Game News "What can change the nature of a game?" - Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter is LIVE

[mindx2]

Yesss, yesss Fargo, take the money, take it all, so there's none left for Garriott!

Wonder how they're feeling over there now. They could've checked with Kickstarters if there were any major upcoming Kickstarters though, that's what we did.

Did you see Garriott's name and project upcoming and say:

"Really? Lord British is pitching a KS the same week we are? The grand wizard of MMO and Facebook gaming fail? We'll clear $1M in hours that will take him weeks! START THE CAMPAIGN!!"

 

[Jaesun]

To be honest I have way more faith in inXile than I do Gariott...

 

[Brother None]

Nah, Wednesday was our plan and set for weeks, and then LB did his teaser thing. We decided to just move on with our own plan, and hope for the best.
("the best" scenario being like $300K raised in day one? Yeah)

Brother None, when were the stretch goals originally intended to go up? I'm wondering how long you thought you'd have before you'd be funded.

Well, half a day would've been nice, haha. I dunno about intended, they have been pretty well outlined internally for some time now, but knowing what you can and will do internally and having a way of presenting it externally are two separate steps.

Yesss, yesss Fargo, take the money, take it all, so there's none left for Garriott!

Wonder how they're feeling over there now. They could've checked with Kickstarters if there were any major upcoming Kickstarters though, that's what we did.

It doesn't really mean that the kickstarter for LB's project is going to launch right away. It could just be a reveal. If not, that's a pretty major strategical fuckup.

We'll see. A lot of producers still seem to believe Kickstarters will just work with some teasers or even just plonking it down and asking for money.

 

[IDtenT]

Yesss, yesss Fargo, take the money, take it all, so there's none left for Garriott!

Wonder how they're feeling over there now. They could've checked with Kickstarters if there were any major upcoming Kickstarters though, that's what we did.

It doesn't really mean that the kickstarter for LB's project is going to launch right away. It could just be a reveal. If not, that's a pretty major strategical fuckup.

Most kickstarters are fuck-ups. One has to wonder what some of these people are thinking. Fargo is doing it right.

 

[Havoc]

The sad thing? This will be the only KS I want to donate, but don't have any money (even in the next month). Oh well...

 

[Jaesun]

Yeah he is going to have to have one hell of an interesting game as well as a sold gold pitch.

 

[Stabwound]

To be honest I have way more faith in inXile than I do Gariott...

Agreed 100%.

But it would be one of the greatest comebacks of all time if Gariott were to create a great spiritual successor to the good Ultima games. Too bad the chances of that are about nil.

 

[Jaesun]

The sad thing? This will be the only KS I want to donate, but don't have any money (even in the next month). Oh well...

You don't even have 20$?

 

[dab]

20$ will be unavailable in about 1h...
and besides is MCA already confirmed, since in last 3-4 pages of this thread nobody demands/mentions him anymore....

 

[Catawampus]

I backed both PE and Torment for over $500 each but I won't pledge a dime to Gariott.

If you can afford $20M to launch yourself in space, you can spare a few million to launch your own game.

 

[Carrion]

They should base the game in the setting of this book, that would definitely change the nature of the game, and maybe even of gaming itself.

Only if they get the author of the book to also draw their 2D backgrounds.

 

[sea]

20$ will be unavailable in about 1h...
and besides is MCA already confirmed, since in last 3-4 pages of this thread nobody demands/mentions him anymore....

I don't think he is involved. He gave his blessing and may do some "creative consulting" but I doubt he is officially directly involved or responsible for anything. He has enough on his plate as it is. And by that, I mean the Arcanum LP.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

I love how smug Brother None is being now that his job was secured by sweet KS money: "Most producers still seem to think you can just stitch together any ol' teaser in under an hour and rake in millions, but not us, oh no, we at InXile know what's up." , while he probably puked his guts out of sheer terror right before the campaign launched...

 

[evdk]

Živili! Wooooo!

one for posterity!!


everyone smile ...

Na zdraví!

 

[Diablo169]

I'm getting pleasantly drunk tonight as well, cant believe how happy this has made me.

 

[Jaesun]

I'm just happy I have an excuse reason to drink tonight! THANK YOU INXILE! <3

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Hey guys what can change the nature of my butt.

 

[Jaesun]

DarkUnderlord.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

DarkUnderlord.

Not fearless enough to add the magical "@", eh Jaesun?

 

[DwarvenFood]

And the $110 tier is gonna be sold out before the weekend I think..

 

[Jaesun]

DarkUnderlord.

Not fearless enough to add the magical "@", eh Jaesun?

I'm not stupid.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Oh come on, what's the worst that could happen?

 

[Lancehead]

The nature of butt will be changed.

 

[Capitalism]

Isn't it strange that I'm more interested in inXile's vision of Numenera setting than this whole "F'N TORMENT 2!!1" hysteria? Plus, the story they pitched is very intriguing, like the story of some game designer jumping from one game company to another and destroying his legacy.

B.t.w. we need to convince inXile to finance Grimoire, and then we can explain this British guy what true RPG is.

 

[Jaesun]

I am also VERY interested in the Numenera setting. There's some really cool stuff they could do with it. And even MOAR awesome stuff if Ziets and say oh Mitsoda could add to it too.