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Diabolini posted:They have the first episode available for free, so the gameplay is not so important. I have found this is youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-TLaqt5vvo Well at least they've nailed the breast jiggle physics, that's really the only thing any good adventure game needs.
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So you joined SA to shill a kickstarter. You even created a separate thread for it. Cute. Did you... read the rules? Guessing not. Also, goodbye.
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Aw, man, I wanna be really Geek too 
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Hakkesshu posted:Aw, man, I wanna be really Geek too I'm sorry, man, but you need to like huge knockers in the Renaissance of adventure games as written by Greg Rucka to be really Geek.
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I have seen some silly USB keys thrown into Kickstarters. Shadowrun Returns had a dog tag, of all things. Some space-fighter 'sim' had one shaped like a business card. And while not attached to a Kickstarter, I've even seen a thumb-sized dog that would vigorously hump your laptop when it was plugged in. This though? This beggars the imagination. A diskette that you have to slide open, draw a cable out of, then fiddle with the cable to determine its orientation, then leave the whole ungainly apparatus hanging from the back of your tower or the side of your laptop in order to operate. It worries me that this rated beyond 'silly weekend project' and apparently went into production somewhere.
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Coldrice posted:Just wanted to post again about my little kickstarter at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1664072802/bitcrobes This looks cool. Why is nobody talking about this? And why did the author undersell themselves with such tiny goals?
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Bieeardo posted:I have seen some silly USB keys thrown into Kickstarters. Shadowrun Returns had a dog tag, of all things. Some space-fighter 'sim' had one shaped like a business card. And while not attached to a Kickstarter, I've even seen a thumb-sized dog that would vigorously hump your laptop when it was plugged in. Doesn't the floppy just have a little flash drive inside that you take out? https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/000/551/496/0c908722f88467d25c4e422fad1ada43_large.gif?1367251135
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Okay this isn't really gaming but it could have smartphone gaming implications. I think it's just a good kickstarter. I'm not backign it yet but I think I will eventually. Phone = laptop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVFrD9_5fZ8 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lividesign/casetop-every-phone-becomes-a-laptop
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Nothing says "good Kickstarter" like a first stretch goal, $50,000 out from the initial goal, of "bitcoins accepted."
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Road Redemption is in the last 5 days, and I don't know if it's gonna make it.  After the Road Rash reboot got cancelled, I don't think I could handle this not happening.
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Heran Bago posted:Okay this isn't really gaming but it could have smartphone gaming implications. I think it's just a good kickstarter. I'm not backign it yet but I think I will eventually. Motorola had this for some of their phones and Acer had a smartphone that slotted into becoming a tablet. Both their solutions, whilst limited to their devices, were better because they actually truly had the phone go into desktop/tablet mode, where this just blows the phone screen up whilst leaving it in phone mode. It's basically an external screen and keyboard and battery in a convenient case. What this really needs is Google building the support into Android so it can go to desktop-mode Android like the Transformer. That said, it could be useful. I've actually thought that a decent thing for android-based gaming on the TV in OUYA style for higher-end phones would be a TV-side dock with per-phone moulds that when you dock it automatically goes HDMI to screen, charges it, and automatically triggers sync to a pair of bluetooth controllers. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 17:48 on May 6, 2013 |
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StevenM posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1664072802/bitcrobes It does look pretty cool. Shame I don't have any iDevice. 
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Diabolini posted:I am a really stupid newbie.... I realize he was banned already, but just wanted to comment on the KS. I feel really sorry for Sroka, she seems to be talented enough to score a better job than providing a voice to an oversized bosom with the rest attached just so it doesn't look like talking boobs
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StevenM posted:This looks cool. Why is nobody talking about this? And why did the author undersell themselves with such tiny goals? It's my first game ever, and in my opinion pretty simple. It's like physics Pacman with player upgrades. I also feel kickstarter should be used just for what's needed, not as a source of extra income  I appreciate the kind words though! If I go past my amount I will port to android! Otherwise I'm happy just getting the Mac to finish the game
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Coldrice posted:It's my first game ever, and in my opinion pretty simple. It's like physics Pacman with player upgrades. I also feel kickstarter should be used just for what's needed, not as a source of extra income That's fair. I'm just concerned because other Kickstarter campaigns set their goals very tightly according to their budget, and don't take in account the production costs of their rewards like T-Shirts and toys, or the cut that Kickstarter takes from the campaign. It's nice to see you're giving some thought to how much money you actually need, as opposed to how much you want. Good luck with your game!
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Diplomaticus posted:The lawyer in me cries at some of the marketing claims on their page. I'm no expert, but if there's a lawyer inside of you crying out, you should probably avoid cannibalism OR chew your food better.
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Shalinor posted:There's something really charming about Dog Sled Saga. The video won me over. Doesn't hurt that it's also a unique concept. The creators are streaming now, showing off gameplay, music, naming dogs etc. etc. Also they hit their Dynamic Music and Time of Day and Weather Effects stretch goals which is cool.
