one of the things people point to as a failing of the game industry is a preponderance of and a reliance on established properties and sequels, so it's sure nice to see that what the fans really want is a marginally different set of established properties and sequels
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okay, there are also games being funded which aren't. hum.
i don't see how direct funding of games that aren't going to turn a profit otherwise is going to improve the infrastructure of the industry proper. i also don't understand how games companies have trouble making money, it seems kind of a no-brainer, i don't know whether that's unrelated.
― thomp, Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:29 (twelve years ago) link
making things and employing ppl costs money iirc
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 22 April 2012 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
Excited about this one... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Sunday, 22 April 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
what has surprised me about these - and it held true for the first couple high profile ones at least, i haven't checked every one - is that it isn't loads of people giving small change, but for the most part a few people giving loads of money.
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 22 April 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
There are rumours of a kick-started Thief 4 too, a game I've been hoping for for a looong time. I'm pretty hopeful about this restoring something like a decent games mid-list.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Sunday, 22 April 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
never mind, i'm sure there's nothing better $10 million could do than continue to gratify the ego of the man who gave us 'Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work'
that's unfair. he also did Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
super excited for wasteland 2 btw
― Mordy, Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
haha! that's a good comparison
― Nhex, Sunday, 22 April 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
i figured someone would start this thread
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
The Carmageddon guys want 400k to do a reboot. They've got 14k.
― JimD, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
haha, ouch. even 400K seems a bit low though
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
whoa, Carmageddon was awesome.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
if it hasn't already. i think the window passed with shadowrun
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Cream will rise to the top.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
what is that article about
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
there's this game specific kickstarter alternative launching at e3
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
would like to see Day of the Tentacle reboot
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 10 May 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forkingpath/the-doom-that-came-to-atlantic-city
― Mordy, Monday, 14 May 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
is it too late to declare a vintage-game-revival-kickstarter bubble
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massiveblack/zombie-playground-zpg-3d-action-online-battle-rpg
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
(besides this guy http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/120873716/your-world)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
well, they have a good team at least
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2023800195/the-return-of-tom-vs-bruce
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
$10,000 to write some gaming columns?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
Crowd funding is the new AdSense
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
They made $500 per article? I need to change careers
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
lets start a videogames little magazine
― thomp, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
ahah, it looks like ZOMBIE PLAYGROUND is going to make its money. oh god
― thomp, Thursday, 31 May 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Mmm, lovely people: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117848-Kickstarter-Video-Project-Attracts-Misogynist-Horde
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
(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 (eleven years ago) link
"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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
i... don't have the 18 gigs free to install... need to delete a lot of stuff.
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
That was odd because it told me I'd need 18Gb but then once it was downloading it only pulled 6Gb. So either there's more to come once it unlocks, or that initial 18Gb estimate is wrong.
― JimD, Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
from the PC Gamer Review:
Almost an hour had passed, and I was still on the character creation screen. That s how I knew, before I d even started, that this homage to classic computer role-playing games like Baldur s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment was authentic.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 March 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
Little Devil Inside:
"Little devil inside is a story about a college professor who investigates paranormal activities. With you! "
This game looks doooooope, and just got Greenlit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEjRTx_tvnE
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ldi/little-devil-inside
I dig the cheery little tophatted cyclops dude backpacking his way thru the wilderness.
― Doktor Van Peebles (kingfish), Thursday, 16 April 2015 07:05 (nine years ago) link
that does look pretty cool
― Nhex, Monday, 20 April 2015 06:27 (nine years ago) link
8 hrs to go on Bloodstained
― Nhex, Friday, 12 June 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3
$3.3M USD with 27 days left to go.
Coming for Ps4 & PC.
Curious how much Sony will kick in for completion given the fact that this met its (pre-sales) goal the day it was announced.
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Saturday, 20 June 2015 04:50 (eight years ago) link
Considering the first game cost $47 million to make...
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 June 2015 05:15 (eight years ago) link
I mentioned in the E3 thread that a lot of the stuff in the first game had to be made from scratch, but all of that is included in modern, off-the-shelf game engines.
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Saturday, 20 June 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
And oh man they should break out Ryo's original character model, just for kicks
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Saturday, 20 June 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
the majority of funding for this game will assuredly not be from the kickstarter
― jennifer islam (silby), Saturday, 20 June 2015 22:53 (eight years ago) link
These guys seem like the four guys who could pull it off
http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/18/bailey-schafer-fargo-and-urquhart-create-a-kickstarter-competitor-built-for-games-and-equity/
Justin Bailey has launched Fig, a new crowdfunding site built specifically for games. The former chief operating officer of developer Double Fine partnered with some big names and studios who previously had success on Kickstarter, specifically his old colleague, Tim Schafer (The Broken Age), Brian Fargo of InXile (Wasteland 2), and Feargus Urquhart of Obsidian (Pillars of Eternity). Each has pledged to launch campaigns for new games on Fig.Fig also stands out from other crowdfunding sites in that you buy equity in a game or developer, meaning you can actually make money from a successful project...
