The Game Crowdfunding Thread

[magus]

If that were enough, David Jaffe would be rolling in Kickstarter cash.

not enough nostalgia power in the car arena's hat

[Great Rumbler]

If that were enough, David Jaffe would be rolling in Kickstarter cash.

not enough nostalgia power in the car arena's hat

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation

[magus]

[originalz]

How to do a good kickstarter.

hello my game was inspired by *insert popular 90 game* there i saved you an hour and half

Nah, you just need to push the right buttons.

From what I've seen nothing gets nerds to open their wallets faster than a game "inspired" by Zelda, Metroid. Dark Souls, or some other respected tripe.

[Great Rumbler]

Here's a few projects I've been watching recently:


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hinterlandgames/the-long-dark-a-first-person-post-disaster-surviva


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate/


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tynansylvester/rimworld/


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1847847657/raindrop-0

Also, Cosmic Star Heroine has met its funding goal with 16 days to go.

[Sho Nuff]

How to do a good kickstarter.  Thought Sho Nuff might be interested if he is going to do one.

We are funded and fortunately don't have to do this. The thought of running a Kickstarter scares the bejeezus out of me. Right now we have accountability to the guy who funds us, but to have accountability to a very vocal internet? 

[magus]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boogerman20th/boogerman-20th-anniversary-the-video-game?ref=live

we really are scratching the bottom of the nostalgia barrel

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boogerman20th/boogerman-20th-anniversary-the-video-game?ref=live

we really are scratching the bottom of the nostalgia barrel

"flesh out the story"

 

[Great Rumbler]

It's only a matter of time before somebody tries a Bubsy Kickstarter.

[Joe Molotov]

Bubsy 4D, only on the SONY® PlayStation®3.

[hampster]

I saw the General Chaos II kickstarter failed :'(

Not that I thought the pitch was any good, but still. General Chaos man

[Great Rumbler]

New Kickstarter from the creators of Myst:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyaninc/obduction

[Takao]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1470493497/next-car-game-a-motorsport-with-attitude/

This is never getting funded. RIP car torture porn

[Great Rumbler]

They could have at least given it a proper name.

[Great Rumbler]

Well...some parts of that are kinda neat, all the rest is...hmm...

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

the CD-ROM sensation of 1993 is back, potentially, if you kickstart The 7th Guest 3: The Collector.



Firstly, damn, that's an unwieldy title, secondly, is there really that much nostalgia out there for The 7th Guest?  The Cyan kickstarter might just barely hit their mark, and that's with them having a pretty good legacy of well liked, popular games within their genre (URU Online even had a decent following for a while).  Looking at their tally so far, I guess not.

[Great Rumbler]

Anyone considering backing that should watch this promotional video that the developers were proud enough of to post on their KS page:



I just don't know.

[Positive Touch]

that video just made me quit videogames forever

[Sho Nuff]

"lol wtf is this your kickstarter will never get off the ground you guys are idiots"

[Great Rumbler]

Here's an interesting one, a 2D isometric adventure game:

[Rufus]

Fund a Kickstarter campaign
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kickstarter-campaign

[Great Rumbler]

A Kickstarter for a Metroid-like game where all the female characters are BBWs:


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cakemachinegames/project-sen

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I dunno, I'm all for body type diversity, but this is basically just another fetish - and one I don't share. So instead of "normal girls!" it feels like a game starring furries or something.

[Trent Dole]

Oh hey it's indie Muchi Muchi Pork.

[Sho Nuff]

Oh wow

[Phoenix Dark]

I dunno, I'm all for body type diversity, but this is basically just another fetish - and one I don't share. So instead of "normal girls!" it feels like a game starring furries or something.

Pawgstarter 

[chronovore]

Sounds like it's turned PD into a Kickstander.

[Tasty]

Fund a Kickstarter campaign
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kickstarter-campaign

How depressing for IndieGoGo.

[tiesto]

A Kickstarter for a Metroid-like game where all the female characters are BBWs:

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cakemachinegames/project-sen

I feel compelled to chip in a few bucks since they're located over by me.

[Joe Molotov]

A Kickstarter for a Metroid-like game where all the female characters are BBWs:

(Image removed from quote.)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cakemachinegames/project-sen

I feel compelled to chip in a few bucks since they're located over by me.

That the only reason? 

[Phoenix Dark]

her calves 

[Gazunta]

Heya guys and gals

I have a Kickstarter now! WOWIEZOWIE, I'M LIKE A REAL GROWN UP AND EVERYTHING.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/camerondavis/super-blow-the-cartridge-the-retro-gaming-comic-bo

It's called Super Blow The Cartridge and it's a giant (120 pages and growing based on Stretch Goals) print (and DRM-free PDF) collection of all my retro gaming comics I've done over the past two years at Blow The Cartridge, plus a ton of extra content like new comics made for the book (that you can decide which ones I 'do'), a tour of how I make this nonsense, and other stuff I haven't thought of yet.

SO THERE DAD YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

All my love

Gazunta

[Great Rumbler]

Australian Dollars?! What madness is this?!

