Kickstarter Projects

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Yeah, pretty much. Much more work initially to create the generation algorithms, but once you've done that, well, the thing writes itself... literally.

Definitely the best way to go about a game like this IMO.

I find it pretty interesting that this guy is a graphical artist, because generally speaking with games of this type we are stuck with vector-esque graphics because the person has the coding skill but not the graphical abilities...

Which seems like it makes it a lot more feasible. Yeah, the graphics look nice. Think maybe this'll be the first kickstarter I contribute to.

[mauchow]

There's some cool stuff out there:

PG Pro Golf by Scott M. Kreager, Prism Gaming — Kickstarter

[Matthean]

Likely not going to make it but still kind of interesting.

Pro Wrestling X – Bringing back classic wrestling gaming! by Wrestling Gamers United — Kickstarter

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Likely not going to make it but still kind of interesting.

Pro Wrestling X – Bringing back classic wrestling gaming! by Wrestling Gamers United — Kickstarter

I always get moments where I read these kickstarters where I'm just like... humbled by the passion of the creators.

[Matthean]

I think if they don't make their goal they will still keep working on it. It's just going to take more time and it might not be as awesome. It might help if they do kind of a Portal/Torchlight thing where they get something out that's used to build for something better down the road.

[Zeniazd]

Because there's some general interest in Kickstarter, I thought some here would be interested in this - it's a keynote address from this year's PAXDev by Hidden Path CEO Jeff Pobst about their experience with their Kickstarter for Defense Grid 2.

Defense Grid 2 Kickstarter Presentation - YouTube

(Fair warning - it's 60 minutes)

[Lonnie]

Yay! Got my first reward from one of my funded Kickstarters today.

Battle of the Bulge for IPad

A real nice wargame on the IPad. I think they did a great job.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Lonnie

Yay! Got my first reward from one of my funded Kickstarters today.

Battle of the Bulge for IPad

A real nice wargame on the IPad. I think they did a great job.

How is replay value on it? One battle seems expensive at ten bucks.

[Lonnie]

Well I'm just through the tutorial and started my first game, so I won't know about replay value for a while. It does have synchronous multi-player with game center so that will extend the play a bit I suppose. I'm digging the graphics, ui, history bits, and turn style.

This one comes with two scenarios. One quick one and then the full battle. I'm sure if they don't add any other battles then it will still be a good platform to develop additional titles on that may have more substance. It's getting some good response on bgg.

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by Lonnie

Well I'm just through the tutorial and started my first game, so I won't know about replay value for a while. It does have synchronous multi-player with game center so that will extend the play a bit I suppose. I'm digging the graphics, ui, history bits, and turn style.

This one comes with two scenarios. One quick one and then the full battle. I'm sure if they don't add any other battles then it will still be a good platform to develop additional titles on that may have more substance. It's getting some good response on bgg.

I picked this up yesterday based on the comments on BGG. Last night I did the tutorial and then spent over an hour just reading all the historical information they present in-game. Very, very well done.

Today I intend to actually play

[Blackadar]

If you miss having PC Golf Games, then there's a kickstarter that you should fund:

Perfect Parallel PerfectGolf by Perfect Parallel — Kickstarter

It looks amazing.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Another interesting looking PC kickstarter:

ROAM by ROAM — Kickstarter

It's a 4 person co-op zombie survival/tower defense mash-up. Looks decent.

[Matthean]

[DanGarion]

How about screw Detroit, I'll just save Jessica Martin instead.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

How about screw Detroit, I'll just save Jessica Martin instead.

Personally, I would rather just screw Jessica Martin. (If I wasn't married, of course.)

[JetsIn06]

Every time I come to this thread, or go to Kickstarter, I think about this project.

Perdition by Abandon Hope Games — Kickstarter

$11,000 and more than two years later, there's nothing to show for it. No update on their website. Last comment on the project page was in 2011. Wtf are the people who pledged for this "game (all I see is artwork?)" doing, not flipping the fuck out about not hearing a damn thing?

[JetsIn06]

dola

This project makes me so angry.


$75

An invitation to audition for the voice of a character in the game.

So basically, you pay $75, and in return, you do what is typically paid work for free?

[DanGarion]

Welcome to Hollywood!

