I didn't realize there were so many of these, it's kinda awesome, though I fear it'll end up like Pixies reunion recordings or other stuff I would have prayed fervently for years ago then found I didn't give a shit about when it actually happened
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha! that's a good comparison
― Nhex, Sunday, 22 April 2012 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
i figured someone would start this thread
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Remember OGRE?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847271320/ogre-designers-edition?ref=category
One of the things I like about these projects is that while the big ones are established names, usually, I get a much more personal/hands-on vibe from the creators. It's like, you can have a cool weird niche experience that doesn't have to go thru the AAA publishers or get contarded out or be some megablockbuster. I'm happy with an experience that goes for the vibe i want, but I'm a particular kind of niche hardcore type, as voluminously detailed on countless threads here.
The personal appeals filmed by the creators add to that sense of "here, we're a smaller team, we want to do something cool, and it's more pure & authentic & handcrafted(etc) and not dictated by Sony or EA's marketing departments."
I'm just hoping that these projects firmly establish crowdsourcing/funding as a thing; a valid source of game production outside of the megacorps and giving indie gaming a proper amount of resources to pull out a developed vision. Is this going to fund a 5-year AAA game? Probably not. Does it need to to be valid?
I'm assuming that there's eventually going to be infrastructure developed so that newer gamedevs get their stuff noticed and thus funded, but I'll take the fact that we need to establish stable capital channels first.
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 06:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm kind of curious about the reception when some of these games turn out to be stinkers
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
So now the guys from Space Quest are on this thing too:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que
which tbh I can't really see being any good (I think I gave up on SQ6 after about 10 minutes, and I spent money on it) but might still throw some money at for nostalgia's sake, and also because I didn't pay money for the Space Quests which I actually enjoyed as a kid
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Carmageddon guys want 400k to do a reboot. They've got 14k.
― JimD, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha, ouch. even 400K seems a bit low though
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
whoa, Carmageddon was awesome.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is quickly going to reach the point of 'everybody uses it now, so now it's useless'.
― 'scuse me, while I Rim the Sky... (snoball), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 13:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
if it hasn't already. i think the window passed with shadowrun
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh, lots of projects funded already, don't think enthusiasm will run out for the right projectshadowrun raised $1.8 million, carmageddon already at £112,000 in 24 hours
― zappi, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cream will rise to the top.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-20-game-specific-kickstarter-alternative-to-launch-at-e3
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is that article about
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
there's this game specific kickstarter alternative launching at e3
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
would like to see Day of the Tentacle reboot
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 10 May 2012 10:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Another Maniac Mansion game will probably happen in time, but given how all the principles are currently working on other KS projects, I wouldn't expect any announcement for the next 2 years.
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Friday, 11 May 2012 06:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ron Gilberts non-KS game is revealing soon thohttp://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/05/10/we-solved-this-double-fine-puzzle.aspx
― zappi, Friday, 11 May 2012 10:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jason Rohrer's DS game: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1443658586/diamond-trust-of-london
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 May 2012 11:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forkingpath/the-doom-that-came-to-atlantic-city
― Mordy, Monday, 14 May 2012 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
is it too late to declare a vintage-game-revival-kickstarter bubble
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Idk where I got that rumour about Thief 4 from, but it was nonsense. It's still languishing at Eidos Montreal, no news from them since 2009, though they still say it's 'coming soon' on their website. Bum.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Saturday, 19 May 2012 09:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massiveblack/zombie-playground-zpg-3d-action-online-battle-rpg
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think a more realistic goal for once they reach $100k would be 'hire a coder', but what do i know
― thomp, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
really wonder how many of these are going to end up with an actual finished game
(let alone a good one)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
(besides this guy http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/120873716/your-world)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
man it's a shame because that concept artwork for zombie playground is awesome, but i'm with thomp, 100k seems mad unrealistic
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, they have a good team at least
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2023800195/the-return-of-tom-vs-bruce
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
$10,000 to write some gaming columns?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Crowd funding is the new AdSense
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
They made $500 per article? I need to change careers
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know Computer Gaming World's advertising numbers from then, but $500 per article is not really a shocking amount for a long piece in a big media magazine (of course video game journalism is mostly horrific so even if normative it's generally undeserved...)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
they made $1000 (split), and i was under the impression that it was like, a back-of-book column and not a long feature
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
still even so, raising $10,000 to write 10 wacky video game articles just seems... misguided
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
lets start a videogames little magazine
― thomp, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Heard about this one through a podcast I listen to. Think it sounds quite interesting for a $5 investment:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2066438441/haunts-the-manse-macabre
― CraigG, Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
ahah, it looks like ZOMBIE PLAYGROUND is going to make its money. oh god
― thomp, Thursday, 31 May 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mmm, lovely people: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117848-Kickstarter-Video-Project-Attracts-Misogynist-Horde
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
(Not sure this is the right place to put that, really - not a problem with Kickstarter itself... but I guess we don't have a 'Rolling Misogynist Gamers' thread.)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Black people are scum""Jews are cheap bastards""Muslims are the root of all violence"Replace "black people", "jews", and "muslims" with the word "Men" and somehow you get sentences that are socially acceptable within our society.Funny how sexism goes both ways.SuperPastaAisle 23 minutes ago in playlist Uploaded videos
― thomp, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think 'rolling misogynist gamers' might be interesting tbh. or 'rolling gamers are the most disgusting savages', for broadness' sake
― thomp, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think we DO have a misogynist gamer thread?
