http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gutefabrik/sportsfriends-featuring-johann-sebastian-joust
Game will also come out on PC few months later couldnt fit it in thread title since i think its good to see sony supporting it
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Kickstarter: SPORTSFRIENDS (Local Multiplayer, JS Joust, more) [Funded]
- Thread starter Pranay
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gutefabrik/sportsfriends-featuring-johann-sebastian-joust
Game will also come out on PC few months later couldnt fit it in thread title since i think its good to see sony supporting it
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Definitely looking into this. Johan already sounds fun when you mix it with alcohol.
TheJollyCorner
Member
I wish Sony would Kickstart a Rule of Rose sequel. 
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
PS3 version will be launched after the computer versions, so chances are that they support keyboard already. (except for Johann, I guess)
JS Joust is obviously the main event, but Hokra and BaraBariBall are incredible competitive games and everyone that has a PS3 and knows a real-life person that will play games with them should contribute to this.
Hosting a party this weekend and will be playing BaraBariBall and Hokra. They're fine on PC.
Hosting a party this weekend and will be playing BaraBariBall and Hokra. They're fine on PC.
Super fucking backed, and listen to me, people...Hokra is amazing.
I was obsessed with this game at E3, and at last month's IndieCade festival, I actually did live commentary on a few of the matches, a la sports commentating. The game has a shocking amount of depth and teamwork, and I can easily see it becoming a tournament-style game at any number of nerdy events.
It's seriously awesome. Drop that cash, kids.
Edit: Beaten by Zia so hard
More edit: I want to go to that party
I was obsessed with this game at E3, and at last month's IndieCade festival, I actually did live commentary on a few of the matches, a la sports commentating. The game has a shocking amount of depth and teamwork, and I can easily see it becoming a tournament-style game at any number of nerdy events.
It's seriously awesome. Drop that cash, kids.
Edit: Beaten by Zia so hard
More edit: I want to go to that party
Yeah really nice to see them backing this! Started my Kick!
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We plan to debut on PlayStation 3 (digitally via PSN) in Fall 2013, with a Mac/PC/Linux release shortly afterwards.
I was refering to the not support for keyboards just for controllers. Maybe is unplayable on keyboards? No idea, can you tell me if you see it possible to play with a keyboard?
Oh. Oops. Yup, I'll check sometime this weekend and post in this thread.
This is my problem right here. Would have liked to have seen Hokra with online play.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Oh, sorry. I got it backwards.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
So why do they need this money? If the PS3 version is done, just release it.
Welp.
snoopeasystreet
Member
If they were fully behind it, wouldn't they fund it themselves? The pack is amazing but I can't support a publisher backed kickstarter.
Dog Problems
Banned
Awesome. I'll chip in for the PC versions and it looks like I need to track down a couple of cheap Move controllers.
That isn't what Pub Fund is, Sony is not publishing the game. You get some money upfront (after it has passed QA), instead of waiting months for the game to sell. It also gives the devs access to Sony PR/Marketing and the ability for free patching of updates among other things.
Same here. First kickstarter for me. I never even considered one before, and I chipped in on this one in less than five minutes.
It's a deal to publish the game AS AN INDIE, SELF-PUBLISHED GAME.. IFF they can port them all and get the joint game through certification themselves. And the pub fund is something available to all indies, I believe.
This is not a "Sony-backed" kickstarter any more than all the big pc game kickstarters have been Steam-backed, as far as I can tell. Meaning, they are willing to guarantee ahead of time that they will allow the game on their store. If Steam and Sony weren't willing to do this, kickstarters couldn't list releases on those platforms under their rewards. Think about it...
This is not a "Sony-backed" kickstarter any more than all the big pc game kickstarters have been Steam-backed, as far as I can tell. Meaning, they are willing to guarantee ahead of time that they will allow the game on their store. If Steam and Sony weren't willing to do this, kickstarters couldn't list releases on those platforms under their rewards. Think about it...
Do I understand this deal correctly?
