Game News Wasteland 2 Kickstarter Now Live!

[Spectacle]

73K now, the money is pouring in! Brian will probably need a new F5 key after this is over

 

[Infinitron]

That purple shirt with the fleurs-de-lis is pretty goofy.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Any reason why Fargo can't repeat Double Fine's success? RPGs are more of a niche than click and point adventure?

 

[jewboy]

Damn. Financially, I'm in a really bad situation at the moment. It's too bad this thing only lasts 34 days. I'll find a way to donate at least $50 of my hoarded jewgold, but I'll have to wait until April or I won't be able to stuff my fat face with twinkies this month. If the goal of 900k is reached before April will my card be charged at that time or will everyone's card just be charged at the end?

You cheap cunts do realize that if this game doesn't reach its goal we're not going to get an MCA game either, and it really will be the stake through the heart of genuine cRPGs. So, whore out your sister if you have to. I don't care if she's only 8. Just do it. Hold up a liquor store. Kill your mother and sell her organs. Whatever you need to do. Foreplay is over. It's time to fuck. As for not having a credit card google for "prepaid credit card". You should be able to find something. Anyone who doesn't donate at all should be perma-banned from this shitty site.

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

Ugh... I put up 50. I kind of wish we did pool our resources for a Codex shrine, though.

 

[skuphundaku]

We should have pooled up 10k and forced them to make an RPGCodex shrine

Actually this is a very good idea. And you don't even need $10000. $5000 would be enough. I propose that DU starts a fundraising campaign so that we can make this happen.

 

[hoverdog]

A gem from the comments:

David Howarth about 1 hour ago
Even if we can only do $15 we still get a Steam copy? I am looking at the tiers and it says Digital Downloable copy of game DRM free for PC for the first three tiers until $75 bucks.
I want the game on steam, not DRM free.

 

[Infinitron]

Any reason why Fargo can't repeat Double Fine's success? RPGs are more of a niche than click and point adventure?

On the contrary, they're less of a niche. Unlike adventure games, RPGs still exist today an AAA genre, albeit in a debased form. And that means less people willing to pay for a Kickstarter project, because from their perspective, there's really no need.

I do think that in the late 80's-early 90's, adventure games were more popular than RPGs, though I don't know by how much. These two Kickstarters will reveal the answer to that question.

 

[bonescraper]

Oh. My. Fucking. God. It's actually happening. 5k in 5 mins? Hell yeah!

BTW i pledged 100$. For great justice. I'm almost shaking from excitement.

 

[Peter]

Fargo said it was turn based. I hope he meant turn based combat.

The heck else would it mean?

The gameplay is actually entirely based on turning a giant wheel?

Redefining the RPG genre. I like it.

 

[hoverdog]

Oh. My. Fucking. God. It's actually happening. 5k in 5 mins? Hell yeah!

BTW i pledged 100$. For great justice. I'm almost shaking from excitement.

Boat power!


it's 80k in less than three hours. nice.

 

[Infinitron]

We should have pooled up 10k and forced them to make an RPGCodex shrine

Actually this is a very good idea. And you don't even need $10000. $5000 would be enough. I propose that DU starts a fundraising campaign so that we can make this happen.

I will put off my donation until we get a definite answer on this.

 

[skuphundaku]

Stared a thread in Site Feedback to get support for the idea of the Codex shrine: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...5000-for-a-codex-shrine-in-wasteland-2.70242/

 

[Syril]

This is one of the backers from kickstarter

 

[Country_Gravy]

I will do $50. If they get to $500K by the end of next week, then they should hit the $1.5 million spot. If they get a ton of cash, they might make a pretty good game. I have to think that the funding will slow down considerably over the next couple of days.

Anyone want to bet on the total number of donors?

My bet: 100K

 

[Infinitron]

Syril...they're called "fee-mayles".

 

[Spectacle]

kickstarter.com is supposed to be website that's a good tool for pooling money for a project. We should look into using that to raise money for a codex statue.

 

[Infinitron]

kickstarter.com is supposed to be website that's a good tool for pooling money for a project. We should look into using that to raise money for a codex statue.

Yeah, I don't think Kickstarter is meant to be used for a website's personal vanity project. I think a big banner at the top of the forums would suffice.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

kickstarter.com is supposed to be website that's a good tool for pooling money for a project. We should look into using that to raise money for a codex statue.

No-one here trustworthy to hold 5k in donations?

Administrator?

 

[almondblight]

Actually this is a very good idea. And you don't even need $10000. $5000 would be enough. I propose that DU starts a fundraising campaign so that we can make this happen.

I wonder if he could start a Kickstarter for that.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

5k to get thisin shrine form?

 

[almondblight]

Yeah, I don't think Kickstarter is meant to be used for a website's personal vanity project. I think a big banner at the top of the forums would suffice.

The good thing about Kickstarter is that it only charges when the funds are met. If the funds only went half way, DU would have to waste time refunding people, or just take the money.

 

[Bulba]

250. now it's wait and see. My only worry is that the game will turn out to be shit in the end.

 

[Alex]

I made my pledge on the site, but if you guys get a statue fund going, I will happily donate to it too.

 

[Infinitron]

Yeah, I don't think Kickstarter is meant to be used for a website's personal vanity project. I think a big banner at the top of the forums would suffice.

The good thing about Kickstarter is that it only charges when the funds are met. If the funds only went half way, DU would have to waste time refunding people, or just take the money.

Hmm, that's a good point. Still, I'm not sure whether Kickstarter would even allow a "project" like that on their website.