― “Argh!” I cry. But I really don’t care. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's called ILG HEYYOOOOOO hey no not really.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think we did have some kind of gamer disgrace thread? i cannot remember, didn't fat ugly or slutty came up
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.formspring.me/femfreq/q/299052505793303521
― thomp, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
thread started about the reality show where gamers competed and one lady got screamed at about being a fat ugly slut?
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was this thread, which mentioned the incident I think forks is referring to (or maybe not - the live-streamed fighting game competition where a female competitor took a whole lot of very ugly trash-talking):
Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Disney currently own MI rights after buying LucasArts last year, so that is probably the end of that
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:52 (3 months ago) Permalink
Simian Archipelago IV: LeChook's Vengeance^problem solved
― If Boehner's boner ever had a boner for another boner (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:01 (3 months ago) Permalink
of course on the plus side that means there's a possibility of disney world recreating the le chuck ride from m2 in fantasyland
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:14 (3 months ago) Permalink
as much as i love Monkey Island, i would much rather see new IP and characters these days
― Nhex, Monday, 18 March 2013 05:39 (3 months ago) Permalink
Skullgirls DLC funding ended with $829K
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keep-skullgirls-growing
― abanana, Thursday, 28 March 2013 11:06 (2 months ago) Permalink
after the 1up website got canned recently the guys behind the (excellent) Retronauts podcast began a Kickstarter & reached their goal in 3 hourshttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2005831476/revive-retronauts-your-favorite-classic-gaming-pod
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 28 March 2013 11:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
Whoa, I'd kick money to that if Parish is on all the time
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:23 (2 months ago) Permalink
I (greatly) prefer Parish in text form only. But, I kind of want to support Ray Barnholt who had that great 1up soundtrack podcast.
― Nhex, Friday, 29 March 2013 03:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
early trailer for a game currently being developed by one man, Lionel Gallat, who worked in film for 15 years animating the likes of "Shark Tale", "Despicable Me" etc. like a Disney Demons Souls!crowdfunding here http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ghost-of-a-tale
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 4 April 2013 11:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
Welp, Shadowrun Returns discounted preorder just went live on Steam. $18 bucks for the game, $31 bucks and change for the deluxo, with soundtrack and background story collection
http://store.steampowered.com/app/234650/
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 04:54 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://gameandwario.nintendo.com/crowdfarter/#2
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:03 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1316851183/its-dangerous-to-go-alonethe-movie
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 16:26 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
hrm.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 16:34 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
YESSSSSSSS
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog/
(click this)
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:18 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Al Lowe is coming out of retirement to make Leisure Suit Larry games again
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:29 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
he was doing that like three years ago!
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:55 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
it's a quote from the first post in this thread
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:11 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
xps lol @ scott kurtz being involved
then again i guess it makes sense as TenNapel outed himself as a conservative crank iirc
― Nhex, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:27 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
ah, well yes.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 01:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Yeah, TenNapel is one of those guys whose personal opinions are absolutely something you never ever want to get near. Games are great, but everything else.....bleah.
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 03:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i had to share my pain; once you see that stuff you can't unsee it
― Nhex, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 03:32 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
no idea about any of that but i fukken loved the neverhood
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 03:41 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
And they made a sequel! On the ps1, I think
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 13:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Al Lowe is coming out of retirement to make Leisure Suit Larry games again.
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 17:06 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Double Fine going back to the well (for an entirely different project)
― 0808ɹƃ (silby), Friday, 31 May 2013 02:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
tbh I totally want the game that I imagine it will be, but considering the ship date is a year and a half from now and it'll reach its goal through the efforts of Other People I don't know that it's worth backing…especially since I've not been digging into the backer-exclusive Double Fine Adventure updates at all.
― 0808ɹƃ (silby), Friday, 31 May 2013 02:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
man, this looks like the sort of thing i would drop three bills on and then have a hard time figuring out where to put after the first month.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 02:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Even thinking about playing Skyrim on that thing is tiring me out. All that running...
― Random .mdb Memories (NotEnough), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 07:42 (2 weeks ago) Permalink