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Chris Avellone just said he'd be down for a Kickstarter campaign to do an old school isometric RPGquote:Shub Niggurath @shubn: Now can we get a Kickstarter campaign for an old school isometric RPG by @Obsidian_Ent @ChrisAvellone ? kthx
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Oh man, that one I WOULD put 100 dollars down for. Also, free idea for the documentary: Try and get a video of a couple of minutes to an hour of continued updates to the kickstarter page, zoomed in on the money slowly rising.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:07
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By the end of the week they'll have bankrupted the entire gaming community.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:07
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Ooooooooooh gently caress, I'd be down for that, I'd be INCREDIBLY down for that. Edit: Referring to Obsidian Kickstarter
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Feb 9, 2012 20:07
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This is a great idea, perfect way to get niche titles developed. Though i'm not sure how niche it is, given the overwhelming support. I backed $15 for the game and would throw double that behind an old school RPG. Make it happen!
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Feb 9, 2012 20:08
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evilmiera posted:Oh man, that one I WOULD put 100 dollars down for. Thanks, I'll pass it on. *writes "do the most obvious cliche possible" on a slip of paper and hands it to the film crew*
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Feb 9, 2012 20:08
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I'm not going to lie, I'd be buying into this even if Schafer had a publisher for it. However, I will admit that in the last couple years I am exponentially more likely to open my wallet to buy a game or an album if it is directly from the people making it and not through some third-party (or a third party that is minimally invasive like bandcamp or steam). I'm sick of big publishing houses making bad decisions, so I've made a conscious decision to not support the ones I don't like.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:10
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Dreylad posted:By the end of the week they'll have bankrupted the entire gaming community. Good. Less money for vomited out poo poo sequels to sequels to sequels. maxnmona posted:Thanks, I'll pass it on. Might I suggest some kind of effect? For instance something where you kind of blur the edges and darken them a bit and give the whole video a kind of sepia tone. You're welcome, you can send me the cheque later.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:10
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brm posted:now time to send Brain Rynolds a strongly worded letter suggesting he make AC2 You realize Reynolds started his last conference talk with pictures of the sprawling mansion and the fast foreign cars that Social Games(tm) purchased him, right? If he wanted to make another Alpha Centauri game he could have.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:12
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theblackw0lf posted:Chris Avellone just said he'd be down for a Kickstarter campaign to do an old school isometric RPG I dunno, I'd rather see Avellone as a writer for a major publisher backed AAA title, as long as they have respect for the talent and won't pull the rug under his feet. I think that Bioware and Bethesda have proved that the CRPG genre gains a lot from high production values.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:15
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maxnmona posted:Thanks, I'll pass it on. Hey now, don't make me say anything fancy. Just "copy what those other guys did" works fine. Then again, that takes away the incentive for people to want to pay for the documentary when they can just watch the page on their own. We need to dazzle the audience! Any ideas besides Der Shovel's obvious one?
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Feb 9, 2012 20:16
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:not through some third-party (or a third party that is minimally invasive like bandcamp or steam). I'm sick of big publishing houses making bad decisions, so I've made a conscious decision to not support the ones I don't like. Steam isn't a publisher, just a distributor. They (Valve) don't have any say in the development process.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:18
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 holy poo poo Taffer posted:Steam isn't a publisher, just a distributor. They (Valve) don't have any say in the development process.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:19
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I think it just crossed the $800,000 mark with my $101 contribution  What put me over the edge, amusingly enough, is the adventure game bit where Tim is pixel hunting to pick up the glass.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:19
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They just passed the $800k mark. So it took them less than a day to raise twice the amount of money they were hoping to raise in a month. They're gonna have to sign a lot of posters. Also the credits to this game are gonna be hilarious.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:19
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wodin posted:If he wanted to make another Alpha Centauri game he could have. I don't know, it seems to me if your latest claim to fame is being lead designer on a Farmville clone it's highly unlikely you have another classic like Alpha Centauri in you. And even if you have, the devil you sold your soul to won't let you do it.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:22
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So its over 800k now yeah, but is it even over a day yet? How many hours have passed since this has been posted? This is loving ridiculous hah.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:23
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The Monarch posted:They just passed the $800k mark. Unfortunately, the cost of all the posters and sharpies ate the entire budget up so they have to put up another kickstarter.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:24
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theblackw0lf posted:Chris Avellone just said he'd be down for a Kickstarter campaign to do an old school isometric RPG Whelp. Sign me up.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:24
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theblackw0lf posted:Chris Avellone just said he'd be down for a Kickstarter campaign to do an old school isometric RPG If they make it $15 or less for entry with a copy of the game at the end of development, I'll magically transport my money into their bank as well.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:26
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Captain_duck posted:So its over 800k now yeah, but is it even over a day yet? How many hours have passed since this has been posted? This is loving ridiculous hah. A bit less than 21 hours.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:28
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It wouldn't shock me if they end up with close to $2 million. There will be a sharp uptick in prepurchases (they aren't really contributions at this point) as people get off work and hit facebook/reddit/forums etc tonight. Also this: 
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Feb 9, 2012 20:29
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Ok Toys For Bob (creators of Star Control 2), time for your Star Control 4 kickstarter project.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:34
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Executive Producer Visit http://www.doublefine.com/ohmygodthankyou for the full list! Special Thanks No seriously do you want this to take longer than you spent playing the game?
