The Game Crowdfunding Thread

[magus]

i got into the beta of this,i usualy write these sort of impression on the what are you playing thread but i guess this time it makes more sense here

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elphie/infinity-wars-animated-trading-card-game

so once again this is about creature based combat a-la MtG, the catch here is that in this game both player attack simultaneously and you have to pick which creature get to attack and which creature get to block before combat happens and ability effect resolve's so sometimes you can get screwed up by surprise effect,you also get a special commander zone with 3 pre-selected card,those 3 card dictate the color of your deck as you can only play card with colors that are shared by your commander,can be played at any time and their triggered ability can be played without them being in the field so they usualy make the big of your strategy

currently there are 6 faction

- the flame dawn is about ATTACK,ATTACK,ATTACK and are basicaly warhammer 40.000 marine
- the complete opposite comes in the form of dawn of dragon which is feudal japan themed and revolve around DEFENSE,DEFENSE,DEFENSE
- verore focus on removal and effect that trigger upon death and/or sacrifice of units and is cultist themed
- genesis industries is a robot themed faction about powering and buffing up your own guy
- warpath is a nature themed faction about spawning multiple unit and big meaty creature
- the sleeper of avarach is a zombie themed faction which really really likes card in the graveyard
- and of course neutral factionless cards which can be put in any deck

currently there are 120 cards with each faction having around 15 card's so there isn't a lot of variety to games but they say they want to reach at least 360 card and 8 faction (not sure if they are counting neutral or not) before they officialy launch,a booster cointains 15 cards and cost around 5000 in game money with each game giving you 50 for a loss and 100 for a victory so it's sort of grindish and i probably won't stick with it,if you want to buy a pack with real money it's 300 somethingpoint,there is either an option for 1$ = 125 points or 5$ = 625 points

what else... the card are animated,some card are pretty cool with cannon firing and shit happening (one of the zombie card is two dude throwing dead corpse's in a grave and it looks awesome ) but a lot of them are static and have only things like the wind blowing and such

[Great Rumbler]

This is probably the on-going campaign I'm most interested in right now:



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/railboy/frontiers-explore-discover-survive

Just some gigantic world to muck around in. I seriously can't get enough of those.

[Great Rumbler]

Nearly everything about this Kickstarter is pretty terrible:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loudnraging/raging-heroes-the-toughest-girls-of-the-galaxy

But I still backed it at the $10 level because that awesome-bad art is just too much.

[Tasty]

You have too much money and too little sense.

Care to donate to my PS3 fund?

[Great Rumbler]

You have too much money and too little sense.

Care to donate to my PS3 fund?

Does you PS3 fund end up with me getting lots of mid-80's Heavy Metal reject art? No, it doesn't.

[Tasty]

I'll draw you some fucking scribbles if that's what it takes.

[Tasty]

[Great Rumbler]

You being able to buy electronics doesn't interest me.

[Tasty]

What if I made a novella out of it?

[Great Rumbler]

I don't back or want novellas.

[Tasty]

FINE

[Great Rumbler]

I'd donate $10 to keep you from getting a PS3, how does that sound?

[Tasty]

That's $10 towards Luigi U, do you want to have that on your conscience?

[Great Rumbler]

That's $10 towards Luigi U, do you want to have that on your conscience?

I didn't say I was giving YOU the $10. I'll just give it to someone who will physically restrain you whenever you get near a PS3.

[Tasty]

Well I don't like that deal very much.

[Great Rumbler]

It's the best I can do.

[Timber]

This is probably the on-going campaign I'm most interested in right now:



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/railboy/frontiers-explore-discover-survive

Just some gigantic world to muck around in. I seriously can't get enough of those.

Budget Elder Scrolls? I'm game.

[magus]

the T2 table is over 50% funded with 2 week remaining,if it keeps this pace it should get funded,they've also added a tier where you get to beta test their tables

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1067367405/pinball-arcade-terminator-2-judgment-day

toughts?

[Tasty]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1235790455/1000-the-animated-micro-series

This looks awesome.

I have a feeling 90 second eps will leave something to be desired in terms of actual content but if it's great action I'll excuse that.

