I'm just leaving this here:
EDIT: Oh, right, AND I PROBABLY NEED TO GIVE YOU A NSFW ALERT.
http://www.kickstarter.com.funnyordie.com/projects/83719047/sex-tape
That's pretty much dead on, for better or worse
I'm just leaving this here:
EDIT: Oh, right, AND I PROBABLY NEED TO GIVE YOU A NSFW ALERT.
http://www.kickstarter.com.funnyordie.com/projects/83719047/sex-tape
This needs seriously more love. I'll take it over any of the WRPG revivals...Nexus 2: The Gods Awaken just went up, it's the sequel to Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (which is on gog). Nexus is amazing and you all should back it.
The documentary has been excellent thus far.I just convinced a friend to back Double Fine Adventure. The selling point was the documentary.
Feels good.
Currently Ongoing:
(Listed by end date)
- Pixel Perfect: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (25 year anniversary book) (Ends Oct 2nd | Thread ) Funding Met. Ongoing.
- Video Game Orchestra ~Live at Symphony Hall~ Album (Ends Oct 3rd | Thread ) Ongoing.
- Homestuck Adventure Game (Ends Oct 4th | Thread ) Funding Met. Ongoing.
- The Directorate (Ends Oct 5th | Thread ) Ongoing.
- Sensible Software 19861999 by Read-Only Memory (Ends Oct 6th | Thread ) Funding Met. Ongoing
- Pro Pinball®: Revived & Remastered (Ends Oct 8th | Thread ) Ongoing.
- Football Heroes (Ends Oct 12th | Thread ) Ongoing.
- Sword of Fargoal 2: Classic Dungeon-Crawler Adventure (Ends Oct 13th) Ongoing
- Sealark, an Oceanic Adventure Game (Ends Oct 14th) Funding Met. Ongoing
- Project Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Ends Oct 16th | Thread ) Funding Met. Ongoing
- AfterEarth: The Fall. RPG - Create and Modify with us! (Ends Oct 17th) Ongoing.
- Blackspace - Plan. Dig. Defend. Survive. (Ends Oct 18th | Thread) Ongoing.
- Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives (Includes game art) (Ends Oct 21st) Funding Met. Ongoing.
- Gamemaster Howard's Know-It-All (Ends Oct 28th | Thread) Ongoing.
- M.O.R.E. - old school turn-based 4X space strategy game. (Ends Oct 28th | Thread) Ongoing.
- Nexus 2: The Gods Awaken (Ends Oct 28th) Ongoing.
- Mushrom Men: Truffle Trouble (Gambitious URL) (Ends Oct 31st | Thread) Ongoing.
Successfully Funded:
(listed by most to least funded)
- OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console ($8,596,475 | Thread)
- Double Fine Adventure ($3,336,371 | Thread)
- Wasteland 2 ($2,933,252 | Thread)
- Oculus Rift: Step Into the Game ($2,437,430 | Thread)
- Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS ($2,228,344| Thread)
- Shadowrun Returns ($1,836,447 | Thread)
- Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Adventure ($771,560 | Thread )
- The Banner Saga ( $723,886 | Thread)
- Castle Story ($702,516 | Thread)
- Leisure Suit Larry ($655,182| Thread)
- Carmageddon Reincarnation ($625,143| Thread)
- Tex Murphy's Project Fedora ($598,104 | Thread )
- MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone ($568,106)
- Yogventures! ($567,665)
- Shadowrun Online ($558,863 | Thread)
- Republique by Camouflaj + Logan ($555,662 | Thread)
- Two Guys Spaceventure -By the Creators of Space Quest ($539,767 | Thread)
- Grim Dawn ($537,515 | Thread)
- Penny Arcade Sells Out ($528,144 | Thread)
- CLANG - A game about sword fighting ($526,125)
- Jane Jensen's Pinkerton Road 2012-2013 CSG ($435,316 | Thread)
- SolForge Digital Trading Card Game ($429,715|Thread)
- Dead State: The Zombie Survival RPG ($332,635)
