KickStarter Kickstarter Watch.

[Hobz]

Seems legit. Pledged.

Congratulations!​

You're a backer of​

Design Mogul​

by Jackabee Inc.​

Pledge Summary​

AMOUNT PLEDGED​

$20.00​

REWARD​

EARLY BACKER: For early backers ONLY! Digital dowloadable copy DRM-free of Design Mogul for MAC or PC with extended levels and our 3D-Clothing Design Companion Application. This low price only available for those who help fund first. Get an exclusive early release of the final version to play before anyone else! Your name will appear as an "EARLY BACKER" in the game credits.​

ESTIMATED DELIVERY​

Sep 2013​

If this project is successfully funded, your card will be charged on:​

WEDNESDAY MAY 8, 09:43AM EDT​

When your reward is ready, Jackabee Inc. will send you a survey via email to request any info needed to deliver your reward (mailing address, t-shirt size, etc).​

 

[Kz3r0]

Must be seen to be believed: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designmogul/design-mogul

Game designer/fashion model: "I've played everything from Mario to FarmVille."

Already failed, move along.

 

[Kz3r0]

Here an example of a bad project, not that is a scam and such, but has next to nothing to show and the requested sum is obviously inadequate for this kind of project, even if the studio is located in the Philippines:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...populusque-romanus-online-arena/?ref=kicktraq

 

[kaizoku]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/shovel-knight/?ref=kicktraq

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old that may remind you of Mega Man, Castlevania, or Dark Souls!

Already funded and 3 days to go.
Will be saving this on the "remind me" and probably buy it when it comes out.



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idgi/consortium-0?ref=users

CONSORTIUM is a first-person story and character-based role-playing shooter set in an interactive world defined by your choices.

Rather than endlessly exploring a huge, expansive and ultimately static world, you’ll find yourself within a dynamic, bustling, interactive and alive micro-environment: the Consortium Command Vessel, C-3800-D "ZENLIL."

"I thought the writing was top-notch, as well as the voice acting....I was enjoying the story, and I was curious to see where it was going. You certainly had me hooked!"

- Timothy Cain @ Obsidian Entertainment. Senior Programmer on Project Eternity,after having played CONSORTIUM.

How replayable will Consortium be?

Very. One of the most important game design aspects of Consortium has always been replayability. Every time you speak to someone there are enough different branches and choices that you can hold the "same conversation" multiple times, and still be surprised by the different paths you can take and the different information you can learn. There are also many parts through the story where your actions or inaction will effectively cause 'ripples' throughout the rest of the game, with new conversations, scenes, attitudes, and outright plot-lines opening up because of it.

These guys had already tried KS but failed. Now they're at 97% with 7 days to go.
They call it RPG but it looks more like an FP adventure with FPS combat.
Has 2 gameplay modes: story gamer & action gamer.
Maybe it will be a good storyfag game.
Soule is the music composer.

 

[Kz3r0]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/shovel-knight/?ref=kicktraq

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old that may remind you of Mega Man, Castlevania, or Dark Souls!

Already funded and 3 days to go.
Will be saving this on the "remind me" and probably buy it when it comes out.



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idgi/consortium-0?ref=users

CONSORTIUM is a first-person story and character-based role-playing shooter set in an interactive world defined by your choices.

Rather than endlessly exploring a huge, expansive and ultimately static world, you’ll find yourself within a dynamic, bustling, interactive and alive micro-environment: the Consortium Command Vessel, C-3800-D "ZENLIL."

"I thought the writing was top-notch, as well as the voice acting....I was enjoying the story, and I was curious to see where it was going. You certainly had me hooked!"

- Timothy Cain @ Obsidian Entertainment. Senior Programmer on Project Eternity,after having played CONSORTIUM.

How replayable will Consortium be?

Very. One of the most important game design aspects of Consortium has always been replayability. Every time you speak to someone there are enough different branches and choices that you can hold the "same conversation" multiple times, and still be surprised by the different paths you can take and the different information you can learn. There are also many parts through the story where your actions or inaction will effectively cause 'ripples' throughout the rest of the game, with new conversations, scenes, attitudes, and outright plot-lines opening up because of it.

These guys had already tried KS but failed. Now they're at 97% with 7 days to go.
They call it RPG but it looks more like an FP adventure with FPS combat.
Has 2 gameplay modes: story gamer & action gamer.
Maybe it will be a good storyfag game.
Soule is the music composer.

Already added.

