The Game Crowdfunding Thread

[Tasty]

CULT COUNTY GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE



PRE ALPHA

The slight cel shading looks awesome IMO. It's not totally in that style but the dark outlines are striking and feel fresh.

DONATE PLZ

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2029149553/cult-county-by-renegade-kid

[Steve Contra]

That looks cool, but it has 0 chance of even making half its goal.

[Tasty]

That looks cool, but it has 0 chance of even making half its goal.

What part of

DONATE PLZ

didn't you understand?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[Tasty]

[Joe Molotov]

Andrex annihilated.

[Steve Contra]

I did the math and if every single member of the bore chipped in $10 to Andrex's Kickstarter, it'd get to about 30 grand.

[Tasty]

Yeah but if everyone chipped in just $1k like me it'd clear $3 mil.

[Steve Contra]

Actually it'd just clear a million.

[Tasty]

More than enough to hit all the stretch goals.

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How do you figure? $30,000 / $10 = 3000 members, 3000 * $1000 = $3,000,000

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[magus]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499609193/citizens-of-earth-a-modern-rpg

so atlus has picked this up from the dumpster and is now publishing it

http://www.atlus.com/citizensofearth/

that seems... weird? why would you pick up a game that failed to garner enough attention on kickstarter?

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i'm sure oscar will now come here to call me dumb but this is the first time i see a kickstarter game WISE FWOM HIS GWAWE so...

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[Steve Contra]

More than enough to hit all the stretch goals. (Image removed from quote.)

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How do you figure? $30,000 / $10 = 3000 members, 3000 * $1000 = $3,000,000

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1158 total members

[Tasty]

More than enough to hit all the stretch goals. (Image removed from quote.)

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How do you figure? $30,000 / $10 = 3000 members, 3000 * $1000 = $3,000,000

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1158 total members

How'd you get 30,000 then?

[hampster]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/huniepop/huniepop-a-dating-puzzle-rpg/posts/802484



 

[Tasty]

That made it and Cult County won't

[Great Rumbler]

they asked for 30x less and promised titties and lesbians.

Along with appealing to a very specific niche audience.

[demi]

Atlus is getting slightly better at their 1999 webpages, at least. Lol.

[Joe Molotov]

That made it and Cult County won't

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Whatever ho, why don't you just go get knocked up again.

[Great Rumbler]

Some in-engine stuff from the Outcast remake:

[Rufus]

It's running on what? Something something 4X? Dev-GPU? Some CPU I don't know about?

[Tasty]

DONATE PLZ

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2029149553/cult-county-by-renegade-kid

DONATE PLZ 

[Takao]

I've murdered Spamdrex in the digital realm.

[Tasty]

Surprised it took you this long, pussy.

[Takao]

Surprised it took you this long, pussy.

 

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[chronovore]

Jesus, I backed it on day one, and I'm even annoyed with the repeated posts.

[thisismyusername]

It is kind of weird, but one thing I'll suggest is that success/failure on Kickstarter isn't *necessarily* correlated with success/failure in the end market.

Well, Atlus has crazy "fans" that they can pander niche-niche titles to. I guess they see they can break even or make a small profit off what this title has done, it's the only logical explanation for the move.

Then again, Atlus US did publish Game of Thrones (due to the hype of the TV show) so... not the best indicator of success/failure.

[Great Rumbler]

Julian Gollop's remake of Chaos is sitting at 95% with about 42 hours to go, so I think it's safe to say that it'll make it's funding before the end. Probably not gonna hit many stretch goals, but the first two are boring anyway so whatever.

[Takao]

We took the votes into consideration and came up with new and re-organized stretch goals. For each platform, we'll add a track from Michiru Yamane and another from our mysterious second music composer. On top of that, we'll add a new world per extra hardware platform reached (no exclusivity here, the content is cumulative and will be present in every port of the game).
Last but not least, each new World will come with its bunch of side-quests.

A final word about Mac, Linux, iOS, Android and Xbox One support: these ports will be done when the previous ones will sell enough for us to fund this by ourselves.

I think they should just cancel this Kickstarter, and start again with new hardware in the base goal. Take this one's failure as a lesson, instead of just dragging it out.