- Pathfinder Online Technology Demo ($307,843 | Thread)
- Defense Grid 2 ($271,727 | Thread)
- TAKEDOWN ($221,833 | Thread)
- FTL: Faster Than Light ($200,542)
- Fangamer Retrowear ($196,604| Thread)
- Project Giana ($186,159 | Thread )
- Turrican Soundtrack Anthology by Chris Huelsbeck ($175,534 | Thread )
- Code Hero: A Game That Teaches You To Make Games ($170,954)
- Zombie Playground (#zpg) - 3D Action, Online Battle RPG ($167,590)
- Nekro ($158,733 |Thread)
- Xenonauts($154,715 | Thread)
- Tropes vs. Women in Video Games ($158,917)
- Starlight Inception ($158,152 |Thread )
- The Dead Linger ($154,968)
- STAR COMMAND: Kickstart Part 2 - The PC/Mac Space Adventure ($151,807)
- "Fallout: Nuka Break" Season 2 ($130,746)
- Let's Throw The Best Gaming Party in The World AGAIN! SGC 3! ($120,264 | Thread)
- Mercenary Kings ($116,064 | Thread)
- CHEETAHMEN II : THE LOST LEVELS ($94,270|Thread)
- Drunk Quest ($96,024| Thread)
- Resurrect ADOM development ($90,169)
- Diamond Trust of London ($90,118 | Thread)
- Legends of Eisenwald ($83,577)
- Drifter: A Space Trading Game ($81,304)
- Pinball Arcade: The Twilight Zone ($77,499 | Thread)
- Expeditions: Conquistador ($77,247)
- Spriter (gaming related) ($71,179)
- Auditorium 2: Duet ($71,061 | Thread)
- Kinetic Void ($66,528)
- Jack Houston and the Necronauts ($64,256)
- Quest For Infamy - An Adventure Game By Infamous Quests ($63,281)
- GameDock for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Devices ($57,302)
- Super Retro Squad ($53,510)
- The Repopulation ($53,169)
- Redux: Dark Matters - for Sega Dreamcast, iOS and More ($53,121 | Thread)
- Pinball Arcade: Star Trek The Next Generation ($52,137 | Thread)
- Valdis Story: Abyssal City ($49,574)
- Moon Intern ($43,054)
- Knock-knock ($41,022)
- Volgarr the Viking ($39,965 | Thread)
- Ravaged ($38,767)
- Kitaru ($35,758 | Thread)
- Battle of the Bulge: the simulation game for the iPad ($37,186)
- Legends of Aethereus - Action RPG ($35,544)
- Guns of Icarus Online ($35,237)
- Cult: Awakening of the Old Ones ($34,026)
- Lilly Looking Through: An animated adventure game ($33,516)
- Castle Crashers Necromancer Figurine ($31,992)
- Hadean Lands: Interactive Fiction for the iPhone ($31,337)
- Detective Grimoire: Mystery Adventure Game for iOS/Android ($29,611)
- Malevolence - The INFINITE RPG! ($30,871)
- Haunts: The Manse Macabre ($28,739)
- 3D Dictionary 「SanJiten」 - interactive Language Learning Video Game. ($28,086)
- Crea (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmcmorris/crea)
- Farmageddon - The frenetic farming game ($25,274)
- Atari 2600 Star Castle ($23,946)
- Cloudberry Kingdom ($23,582)
- Boot Hill Heroes - Wild West Retro RPG with 1-4 Player Co-op ($18,092)
- Vigrior : Maneuver Warfare ($17,427)
- Rock Vibe - Accessible Gaming ($17,400)
- Guncraft: Voxel-based First Person Shooter ($16,487)
- The Crystal Catacombs($16,361)
- Match and Magic ($16,061)
- Colossal Cave: The Board Game ($14,815)
- Jetpack 2 ($13,937 | Thread)
- Auro ($14,571)
- Pixel Sand ($13,616)
- The Return of Tom vs. Bruce ($13,545 | Thread)
- Zoneplex - A Board Game Adventure in an Alien Pyramid ($13,459)
- Flame War - The Card Game of Extreme Moderation ($13,416)
- Geek A Week: Legends of Videogames ($13,206)
- Chuck's Challenge 3D ($13,130)
- Paper Sorcerer ($13,151)
- City Conquest: Tower Defense Evolved ($11,170)
- Ron Paul: Road to REVOLution ($11,073)
- Aura Tactics ($11,027)
