The Game Crowdfunding Thread

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fredrin/megatokyo-visual-novel-game

 

[magus]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fredrin/megatokyo-visual-novel-game

 

kickstarter future

i don't think i will ever understand why somebody doesn't do a kickstarter to localize some japanese game a-la metal max instead of stupid bullshit like this

[Bebpo]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fredrin/megatokyo-visual-novel-game

 

kickstarter future

i don't think i will ever understand why somebody doesn't do a kickstarter to localize some japanese game a-la metal max instead of stupid bullshit like this

Licensing a game from a Japanese company is not cheap.

[magus]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fredrin/megatokyo-visual-novel-game

 

kickstarter future

i don't think i will ever understand why somebody doesn't do a kickstarter to localize some japanese game a-la metal max instead of stupid bullshit like this

Licensing a game from a Japanese company is not cheap.

that might be but i've seen kickstarter project hitting 2 million dollars so...
worst case nobody cares and we can at least say that "we tried"

[Great Rumbler]

How quickly we all forget the failed Vicstarter.

[magus]

How quickly we all forget the failed Vicstarter.

i remember the failed vicstarter but that was to bring a physical copy of the game not the actual game

not to mention that in the end they did find enough interess to do so

http://www.gaijinworks.com/news/05-13-2012-class-of-heroes-presales-goal-met/

also i feel this is now relevant to this thread

https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Megatokyo

[magus]

Magoose, you can't license a game through the various necessary parties on a fucking contingency.  Don't be an idiot.

i have no idea what sort of magic it takes to bring a game from japan to 'merica,i'd just want to see kickstarter being used for something i like once

though i guess that happens when hex get released in september/october

[originalz]

Megatokyo is still relevant?  That's surprising to hear.

[Great Rumbler]

And the art is still bad and the story is still nonsensical/embarrassing!

[Joe Molotov]

Megatokyo is still relevant?  That's surprising to hear.

I wonder which series has gone furthest off the rails at this point: Megatokyo or Red vs Blue?

[Rufus]

And Homestuck, reportedly.

[thisismyusername]

Megatokyo is still relevant?  That's surprising to hear.

  Seriously. But apparently they're on Chapter 10 or more now of the webcomic. So some weeaboos are still watching that pathetic artist shit out a story.

[Himu]

Soul Saga mentioned Suikoden so they have my money.

did you ever play this himumu? it's so fangamish it doesn't even bother having his own music and steal all of the good suikoden music

http://site.scfworks.com/?page_id=10

No I haven't. There was another Suiko-like whose name I forgot though.

[Great Rumbler]

homestar runner

At least had the decency to fade away and never return.

[Great Rumbler]

Our Darker Purpose [Binding of Isaac-ripoff] is at 72% with 42 hours to go:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1750899614/our-darker-purpose-0

Armikrog [claymation adventure game made by a homophobe] is at 85% with 43 hours to go:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog?ref=category

A Hat in Time [collect-a-thon platformer] has 3 days to go:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaskaerlev/a-hat-in-time-3d-collect-a-thon-platformer?ref=category

Massive Chalice [Double Fine SRPG] has 47 hours to go:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/double-fines-massive-chalice?ref=category

[Phoenix Dark]

Abandoned, to avoid an even more public faceplant?

they're moving it to iOS, just watch. Only $500k goal this time.

[Great Rumbler]

Abandoned, to avoid an even more public faceplant?

they're moving it to iOS, just watch. Only $500k goal this time.

They'll just set the goal at $1, so they can actually collect whatever money they raise.

[chronovore]

Armikrog is just barely past its 900K goal.

Stolen from the random gaming talk thread:

another gaming kickstarter,steampunk wizard of oz

www.kickstarter.com/projects/spicyhorse/ozombie

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Having just completed Alice: Madness Returns, and having got most of the way through original A. McG's: Alice, I am surprised to find that I have zero inclination to throw money at this. Or, rather, the me-from-a-year-ago would be surprised. I'm in no rush to play through another beautiful but ludologically bereft game whose main gimmick is to add "edginess" and "maturity" to a beloved children's story.

Zombies.

In Oz.