[Tasty]

Cult County Update #9: Nintendo 3DS!

Howdy Cultists!!

We have a little treat for the Nintendo handheld fans out there.

NINTENDO 3DS IS IN THE HOUSE!

You spoke. We listened. You want Nintendo 3DS as an option for Cult County? You got it!

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We sent the call out on twitter, and we got a tremendous response. 248 retweets and 47 favorites later we hear you loud and clear.

If the minimum funded goal of $580,000 is reached, you will be able to choose the Nintendo 3DS as your platform of choice for your download code.

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WANT EXTRA COPIES?

Some Cultists have asked us if they can somehow add extra copies of the game to their pledge!

Absolutely! Once you've selected your reward tier, you will see a text field where you can enter your total pledge amount. For each additional download code, please add $20 to your pledge amount. Additional copies can be for any available platform of your choice.

Thank you for your amazing support! Please continue to spread the word of Cult County. We have an uphill battle to reach our goal, but miracles can happen!

[Joe Molotov]

They might as well promise to port it to the OUYA, Dreamcast, and Apple IIe if it gets funded, while they're at it.

[hampster]

Heart Forth, Alicia Kickstarter



Looks nice. Makes me wonder when Legend of Iya is supposed to come out

[magus]

Heart Forth, Alicia Kickstarter

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Looks nice. Makes me wonder when Legend of Iya is supposed to come out

At Heart Forth, Alicia's core is an ode to the classics. Remember the electrifying gameplay of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the expansive worlds of the Zelda games, and the rich, engaging story of Xenogears?

if they don't let me crucifix a giant purple rat i'm calling bullshit

[thisismyusername]

Cult County Update #9: Nintendo 3DS!

Howdy Cultists!!

We have a little treat for the Nintendo handheld fans out there.

NINTENDO 3DS IS IN THE HOUSE!

You spoke. We listened. You want Nintendo 3DS as an option for Cult County? You got it!

We sent the call out on twitter, and we got a tremendous response. 248 retweets and 47 favorites later we hear you loud and clear.

If the minimum funded goal of $580,000 is reached, you will be able to choose the Nintendo 3DS as your platform of choice for your download code.

(Image removed from quote.)

WANT EXTRA COPIES?

Some Cultists have asked us if they can somehow add extra copies of the game to their pledge!

Absolutely! Once you've selected your reward tier, you will see a text field where you can enter your total pledge amount. For each additional download code, please add $20 to your pledge amount. Additional copies can be for any available platform of your choice.

Thank you for your amazing support! Please continue to spread the word of Cult County. We have an uphill battle to reach our goal, but miracles can happen!

1,334
backers
$38,120
pledged of $580,000 goal


Yeah, good luck with that. Last ditch effort to try to unstall their funding that simply ain't gonna work unless there's fifty+ more of you, Andy, that are wanting to hop your ass onto their dick and go balls deep.

[Tasty]

[a slime appears]

Tasty, it's not going to happen but your commitment is greatly appreciated.

[Great Rumbler]

your commitment is greatly appreciated.

No, it isn't.

[a slime appears]

Heel

[Tasty]

Slime and I know things you normies just aren't privvy to.

[a slime appears]

I was just trying to be nice. : (

[demi]

Damn yo, I'd hate to be not in the know on what Renegade Kid is working on.

[Tasty]

kid helps them take down a booth and spams a message board with 35 active posters and all of a sudden he's getting delusions of grandeur

They're not delusions if they're real. I'm king of the games industry!

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Oh god, take it back! TAKE IT BACK! I didn't ask for this!

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[Raban]

Damn yo, I'd hate to be not in the know on what Renegade Kid is working on.

[Tasty]

Just backed these three:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prismaticgames/hex-heroes
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nateschmold/cosmochoria
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129301589/grave-open-world-survival-horror



Hex Heroes will cut it close but I think it should make it.

Cosmochoria had a small goal and already made it but needs a bit more to get a Wii U version.

Both are ending in the next day or two.

Grave seems pretty cool and should also make its goal in five days.

[hampster]

Cosmochoria looks adorable

[Tasty]

Now YOU can be a part of history and back AUTISM: THE GAME!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bobsgame/bobs-game

[Tasty]

[Takao]

Sounds like a video game adaptation of Kutaragi's Way.

