Author Topic: The Game Crowdfunding Thread (Read 373270 times)

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #780 on:** June 11, 2012, 12:27:18 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on June 09, 2012, 07:35:41 PM

SpaceVenture needs $75k in 65 hours.

It will make it most likely but 500k for a new Space Quest seems insane to me. Maybe its because I never liked Space Quest though...

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #781 on:** June 11, 2012, 01:44:49 PM »

The first graphical adventure game I ever played was Space Quest II, and the first PC game I ever bought with my own money was Space Quest IV.

...I haven't donated to the SpaceVenture.

Bebpo · « **Reply #782 on:** June 11, 2012, 01:53:48 PM »

/shrug

If I'm out $15, I'm out $15. I'm not going to worry about it and at best I get a decent? adventure game.

I think this is definitely the most flimsy of all the adventure game kickstarters as these guys haven't made games in decades when making videogames was completely different. It's also annoying that they want more money than any of the other ones.

But to their credit they have been doing a lot of good updates and their voice cast they have lined up is really great.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #783 on:** June 11, 2012, 01:54:14 PM »

The only one I donated to was Double Fine Adventure. The rest I just kind of look at and think "yeah, I'll buy that if it gets funded" but I'm not putting my money in now.

The SpaceVenture one seems locked in now. A day to go, and it's down to just $19k.

Bebpo · « **Reply #784 on:** June 11, 2012, 01:57:50 PM »

People are passionate about these kickstarters. If one looks like it won't make it, a good % of the backers will all up their pledges and bam they make it. Jensen really screwed her kickstarter up. Could have gotten a lot more money. SpaceVenture and Project Fedora are both going to end up at over 500k (Fedora could get pretty high actually), whereas Jensen only made like 420k.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #785 on:** June 11, 2012, 01:59:28 PM »

This does not make me want to donate $15

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #786 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:13:47 PM »

Does anyone in 2012 even know who Chuck Yeager is? Who's next, Jane Fowlnda?

bengraven · « **Reply #787 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:28:19 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on June 05, 2012, 11:40:23 PM

I thought this would be bumped for Dead State

in other news, Dead State has a kickstarter. Game from Brian Mitsoda. Zombie RPG about survivin.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70755535/dead-state-the-zombie-survival-rpg

Oh awesome, I thought this was vaporware. This was the only reason I waited forever to buy Project Zomboid. I was hoping DS would be out...like a year ago.

Will kickstart this thing's face in.

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #788 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:40:02 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on June 11, 2012, 01:53:48 PM

/shrug

If I'm out $15, I'm out $15. I'm not going to worry about it and at best I get a decent? adventure game.

I think this is definitely the most flimsy of all the adventure game kickstarters as these guys haven't made games in decades when making videogames was completely different. It's also annoying that they want more money than any of the other ones.

But to their credit they have been doing a lot of good updates and their voice cast they have lined up is really great.

Mark Crowe has worked on a lot of games.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #789 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:47:24 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on June 11, 2012, 02:13:47 PM

Does anyone in 2012 even know who Chuck Yeager is? Who's next, Jane Fowlnda?

Delta Bird

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #790 on:** June 11, 2012, 05:55:53 PM »

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #791 on:** June 11, 2012, 05:59:05 PM »

Hell fuckin yeah

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #792 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:02:13 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1653416330/project-x-video-game-battle-suit?ref=live

Come on guys, only 45 hours to go on the Ice-T in Johnny Mnemonic Virtual Reality Battle Suit

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #793 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:06:47 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on June 11, 2012, 06:02:13 PM

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1653416330/project-x-video-game-battle-suit?ref=live

Come on guys, only 45 hours to go on the Ice-T in Johnny Mnemonic Virtual Reality Battle Suit

Only 2 backers so far for $2.00!

Bebpo · « **Reply #794 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:08:28 PM »

SpaceVenture made it.

Get ready for some bad sci-fi adventuring in 2013.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #795 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:28:42 PM »

But it's narrated by Gary Owens.

Bebpo · « **Reply #796 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:33:13 PM »

I already said the voice cast is awesome

It's why I donated!

I expect this to be a flash game honestly.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #797 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:42:44 PM »

They've actually released a demo of sorts:

http://guysfromandromeda.com/living-concept-art-phase-4/

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #798 on:** June 11, 2012, 06:54:32 PM »

Ha! Ha! It's snarky and sarcastic!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #799 on:** June 11, 2012, 07:20:45 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 11, 2012, 06:06:47 PM

Quote from: Sho Nuff on June 11, 2012, 06:02:13 PM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1653416330/project-x-video-game-battle-suit?ref=live

Come on guys, only 45 hours to go on the Ice-T in Johnny Mnemonic Virtual Reality Battle Suit

Only 2 backers so far for $2.00!

