The Game Crowdfunding Thread

[Great Rumbler]

SpaceVenture [Two Guys from Andromeda aka the guys that created Space Quest]:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que

Carmageddon: Reincarnation [Stainless Games, the developer of the original Carmageddon]:

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

[Bebpo]

SpaceVenture [Two Guys from Andromeda aka the guys that created Space Quest]:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que

Voice cast they got for a no-budget game is surprisingly legit.  Gonna chip in the minimum solely because of that (don't get me wrong I loved SQ1-6; however it's been a long time and these guys haven't done anything so I question their chances to pull a decent game off).

[Bebpo]

Carmageddon is going to be so baaad.  The original was one of my favorites along with Destruction Derby and Insterstate 76' and is why I still love stuff like Twisted Metal.  However, unlike 2d PnC games, car racing/destruction games have advanced A LOT and you need real $$$ to make a nice looking awesome car action game like Criterion or Codemaster's stuff.  With no budget this thing is going to look like a 3d game from 2001 I fear.  Dunnoooooooooo

Luckily even without me I'm sure they'll make it.  Non-PnC games seem to do very well on Kickstarter.  Goes to show that adventure games are still pretty niche.

[Great Rumbler]

Now here's a Kickstarter that I can really get behind:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1189988320/tentacle-bento-by-soda-pop-miniatures

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1443658586/diamond-trust-of-london

totes donated, I want me some crezzy retail DS game about the diamond cartel

[cool breeze]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

[Stoney Mason]

After talking a lot of shit about it, I went ahead and kicked in $10 dollars toward Republique just because it seems like its getting close.

[archnemesis]

I pledged some money to Jason Rohrer and the Xenonauts projects today.

[Great Rumbler]

Xenoauts is another game where the developers are getting funding to finish [and flesh out] their existing game rather than just to get their game started. They've even got a demo.

[Sho Nuff]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

[Stoney Mason]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

A lot of his friends in the gaming media have been pimping it. Free promotion.

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

A lot of his friends in the gaming media have been pimping it. Free promotion.

And they announced that they'll do a PC version.

[Joe Molotov]

Ryan Payton knew you'd all come crawling back in the end.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

Too bad Steam won't be picking up Republique.

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

Too bad Steam won't be picking up Republique.

[Sho Nuff]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

Too bad Steam won't be picking up Republique.

Zzzzzzzzzing

[Timber]

Republique is FUNDED 100% guaranteed. Whadda sham.

[Tasty]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan

$404k of $500k.  26 hours to go.

that space flight game made like a third of its donations in the final day.  who knows if this will actually make it.

How is Republique picking up steam?

Too bad Steam won't be picking up Republique.

[Bebpo]

Republique is FUNDED 100% guaranteed. Whadda sham.

What caused it to shoot up so fast?

[Great Rumbler]

Republique is FUNDED 100% guaranteed. Whadda sham.

What caused it to shoot up so fast?

I think he means that Ryan Payton already had the money before doing the Kickstarter, with the Kickstarter existing for some free publicity/free money. The Kickstarter is still around 414k.

[Stoney Mason]

I think he means that Ryan Payton already had the money before doing the Kickstarter, with the Kickstarter existing for some free publicity/free money. The Kickstarter is still around 414k.

419k

 

[Great Rumbler]

$418,986

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Republique is FUNDED 100% guaranteed. Whadda sham.

What caused it to shoot up so fast?

I think he means that Ryan Payton already had the money before doing the Kickstarter, with the Kickstarter existing for some free publicity/free money. The Kickstarter is still around 414k.

This. Republique is neither a Kickstarter NOR a Kickfinisher, but a Moremoneyer...the third and lowest form of Kickstarter.

[Bebpo]

Vicstarter will be lonely if it's the only failed gaming kickstarter since they took off  :'(

[Bebpo]

How does Payton have the money?  I mean, I met him once and he seemed like a nice guy, but he's basically been a PR/Translator/Community Manager for a decade.  That's not exactly the type of "making bank" experience that lets you fund a 500k-1million budget game on your own without a publisher.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

How does Payton have the money?  I mean, I met him once and he seemed like a nice guy, but he's basically been a PR/Translator/Community Manager for a decade.  That's not exactly the type of "making bank" experience that lets you fund a 500k-1million budget game on your own without a publisher.

VC. Game's already funded.

[pilonv1]

Republique is FUNDED 100% guaranteed. Whadda sham.

What caused it to shoot up so fast?

I think he means that Ryan Payton already had the money before doing the Kickstarter, with the Kickstarter existing for some free publicity/free money. The Kickstarter is still around 414k.

This. Republique is neither a Kickstarter NOR a Kickfinisher, but a Moremoneyer...the third and lowest form of Kickstarter.

If this becomes wider public knowledge some people are going to be upset.

[Cormacaroni]

Yeah. Just saw a FB update pledging money to Republique from a friend who is UNEMPLOYED. What are people doing? It's likely only $10 but jeez.

