it looks like they're 150k away from mac version. also, i'm so burnt on out developers promising mac support and then not following through. i guess that if they promise it on kickstarter they won't be able to put it off indefinitely... have any of these kickstarter games actually been made yet?
― Mordy, Monday, 17 September 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
whatevs. i pledged
― Mordy, Monday, 17 September 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
Faster Than Light was a Kickstarter project, I think. Thing about Mac support is, if they promise it at the beginning it's a lot more likely, since they can build for cross-platform from the start (as opposed to taking a year to port the engine/assets over or whatever) so I'm more optimistic in these cases. (That said, COME ON, TORCHLIGHT II, GAWD, you shoulda known better)
Amazing that Cheetahman II went over the goal, though
― Nhex, Monday, 17 September 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Dude, they are getting 150k before end of day no doubt
i got the kickstarted Rohrer DS game in the mail recently. Yet to play.expecting my OUYA any day now!!!!!11111!!!!! ahaahahaha oh i got bilked
― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 September 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
have any of the games in this thread actually shipped? (and were they good?)
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Monday, 17 September 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
i got the kickstarted Rohrer DS game in the mail recently. Yet to play.― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Monday, September 17, 2012
― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 September 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
(and were they good?)
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Monday, 17 September 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
(Yet to play.― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Monday, September 17, 2012)
― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 September 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
I really can't believe Cheetmen II.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 17 September 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
i guess that if they promise it on kickstarter they won't be able to put it off indefinitely...
haha
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 17 September 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
FTL is certainly worth the nine bucks I got it fer on steam. Played it for 20+ hours already, which seems worth it.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah, i can't help but wonder what kind of recourse ppl have if they just never deliver the product. class action suit???
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
I suspect that people who are fed up with waiting for things either try to obtain refunds from the project organizers or, failing that, from Kickstarter or Amazon.
― the physical impossibility of sb in the mind of someone fping (silby), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
crap, forgot that the only the first 25,000 donators got that free copy of Project Eternity for $20. ah, i'll chuck in $25 once it crosses 1.6 mil
― Nhex, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
Kickstarter's policies on refunds are "GTFO" in blazing 20-foot-high letters, iirc.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah they don't care, and in fact it's against their business interests to want to refund money.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
woo! they made it to mac-level.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/two-men-200000-and-a-successful-kickstarter-how-ftl-did-everything-right
Covering a successful project.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Friday, 21 September 2012 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
anybody wanna rep for it?
― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 September 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
What, FTL? I will. Worth it.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Friday, 21 September 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know if other kickstarters are like this, but i'm really impressed at how often obisidian emails me w/ substantive + interesting updates about the progress of the kickstarter, the choices for game design, etc.
― Mordy, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
we should make a fake one of these for half life 3 and get rich biatch
― bnw, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
FTL looks really cool. Maybe I'll buy it off steam this weekend.
― Mordy, Friday, 21 September 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
it's on mac. always makes me more likely to grab it
― Mordy, Friday, 21 September 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I pledged to Project Eternity. They announced they're using the Unity engine, which likely means a near-simultaneous release of the Mac versions (and probably future iOS/Linux versions as well)
I owned 4 out of 6 games in the latest humble indie bundle, so I really really fight my instincts to buy these cheap indie games now
― Nhex, Sunday, 23 September 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Howard Phillips of Howard & Nester fame now has his own kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1358562997/gamemaster-howards-know-it-all
http://www.nintendojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/art_npcomics_nester.gif
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
This one looks neat:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/660532831/scrumbleship?ref=category
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
Project: Eternity at $2.16M now, and the highest stretch goal currently listed is $2.3M
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Monday, 1 October 2012 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
so Project Eternity keeps getting bigger and bigger
Stretch Goals Met - Player House, Mac, Linux, DRM-free option, French, German, Spanish, a Bigger Story, a new faction, 2 more classes, 2 more races, and 3 more companions. All added.Next Stretch Goal - Expert, Trial of Iron, and Path of the Damned Game Modes plus the Godlike Race at $2.3M.
Next Stretch Goal - Expert, Trial of Iron, and Path of the Damned Game Modes plus the Godlike Race at $2.3M.
they're easily going to clear 2.3M i think
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
kind of depressing to think that they probably couldn't raise three million by, like, selling shares in the game, but by offering THE CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH THE DEVELOPERS FOR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS they can
― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
well, yes, the economic disparity in this world is troubling and very sad... and it is a little crazy they got a couple dozen people to donate 1-5 grand each... but for some that's pocket change
― Nhex, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, but box seats always cost more.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://hive.slate.com/hive/made-america-how-reinvent-american-manufacturing/article/quotkickstarter-is-not-a-storequot
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
OK! After much team deliberation we have one final ultimate stretch goal. At $4.0m we will be enhancing the whole game. We will use live instrumentation for the soundtrack, add developer in-game commentary, and use every dollar between $3.5m and $4m to enhance the game. Also at $4.0m Chris Avellone will be forced to play Arcanum.
I like the coda
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
crazy how much they raised for this thing. i hope it's good.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
I hope it ever comes out.
― JimD, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
better chance of it coming out than a lot of kickstarters imo
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i agree with that.
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
haha, i do love the "forced to play Arcanum" bit, as it was suggested by one of the backers
we'll see if this really comes out by April 2014 (that would give it about an 18 month dev period)
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
Assuming they get the writing done in time, I think they can do it. I mean, the majority of the older employees have done this kinda game several times in the past in the Black Isle era
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Too bad, looked interesting (though I didn't fund it):http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/10/haunts-kickstarter-failure-highlights-the-risks-of-crowdfunding/
I am hoping that Word Realms word game from the Kingdom of Loathing people comes out eventually and is buyable in some form, because I forgot to fund it by a dumb mistake (clicked "Fund this project" about 10 minutes before the deadline but forgot to OK the payment in time). iirc it was supposed to be released around now but I realise probably no Kickstarter in the history of ever has actually shipped by the original stated date
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 20 October 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
well that's the secret right? the final games will absolutely be buyable once the project is funded so kickstarting is more or less just getting a slight discount. would be far more pertinent to wait on all projects.I think i'm done with kickstarting games, especially where there's obvious funding to be had.*stares at ouya receipt, cries a little*
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 20 October 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, sorry for recommending Haunts upthread... I only pledged $10, so I won't be too disappointed if it doesn't make it out. That said, it's not as dead as most of the news agencies are making out; the dude basically said if he can't get it finished, he'll release the full source and the community can have at it. So *something* will come of it either way.
― CraigG, Sunday, 21 October 2012 10:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1878147873/hero-u-rogue-to-redemption
― Mordy, Friday, 2 November 2012 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
<3 for the Coreys forever but the pitch doesn't sell me
― Nhex, Saturday, 3 November 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live
Would love this to be great, but to avoid disappointment the single player experience has to be a lot better than X3, and the multiplayer has to avoid taking on Eve. that's harder than it sounds on both counts.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
so they've been working on it for years but can't even show one piece of concept art? weakest KS pitch i've seen.
― ざっぴ (zappi), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 10:09 (eleven years ago) link
No way I'd ever give Braben even a penny of my money anyway.
― JimD, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
looks like thq might need a kickstarter fund soon. company is going down.
― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
it's been junked from development and they're starting over isn't it (re: elite)
kind of amazing he wrote it as an undergraduate, kind of depressing he never managed anything else
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link