 

[JoKa]

I've seen it mentioned elsewhere, but it's not on the list:
Trials in Tainted space by fenoxo, the maker of Corruption of Champions, everyone's favorite furry transformation fetish game.

http://offbeatr.com/project/trials-in-tainted-space-46583939698

 

[Kz3r0]

I've seen it mentioned elsewhere, but it's not on the list:
Trials in Tainted space by fenoxo, the maker of Corruption of Champions, everyone's favorite furry transformation fetish game.

http://offbeatr.com/project/trials-in-tainted-space-46583939698

Anyone interested in this?

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

I've seen it mentioned elsewhere, but it's not on the list:
Trials in Tainted space by fenoxo, the maker of Corruption of Champions, everyone's favorite furry transformation fetish game.

http://offbeatr.com/project/trials-in-tainted-space-46583939698

Anyone interested in this?

Seriously? Sounds like gimmicky shit for really sick fucks. While we have our share of those in here, I wouldn't the nice lists you have by including it.

 

[Kz3r0]

Here the list of all the released videogames listed in the OP, the judgement on their quality is left to the viewer:


Akaneiro: Demon Hunters
Alcarys Complex - Story-Driven Action JRPG
Among the Sleep
Atari 2600 Star Castle
Battle of the Bulge: the simulation game for the iPad
Battle Worlds: Kronos
Boot Hill Heroes
Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Adventure
Carmageddon: Reincarnation
CHEETAHMEN II : THE LOST LEVELS
City Conquest: Tower Defense Evolved
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Chuck's Challenge 3D
Cloudberry Kingdom
College-Ruled Universe
Conclave
CONSORTIUM
Crayon Chronicles
CreaVures
[URL='http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/dead-state-thread-early-access-now-available.72705/']Dead State: The Zombie Survival RPG [/URL]
Divinity: Original Sin
Eterium
Expeditions: Conquistador
Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars
Faster Than Light
FORCED
Giana Project
Grim Dawn
Guns of Icarus Online
Escape from Zombie U
Humans Must Answer
Interstellar Marines: Prologue
Jane Jensen returns
Knock-knock
Legends Of Dawn
Leisure Suit Larry
Lilly Looking Through: An animated adventure game
"Loc" - Can You Escape?
Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox
Mercenary Kings
Nekro
Paper Sorcerer
Pinball Arcade: The Twilight Zone
Quest For Infamy - An Adventure Game By Infamous Quests
Rex Rocket
Our Darker Purpose
Resonance
Retrovirus
Ring Runner
Shadowrun Returns
Shovel Knight
Signal Ops
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Spate
"Starcraft in a browser"
Strike Suit Zero
Super Motherload
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Tales of Fallen London: The Silver Tree
Tales of Illyria
The Curse of Shadow House
The Dead Linger
The Tale of ALLTYNEX - Japan's Epic Shooting Game Trilogy!
Oculus Rift: Step Into the Game
OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console
Resurrect ADOM development
SolForge Digital Trading Card Gam
Spud's Quest
The Banner Saga
The Crystal Catacombs
Tim Schafer's Double Fine Classic Adventure
Unrest: An Unconventional RPG set in Ancient India
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Void Destroyer
Volgarr the Viking
Wasteland 2
Windforge
Wings: Remastered Edition
Word Realms
Xenonauts

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Of the above I've played FTL, Giana Sisters, and Strike Suit Zero.

FTL is awesome, if a bit simplistic at times. You will die a lot.

Giana Sisters is quite cool platformer. I like that kind of games but suck terribly at them. The game is quite beautiful, but not Rayman-level.

SSZ sucks. It may not suck for you that much if you don't like Freespace, Independence War or even X series. It's a simplistic shooter, with a lot of bullet storm shit which works crappy with the chosen camera.

 

[Kz3r0]

Another released game, this is from 2011:

A 2.5D sidescrolling action RPG for iOS devices that vividly depicts an epic retro-fantasy, sword and sorcery saga.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...f-blades-a-retrofantasy-adventure-for-ios-dev

Also:

Pledge $10 or more

33 backers

Receive a copy of God of Blades upon release!

One of our favorite games of 2012, God of Blades [$2.99], is on sale again. For a limited time, you can grab the super atmospheric, side-scrolling action game for $1.99 instead of its usual $2.99. Smell that? That's the smell of savings wafting into your noses, folks.

http://toucharcade.com/2013/01/31/god-of-blades-is-on-sale-again/

 

[Volrath]

So Star Command is supposed to have been released on iOS? Anyone here play it yet?

 

[Helly]

Road rash is back. With BLOOM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkseasgames/road-redemption?ref=category

A 2D ARPG à la Castlevania ? Do want !