The Oz lands are in the public domain. ANYTHING can be done with them. Anything. And here he's trotting out this single-note trick which he established over a decade ago. I guess, I mean, this could be considered his oeuvre, but it is no longer exciting to me.

[magus]

the leisure suit larry remake that was kickstarted last year is out



i'm happy to see this happening because as far as i'm concerned there might have been a shitload of thing funded but the only one that ended up being real so far was FTL and the pinball arcade tables (unless i'm missing something in which case feel free to correct me)

i wonder if the suicide ending is still there

[magus]

Diamond Trust of London, Giana Sisters, Ouya, Saturday Morning RPG, and a few others have been released too, magoose.

i said real

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that ouya thread i made is going to haunt me forever

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[archnemesis]

What's Saturday Morning RPG and is it worth playing?

[Great Rumbler]

Diamond Trust of London, Giana Sisters, Ouya, Saturday Morning RPG, and a few others have been released too, magoose.

And FTL, Strike Suit Zero.

But it's the biggest so far of actual games.

[archnemesis]

I haven't played any of the Mario RPGs yet so I should probably start there.

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars

Race To Mars is a turn-based, space company simulation game. Become the head of a newly created “New Space” company whose goal is to establish a colony on Mars. You begin as a start-up and develop cutting edge aerospace technologies to reach orbit. Flying beyond the vicinity of Earth, blaze the trail into space and leave the competition far behind on your way to victory.

Our game aims at achieving two goals: promoting the outer space industry and satisfying all fans of economy games. Race To Mars combines the realism of a space-port management sim and approachable gameplay. We assure you that both subject enthusiasts and casual gamers will find this mixture highly entertaining. Our priority is to make an approachable game without compromising its key economic and strategic features.

WANT

[pilonv1]

I like the sound of that.

[Dickie Dee]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars

Race To Mars is a turn-based, space company simulation game. Become the head of a newly created “New Space” company whose goal is to establish a colony on Mars. You begin as a start-up and develop cutting edge aerospace technologies to reach orbit. Flying beyond the vicinity of Earth, blaze the trail into space and leave the competition far behind on your way to victory.

Our game aims at achieving two goals: promoting the outer space industry and satisfying all fans of economy games. Race To Mars combines the realism of a space-port management sim and approachable gameplay. We assure you that both subject enthusiasts and casual gamers will find this mixture highly entertaining. Our priority is to make an approachable game without compromising its key economic and strategic features.

WANT

i could fuk wit dis

[magus]

holy fucking kangaroo on a jumping pogo stick

syndicate... like... the actual syndicate instead of that shitty FPS is coming back

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5livesstudios/satellite-reign

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estimated delivery Dec 2014... i don't know why i got excited in the first place

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[Great Rumbler]

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estimated delivery Dec 2014... i don't know why i got excited in the first place

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Perhaps you are excited that this exists and isn't just some fever dream?

[magus]

syndicate FPS was fun, dont be such a wiener.

i haven't even played it

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estimated delivery Dec 2014... i don't know why i got excited in the first place

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Perhaps you are excited that this exists and isn't just some fever dream?

one year is an eternity,there is a chance FFVersus might be out before this game,that's how bad it is :'(

[Great Rumbler]

there is a chance FFVersus might be out before this game

No, there isn't.

[Great Rumbler]

SRPG inspired by 16/32-bit Japanese games:

Battles in Liege are tactical and turn-based, and they emerge seamlessly as you wander through the realm. There are no jarring transitions that pull you out of the story and into some random battle arena floating in oblivion. Your heroes simply draw their weapons where they’re standing, and the fight begins.

The gameplay focuses on strategic placement of units and movement, and is inspired by games like FF Tactics, Fire Emblem, and chess. Like chess, combat in Liege is designed to be easy to learn, difficult to master. Instead of a tutorial, the mechanics are taught to you through a sequence of actual battles at the start of the game (which will not feature a “voice from God” cutting in with on-screen instructions). You may lose a few battles early on, and you’ll need to apply your wits to start getting the hang of things.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/codagames/liege

[Great Rumbler]

Satellite Reign [aka It's Totally Syndicate But We Couldn't Get the Name] just went live:

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game. You control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a fully simulated, living cyberpunk city.

