Information You Will Believe a Golden Baby Can Fly: Grimoire on Indiegogo

[Alex]

So, I don't think we could get a Codex campaign going on, could we? It would be nice if we could stick in a codex dungeon into the game...

 

[mindx2]

Am I the crazy one for thinking this game actually looks really good?!!

Still won't pledge a dime but would buy once it's actually released.

 

[Gragt]

"The village was on the back of a giant turtle. The turtle takes us south, across the sea."

You probably quoting something else, but that line was also in Golden Axe

Of course that's Golden Axe. What else would I be quoting?

 

[Executer]

Damn, that pitch video is worth $25

 

[Gakkone]

Am I the crazy one for thinking this game actually looks really good?!!

No, it really does look good. It's the history of the game and Cleve particularly that's making me hesitant to pledge.

E: And the fact that he doesn't really seem to need the money.

 

[Grunker]

released.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I discovered that for all these years I've been pronouncing it "grim-oar" only to find it's "grim-wah".

 

[Micmu]

Heh, me, too.

Fucking frogs, should have known better.

 

[Twinkle]

Man I want to play this marvelous game.

 

[Jaesun]

A LOT of Cleve lore check fails in this thread.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Excuse me as I go into recluse, just watched the video, thinking the praise for it is either exaggerated or sarcastic.

Nothing prepared me for what I've seen, amazing. I think Cleve should write a book in this setting, the Hyperborea world sounds very interesting. Love the way he mentions Stones of Arnhem - "you never heard of this game"

 

[Executer]

Campaign time is quite long, it might be a nice game to test your upcomming donation system DarkUnderlord

 

[Charles-cgr]

I discovered that for all these years I've been pronouncing it "grim-oar" only to find it's "grim-wah".

Wrong, you were right. That'll be my biggest contribution to this thread. :D

 

[Stabwound]

Why make a pitch video aimed clearly at the Codex? Anyone that isn't familiar with the Cleve persona is going to miss the references and it will just come across even more awkward than it does to someone that does. Ah, whatever.

 

[Mastermind]

Why make a pitch video aimed clearly at the Codex? Anyone that isn't familiar with the Cleve persona is going to miss the references and it will just come across even more awkward than it does to someone that does. Ah, whatever.

I showed it to a largely non-gaming friend who has no clue who Cleve is aside from a few lore bits I gave her and she loved it.

 

[Mastermind]

"The village was on the back of a giant turtle. The turtle takes us south, across the sea."

You probably quoting something else, but that line was also in Golden Axe

Of course that's Golden Axe. What else would I be quoting?

I was a pre-schooler when I was introduced to computer games and Golden Axe was one of the first ones I played during a course on general computer use. Used to amuse people around me by playing two characters at the same time. Never got close to finishing it though.

 

[Metro]

If by some miracle he does hit the target he's just going to take it and run -- good retirement money.

 

[Stabwound]

If by some miracle he does hit the target he's just going to take it and run -- good retirement money.

Except he chose a flexible funding campaign, so he gets ever cent pledged even if it doesn't hit the target. Yeah, that sure instills confidence.

 

[TripJack]

neanderthals are incapable of lying

 

[861129]

You WILL believe a baby can fly.

Pledged. (in any case, it will be released even if the goal isn't met)

 

[DashiDMV]

4 month pledge windows will become the new standard in Crowdfunding.

 

[Marquis de Retardot]

A LOT of Cleve lore check fails in this thread.

This could have been something special -- something the Codex would have wholeheartedly rallied around. Sadly, or rather "tragically", if it had been anyone else but Cleve, Grimoire would have been hailed as THE BEST old school indie RPG initiative to date and people would have been handing their money over to the creator hand over fist. Trolling or not, Cleve inevitably sabotaged himself. If his intentions are true, I wish him the best but Cleve's idiosyncracies and Clevianisms are too deeply entrenched in my mind to have any hope of Grimoire becoming anything other than eternal vaporware.

The best thing for Cleve to do to redeem himself in the eyes of his skeptics would be to forego the kickstarter, complete the game as best he can, and opt for the Notch or Vogel route.

 

[TripJack]

you propose that mighty cleve degrade himself to the level of a swedish manboon like notch?

 

[DashiDMV]

About to be a 1% funded party up in here.

 

[oldmanpaco]

"you look for secret buttons...in secret places...doing secret stuff" How can you not love the guy?

I just paused the video to see if anyone else had commented on this. Probably the most awesome line in a pitch video ever.