Author Topic: The Game Crowdfunding Thread (Read 294702 times)

Himu · « **Reply #660 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:47:52 PM »

Quote from: Borys on May 11, 2012, 04:21:16 PM

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.

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Takao · « **Reply #661 on:** May 13, 2012, 12:27:49 AM »

Ryan's screaming hipster in that pic. Making a game for iOS without funding from the man.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #662 on:** May 13, 2012, 04:11:05 AM »

Have we had a Denis Dyack Kickstarter yet?

It'd be the first one I'd pay to take money out of

pilonv1 · « **Reply #663 on:** May 13, 2012, 06:09:20 AM »

If I'd donated if pull at least 50% out because of that scarf.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #664 on:** May 13, 2012, 12:25:00 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on May 13, 2012, 04:11:05 AM

Have we had a Denis Dyack Kickstarter yet?

It'd be the first one I'd pay to take money out of

Denis Dyack is already scamming millions of dollars out of hard working men and women without needing to resort to Kickstarter.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #665 on:** May 13, 2012, 01:33:36 PM »

...Is that a fucking hairclip on his stupid sweater?

bork · « **Reply #666 on:** May 13, 2012, 01:40:41 PM »

Quote from: Takao on May 13, 2012, 12:27:49 AM

Ryan's screaming hipster in that pic. Making a game for iOS without funding from the man.

Everybody from 1up seems to be like this.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #667 on:** May 14, 2012, 01:44:34 PM »

I don't know enough to know what this means exactly, or whether anyone cares, but Wasteland 2 will be using the Unity Engine:

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Wasteland-2-Running-Unity-Gamers-Can-Rejoice-42457.html

First screenshot is supposed to be out in a few weeks.

Robo · « **Reply #668 on:** May 14, 2012, 02:01:23 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on May 13, 2012, 01:34:54 PM

Quote from: Trent Dole on May 13, 2012, 01:33:36 PM
...Is that a fucking hairclip on his stupid sweater?

It might be keeping a mic secured to his shirt.

It's just a fancy button loop on his cardigan.

Momo · « **Reply #669 on:** May 14, 2012, 05:41:19 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 14, 2012, 01:44:34 PM

I don't know enough to know what this means exactly, or whether anyone cares, but Wasteland 2 will be using the Unity Engine:

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Wasteland-2-Running-Unity-Gamers-Can-Rejoice-42457.html

First screenshot is supposed to be out in a few weeks.

AH. FUCK.

FUCK. UNITY.

FUCK.

Bebpo · « **Reply #670 on:** May 14, 2012, 05:47:59 PM »

Welcome to the world of 500k-2 million dollar games.

Momo · « **Reply #671 on:** May 14, 2012, 05:53:52 PM »

I actually don't have anything against Unity as an engine/toolset. I played around with some browser based space shooter a while back, and I was kinda impressed. Wanted to check it out to see if I could make something of it, but dropped it because I lost interest/no time.

I can't recall anything good being made on that engine though, but that is more to do with the kind of devs that use unity. I hope they arent afraid of modifying what is there, they can still get something good out.

At least we know it wont be on Windows phone 7

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #672 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:58:46 PM »

Unity works and you can ship a games reliably on it.

Square Enix's freaking mainline team is using it too so chill out.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #673 on:** May 15, 2012, 01:14:00 AM »

If it's good enough for Final Fantasy surely it's good enough for Wasteland

Momo · « **Reply #674 on:** May 15, 2012, 01:28:42 AM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #675 on:** May 15, 2012, 12:46:48 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora

Sequel to Overseer, FMV adventureeeeeee

Pitch video is great

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #676 on:** May 15, 2012, 01:27:59 PM »

Oh man, a new FMV Tex Murphy game

I'd throw money down on this.

Bebpo · « **Reply #677 on:** May 16, 2012, 02:35:02 AM »

So there's a big outrage about how kickstarter took down the tentacle rape card game that was up after kotaku wrote a fake article on the game making a fake controversy for hits to their site. Basically Kotaku in order to get hits, killed a kickstarter by lying about it.

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

I think it's pretty fucked up of kickstarter to be doing the moral police shit on what is a joke card game. There's no nudity, no rape; it's a comedy card parody game of Japan. It's silly, but this is the gaf kind of censorship that never leads to anything good.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #678 on:** May 16, 2012, 02:38:45 AM »

Good thing Ryan is going in trying to quell people's expectations

http://www.edge-online.com/news/ryan-payton-republiques-kickstarter-success

Quote

"Widely viewed as one of the most ambitious Kickstarter projects to date - a stealth action game for mobile devices with a million-dollar budget and voice work from Solid Snake actor David Hayter, and Jennifer Hale, voice of Mass Effect's FemShep - Republique came perilously close to being the highest-profile videogame failure on Kickstarter.

