homeworld Touch (Android/iOS) - A remake of a legendary game with a modernized interface!
- Homeworld 3 (PC/Mac) - Indie professionals working together with the modding community to create a Homeworld that was worth the decade-long wait.
- Legacy Homeworld on GoG.com and Steam. Easier access for old and new fans alike!

 

[Destroid]

kaizoku: Rewards are terrible, they want to put HW on mobile/tablet, do not want. Buying licences is a pretty awful use of crowdfunding.

This is also their second attempt, they had a flex funding indiegogo that didn't get close to their goal. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/s...d-homeworld-touch?website_name=save-homeworld

 

[Spectacle]

kaizoku: Rewards are terrible, they want to put HW on mobile/tablet, do not want. Buying licences is a pretty awful use of crowdfunding.

It's not up to you to decide what's a good use of crowdfunding or not, backers decide by choosing what to back and what to ignore. As long as it's an honest and realistic project anything is fair.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

kaizoku: Rewards are terrible, they want to put HW on mobile/tablet, do not want. Buying licences is a pretty awful use of crowdfunding.

This is also their second attempt, they had a flex funding indiegogo that didn't get close to their goal. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/s...d-homeworld-touch?website_name=save-homeworld

Sounds like a scam. They don't have the license, and we don't even know whether current holders want to sell it, nor for how much. And 50k for a licence + development is so unrealistic that it makes those guys look totally incompetent.
They are going multiplatform, so they will most likely use engine like Unity3D. If they stick to free version, then it's 1300 for android, ios and team license per seat. 5000 if they go for pro. I assume they'll have to have at least 2-3 of those. And what about stuff for artists? They can probably get along with blender and gimp but they will still need hardware to run it. And OS licenses. Let's not forget that if anyone will work on this fulltime the'll have to be paid.

tl;dr bullshit and scam

 

[Jarpie]

That Homeworld kickstarter sounds like that Myth-kickstarter :D

 

[Destroid]

Yaar Podshipnik: Homeworld is actually one of the licences THQ will be auctioning soon.

Spectacle: I am the kickstarter police.


If they don't get the licence (and they won't) I wonder who will be footing the 10% of so lost in fees to indiegogo after they refund everyone?

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Yaar Podshipnik: Homeworld is actually one of the licences THQ will be auctioning soon.

Linky to info/auction site?

 

[Destroid]

Yaar Podshipnik

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=thq+to+auction+homeworld+licence

 

[JudasIscariot]

Can we get Sword of the Stars: The Pit moved to the released section since, ummm, the game is out now? :D

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Yaar Podshipnik

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=thq+to+auction+homeworld+licence

And here I was hoping you would have some juicy details not available elsewhere... I am dissapoint.

 

[Infinitron]

Incoming tranny Kickstarter? http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...-for-the-first-time.80896/page-3#post-2543661

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

From a team of ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers comes Humans Must Answer - a classic 2D space shooter set in the distant future...with lots of explosions.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1166550020/humans-must-answer-an-explosive-2d-shmup

 

[Infinitron]

This one could be a record-breaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project

 

[Aeschylus]

This one could be a record-breaker: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project

Seems likely to break Torment's fastest to a million record at least. :grumblegrumble:

Never seen the show so no idea if the project is a good or bad thing.

edit: The video is actually pretty funny.

 

[Infinitron]

Poor Torment, you only lasted on top for a week.

 

[Jaesun]

Yeah this is really fascinating. A major studio saying yes, we will allow you to make a movie with our trademark if you can show enough interest is interesting. Not a fan of the series but am hopeful this will succeed.

 

[General Maxson]

From a team of ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers comes Humans Must Answer - a classic 2D space shooter set in the distant future...with lots of explosions.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1166550020/humans-must-answer-an-explosive-2d-shmup

This actually looks cool. And they don't ask for much.