Day 1.

[Joe Molotov]

Now YOU can be a part of history and back AUTISM: THE GAME!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bobsgame/bobs-game

If you post about it 12 more times, I'll think about it.

[Takao]

Flying Hamster 2's Kickstarter has been canned, but the game will still get made as they've found a publisher willing to fund the game. They're also doing something pretty neat:

Get your free copy Flying Hamster II !

In order to celebrate our new collaboration between FDG Entertainment and Game Atelier, we decided to give you the chance to get a free copy of Flying Hamster II once it will be released. The rules are very simple:

1. Tweet or post on Facebook (or your favorite public forum) the following message or something about the game with your own words:

Flying Hamster II is happening, thanks to @FDG_Games! Follow them and look at their cool games http://fdg-entertainment.com

2. Send us an Email at kickstarter@flyinghamster2.com with the following details:
     a. Your full name.
     b. Your Email address.
     c. Your Kickstarter nickname.
     d. The link where you posted your message, either on Facebook, Twitter or a public forum.

3. We’ll be sending you a Steam key once the game is released.

[magus]

i'm happy that flying hamster 2 is still happening but perplexed about how a game with absolutely no name attached and just "oooooo look at the pretty pixel art!" like heart forth alicia can pull 150k$ and a game with an actual developer and castlevania composer behind can not...

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it's dumb, i'm going to complain about it, GR can suck my dick

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[Great Rumbler]

If you know anything about games on Kickstarter, and it's clear that you don't, you'd know that pretty pixel art is one of the handful of things that people get really excited about.

And Heart Forth Alicia looked a lot more interesting anyway.

[a slime appears]

Serious question; why do you think Heart Forth Alicia got funded while Flying Hamster didn't?

I'm actually a little bit perplexed as to why it turned out that way. They both seemed to have had equal exposure in the media (I'd say FH2 was more promoted when it started) and they both showed off the same level of quality pixel art as well. FH2 even had a big name attached relatively early on with their musician. However, thinking about it HFA is being developed by Chucklefish, the guys behind Starbound, so I'm guessing that carried a lot more weight than Game Atelier. Also, HFA evoked the name "Metroidvania" at the beginning of their Kickstarter and having Destructoid compare it to SoTN was probably a big win for their PR campaign as well.

Sorry for the questions. You guys know a lot more about Kickstarter than I do!

[magus]

it's not being developed by chucklefish, they just promised that they will deal with the console ports when the game get done

[Great Rumbler]

Serious question; why do you think Heart Forth Alicia got funded while Flying Hamster didn't?

Heart Forth Alicia's graphics and art style tapped into 16/32-bit nostalgia, Flying Hamster 2's graphics and art style made it look more like a decent mobile game. That probably accounts for at least 75% of the why.

[a slime appears]

it's not being developed by chucklefish, they just promised that they will deal with the console ports when the game get done

OOPS, you're right! I meant to type published.

Serious question; why do you think Heart Forth Alicia got funded while Flying Hamster didn't?

Heart Forth Alicia's graphics and art style tapped into 16/32-bit nostalgia, Flying Hamster 2's graphics and art style made it look more like a decent mobile game. That probably accounts for at least 75% of the why.

Yeah, I can see that. But you're saying that alone counts for such a difference in support? That's kind of crazy to me but I don't follow KS that closely.

[Great Rumbler]

Games with pixel art similar to the style that Heart Forth Alicia uses traditionally do very well on KS.

[a slime appears]

Oh ok, well thank you very much for answering my question!

I guess I should probably back HFA then, lol.

[Tasty]

Also, HFA evoked the name "Metroidvania" at the beginning of their Kickstarter and having Destructoid compare it to SoTN was probably a big win for their PR campaign as well.

There you go. When it comes to Kickstarter, mention Metroid(vania) or Dark Souls and watch it rain money.

[Trent Dole]

Now YOU can be a part of history and back AUTISM: THE GAME!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bobsgame/bobs-game

Once again, I find myself wishing it were possible to make a kickstarter have LESS money. Fuck this guy.

[Tasty]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omocat/omori