Is one of them Bebpo?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #800 on:** June 15, 2012, 06:24:01 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on June 11, 2012, 12:09:58 AM

I kicked in for the Neal Stephenson sword-fighting game, just 'cause it seems like the kind of nerd-craziness that really needs to exist. Not keen on probably having to buy new h/w to actually play it but fuck it, cheaper than an actual sword

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang

Already up to $282k with 23 days to go.

Bebpo · « **Reply #801 on:** June 15, 2012, 06:31:38 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on June 11, 2012, 07:20:45 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 11, 2012, 06:06:47 PM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on June 11, 2012, 06:02:13 PM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1653416330/project-x-video-game-battle-suit?ref=live

Come on guys, only 45 hours to go on the Ice-T in Johnny Mnemonic Virtual Reality Battle Suit

Only 2 backers so far for $2.00!

Is one of them Bebpo?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #802 on:** June 21, 2012, 12:03:45 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #803 on:** June 27, 2012, 03:25:21 PM »

New Double Fine update, including a video of Tim Schafer playing Day of the Tentacle for the first time since the 90's:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/double-fine-adventure/posts/254258?ref=activity

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #804 on:** June 27, 2012, 05:56:29 PM »

Double Fine was saying that they were gonna spend $600k on making tchotchkes and shit for the backers. I wonder how many kickstarters realize just how much it costs to make and ship t-shirts and physical goods, especially to people outside of the USA. I guess they'll find out!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #805 on:** June 27, 2012, 06:12:15 PM »

Looks like about 25% of the total comes out for prizes, shipping, and Kickstarter/Paypal fees for most Kickstarters.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #806 on:** June 27, 2012, 06:13:36 PM »

and another 30-40% for taxes! You'll be lucky to see 50 cents on the dollar.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #807 on:** June 27, 2012, 06:23:06 PM »

Wouldn't taxes to that extent only apply if the money wasn't used to pay for expenses?

Bebpo · « **Reply #808 on:** June 27, 2012, 07:41:20 PM »

This is why you're supposed to do entirely DIGITAL goods.

chronovore · « **Reply #809 on:** July 03, 2012, 01:37:38 AM »

This needs to appear in this thread also:

http://www.theonion.com/video/internet-scam-alert-most-kickstarter-projects-just,28655/

pilonv1 · « **Reply #810 on:** July 03, 2012, 01:42:36 AM »

perfect

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #811 on:** July 03, 2012, 02:28:22 AM »

I approve of this Kickstarter, at least in theory.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warbirdgames/jack-houston-and-the-necronauts?ref=category

Jack Houston and the Necronauts is a classy title.

Takao · « **Reply #812 on:** July 04, 2012, 10:06:19 AM »

I dunno if there's even 350k people who know what "Kaiju" means

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14214732/kaiju-combat

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #813 on:** July 04, 2012, 10:11:44 AM »

those people don't seem to know much about making games

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #814 on:** July 04, 2012, 10:15:50 AM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/springboard/penny-arcades-paint-the-line-ecg-red-tide?ref=category

Penny Arcade Ping Pong TCG

Takao · « **Reply #815 on:** July 04, 2012, 11:01:37 AM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on July 04, 2012, 10:11:44 AM

those people don't seem to know much about making games

They made a bunch of Godzilla games on PS2/Wii/Xbox, but based on your comment maybe you knew that.

Raban · « **Reply #816 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:17:12 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/995085580/bring-divekick-to-pc

Divekick, the Honest Fighting Game©

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #817 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:35:25 PM »

OMG Divekickstarter

Takao · « **Reply #818 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:57:31 PM »

I need DLC extra colour like $8.95

Timber · « **Reply #819 on:** July 05, 2012, 10:40:57 AM »

Check it out I'm male modeling a wappy shirt.

Double Fine

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #820 on:** July 05, 2012, 03:31:14 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70755535/dead-state-the-zombie-survival-rpg

Dead State's got just about 2 hours left. Right now it's sitting at a little over 300k and has reached almost all of its stretch goals.

