Game News Time to Conquer the Cold: Wasteland 3 Fig Campaign is Live

[Kev Inkline]

Actually it would probably be less because the most generous backers are also the ones most likely to migrate to Fig, but that's still pretty good. Compare with Divinity: Original Sin 2, which got two million on Kickstarter.

Is there any way to see how the investments are distributed? I.e. how many small time 1k one share investments there are? That would tell a bit more about the popularity of the project.

We don't care about the investments, do we? We care about regular backers, ie normal fans. You can look at the number of people who have pledged to each tier. Push the little "i" button next to the funding progression bar to see how much of the funding is from them and how much is from investors.

Ah but the logic here is that the 1k share investors might have substituted their pledge for an investment of the same size, right?

 

[Bubbles]

Ah but the logic here is that the 1k share investors might have substituted their pledge for an investment of the same size, right?

Do you know any people who have done that?

 

[Kev Inkline]

I don't know anyone who'd even pledged 1k for WL2, but you have a point.

 

[Infinitron]

You could try posting in the comments section and asking.

 

[Kev Inkline]

You could try posting in the comments section and asking.

Are you asking me to ask people to leak information?

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

I wonder about the likes of Dengler, who would put 10k+ into games to help get them made, and in return just get to go to the parties and some ego-stroking in game stuff... will they still do that or instead throw, say, 100k in as an investment, still feeling like they're being bros and getting the game made? And what is better for a dev, 10k non-repayable or 100k with a cut of revenues?

 

[Wizfall]

I'm not in that business but as i see it, Fig investors are doing it more because they have an interest in the project than for the profits.
If it would only be of the profits i think there are more interesting things to do, especially using Fig as it is.
A bit like "ethical funds" but even more interested in the product than the profits (which still remains extremely important in the ethical funds).

 

[Fry]

Something tells me that if you invest $10k in the game, InXile will be happy to comp you a game box.

 

[Bubbles]

Something tells me that if you invest $10k in the game, InXile will be happy to comp you a game box.

As a Fig investor, inXile never knows your name. It's the Fig support staff who would have to gift you a box, out of their company's profits.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Well, you could always invest 10k and pledge 0.01k for a box.

 

[an Administrator]

Will there be a Codex fundraiser? (Since Codex retardoed that thread)

 

[Bubbles]

Will there be a Codex fundraiser? (Since Codex retardoed that thread)

Infinitron

 

[Fry]

Well, you could always invest 10k and pledge 0.01k for a box.

Or that. Whatever, it'll be a more interesting question in 28 days.

 

[Bubbles]

The Fig investments are capped at 2.25 mil, which they're likely to hit before the end of the campaign. If there's a sudden jump in high tier pledges right afterwards, that would indicate some overlap between the two audiences.

 

[Invictus]

I also vote for a fundraiser we hve backed other projects recently (including D:OS2) so I dont see why we shouldnt do one

 

[Bubbles]

Update of the day:

 

[Fry]

We can only hope the VR fad dies before BT4 is released.

 

[Minttunator]

Very interesting! I backed this regardless since I enjoyed WL2 a lot - but I did find it weird that they're using a new platform instead of the better-known Kickstarter (which could have ended up making 'em more money).

 

[norolim]

[...]and then decided to make a game with them, with the publisher being the owner of the IP.[...]

Which game is that?

 

[Bubbles]

I also vote for a fundraiser we hve backed other projects recently (including D:OS2) so I dont see why we shouldnt do one

Way ahead of you.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I also vote for a fundraiser we hve backed other projects recently (including D:OS2) so I dont see why we shouldnt do one

Way ahead of you.

Feels like I were watching some criminal documentary with all faces blanked

 

[J_C]

I also vote for a fundraiser we hve backed other projects recently (including D:OS2) so I dont see why we shouldnt do one

Way ahead of you.

If this happens, the Codex really has no shame.

 

[an Administrator]

I also vote for a fundraiser we hve backed other projects recently (including D:OS2) so I dont see why we shouldnt do one

Way ahead of you.

If this happens, the Codex really has no shame.

That's a little price for becoming a tier 1 gaming magazine.

 

[Kem0sabe]

If this happens, the Codex really has no shame.

Like a battered wife... I guess the staff wasn't dick slapped enough.

 

[Sannom]

Very interesting! I backed this regardless since I enjoyed WL2 a lot - but I did find it weird that they're using a new platform instead of the better-known Kickstarter (which could have ended up making 'em more money).

Fargo has shares/interests in Fig. Considering his new business model is based on crowd-funding, it makes sense for him to try and create a new platform that is geared more toward video games.

Which game is that?

Tyranny. Paradox didn't steal it or anything like that, but it's obvious that the publisher model still comes with its disadvantages.