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Feb 9, 2012 20:34
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Given how utterly mediocre all the Telltale stuff has been, I'm kinda glad we only have 2/3rds of the Monkey Island writing staff on board.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:37
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theblackw0lf posted:Ok Toys For Bob (creators of Star Control 2), time for your Star Control 4 kickstarter project. I could get behind this. It's just that Atari probably still has the rights for the brand. FTL Games, bring us Dungeon Master! 
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Feb 9, 2012 20:43
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Temascos posted:I have no doubt it'll keep going, people want Double Fine to do well by this and will certainly aim to double the original target by the end of the month! Gotta qoute myself because my prediction has already been smashed, holy crud.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:48
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Der Shovel posted:Good. Less money for vomited out poo poo sequels to sequels to sequels. Er... theblackw0lf posted:Ok Toys For Bob (creators of Star Control 2), time for your Star Control 4 kickstarter project. StoryTime posted:FTL Games, bring us Dungeon Master! Palpek posted:Ok, now create a Psychonauts 2 kickstarter, set the goal on a humble 10-15 millions mark. Now go. signalnoise posted:I'd donate for a real LSL game instead of the last two piles of trash we got. dvorak posted:Someone needs to get a Kickstarter together for Dark Seed 3. Mike Dawson could probably use the money. FuriousGeorge posted:I hope they fake everyone out and make Brutal Legend 2 with that money because, gently caress the haters, I really loved Brutal Legend. 
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Feb 9, 2012 20:48
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Backed. This is a fantastic and I hope more old school pc games get funded this way. If Obsidian get's something together I'll be behind it more. What a cool time to be a pc gamer. This poo poo could never happen on console.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:48
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GhostDog posted:I don't know, it seems to me if your latest claim to fame is being lead designer on a Farmville clone it's highly unlikely you have another classic like Alpha Centauri in you. And even if you have, the devil you sold your soul to won't let you do it. I think once someone gets a taste of the social games lifestyle, they ain't ever going to go back to working 80 hour weeks to make niche games for a niche audience.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:57
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While we're making a wishlist of poo poo we'd like to see get produced this way, I'd like Volition to Kickstart a Freespace 3 project please.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:58
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This is amazingly awesome. Backing this so hard. Also, Kickstarter for Alpha Protocol 2 anyone?
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The Donut posted:This is amazingly awesome. Backing this so hard. gently caress Alpha Protocol, with their own budget, its time they make a new Planetscape Torment-esque RPG.
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Feb 9, 2012 21:00
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Finish LOOM tia. Seriously though, this could be a really great thing. It won't help entrants to the field, but it can go a long way to showing publishers what people want. And, if the publishers still don't want to broaden their horizons, maybe more talented developers will pick up on this sort of thing.
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Feb 9, 2012 21:02
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Farbtoner posted:Er... Hah! Proof that game companies make sequels because people want sequels, even when given the possibility of funding anything they can imagine by any cult game auteur.
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Feb 9, 2012 21:03
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Farbtoner posted:Er... The key difference that I think you're missing is that these wouldn't exactly be "vomited" out.
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Feb 9, 2012 21:04
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I've always thought that if Telltale or Double Fine were to acquire the rights to the 60's Batman and Robin live-action series (otherwise known as objectively the best version of Batman), it would make for a fantastic episodic point and click adventure game series. Both studios definitely have the writing talent to properly pull it off, too.
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Feb 9, 2012 21:08
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SGRaaize posted:gently caress Alpha Protocol, with their own budget, its time they make a new Planetscape Torment-esque RPG. We got Mask of the Betrayer and I would really like something more like that. This does say something interesting about the pc market though. Like Minecraft and Terraria has showed earlier this sort of 'pre-order to get to play a beta and help putting in money to the development can continue' works if the audience likes the potential. It also says something about the pricing model. Paying 15$ for a game instead of going through publishers/retailers etc might really start to gain ground. We've already seen music go this way with indie labels.
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The Grumbles posted:I've always thought that if Telltale or Double Fine were to acquire the rights to the 60's Batman and Robin live-action series (otherwise known as objectively the best version of Batman), it would make for a fantastic episodic point and click adventure game series. Both studios definitely have the writing talent to properly pull it off, too. Stop, you're wrong, Telltale is a lovely company that pulls random famous games from the past, buys their rights, makes cheap and mediocre titles with almost no good gameplay and some ok writing, releases it in episodic content to make sure they get good money out of it, to buy more franchises from the past and keep the vicious cycle. Tim Schafer is here, you can finally turn your back to them and never look back.
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SGRaaize posted:Stop, you're wrong, Telltale is a lovely company that pulls random famous games from the past, buys their rights, makes cheap and mediocre titles with almost no good gameplay and some ok writing, releases it in episodic content to make sure they get good money out of it, to buy more franchises from the past and keep the vicious cycle. I've only played the Sam & Max games and Puzzle Agent 2 but anybody who made those Sam and Max games is automatically not poo poo. I would love for Kickstarter to become a thing for funding older style games. Looking Glass Studios, please come back and make another game. 
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