[magus]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waterbottle/sos-ship-of-sacrifice-online-co-op-adventure-game?ref=category



i should start calling great rumbler "dog-inspired avatar" instead

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i'm inspired

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[Great Rumbler]

Some new projects that have no hope of being funded:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/project-giana/project-ravensdale
New platformer from the developers of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1517270521/motorgun-return-of-the-auto-duel
Car combat game from David Jaffe and Zack Norman

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/precinctgame/precinct
Police adventure game from Jim Walls

[magus]

this one looks cool,like an old amiga game

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/523651724/legend-of-iya?ref=live

soul saga got to 195K dollah,it annoys me a lot but i guess i shaked my nostalgia anger fist enough

terminator 2 table is only missing 10K$ buck with 5 days missing

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1067367405/pinball-arcade-terminator-2-judgment-day?ref=live

according to kicktraq if it keeps the current rate it will end up 500$ shorter... what happens in that case? seems kinda like a waste if they throw the whole thing away for 500 bucks

[Tasty]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1517270521/motorgun-return-of-the-auto-duel
Car combat game from David Jaffe and Zack Norman

- $650k =
- Single player as stretch goal = 
- Risks and Challenges: "We're awesome, bitches, we got this." =   

[Stoney Mason]

You would have to be pretty dumb to end up $500 short. There are a lot of underhanded methods for a dev to pump in a little cash to get the big pot of cash at the end of the rainbow.

[Tasty]

It's be virtually impossible for Kickstarter to discern a "friend of the family" suddenly kicking in the last $500 if it came to that. KS doesn't like it when creators do it (found out firsthand when my friend's Kingsport Cases KS failed due to it) but it's pretty hard for them to tell. (My friends only got caught cause they came out and said they did it, and said they only thought it was a problem because of credit card companies or something. Seems like KS's actual ToS on the matter are kinda vague.)

[thisismyusername]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1517270521/motorgun-return-of-the-auto-duel
Car combat game from David Jaffe and Zack Norman

Update: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=71676046&postcount=112 <--- Where is that violin smiley. It's so needed for this.

- Risks and Challenges: "We're awesome, bitches, we got this." =   

  Funny with the current projections.

[Tasty]

Yeesh, that one's gonna take a miracle. Guess Jaffe overestimated his fanboy's pockets and/or the racing game scene.

[thisismyusername]

Yeesh, that one's gonna take a miracle. Guess Jaffe overestimated his fanboy's pockets and/or the racing game scene.

Wasn't that Cars game for Wii that's supposed to be the Wii's (now Wii U's?) racing sim answer kickstarted? I don't think it's the "racing game scene" that's the problem. It's the car combat is niche and it isn't the 90's anymore. Twisted Metal '12 was a buggy turd and Jaffe is solely to blame for bailing on it. Yeah, Sony is also to blame for not supporting it as much as they should've but Jaffe is squarely to blame for all the bugs and changes he and his team did to that which basically nailed the TM coffin shut and shoveled six feet of dirt in seconds.

It also doesn't help that Jaffe hasn't been relevant in years. Yes, yes, God of War. I know, I know... but what since then? Yeahhhhh.

[Raban]

He talks a lot of shit, and these days that's enough to keep a game developer in the hearts and minds of foolish internet denizens everywhere.

[Human Snorenado]

That's $10 towards Luigi U, do you want to have that on your conscience?

I didn't say I was giving YOU the $10. I'll just give it to someone who will physically restrain you whenever you get near a PS3.

Paypal info pm'd

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1517270521/motorgun-return-of-the-auto-duel
Car combat game from David Jaffe and Zack Norman

- $650k =
- Single player as stretch goal = 
- Risks and Challenges: "We're awesome, bitches, we got this." =   

$43,569, can't wait to buy the PS4 version.

[D3RANG3D]

Meh i'll just reinstall Interstate 76

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Goddamn, seeing Jaffe and Dyack faceplant on their kickstarters brings a tear of joy to my eyes 

[Joe Molotov]

Does anybody even remember Calling All Cars?

[archnemesis]

Calling All Cars was really fun for 20 minutes. Eat Sleep Play misjudged the platform just as many others did back then. Back in the early days of HD twins many developers were trying to create smaller arcade experiences.

[Stoney Mason]

Kinda weird how car combat multiplayer games never really got established. I mean they had a brief window on consoles with Twisted Metal but that was short lived. You would think there would be more of them on PC and consoles.

[archnemesis]

There were a few really popular car combat games in the early '90s. The article at Mobygames lists 184 of them. I had a lot of fun with titles like Rock n' Roll Racing, Death Rally, and Deathtrack.

[Great Rumbler]

Twisted Metal series, Rogue Trip, Vigilante 8, Interstate 76. It wasn't necessarily a lack of titles that doomed the genre, people just moved on for whatever reason.

[hampster]

Chroma Squad - Manager game with Japanese-style Super Heroes

The main story of our game is about a group of stuntmen that decide to make their own sentai TV studio. You become their manager, hiring actors, purchasing awesome cameras, and making everything explode with your special effects. But their adventure becomes so exciting, that they start thinking that everything is actually real.