* GuteFabrik gets whatever amount this kickstarter yields as long as it gets above 150k USD
* Upon QA approval, they get guaranteed royalties from Sony which are capped at 500k USD (Most likely lower for this type of game)
* After they sell more on PS3 they get additional money that way
* The PC/Mac/Linux version launches and is presumably sold via their website
I don't like part 2. It might seem petty, but I think Kickstarter should be for realizing your project for the backer, but how is this different from when other Kickstarter projects wanted to create something to show a publisher to get more interest?
If this Kickstarter was just for the PC/Mac/Linux version of the game I would have no issue, but the backers are paying to have Sony expand their game portfolio.
* GuteFabrik gets whatever amount this kickstarter yields as long as it gets above 150k USD
* Upon QA approval, they get guaranteed royalties from Sony which are capped at 500k USD (Most likely lower for this type of game)
* After they sell more on PS3 they get additional money that way
* The PC/Mac/Linux version launches and is presumably sold via their website
I don't like part 2. It might seem petty, but I think Kickstarter should be for realizing your project for the backer, but how is this different from when other Kickstarter projects wanted to create something to show a publisher to get more interest?
If this Kickstarter was just for the PC/Mac/Linux version of the game I would have no issue, but the backers are paying to have Sony expand their game portfolio.
rocksolidaudio
Member
To clear up the Sony relationship:
All of the games and overall concept are incredible (duh), so we wanted to sign them up for Pub Fund (which is a back-end guarantee, not up front, and as much marketing help as we can give them). They're still self-publishing the game, and need funding to actually make it happen (and the games aren't done, they're adding a TON of modes and such).
Our previous Pub Fund games have gotten up-front funding from various other places (the Canadian government, for one), Kickstarter is just what the developers chose for this one. Which I think makes a ton of sense given the excited community around all of these games and that you're essentially pre-ordering it.
And I'm super proud of how we're supporting the whole thing. So yeah, SPORTSFRIENDS!
All of the games and overall concept are incredible (duh), so we wanted to sign them up for Pub Fund (which is a back-end guarantee, not up front, and as much marketing help as we can give them). They're still self-publishing the game, and need funding to actually make it happen (and the games aren't done, they're adding a TON of modes and such).
Our previous Pub Fund games have gotten up-front funding from various other places (the Canadian government, for one), Kickstarter is just what the developers chose for this one. Which I think makes a ton of sense given the excited community around all of these games and that you're essentially pre-ordering it.
And I'm super proud of how we're supporting the whole thing. So yeah, SPORTSFRIENDS!
Very cool. I'm in.
rocksolidaudio
Member
I saw that, is it Sid tweeting that stuff?
Maaaaaybe.
Haunted
Member
You'd hope that Johann Sebastian Joust in particular has gotten enough attention from major sites over the last couple years that it's a known name and quantity, at least in some circles.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Ah right, that makes more sense. Between the thread title and V_Ben's post it made it seem like Sony had more to do with it than they actually do. It seems like a weird move to announce that you have any sort of tie to a publisher when putting up a kickstarter because someone like me will think "if they're already in bed with X then why do they need my money?" as their first reaction. I think you're better off starting out as saying "we're looking to bring this to the PC and hopefully being able to self publish on other platforms" and then you can give yourself a bump mid campaign by announcing you've made it onto the ps3.
I'd also like to point out the $15 reward tier includes Tennnes, an apparently-awesome tennis game by Jan Willem Nijman (Vlambeer) that was discussed on last week's Idle Thumbs.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
HA! will smith in the video
Sentenza
Member
That's not really encouraging, actually.They're already at $22'000. Feeling pretty good about this so far
Most of the successful Kickstarters gather at least half of the required sum in the first two days and then just crumbs for the remaining month, until the final day's boost.
Ever heard of Republique?
Sentenza
Member
Yeah, but I also remember the inexplicable high amount of press coverage it had through the whole campaign.
And I said "inexplicable" as I don't think the game showed anything even remotely interesting.
rocksolidaudio
Member
I'm glad someone else asked.