- Evilot ($11,004)
- UFHO2 - A Turn-based Strategy Game ($10,872)
- Unemployment Quest! - a non-epic RPG ($10,486 | Thread)
- College-Ruled Universe ($8,628)
- Against the Wall ($8,416)
- The Departure Game App ($8,014)
- Erythia: Shattered Dreams ($7,939)
- Sira the Game ($6,547)
- SpaceChem: Limited Edition ($6,528)
- Last Class Heroes - 2D Action RPG Eyecandy! ($5,855)
- Alcarys Complex - Story-Driven Action RPG ($4,864)
- Americana Dawn ($4,791)
- Team Notion - 2D beat em up for PC and Mac (Vita and Mobile) ($3,596)
- Fly Killer ELITE! ($3,342)
- TRIP - AN ABSTRACT SURREAL EXPLORATION EXPERIENCE ($2,213)
- Paper Knight's Story -by udivision ($1,644)
Haunts' issues have been picked up by the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20003916
There's two messages people could get from it; one is that it might be seen to corroborate the "SEE! YOU CAN'T TRUST KICKSTARTER!" mindset, which would be a shame. That said, the alternative message - the fact that it's important to pledge with reasonable scrutiny and understanding of the risks involved - is one that should certainly be taken to heart (and I'm pleased to see that the quote they had from RPS highlighted that)
What's the success rate on kick started games? Success being defined as actually producing a funded game that meets the requirements.
Goal of $25,000 doesn't make sense. They should've done the math in advance that in 10 weeks they will run out of money.
P.S. New thread? I'm sure a few of the investors are at GAF and they may not be aware of it.
Hi,
I'm sorry about so many separate Kickstarter updates today, but so many things came together today that we weren't sure would happen.
In particular, the private forums are open and today we invited every backer in the Kickstarter to join the private forums via direct email from our mailing list.
If you didn't get an email, then after this update, we won't have a way to reach you, as we're going to now solely be communicating to you by direct email and private forum (no longer though Kickstarter).
So after verifying your spam filter, make sure to let us know if you didn't get the email from info@hiddenpath about signing up for your access to the private forums and UserVoice.
Thanks and see you on the private forums.
Jeff
Alright. Sounds fair, I suppose. I don't see a dedicated thread to the problem the team is facing though.
It sounds to me like they will also be sending direct emails with updates, just not posting on Kickstarter. I think it is odd not to post it on Kickstarter too as that would take very little additional time for the benefit it provides.I... don't think I like the sound of that. I have backed dozens of projects and I don't want to join a dozen of different forums to hear what devs are saying or releasing. Do they expect me to go to the forum daily and see if the game is releasing or not? I love email notifications and I prefer it that way.
That is how you make a fucking Kickstarter campaign.
Do we know if there is a thread for this?
It deserves a thread.
Every single Quest for Glory game at $50? Wow.
Too bad I spent... a lot... on Eternity.
This just popped up on my radar yesterday: Timber and Stone. It looks like the playable version of Dwarf Fortress (though very early on) that I've been looking for. And yet with only 8 days to go the Kickstarter is languishing :-(
SHAKER: An RPG by Brenda Brathwaite & Tom Hall (Ends Nov 4th | Thread) Ongoing.