The game world is designed to facilitate emergent gameplay, giving you the tools and freedom to play how you want to play, so you can create strategies and scenarios that not even we had anticipated!

Customise your team with the strength to destroy your enemies head-on, or hack into their facilities to manipulate their infrastructure without them ever knowing you were even there.

Will you take down your enemies with brute-force? Covert espionage and infiltration? Or will you use propaganda to influence the citizens of the city and overthrow the controlling powers?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5livesstudios/satellite-reign

[Fifstar]

SRPG inspired by 16/32-bit Japanese games:

Battles in Liege are tactical and turn-based, and they emerge seamlessly as you wander through the realm. There are no jarring transitions that pull you out of the story and into some random battle arena floating in oblivion. Your heroes simply draw their weapons where they’re standing, and the fight begins.

The gameplay focuses on strategic placement of units and movement, and is inspired by games like FF Tactics, Fire Emblem, and chess. Like chess, combat in Liege is designed to be easy to learn, difficult to master. Instead of a tutorial, the mechanics are taught to you through a sequence of actual battles at the start of the game (which will not feature a “voice from God” cutting in with on-screen instructions). You may lose a few battles early on, and you’ll need to apply your wits to start getting the hang of things.

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/codagames/liege

Looks cool, but how can you pull that off for 15,000$?

[Rufus]

Clearly this is a big project, so managing scope is the main challenge to consider. To address this, I've split the game into three smaller, more manageable releases. Collectively, the series will be shorter than most full-length RPGs; each game in the trilogy is meant to provide several solid hours of dense, meaningful gameplay, rather than countless hours of pointless fluff.

[magus]

The new Pinball Arcade KS is crashing and burning.  It's too bad because it's probably the only chance we had of getting the T2 Pinball game, but Farsight really had this coming.

that soul saga thing got funded

fo shame!

[G The Resurrected]

The new Pinball Arcade KS is crashing and burning.  It's too bad because it's probably the only chance we had of getting the T2 Pinball game, but Farsight really had this coming.

It should have been Adams Family, but that will never happen because of Raul Julia's estate. There are other pins that need to be converted and it's sad that all they want to focus on are these high cost licensed tables. I'll be interviewing some of the Farsight guys at CAX in a few weeks, any questions are welcome.

[magus]

The new Pinball Arcade KS is crashing and burning.  It's too bad because it's probably the only chance we had of getting the T2 Pinball game, but Farsight really had this coming.

that soul saga thing got funded

fo shame!

magoose, we're one year later on their last kickstarters and a metric shitton of the backers still haven't received their codes for the pinball tables released in nov/dec.  you can piss on your customers' legs and tell them it's rain, but don't expect them to buy it the third time.

err wait a second there,the fo shame was related to this getting funded

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/disastercake/soul-saga-a-j-rpg-inspired-by-playstation-classics

i'm just sad to see a kickstarter i'm interessed in fail while "LOOK! FINAL FANTASY!" got funded :'(

[Himu]

Final Fantasy? No, they said Suikoden. You have like a billion pinball games. I've only got five Suiko games and Chrono Cross. Fuck off.

[magus]

Look! Final Fantasy! also probably didn't fuck over backers on two prior Kickstarters either.

oscar i'm not shocked that one is succesfull and the other is not i get what you are saying

but i'm annoyed to still see that getting funded,it would be like someone making a catman comic (featuring the mime as the villain!) and getting all the money or if someone kickstarted this



basicaly i'm saying that people are dumb,surely we can agree on that?

[Himu]

[Great Rumbler]

[Positive Touch]

i think ive seen that movie

[magus]

i think ive seen that movie

personaly i cannot wait until we get the indie kickstarter equivalent of mega shark vs giant octopus

[Great Rumbler]

Your post would make more sense if those guys were trying to make the equivalent of Final Fantasy XV on a $100,000 budget, but they aren't.

[Stoney Mason]

I love the Pinball the Pinball arcade guys make but they're marketing is terrible and their communication is terrible. I wish they were under the umbrella of a publisher where the people who know what they are doing on that front could be added to the team. I mean look at their website. Its terrible.