Hollywood Mogul 4 - Run Your Own Hollywood Movie Studio by HMdesigner — Kickstarter

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by JetsIn06

Every time I come to this thread, or go to Kickstarter, I think about this project.

Perdition by Abandon Hope Games — Kickstarter

$11,000 and more than two years later, there's nothing to show for it. No update on their website. Last comment on the project page was in 2011. Wtf are the people who pledged for this "game (all I see is artwork?)" doing, not flipping the fuck out about not hearing a damn thing?

The shirt should say "I backed a game on Kickstarter and all I got was this shirt."

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by JetsIn06

Every time I come to this thread, or go to Kickstarter, I think about this project.

Perdition by Abandon Hope Games — Kickstarter

$11,000 and more than two years later, there's nothing to show for it. No update on their website. Last comment on the project page was in 2011. Wtf are the people who pledged for this "game (all I see is artwork?)" doing, not flipping the fuck out about not hearing a damn thing?

A bunch of people who've never worked on a game before and didn't even have a prototype at the time, that's a great bet.

I'm guessing if you can make a game on a $10,000 campaign you can probably make it just as easily without one. Especially if you're sending physical goods to most backers.

[molson]

Money-wise, I wonder if there's been a bigger failure than this one though, $100,480 for a pro wrestling promotion that never got off the ground (this was discussed in the FOFC wrestling thread, though, only us wrestling nerds would have seen it there.)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ing-revolution

[Bonegavel]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Holy Cleft Chin Batman

[Matthean]

STRIPPED: The Final Push by Sequential Films — Kickstarter

And yes, Bill Watterson(Calvin and Hobbes) is involved.

[chadritt]

Originally Posted by Matthean

STRIPPED: The Final Push by Sequential Films — Kickstarter

And yes, Bill Watterson(Calvin and Hobbes) is involved.

That looks really cool, i may donate to that one. Thanks.

[Abe Sargent]

Torment: Tides of Numenera by inXile entertainment — Kickstarter




An RPG in he legacy of Planescape: Torment by some fo the same people and by inXile. What more could you want?

[Abe Sargent]

I backed for $20 to get the game.

[Blackadar]

In @ $20...a very easy choice considering that Torment is my all-time favorite RPG. The kickstarter is flying...in the time it took me to watch the video, it went from $160k to $190k in funding. It was over $200k just a couple of minutes later.

[Abe Sargent]

Yeah inXile has a lot of cred right now

[Abe Sargent]

You know, I think Wasteland 2 scared some people a bit - can Fargo do this again, what about timeline, what about extra cash, etc... Bu the game looks good, is right on schedule, and that gives people hope for the next game too.

[Abe Sargent]

If I was not unemployed, I;'d go $75, but I have to budget.

[Thomkal]

PC Gamer just posted about it, so more money will likely be thrown at it now:

Torment: Tides of Numenera goes live on Kickstarter | News | PC Gamer

[Abe Sargent]

With PC Gamer and the e-mail to the Waseland 2 people who funded it, I would not be surprised if this gets a million and is fully funded today

[Abe Sargent]

We are already over half way there!


EDIT: 500,000 as of 11:40 am EST


EDIT: 650k at 12:43 pm EST about one hour later


EDIT: Just passed 800k at 2:03 pm EST

[Blackadar]

I know the excitement is regarding Torment and for good reason, but I'm going to take this opportunity to point out a couple of other kickstarters.

Jon Shafer's At the Gates
Jon Shafer's At the Gates by Jon Shafer — Kickstarter

It's already funded and has 46 hours to go. Shafer is the guy who did Civ V, went to Stardock and did Fallen Enchantress (which was a vast improvement over Elemental) and now wants to do his own 4X. Looks pretty good. He's hit many of the stretch goals and so I'm not sure there's any reason to fund it now rather than wait until later.

Enemy
Enemy by Tom Johnson — Kickstarter

Again, it's fully funded. Think a roguelike X-Com battle simulator. $10 gets you in.

Civitas
Civitas - Plan, develop, and manage the city of your dreams! by Brandon Smith — Kickstarter

This one raises some red flags for me because there's not even a video. I think they're trying to take advantage of the Simcity release, but they're promising a version of Simcity. If they get some videos up that hold up, it's an interesting gamble - can someone make a good Simcity for just $250k?