Fig also stands out from other crowdfunding sites in that you buy equity in a game or developer, meaning you can actually make money from a successful project...
Also, Justin Bailey is actually a real name?!
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link
bound to succeed, born a cheat code
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 03:13 (eight years ago) link
so that's where Masi Oka went!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 03:52 (eight years ago) link
2D sidescroller inspired by Valkrie Profile, by the team that did Skullgirls. Mostly notable for the high amount they're asking for...https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-an-rpg-by-lab-zero-and-505-games
― Nhex, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Psychonauts 2 https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 4 December 2015 12:46 (eight years ago) link
Broken Age is the only game I know of that had a 50% off sale before it was even finished. I'll wait.
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Friday, 4 December 2015 13:43 (eight years ago) link
I think so too, though i am interested in this whole "Fig" thing
― Nhex, Friday, 4 December 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
Right now it's at $894K investment and $995K rewards - wouldn't have thought the ratio would be so close. Kinda tempted to go on it as a lark, but probably not worth it given it'll take several years to recoup.
― Nhex, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
So, Hyper Light Drifter finally launched today. Backed it back in September 2013... Hard to be all that excited after such a long time. On the plus side, I'm finally down to just 1 outstanding Kickstarter (the Bitmap Brothers book) that I've paid for.
― CraigG, Thursday, 31 March 2016 09:29 (eight years ago) link
I like Hyper Light Drifter a fair bit after an hour or so of playtime, but it's a little tough to tell what to do or where to go since the game works so hard to avoid giving verbal directions. some of the checkpoints are are frustratingly placed, too, although that may just be me learning how not to die. the good stuff (the art style, the controls, the level design, etc) is all really impressive, though - so far HLD feels like a game which occupies the precise midpoint between Another World and Bastion, although I'll obviously need to make more progress before I can decide whether it deserves to be compared to games as good as either of those.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:17 (eight years ago) link
So is Mighty No. 9 really as bad as everyone says? Watched a LP and was kinda shocked that it didn't look that much better than that GameCube version of Megaman from a decade ago.
― Nhex, Friday, 24 June 2016 07:59 (seven years ago) link
Bloodstained pushed to 1st Half 2018. Bummer, but I'd rather see a great game late than a mediocre one on time.
― Nhex, Friday, 9 September 2016 03:00 (seven years ago) link
if u happen to have an Xbox for some reason, earthlock released on 9/1 as September's free game for live. it's surprisingly fun if you enjoy basically cookie cutter jrpg types. there are a couple of interesting twists on usual mechanics (addicting if mindless agriculture) and the art style is pretty good. im estimating 30 hrs for playthrough.
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Friday, 9 September 2016 03:28 (seven years ago) link
Obduction, a true sequel to Myst, was excellent. The scenery was beautiful and the story was interesting. The weirdest thing was when I first started this game and realized I couldn't jump and I didn't have an inventory menu. But damn this game was beautiful and it gets you hooked right away. Though, if you aren't much of an adventure gamer or you plan on using hints I might not recommend this game to you. There could of been more puzzles with more variation. Slow load times are noticeable in a couple locations. Overall, I can't complain too much.
― PastoralCollage, Sunday, 11 September 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/failbetter/sunless-skies-the-sequel-to-sunless-sea?token=6b168ca5
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2017 12:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1144821177/cultist-simulator-behold-our-end?ref=thanks_email_tweet
― Mordy, Friday, 1 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/500-years-later-an-oral-history-of-final-fantasy-v
If this was for FF VI, I would pay in a heartbeat. Still, it was a good article.
― Nhex, Monday, 13 November 2017 07:33 (six years ago) link
50k for a printed out Polygon article?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 13 November 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isaacfoursouls/the-binding-of-isaac-four-souls?ref=av8kqj
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
this one is cool:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tommy-maranges/inhuman-conditions-a-game-of-cops-and-robots/description
― Mordy, Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omariakil/rap-godz-the-hip-hop-strategy-and-storytelling-boa
$4k away from their goal
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
thank god
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 05:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/of-pawns-and-kings/of-pawns-and-kings
probably won't make its goal, but I like the look of it - it looks like a 2D graphic adventure but the screen transitions prove it's 3D.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 26 July 2021 10:51 (two years ago) link