Information Tom Hall and Brenda Brathwaite Kickstart Turn-based Oldschool CRPG

[Jaesun]

Obsidian got 1.1 Mil in... 3 days?

 

[tuluse]

Obsidian got 1.1 Mil in... 3 days?

Under 24 hours.

 

[Dorateen]

I envision a central adventuring screen window, and 2D character portraits on either side.

It will be glorious! Glorious, I tell ya!

 

[Jaesun]

Obsidian got 1.1 Mil in... 3 days?

Under 24 hours.

Oh yeah. heh

I guess with this KS, my faith in humanity is restored.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Can you see the pattern?

Pledged:
1st day: 100.000 $
2nd day: 50.000 $
3rd day: ...?

Obsidian:
1st day: 700k
2nd day: 500k
3rd day: 200k

Can you see the pattern?

Seriously. Not defending this, but people always see patterns in Kickstarter and think they figured out some magical formula. This is how it goes with most projects.
Even with Obsidian people were crying that the donations stopped in the second day.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

Obsidian had 1'000'000 in a day (24 hours)

I even know the exact timeframe 23 hours and 43 minutes

 

[Gakkone]

Yeah, they were funded in about 27 hours.

 

[Hamanu]

If this this was a kickstarter for an indie movie featuring John Romero and the Gimp then I'd be all over it.

It's not though, at least not as far as I can tell.

Rape John Romero and you'll have my money.

 

[Redlands]

I'm a little bit surprised the Codex isn't more into this, considering Brathwaite is behind a board game where you "win" by killing as many Jews as possible.

 

[Johannes]

I don't think the 2 games part is so crazy as people make it out to be. Most likely both will be using the same system, so basically instead of 1 bigger game you get 2 separate stories. The games will be shorter, yes... But that's not necessarily bad, if the content is high quality - also the interaction between the two could potentially make replaying more fun.


Now if they'd just define what kind of game it will be. Though it's Oldschool so probably means it's totally awesome.

 

[Jaesun]

HEY GUIZE! WE USED TO MAKE A LOT OF OLD GAMES! NOW WE WANT TO MAKE 2 NEW COMPLETELY VAGUE WITH NO INFORMATION OLD SCHOOL GAMEZ! OMG! GIVE US MONEYS!

That didn't really sell it to me.

 

[tuluse]

HEY GUIZE! WE USED TO MAKE A LOT OF OLD GAMES! NOW WE WANT TO MAKE 2 NEW COMPLETELY VAGUE WITH NO INFORMATION OLD SCHOOL GAMEZ! OMG! GIVE US MONEYS!

That didn't really sell it to me.

Clearly you're not old school-y enough.

 

[Digital Monocle]

HEY GUIZE! WE USED TO MAKE A LOT OF OLD GAMES! NOW WE WANT TO MAKE 2 NEW COMPLETELY VAGUE WITH NO INFORMATION OLD SCHOOL GAMEZ! OMG! GIVE US MONEYS!

That didn't really sell it to me.

If they really want to go old school, they would release one game as share ware and the other with separate levels ala Wolfenstein 3D. Gotta go old school or go home.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I'm a little bit surprised the Codex isn't more into this, considering Brathwaite is behind a board game where you "win" by killing as many Jews as possible.

What.

 

[Redlands]

I'm a little bit surprised the Codex isn't more into this, considering Brathwaite is behind a board game where you "win" by killing as many Jews as possible.

What.

It's called Train and is about the Holocaust. There's a bit about it here: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/06/24/can-you-make-a-board-game-about-the-holocaust-meet-train/

But you can probably find out more by Googling. My statement was probably misleading somewhat, because I really don't remember what the rules are/were regarding "winning", but it's certainly about the Holocaust and training yellow figurines around.

It's kind of an interesting experiment, even if it's a little dramatic in its presentation.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

Saw this

Massive update coming today for story, theme and setting

 

[Jaesun]

Saw this

Massive update coming today for story, theme and setting

Finally! STORYFAG STUFF!

 

[Digital Monocle]

Saw this

Massive update coming today for story, theme and setting

Finally! STORYFAG STUFF!

In Before massive Cleve butthurt from this update... They do need a major update that will get the money rolling, even just to get the base game, I do not think they will even reach the 2 for 1 deal.

Edit: I cannot wait for the Herve Caen kickstarter for his new Black Isle, that's going to have a pretty epic thread

 

[Jaesun]

In before the ancient evil.

 

[Duraframe300]

In before the ancient evil.

You know, I'm expecting the story to be actually really good. Brenda wrote a lot on Wizardry 8 and Jagged Alliance 2. And Tom did Anarchranox. (Also the original design documents for his previous games were awesome)

 

[felipepepe]

Really Old School RPG: King asked you to kill bad wizard bro at end of dungeon.

 

[IDtenT]

Still, a blobber done in 2013 could be interesting.

 

[Excidium]

Because we haven't had enough of that.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Meh, I am uninterested.
Besides, I thought all these fucking guys hated each other.
What gives?

 

[Jaesun]

There is already a good classic blobber out now.