Here's a quick list of what you can do in the game:

Hire and customize your actors.
Choose their jumpsuit color and their roles on battle.
Select skills and make your own build of abilities. Each color has its own skill tree of possibilities.
Buy equipment for your studio, such as cameras, microphones, chromakey carpets and lights to improve your gameplay experience.
Record episodes and complete seasons.
Each episode is a mix between tactical turn-based battles, with tons of dialogues, and explosive cinematics.
You have the lights, the cameras, and of course, you make the action! You control the movement, attack and skills of each of your chromatic party while recording.
Purchase consumable items and improve your abilities. Example: buy fireworks and gain +1 damage to your attack.
Create channels and improve your marketing campaigns, sending letters to your fans' mailboxes, chatting on IRC, going to conventions, and releasing comic books.
Take care of your fans, in a very cute mini-game, listening to their distinct stories and deciding if they deserve what they're asking for. Like a little boy who asks to visit the studio, but once you let him, you can't tell if he might break anything valuable. ;D
Record episodes with other studios online. Fight for audience in cooperative and competitive modes[/li][/list]

[magus]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ffviiwebseries/final-fantasy-vii-the-web-series-unofficial-fan-pr

and you guys keep saying kickstarter isn't out to get out  a piece of me

[Great Rumbler]

Maybe you shouldn't freak out over every little thing like some broken alarm clock?

[magus]

nuh-uh! you don't mess with FF7,go bother some other asperger fanbase like the star trek fans or something for once!

[D3RANG3D]

nuh-uh! you don't mess with FF7,go bother some other asperger fanbase like the star trek fans or something for once!

Star Trek>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FF7

[Howard Alan Treesong]

The FFVII web series isn't going to pay for the rights to FFVII, either.

FFVII fans 

[magus]

You got your Terminator table that you didn't back and aren't even going to pay for, settle down a bit, maggie.

you know i don't really care about the terminator table itself but i'm sort of worried they'll take the ball home as soon as they'll fail a kickstarter especialy since they are running out of previous collection tables

[cool breeze]

Kinda weird how car combat multiplayer games never really got established. I mean they had a brief window on consoles with Twisted Metal but that was short lived. You would think there would be more of them on PC and consoles.

Honestly I think there could be a revival of sorts as a free to play game.  Mech games and even Quake/Tribes Arena shooters had a mild resurgence with free to play after years of nothing.

On a similar note, Microsoft should make a free to play Crimson Skies game for Xbox One.  The Xbox game is one of the finest multiplayer games and I think it was pretty popular so it'd get some name recognition.

[Tasty]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ffviiwebseries/final-fantasy-vii-the-web-series-unofficial-fan-pr

and you guys keep saying kickstarter isn't out to get out  a piece of me

400 000 DOLLARS, what the fuck man.

I've never wanted something to be C&D'd so hard.

[Joe Molotov]

It will be C&D'd by reality when it ends up getting less than $10k.

[Tasty]

It will be C&D'd by reality when it ends up getting less than $10k.

[Stoney Mason]

Kinda weird how car combat multiplayer games never really got established. I mean they had a brief window on consoles with Twisted Metal but that was short lived. You would think there would be more of them on PC and consoles.

Honestly I think there could be a revival of sorts as a free to play game.

Yeah that sounds about right. I don't think many people would pay $60 for a package Twisted Metal style product but a free to play title where you monetize customization or other things sounds more correct in this day and age.

[Great Rumbler]

Semi-major Kickstarter failure:

This is not an easy update to write.

The short version: The project is over, the game is canceled.

After much deliberation I've had to make this decision. I've informed Keith and Lee and neither at all happy with this situation. Every possible mistake was made, some due to my inexperience in board game publishing, others due to ego conflicts, legal issues and technical complications. No matter the cause though these could all have been avoided by someone more experienced and I apparently was not that person.

[Tasty]

Scary. He could have walked away with $122k.

Sidenote: Who crowdfunds a fricking board game for that ridiculous amount? Jeeze.

[Tasty]

Oh, derpy Cthulu fans like Wrath.

[Polari]

Scary. He could have walked away with $122k.

Oh but he did. Anyone distinguished mentally-challenged enough to fail to get a board game into print with $122k can't be very apt when it comes to finances. I'll wager 90% of those backers will never see a dime back.

[magus]

not syndicate got funded

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

[Great Rumbler]

Scary. He could have walked away with $122k.

Oh but he did. Anyone distinguished mentally-challenged enough to fail to get a board game into print with $122k can't be very apt when it comes to finances. I'll wager 90% of those backers will never see a dime back.

And this guy wasn't even actually making the board game, he just signed a deal to distribute it. So, now the guys who are actually making the board game are left holding the bag, so to speak.

[archnemesis]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-25-david-jaffe-aided-motorgun-kickstarter-cancelled

Not very surprising. I wonder what Jaffe will try next.

[Great Rumbler]

Maybe he'll try a car combat game that isn't multiplayer-only.

[archnemesis]

Maybe he should try a more popular genre. Twisted Metal peaked ~15 years ago.

[Great Rumbler]

The new Carmageddon pulled down $625k on Kickstarter, by the way.