[magus]

Your post would make more sense if those guys were trying to make the equivalent of Final Fantasy XV on a $100,000 budget, but they aren't.

it's still throwing the brand around,using similiar artwork,using FF menu as the graphic for the stretch goal thingie and having a character who probably turns out to be a maglii or something

basicaly this pic

[Great Rumbler]

Except they're trying to make a Final Fantasy game from 15 years ago, something which doesn't exist anymore.

[magus]

Except they're trying to make a Final Fantasy game from 15 years ago, something which doesn't exist anymore.

ehh i guess that's a fair argument but it still bugs me after seeing stuff like evoland



THE HORROR

IT BURNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[D3RANG3D]

Hand wringing over this bullshit magoose smh.

[magus]

Hand wringing over this bullshit magoose smh.

shouldn't you be playing some rogue?

[Joe Molotov]

Magus mad at people stealing stuff. 

[Trent Dole]

Magus mad at people stealing stuff. 

[Trent Dole]

haha megatokyo guy draws lolicon, also he'll add badly drawn p0rnZ to his game if it hits 500k!

[Great Rumbler]

haha megatokyo guy draws lolicon, also he'll add badly drawn p0rnZ to his game if it hits 500k!

[magus]

he's that guy who never votes but gets pissed off when his favourite guy doesn't win

nothing wrong with that,you say that like my "vote" would involve anything more than me losing 10 bucks

[Himu]

Soul Saga looks generic as hell, but it's a kickstarter and the entire point of many of these games is to bring back old game types that just aren't popular anymore. I don't get the big deal, but looking at the gameplay I'm not going to buy Soul Saga. I'm going to be putting my money on the new Zeboyd Games rpg.

[magus]

he's that guy who never votes but gets pissed off when his favourite guy doesn't win

nothing wrong with that,you say that like my "vote" would involve anything more than me losing 10 bucks

If you aren't willing to support your guy in the race, then yes, there is something wrong with bitching about the outcome.

if my guy is going to lose anyway then it doesn't matter if i support it or not and surely i can be at least be somewhat sad the poor fella never had a chance no?

in any case let's not turn this into two assholes arguing

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[magus]

It's defeatist to the most extreme degree.

And when an adult puts a child in its place, we don't usually call that a fight.

sometimes i wonder when you'll start calling me female name,dr cox. i think the first one would be something like mary sue since it kinda rhyme's with the nick

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/yatagarasu-attack-on-cataclysm

Yatagarasuis an original 2D fighting game for PC (Windows) which features 8 playable characters, high quality old school graphics, and gameplay that is easily accessible to anyone. The introductory video for our campaign is the trailer for the latest version of Yatagarasu (v4.3) and shows how the game currently looks and sounds.

We’ve worked hard to make Yatagarasu a fighting game that everyone can enjoy by creating a simple structure and straightforward gameplay without the clutter of lots of unnecessary features. Our game also features a completely unique commentary system which provides dynamic commentary in real time based on developments in the match.

Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm will bea brand new version of Yatagarasu with all-new new characters and many new features, and which will be fully localized into English for gamers around the world.

The Yatagarasu development team is a Japanese independent game development circle made up of three former SNK / King of the Fighters developers: Shiza, Kotani, and Umezono.

Shiza heads up overall progress and programming. Specifically, he handles everything programming-related, manages progress, and handles odd jobs that come up. He takes care of all programming-related matters, including the game engine, main program, character programming, server programming, and the network engine.

Kotani is in charge of design and graphics. He creates all of the character-related graphics by himself, as well as the character design, artwork, menus, etc. He also creates the character pixel art by himself, which is a rare thing to find these days. He works extremely hard to produce graphics that of consistently high quality.
  Kotani is also active other projects and work, including many commercial products, such as character design for the shooting games Mushihimesama and Ibara, card games, and pixel art for various commercial titles.

Umezono is responsible for gameplay and balancing. He is in charge of all things related to the gameplay and overall tuning of the game system design, character roster, animation, collision detection, etc. Umezono also has a track record as a fighting game player and is active in game tournaments, etc.

[Himu]

We had a thread on this and Lyte Edge was angry about it.