Timber · « **Reply #821 on:** July 06, 2012, 11:08:01 AM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang?ref=live

Clang swordfightan game needs 65k in 3 days. It'll make it but it's the biggest final push to date, I think.

I wonder if there will (EVER?) be another project to collect over 1 mil. It's slowly returning to what it was before: small teams asking for relatively small amounts, except now with more exposure. And that's fine.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #822 on:** July 06, 2012, 11:51:50 AM »

Quote from: Timber on July 06, 2012, 11:08:01 AM

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang?ref=live

Clang swordfightan game needs 65k in 3 days. It'll make it but it's the biggest final push to date, I think.

I'm pretty sure that SpaceVenture had farther to go in its last 3 days, but I can't remember the exact numbers.

Edit: It was 140k in the last 5 days; 75k in the last 2.5 days.

Quote

I wonder if there will (EVER?) be another project to collect over 1 mil. It's slowly returning to what it was before: small teams asking for relatively small amounts, except now with more exposure. And that's fine.

The frenzy is settling down, yeah, but it's still way above the pre-Double Fine baseline. Check out the top 5 from before that:

1. Code Hero [170k]
2. Venus Patrol [105k]
3. ZOMBIES, RUN [72k]
4. GAMEFUL [65k]
5. Grandroids [56k]

Damian79 · « **Reply #823 on:** July 09, 2012, 10:26:07 PM »

http://www.gamereactor.eu/grtv/?id=45701

Chris Avellone interview. Watch it fools.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #824 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:23:15 PM »

That's the most embarrassing Kickstarter I've seen so far; yes, even more embarrassing than the Vicstarter and Kagari's Titanic Vacation.

archie4208 · « **Reply #825 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:27:03 PM »

The Penny-Arcade Kickstarter is slimy as fuck. I thought it was a parody at first, but nope.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #826 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:28:40 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/10/the-ouya-a-99-open-hackable-console

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #827 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:31:39 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on July 10, 2012, 12:27:03 PM

The Penny-Arcade Kickstarter is slimy as fuck. I thought it was a parody at first, but nope.

They want $250k to remove ads on their site for ONE YEAR.

Never mind that Penny Arcade is far and away big enough to do something like this through their own website.

archie4208 · « **Reply #828 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:33:16 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 10, 2012, 12:31:39 PM

Quote from: archie4208 on July 10, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
The Penny-Arcade Kickstarter is slimy as fuck. I thought it was a parody at first, but nope.

They want $250k to remove ads on the site for ONE YEAR.

Incorrect. They want $250k to remove an ad on the main page. It takes a million bucks to remove all the ads.

demi · « **Reply #829 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:33:29 PM »

I'd pay to have Gabe moan my name during sex

Gabe is the fat one right

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #830 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:37:03 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 10, 2012, 12:33:29 PM

I'd pay to have Gabe moan my name during sex

Gabe is the fat one right

Sorry, demi, Gabe is the skinny one.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #831 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:42:53 PM »

Wait WHAT I don't understand

Takao · « **Reply #832 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:49:45 PM »

hey man i'd love free money too

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #833 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:52:23 PM »

The Penny Arcade thing seems like a taking the piss kinda thing. But its hard to know for sure in this day and age.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #834 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:13:11 PM »

Momo · « **Reply #835 on:** July 10, 2012, 02:38:32 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on July 10, 2012, 12:28:40 PM

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/10/the-ouya-a-99-open-hackable-console

Let us all get this and OUYA port beg in every video game and app thread.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #836 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:58:04 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on July 10, 2012, 01:13:58 PM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on July 10, 2012, 12:28:40 PM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/10/the-ouya-a-99-open-hackable-console

This actually looks cool. I might get one, even if I only ever use it like a Boxee box.

I went ahead and kicked in on this. Even if it just turns into a mame box for me I would be fine with that. It's already nearly at 800k in a day.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #837 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:09:32 PM »

Reached its goal in a day. Around 13 hours to be exact. Will easily clock over a million in its first day.

edit: Actually it did it in 8 hours.

http://kotaku.com/5924923/99-ouya-console-just-hit-its-950000-kickstarter-goal-after-just-eight-hours

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #838 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:13:48 PM »

WTF WTF WTF

Why would you want an android console

ARRGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I HATE KICKSTARTER

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #839 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:15:50 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on July 10, 2012, 05:13:48 PM

WTF WTF WTF

Why would you want an android console

ARRGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I HATE KICKSTARTER

All I need is somebody to hack in emulator or media support. With that I'm fine. I don't care about the operating system.

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