Didn't Brathwaite and Hall cancel this?
Didn't Brathwaite and Hall cancel this?
Spears of the Dawn is intended to be an encouragement to other indie game designers. For decades, we've heard the common wisdom- "African games don't sell," people say. "People can't identify with African character art." "Medieval Africa hasn't got the variety and flavor of medieval Europe." "Players aren't comfortable with an African-flavored setting."
I've just laid down a $3,000 bet that the common wisdom is wrong. I've written this game, commissioned the art, and already paid out $1,800 of the budget in art costs. I've brought on the superb artistic talents of people like Nicole Cardiff, Luigi Castellani, Earl Geier, Andrew Krahnke, and Ian MacLean. I've gone to the sources, looked at the histories, checked out the mythology, and I can say with perfect confidence that medieval Africa provides amazing material.
Very nice, would be interesting to see if somebody can wrangle a crack at a cRPG take on it after the campaign is successful given that the guy seems intent on being open and keeping much of it usable to others outright.
Timber and Stone reached funding today
This is strange, but I guess it deserves at least to be reported...
From RPG Watch:
" Charles writes in to inform us of a petition for kickstarting the creation of the spiritual successor to Betrayal at Krondor. You can sign up for the petition implying that you would either pledge $200 or think you can convince your friends to pledge $200 in total.
Over the past year, I've received several e-mails about whether I might Kickstart a sequel or a remake to the award-winning hit role-playing game, "Betrayal at Krondor." Over the years, it's still the game I am the most contacted about, and the title which seems to have been the most beloved by fans.
Following the release of Betrayal at Krondor, John and I had designed an unreleaesd sequel to BAK called "Thief of Dreams". Due to some unfortunate politics between the upper management of Dynamix and our parent company Sierra Online, it never was placed into production, a mistake they later regretted bitterly. "Betrayal at Krondor" became one of the highest grossing games ever produced by Dynamix, and won numerous best RPG of the year awards.
Earlier this year I chatted both with John Cutter, the original producer and my co-designer, and of course Raymond E. Feist who owns the universe in which Krondor was set. Unfortunately Midkemia is tied up for the foreseeable future, but there's really nothing that prevents us from creating another Krondor-like game with the same great gameplay, the same great storytelling, and with the same creative team behind the original. Imagine BAK now with better graphics, a fully orchestrated score, a next-generation puzzle system, and lots of cool enhancements to the original combat system. Would that be a game you'd like to see? Are you willing to go in to help us make it happen?
Today we're asking all of you to throw down and show your love for BAK. Help us gather at least 5,000 signatures of fans who will pledge to either give $200 apiece, or raise $200 from among their friends, to go towards the production costs of a "spiritual" sequel to Krondor. There is no money obligation right now. All we want is proof that there are enough die-hard fans out there who really want this game. If you can meet that goal, we will initiate a Kickstarter drive to make it happen. Right now, it's all up to you."
Link to the actual petition (in case you are interested).
I'm not sure why he feels the urge to make a petition asking for a lot of money out of any single signature (and without any actual obligation, too) instead of going directly with the actual Kickstarter.
Psst.
Shadowgate kickstarter coming real soon.
Hopefully not another remake.I guess Dave Marsh sent a message to Sherlock Holmes backers today.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/shadowgate-to-go-kickstarter-october-26th.77253/
Shadowgate kickstarter on October 26.
I thought Shadowgate was already in development?
After the Sherlock Holmes kickstarter failed, Dave Marsh said he'd still be doing that game plus a Shadowgate remake anyway.
Kickstarter or not, I'm excited.
Damn, I should have been looking at this thread more often. I don't really have time to sift through all the kickstarters going on and this thread has a nice consolidation of games to look out for. Sad I missed Sealark, and Oceanic Adventure game, looks like my cup of tea. I wonder if there's another way I can pledge after the fact..