[cool breeze]

$474,440

It's getting funded

[pilonv1]

Yep. How annoying, now I'm going to have to hear about it forever

[Momo]

$480,983 pledged of $500,000 goal
8 hours to go

god dammit

[Stoney Mason]

It's about to pass 500k any second. This is like when The Beatles invaded America.

 

[Stoney Mason]

Funded!

[Sho Nuff]

FUNDED!

[Great Rumbler]

FUNDED!

 

[Stoney Mason]

The funny bit is like I said, I kicked in 10 bucks and I'm really not that interested in it, and I'm skeptical it will even turn out so well. Oh well. 

[archie4208]

Can someone explain to me in one sentence why the internet loves/hates this particular Kickstarter?

[FoneBone]

Can someone explain to me in one sentence why the internet loves/hates this particular Kickstarter?

Their strategy has been a total mess.  Good for them that they made it work anyway, though.

[demi]

Because it was going to flop badly, and they caved and added PC/MAC, Because this guy is a lame, Because it technically had the money, this is just "give us more money"

[cool breeze]

I'm interested in the game but the way they went about the kickstarter was mad sketchy.  Sounds like the afterthought PC edition will be out long after the iOS version, and since that's what I'd have gone with, might as well wait for it to release first...then wait for a sale.

[archie4208]

Because it was going to flop badly, and they caved and added PC/MAC, Because this guy is a lame, Because it technically had the money, this is just "give us more money"

demi delivers. 

Run-on sentences.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Republique hitting its funding is super depressing to me

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I have a feeling anyone who donated will be even more depressed however 

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[cool breeze]

I always wondered what would happen if people pranked the kickstarter by donating to the highest tiers and pulling support at the last minute.

[Great Rumbler]

Because it was going to flop badly, and they caved and added PC/MAC, Because this guy is a lame, Because it technically had the money, this is just "give us more money"

It's also one of the only major videogame Kickstarters to not support Kicking It Forward.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[Takao]

Honestly, I find that Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter a lot more sketchy than Republique only for the fact that said LSL remake was announced before Kickstarter hit it big.

[demi]

I'd pay Al Lowe to sit on my face and give me a greasy fart. Al Lowe > Ryan Payton

[Momo]

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Whats to stop him depositing $20 000 K himself/from his friends then just paying them/himself back with kickstarter monies?

[Great Rumbler]

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Whats to stop him depositing $20 000 K himself/from his friends then just paying them/himself back with kickstarter monies?

There isn't, although that's the sort of thing that COULD be found out. And some of that money would be lost to Kickstarter/Amazon fees.

[Sho Nuff]

At the end of the day, what % of that money comes through after taxes and people backing out?

[Bebpo]

Vicstarter

Still alone in failed gaming kickstarters

 

[Joe Molotov]

Now it's time to throw our collective fortunes into this kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakehimself/flint-and-tinder-premium-mens-underwear?ref=home_popular

 :himu

[Great Rumbler]

At the end of the day, what % of that money comes through after taxes and people backing out?

There was a Kickstarter a few weeks ago that actually broke down their costs, wish I could find it now. As I remember it, Amazon and Kickstarter took out around 6%. And wouldn't most of the taxes come out at the personal, rather than corporate, level?

I still believe that most of this sudden, last minute funding was all one dude under dupe accounts. Maybe it was Peyton, maybe it was someone else that has a stake in the game. All I know is while the game may have gotten a boost, ain't no way it shot up that fast organically.

All major Kickstarter sees a big surge in the last few days, particularly in the last day.

Vicstarter

Still alone in failed gaming kickstarters

 

Vicstarter was doomed from the start by not offering digital rewards. And by being about a sequel no one wanted to a game that no one cared about. On the PSP.

[Takao]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1782458858/the-limbal/widget/video.html

This is kind of a useless idea. If my phone is right next to a computer why would I use the phone instead of the computer to check out Facebook, and other things? The only thing I see useful for it is the ability to be a picture frame while recharging. The first two rewards are kind of douchey, even if they were supposed to be comedic.

why will this get to its goal so fast

[Huff]

Considering it's almost at 550k I dont really see how its anymore shady than anyother kickstarter with "mysterious" people donating at the last minute

[Momo]

I don't even know who the fuck this Payton dude is. I recognize Miyamoto, Spector, Jaffe, Kojima, Garriott, Carmack etc. But Payton is a mystery.

He fumbled his way though jobs at Kojima Productions and recently Halo as I recall.

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Kidding about the fumbling part, have no idea how impactful he was on either series

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[magus]

http://hardcoregaming101.net/metalgear/ryanpayton.htm

[Bebpo]

I don't even know who the fuck this Payton dude is. I recognize Miyamoto, Spector, Jaffe, Kojima, Garriott, Carmack etc. But Payton is a mystery.

A guy whose never made a game before, but knows a lot of people.

[Bebpo]

There's no real breakdown on what Ryan did on MGS4, but he apparently had some pull on the project.  From what I've heard he's responsible for some of the new controls

+1

and also for the identities of the Patriots.

-5000

[chronovore]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1443658586/diamond-trust-of-london

totes donated, I want me some crezzy retail DS game about the diamond cartel

The music is pretty cool.