Looks like you've done pretty good on it so far! Congrats!

[Sho Nuff]

You have my axe

[pilonv1]

I knew about this before anyone else since I follow Gaz on twitter

Australian Dollars?! What madness is this?!

It was worth more than yours about 5 months ago!

[Gazunta]

Thanks guys!

It's very exciting how well it's doing...TAKE THAT HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER, GET PISSED OFF AT ME FOR STEALING PENS WILL YOU

Really wish there was a way to get Kickstarter to not flash up AUD AUD all over the place, but I've added US and Euro prices for people too.

[Tasty]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bobsgame/the-legendary-bobs-game-inside-bobs-game-for-ouya

[Great Rumbler]

At least Bob channeled some of his raging Nintardism towards something creative.

[hampster]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1500482054/sunrider





Beach episode stretch goal already met

[Great Rumbler]

Beach episode + harem ending at $100k

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Developed by filthy gaijin, though.

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Related:


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wargirlgames/my-little-dictator-a-battle-visual-novel

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[Great Rumbler]

2013 Kickstarter year in review:

-3 million people pledged $480 million
-19,911 projects were successfully funded

[Tasty]

Just got that email. Kickstarter future.

http://www.kickstarter.com/year/2013

[magus]

2013 Kickstarter year in review:

-3 million people pledged $480 million
-19,911 projects were successfully funded

and not a single good videogame came out of it

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well i guess volgarr the viking was passable at least

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[Great Rumbler]

2013 Kickstarter year in review:

-3 million people pledged $480 million
-19,911 projects were successfully funded

and not a single good videogame came out of it (Image removed from quote.)

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well i guess volgarr the viking was passable at least

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FTL, Giana Sisters, Cognition, Grim Dawn, Shadowrun Returns, Broken Sword 5, and Star Command were terrible games, agreed.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Let me objectively review the Kickstarter games released so far:

FTL - 9/10
Giana Sisters - 7/10
Cognition - 6.5/10
Grim Dawn - N/A
Shadowrun Returns - 7.5/10
Broken Sword 5 - 6/10
Star Command - 4/10

This month should see the belated release of two of the early poster children: Banner Saga and (part one of) Broken Age.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

The fact that FTL came of it makes Kickstarter alllllll worth it.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

There's a lot of shady kickstarting going on though, where people fund a SP experience and end up subsidizing chapter one of a serialized  F2P nightmare. (see: Banner Saga: Factions or the two-part Broken Age)

[brob]

I was/am excited for Banner Saga.

It reminded me of a edutainment game we got for free from the library called Vikingbyen 2.

I didn't back it, but I hope it turns out alright.

[Great Rumbler]

There's a lot of shady kickstarting going on though, where people fund a SP experience and end up subsidizing chapter one of a serialized  F2P nightmare. (see: Banner Saga: Factions or the two-part Broken Age)

The Banner Saga F2P thing was totally separate from the single-player and was just the Banner Saga combat system with an option for two-player multi. Some people groused about it, but it's not even worth thinking about unless you're the kind of person that likes that sort of thing.

[Phoenix Dark]

I can't wait to play the SP Banner Saga.

[Great Rumbler]

Right now is a pretty good time for Kickstarter, a lot of the major games are finally starting to come out and there's also quite a few smaller games, too. Some of them are actually pretty good!

[Rufus]

Broken Age is Tim Schafer being Tim Schafer. He never deliverd on time or met a budget as far as I know.

[Great Rumbler]

And there's no F2P component in Broken Age, by the way.

[magus]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/phoenixistudios/video-game-bible-chronicles-the-call-of-abraham?ref=discovery

amazing sheep action
looks better than x

[Takao]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/2013-moe-headphones-design-by-lunatic-joker?ref=home_popular

I don't know what to say.

[Himu]

man that matsuno kickstarter just fucking died in the water after he made those twitter comments, eh?

People are saying the Matsuno kick starter is fucked and stuff. What's been going on? What he say on twitter?

[Raban]

He revealed that he's not working in a "director" capacity on this game, more like oversight.

[Takao]

When you describe your project as "A rich, diverse Tactical RPG, envisioned by the master of the genre Yasumi Matsuno, Playdek, and you, the fans!" you're going to get some push back, and reluctance when it turns out that the headliner isn't all that involved.

[Himu]

Haha fuck that

[Great Rumbler]

Nearly every major KS project starts strong on the first day or two and then quickly tails off until the last day or two. That's just how it goes.

And here's what Matsuno said specifically:

Just in case anyone's confused, my involvement with #UnsungStory is limited to the original game proposal, world design, and story.

I'm not directing #UnsungStory , I won't be involved with the nuts & bolts, and the game design may change from my original proposal.

But because the KS's goal is to develop the game for non-mobile platforms, success of the KS will likely mean I'll be even more involved.

Just so there's no confusion: I won't be doing the day-to-day directing, but I will be involved throughout development of #UnsungStory

I am the visionary of the game, from mechanics to story. Playdek is realizing this vision with me.

Those Tweets are chronological order, by the way.