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/discordgames/chasm?ref=category

 

[Kz3r0]

I have added Chasm, people offering a DEMO should be rewarded, the new Road Rash has to await, I don't know how many people here are interested in it, and probably won't reach the goal.

 

[Jaesun]

Just for amusement: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/your-!-news

Over the past two years Your ! News (YAN) has been many things to many people and has continuously evolved under the guidance of numerous contributors. Since our humble beginnings as a new account we have always resisted being held to the constraints placed upon mainstream media outlets, but were limited to the tools available to us via Twitter and Tumblr. Those of us contributing to YAN have always desired to expand our capabilities and to report, not just aggregate, the news.​

Was only asking for $2,000. Now at $36,804 with 36 hours left.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clickshake/a-small-favor-2d-side-scrolling-adventure-game

A Small Favor is a hand-drawn, 2D adventure that combines the gritty, futuristic adventure style of Full Throttle and Beneath a Steel Sky with the side scrolling sci-fi exploration of Another World (aka. Out Of This World). You play as an alien assassin (with a laser gun!) trying to escape the clutches of a dangerous gangster.

This new game is based on one of ClickShake’s most popular browser-based games (http://www.clickshakegames.com/games/small-favor/a-small-favor.php). Using the browser version as a starting point, we’re creating an expanded storyline, improved artwork and hours of new gameplay. The completed game will be released as a DRM-free download for PC and Mac.

 

[Infinitron]

Rowan Kaiser wants to crowdfund a book length analysis of Mass Effect http://www.gofundme.com/2joch0

I see four good reasons. First, Mass Effect is quite possibly the most interesting, discussion-worthy game series of all time, and you can't read enough about it.

 

[Kz3r0]

Rowan Kaiser wants to crowdfund a book length analysis of Mass Effect http://www.gofundme.com/2joch0

I see four good reasons. First, Mass Effect is quite possibly the most interesting, discussion-worthy game series of all time, and you can't read enough about it.

I agree, alien buttsecks is a very interesting subject if you ask me.

 

[Aeschylus]

Rowan Kaiser wants to crowdfund a book length analysis of Mass Effect http://www.gofundme.com/2joch0

I can sum it up in one sentence: "Go read Gateway instead."

 

[Spectacle]

Rowan Kaiser wants to crowdfund a book length analysis of Mass Effect http://www.gofundme.com/2joch0

I see four good reasons. First, Mass Effect is quite possibly the most interesting, discussion-worthy game series of all time, and you can't read enough about it.

Anybody want to join in crowdfunding a lobotomy for Rowan Kaiser?

 

[sea]

I can't wait for the chapter where he talks about how the film grain in Mass Effect changed his perceptions of what is possible in an RPG.

 

[Kz3r0]

This time is the turn of Ubisoft to publish a Kickstarter game, Cloudberry Kingdom, AKA the Hardest Platformer ever:

Ubisoft to publish Kickstarter-funded Cloudberry Kingdom this spring

Indie platformer to release on PS3, XBLA, Vita, Wii U and Steam.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/ubis...er-funded_cloudberry_kingdom_this_spring.html

 

[Kz3r0]

An interesting piece from Forbes:

On April 1st, 2013, Kickstarter released a “tax guide” for project creators that will lead thousands of creatives to fall under IRS tax audits as well as their contributors. The tax guide started with the best intentions, but the execution is beyond wrong. This is a WARNING to all Kickstarter creators and contributors to be very wary of taking any advice they provided.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/cameron...g-kickstarters-policies-cause-irs-tax-audits/
Must have been the date they have choose to publish that guide.

 

[Spectacle]

This time is the turn of Ubisoft to publish a Kickstarter game, Cloudberry Kingdom, AKA the Hardest Platformer ever:

Ubisoft to publish Kickstarter-funded Cloudberry Kingdom this spring

Indie platformer to release on PS3, XBLA, Vita, Wii U and Steam.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/ubis...er-funded_cloudberry_kingdom_this_spring.html

Ubrosoft is inclining day by day.

 

[Kz3r0]

With the new development of publisher involvement in successful Kickstarters I have decide to create a dedicated section that in pure codexian spirit will be called:

PUBLISHER DRAMA

DISCLAIMER:
Drama is not always guaranteed.

Dodger Blue will be the color used for the links.
Here a handy thread summarizing some of the DRAMA.


Cloudberry Kingdom and Ubisoft
Expeditions: Conquistador and bitComposer
Shdowrun Returns and Microsoft
Obsidian and Paradox.
Oculus Rift and Facebook, yes you have read that correctly.