It was a risky proposition from the outset, a big-budget, ambitious game for iOS, a platform to which developers are primarily drawn precisely because of its inherently low risk. In the end, Payton's Camouflaj studio asked for $500,000 - half the game's estimated budget - and as Payton explains, even that was a stretch.

"We got to that million-dollar figure by cutting as much as we could, because we're small," he tells us. "We would love to be able to make this game for $250,000, but that's not a reality.

If you're making a puzzle platformer with two or three guys in a room, that's a different story. We're trying to make a game that rivals Resident Evil or the original Metal Gear Solid. We're trying to do that in half the time, with a small team, and a fraction of those budgets."

Momo · « **Reply #679 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:22:48 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 16, 2012, 02:35:02 AM

So there's a big outrage about how kickstarter took down the tentacle rape card game that was up after kotaku wrote a fake article on the game making a fake controversy for hits to their site. Basically Kotaku in order to get hits, killed a kickstarter by lying about it.

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

I think it's pretty fucked up of kickstarter to be doing the moral police shit on what is a joke card game. There's no nudity, no rape; it's a comedy card parody game of Japan. It's silly, but this is the gaf kind of censorship that never leads to anything good.

What other crowdsourcing portals are there?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #680 on:** May 16, 2012, 07:10:11 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 16, 2012, 02:35:02 AM

So there's a big outrage about how kickstarter took down the tentacle rape card game that was up after kotaku wrote a fake article on the game making a fake controversy for hits to their site. Basically Kotaku in order to get hits, killed a kickstarter by lying about it.

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

I think it's pretty fucked up of kickstarter to be doing the moral police shit on what is a joke card game. There's no nudity, no rape; it's a comedy card parody game of Japan. It's silly, but this is the gaf kind of censorship that never leads to anything good.

Dammit, I was going to contribute to that one.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #681 on:** May 16, 2012, 12:40:21 PM »

They've got off-kickstarter funding set up:
http://girls.sodapopminiatures.com/content/fund-tentacle-bento

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #682 on:** May 16, 2012, 01:18:24 PM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on May 16, 2012, 12:40:21 PM

They've got off-kickstarter funding set up:
http://girls.sodapopminiatures.com/content/fund-tentacle-bento

And they've already got more than a third of their Kickstarter total.

And it was only at 5.5k just a few hours ago.

Tasty · « **Reply #683 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:05:33 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ujonu/paper-knights-story

Paper Mario-inspired game by GAFer udivision. Kicked in $100. Seems to be Windows-only right now, he's using RPG Maker XP I think (but it looks extremely impressive considering that.)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #684 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:14:41 PM »

At least one person is already disappointed with Wasteland 2:

Quote from: Some guy in the Kickstarter comment section

Wow. You've pretty much killed all interest I have in this title altogether.
I never expected "a great looking game with physics and effects" from an effort to create "a solid, old school type of game".
I probably should have been more cynical given Hunted. So, screw you guys, though I won't be so crass as to demand my money back. Enjoy it.

Momo · « **Reply #685 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:19:42 PM »

Quote from: Andrex on May 16, 2012, 04:05:33 PM

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ujonu/paper-knights-story

Paper Mario-inspired game by GAFer udivision. Kicked in $100. Seems to be Windows-only right now, he's using RPG Maker XP I think (but it looks extremely impressive considering that.)

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #686 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:31:35 PM »

oh man, that looks HIDEOS

Bebpo · « **Reply #687 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:34:45 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 16, 2012, 04:14:41 PM

At least one person is already disappointed with Wasteland 2:

Quote from: Some guy in the Kickstarter comment section
Wow. You've pretty much killed all interest I have in this title altogether.
I never expected "a great looking game with physics and effects" from an effort to create "a solid, old school type of game".
I probably should have been more cynical given Hunted. So, screw you guys, though I won't be so crass as to demand my money back. Enjoy it.

Read like a joke.

...so it's probably real!

Tasty · « **Reply #688 on:** May 16, 2012, 04:35:54 PM »

Don't be mean guys, game isn't coming out for like a year.

I've seen alphas for great games that looked worse.