[Abe Sargent]

Yeah, I don;t see At the Gates, since it's just 5 off the sales price later (25 vs 30) and I'd rather wait and see reviews for the game if that;'s the case and it's already made its goals. But I'll keep it on my radar for later!

[Abe Sargent]

We might be fully funded in one dya before Judge Judy even comes on! ( watch JJ every day at 3)

[Abe Sargent]

900.000 BABY! KICKED in just a handful of hours

[Abe Sargent]

First update from Fargo:


You’ve got to be freaking kidding me!! We just funded in six hours!?!?!

Our heads are still spinning at the incredible response we have had from today's support of our Kickstarter campaign. We had plans to roll out our stretch goals and to write our Kickstarter updates but never in our wildest dreams did we think we would fund this quickly!!! We are joyfully scrambling right now to get a longer update and some stretch goals in front of you as soon as we can. We should have more to say later today.

You are all unbelievably awesome and we could not be happier about receiving your trust in us. For many years we have wanted to get back to making this style of RPG but it appeared that the market was going everywhere but that direction. Almost every article and new game was focused on being an MMO, multi-player or micro-transition based. This wasn’t our style and we couldn’t generate interest in the classical narrative type of RPG that we all grew up making and playing. Thank you for backing our vision once again and we will not let you down. We will continue to communicate and and make sure we solicit input such that the game is hitting all the right notes.

Our goal is to make great RPGs for you all for the rest of our careers.

Thank you,

Brian Fargo and the team at inXile

[Blackadar]

And now they've hit...



$1 million dollars!

[Lonnie]

Yep they went over 1 million between the time I clicked "back" and finished. I could have been the 1 millionth!

[JAG]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

I backed for $20 to get the game.

I did as well, love the idea of a Planescape Torment spiritual successor. I can't believe how quickly it reached its goal.

[Abe Sargent]

What's the over/under on how much they will do today alone?

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

I know the excitement is regarding Torment and for good reason, but I'm going to take this opportunity to point out a couple of other kickstarters.

Jon Shafer's At the Gates
Jon Shafer's At the Gates by Jon Shafer — Kickstarter

It's already funded and has 46 hours to go. Shafer is the guy who did Civ V, went to Stardock and did Fallen Enchantress (which was a vast improvement over Elemental) and now wants to do his own 4X. Looks pretty good. He's hit many of the stretch goals and so I'm not sure there's any reason to fund it now rather than wait until later.

Enemy
Enemy by Tom Johnson — Kickstarter

Again, it's fully funded. Think a roguelike X-Com battle simulator. $10 gets you in.

Civitas
Civitas - Plan, develop, and manage the city of your dreams! by Brandon Smith — Kickstarter

This one raises some red flags for me because there's not even a video. I think they're trying to take advantage of the Simcity release, but they're promising a version of Simcity. If they get some videos up that hold up, it's an interesting gamble - can someone make a good Simcity for just $250k?

I'm skeptical of Schafer since I hated Civ V (one game, never played it again), but intruiged by Civitas. Would love to see some names, not just I worked on XXX. The premise is fascinating and I may just back it on principle.

[stevew]

I see that Hollywood mogul barely missed its goal

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

I'm skeptical of Schafer since I hated Civ V (one game, never played it again), but intruiged by Civitas. Would love to see some names, not just I worked on XXX. The premise is fascinating and I may just back it on principle.

I gotta tell you that if you played one game of Civ V, you probably didn't give it a chance. There's no way to evaluate a Civ-type game in one sitting. But to each his own.

I'm prepared to back Civitas if they can show us something.

[Abe Sargent]

I thought Civ V was much better than IV, which was the weakest entry to my mind. So i give his kick some cred

[Thomkal]

Torment: Tides of Numenera hits funding target in six hours, first stretch goals announced | News | PC Gamer

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Torment: Tides of Numenera hits funding target in six hours, first stretch goals announced | News | PC Gamer

My streak is alive!

[mckerney]

Really excited for the return of isometric RPGs from kickstarter games over the 2 years.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Really excited for the return of isometric RPGs from kickstarter games over the 2 years.

I am too. Hopefully, these guys will deliver. The quality of these games could go a long way in determining whether this whole Kickstarter process is an actual, viable well to make games or whether it's a fad. I really hope it's the former.