If a project doesn't meet it's goal, it gets no money. So there really isn't much risk in funding a Kickstarter, other than the game might be bad, which is no different than buying a game.
.Yeah it's just like all those other high production value story driven stealth games on iOS right?
Sorry, I think a lot of us are confused on how the existence of a game you don't intend to buy impacts you.
You talk like Ryan Payton wronged you personally. Just don't back it and move on, man. No need to get so angry at it.
I see a whole bunch of exclamation posts, some profanity, and a bolded word in all caps.
Yeah, there's certainly more risk involved, as should be expected. The concept is to provide funding for stuff that isn't getting adequate funding from the normal channels, and a lot of the cause for that is the "too risky" perception. Fairly or not.
It really isn't too hard to see which Kickstarters are more suspect than others though. That's why I did the Double Fine and Idle Thumbs ones, because those are names I trust. That's just a general rule I have with all products, not just video games.
That wouldn't happen to be the new rooftop farm in Brooklyn would it? Had no idea that was a Kickstarter. That's pretty awesome.
What did they spend their money on?
Certainly seems easy to get money, even with an unoriginal concept! lol
Well, I wouldn't discount the nature of the medium too. More people are required than for an art project, and more can go seriously wrong that's subsequently hold things up like a computer destroying glitch (though I've only ever seen one incident of that, the Gurren Lagann MMO Konami was making).
Hey, that's public info on his Twitter. He encourages people to get in touch with him on his homepage, so you all should let him know how you feel.
Yeah, that's what I meant. Kickstarter, itself, is fantastic for bringing innovations to life, etc. And it's not that I don't think it can't be used in the realm of video game development. What I do see, however, are game developers taking advantage of the system. It's not really a huge deal because, like I said before, the problem will work itself out. But I didn't mean there was a problem with Kickstarter on the whole, just with regards to game development. It's really easy to exploit the system by overpromising and underdelivering, especially if youre a small, unheard of developer.