Looks good in motion and the environments are great.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #689 on:** May 16, 2012, 05:08:11 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 16, 2012, 04:34:45 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 16, 2012, 04:14:41 PM
At least one person is already disappointed with Wasteland 2:

Quote from: Some guy in the Kickstarter comment section
Wow. You've pretty much killed all interest I have in this title altogether.
I never expected "a great looking game with physics and effects" from an effort to create "a solid, old school type of game".
I probably should have been more cynical given Hunted. So, screw you guys, though I won't be so crass as to demand my money back. Enjoy it.

Read like a joke.

...so it's probably real!

The internet in a nutshell.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #690 on:** May 16, 2012, 07:21:17 PM »

New Grim Dawn video:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crateentertainment/grim-dawn/posts/228396?ref=activity

pilonv1 · « **Reply #691 on:** May 16, 2012, 08:37:13 PM »

At least that guy only wants $1000

Tasty · « **Reply #692 on:** May 16, 2012, 09:27:58 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on May 16, 2012, 08:37:13 PM

At least that guy only wants $1000

Exactly.

It really reminds me of the Kickstarter I very nearly launched for my own indie game. Maybe that's why I'm pushing it so much.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #693 on:** May 16, 2012, 09:32:07 PM »

Let's reboot this bitch

Tasty · « **Reply #694 on:** May 16, 2012, 10:45:24 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on May 16, 2012, 09:29:10 PM

Any of you dudes want to make an indie game? I want in on this free money.

I'm in. We can finally make Himuro Goes to the Park.

Takao · « **Reply #695 on:** May 17, 2012, 12:22:26 AM »

I will spend 5 years making a game in my mom's basement for the Nintendo DS. It will be a comedic RPG, and to get attention I will stage a freak out. This game will have robots. It is Takao's Game. When that doesn't get funded I will start working on my new project, the nG a new handheld with no games.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #696 on:** May 17, 2012, 01:36:16 AM »

Tentacle Bento is already up to their original Kickstarter goal one day after it was cancelled. Yeah, you go, Kotaku, keep fighting the good fight!

Also, the take-away from all this is that trivializing and/or making light of rape means you are a terrible human being who deserves nothing more than to be shunned by society. But if you trivialize and or make light of war and murder, we'll give you an award. Make of that what you will.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #697 on:** May 17, 2012, 02:47:50 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on May 16, 2012, 09:32:07 PM

Let's reboot this bitch

(Image removed from quote.)

YES!

Trent Dole · « **Reply #698 on:** May 17, 2012, 02:59:55 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 17, 2012, 01:36:16 AM

Tentacle Bento is already up to their original Kickstarter goal one day after it was cancelled. Yeah, you go, Kotaku, keep fighting the good fight!

Also, the take-away from all this is that trivializing and/or making light of rape means you are a terrible human being who deserves nothing more than to be shunned by society. But if you trivialize and or make light of war and murder, we'll give you an award. Make of that what you will.

America loves war but really really hates sex. I don't get it either.

Bebpo · « **Reply #699 on:** May 17, 2012, 03:11:24 AM »

Christianity.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #700 on:** May 17, 2012, 11:53:46 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on May 16, 2012, 09:29:10 PM

Any of you dudes want to make an indie game? I want in on this free money.

I'll make one for $2000. $1000 to pay Sceneman to make it for me, and $1000 for executive expenses.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #701 on:** May 17, 2012, 11:56:00 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 17, 2012, 03:11:24 AM

Christianity.

I read the Kotaku article, and it sounds like this is an "offensive to my gender" kind of thing.

Momo · « **Reply #702 on:** May 17, 2012, 12:35:28 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on May 17, 2012, 11:53:46 AM

Quote from: Green Man on May 16, 2012, 09:29:10 PM
Any of you dudes want to make an indie game? I want in on this free money.

I'll make one for $2000. $1000 to pay Sceneman to make it for me, and $1000 for executive expenses.

I read this as "$1000 to pay Seaman". Then I went on a mental tangent where you were paying a digital fishman for .. uhm services.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #703 on:** May 17, 2012, 01:29:15 PM »

Quote from: Takao on May 17, 2012, 12:22:26 AM

I will spend 5 years making a game in my mom's basement for the Nintendo DS. It will be a comedic RPG, and to get attention I will stage a freak out. This game will have robots. It is Takao's Game. When that doesn't get funded I will start working on my new project, the nG a new handheld with no games.

What ever happened with Bob's Game?

Takao · « **Reply #704 on:** May 17, 2012, 01:35:01 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on May 17, 2012, 01:29:15 PM

Quote from: Takao on May 17, 2012, 12:22:26 AM
I will spend 5 years making a game in my mom's basement for the Nintendo DS. It will be a comedic RPG, and to get attention I will stage a freak out. This game will have robots. It is Takao's Game. When that doesn't get funded I will start working on my new project, the nG a new handheld with no games.

What ever happened with Bob's Game?

I think he was going to use it as a killer app for his nD handheld.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #705 on:** May 17, 2012, 02:06:59 PM »

This is the last anyone's heard from that guy:

Uploaded 11 months ago. So...yeah...

Also:

Quote from: Wikipedia

The protest ended on the 30th day on January 10, 2009, with Pelloni saying that he was suffering from a "wicked headache". Pelloni described Nintendo as "heartless corporation, only interested in the biggest profits". He also ransacked his room as a result of his frustration. He posted a lengthy comment on his website, declaring his defeat. In light of the protest and lack of any movement from the webcam and after a post left to Pelloni on his website which suggested suicide, a concerned user from the /v/ board on 4chan was able to retrieve Pelloni's telephone number from his WHOIS information. The user contacted his sister in an attempt to get somebody to check on him. Then, on January 11, the police broke into his room to check on him, finding him okay

Thankfully we managed to get to Andrex in time, I'd hate to see him turn out like this.

Tasty · « **Reply #706 on:** May 17, 2012, 02:49:07 PM »

I actually do want to make a device like that, that runs Android. I just won't know who I'd talk to. I've actually browsed some chinese manufacturing sites but they don't really do what I need.

I'd need some kind of hardware design house like Fusion Garage to get started I suppose.

Takao · « **Reply #707 on:** May 17, 2012, 04:42:19 PM »

I liked the original promo for the nD:

IT'S A SIXTEEN BIT APP STORE
YOU CAN EVEN BE AMERICAN
YOU CAN EVEN BE AMERICAN

Unfortunately he took that down and replaced it with an instrumental version.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #708 on:** May 17, 2012, 05:48:58 PM »

http://the-nd.com/games/

Dragon Stabber - "a game where you stab dragons"

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #709 on:** May 17, 2012, 05:54:18 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on May 17, 2012, 05:48:58 PM

http://the-nd.com/games/

Dragon Stabber - "a game where you stab dragons"

The nD is about playing games, Dr. Feelbad, not gimmicks and I think Dragon Stabber gets right to the heart of that concept. There's a dragon. You stab that dragon. That's gameplay, pure and simple. You don't have to mess around with touchscreens, styluses, or pointless things like GRAPHICS and PRODUCTION VALUES. Gameplay, that's it. Think about it, won't you?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #710 on:** May 17, 2012, 06:20:26 PM »

PirateBaby - Care for you baby in the palm of your hand.

PirateBaby is an open-source, multi-platform, virtual pet game in which you can feed, wash and care your baby to let it grow to different forms!

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #711 on:** May 17, 2012, 06:22:03 PM »

FleshChasmer: The Eve - 3D Action Rpg

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #712 on:** May 17, 2012, 06:29:36 PM »

Fields of Fresh - a farming rpg that seems realistic

Fields of Fresh is a Farming RPG that I am currently developing in C++ with the SDL libraries right now. It features Daniel Peter as the main protagonist who scores a free farm after an unprecedented lawsuit. Daniel, Martha, and more friends do their best to have the best food business in the industry. Home grown crops and a fast food farming rpg and simulator all in one!

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #713 on:** May 17, 2012, 06:31:02 PM »

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #714 on:** May 17, 2012, 06:41:54 PM »

2DCraft

It's Minecraft

But in 2D

Takao · « **Reply #715 on:** May 17, 2012, 06:55:16 PM »

I'd support Kickstarters for each of those games.

Timber · « **Reply #716 on:** May 17, 2012, 08:53:00 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/412101570/unemployment-quest-a-non-epic-rpg?ref=category

Man dicks around in RPG Maker, receives eight thousand US dollars.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #717 on:** May 17, 2012, 09:03:59 PM »

You have got to be fucking kidding me

cool breeze · « **Reply #718 on:** May 17, 2012, 09:20:59 PM »

There's a poll for Shadowrun to determine the second city (first is Seattle). It narrowed down to Hong Kong and Berlin. If you got the email, please vote for Berlin! or don't, because a cyberpunk Asian city is a totally fresh idea you'd like to see.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #719 on:** May 17, 2012, 09:38:45 PM »

A cyberpunk Asian city is a totally fresh idea I'd like to see, yes.

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