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So Denis Dyack's crowdfunding effort bypasses Kickstarter but completely rips off their layout: http://www.precursorgames.com/shadowoftheeternals/ Good job.
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Yodzilla posted:So Denis Dyack's crowdfunding effort bypasses Kickstarter but completely rips off their layout: http://www.precursorgames.com/shadowoftheeternals/  That's a whole lot of confidence for me, let me tell you.
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One of the guys from Stonehearth did a two and a half hour demo/ Q&A / "this is how we animate a baby mammoth" talk just now on twitch and it's archived here if you want to watch it: http://www.twitch.tv/radiantentertainment/b/400154125
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Got a very strange email from the Ghost of a Tale Indiegogo today:Ghost of a Tale posted:!!! Incredible news everyone !!! I haven't followed many campaigns on Indiegogo, but I've never heard of them doing this before. I've got to wonder what made them decide to do it for this guy, and how they'll make these kinds of calls going forward (though for good or bad, I do hope this helps out Ghost of a Tale).
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http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/death-to-spies-3 Play as a team of soviet spies during the Cuban Crisis in a Hitman/Splinter Cell-like game! This actually looks really good and needs a relatively small amount of money. And they're using the non-bullshit pay scheme, too. Megazver fucked around with this message at 12:21 on May 7, 2013 |
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The Moon Monster posted:I think I'm going to wait for CumLordSixtynine420 to weigh in. 
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Megazver posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/death-to-spies-3 Aww.. I skipped forward in the video and thought the spy guy used a dress as a disguise but it was actually a different character. Multi-character Hitman sounds interesting though.
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Yodzilla posted:So Denis Dyack's crowdfunding effort bypasses Kickstarter but completely rips off their layout: http://www.precursorgames.com/shadowoftheeternals/ Even better, it's flexible funding!!
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Oh my god gently caress you Dyack you worthless hack. Great job making GBS threads all over Eternal Darkness, again.
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The fact that it's only at $91,927 as of right now fills me with some confidence that people actually paid attention to all the news and drama of Silicon Knights and why backing anything these guys do is a terrible idea. Still, that's nearly 1500 people who are out money and will never see anything for it. Or at least, not anything worthwhile.
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"Oh hey that Eternal Darkness video is looking pretty neat! ... What's that say?" . . . quote:Our financial goal is a flexible one. * Closes tab *
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The TUG kickstarter got me excited, but thinking back on it now, I am kind of having backer's remorse, and may take my pledge back. Sure, they have a lot of academic types working on it, but... I don't think they had a single person with game creation experience, judging by the video. The whole project is so vague. Looking at the page again, they really didn't say much of anything about how gameplay will actually work. The most exciting projects always tend to be the most vague ones, even though they always end up being disappointing. Also, listening to the Black Chicken podcast was a huge bummer. I don't care at all about Ars Magica, but I loved Academagia and I really look forward to anything these guys do. I would have loved that game. bomblol fucked around with this message at 19:22 on May 7, 2013 |
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DoctorTristan posted:Even better, it's flexible funding!!
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bomblol posted:The whole project is so vague. Looking at the page again, they really didn't say much of anything about how gameplay will actually work. The most exciting projects always tend to be the most vague ones, even though they always end up being disappointing.
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bomblol posted:The TUG kickstarter got me excited, but thinking back on it now, I am kind of having backer's remorse, and may take my pledge back. Sure, they have a lot of academic types working on it, but... I don't think they had a single person with game creation experience, judging by the video. The whole project is so vague. Looking at the page again, they really didn't say much of anything about how gameplay will actually work. The most exciting projects always tend to be the most vague ones, even though they always end up being disappointing. I dunno, I think $10 for the full game is small enough to levy my fears of it not living up to expectations. Plus I've been emailing one the devs and they are really cool people.
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Coldrice posted:It's my first game ever, and in my opinion pretty simple. It's like physics Pacman with player upgrades. I also feel kickstarter should be used just for what's needed, not as a source of extra income To get past the bad business practices and Dyack being an rear end, I decided to toss  your way. You seem awesome, and I hope you reach your goal.  Zereth posted:With a "yeah maybe we'll give you something for your money but if not oh well" note over in the TOS. Really. The fact some tiers come with only the first Five episodes, while the later ones give "Season 1" Which is 12 episodes bother me. Hell, this whole thing is really skeezy.
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FighterKnuckles posted:I decided to toss Hey thanks! I know the "trends" are really kind of useless, but right now I'm trending towards 75ish percent - so every bit helps!
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Saw this Kickstarter pop up recently, and it caught my interest. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/555266329/clandestine-anomaly It looks like an ARG/Augmented Reality game like Google's Ingress for Android, but less open-ended, more story-focused, and able to be enjoyed single player instead of collaboratively. It's an interesting concept and it'll be interesting to see how it pans out, at least. Pitch video's not bad either.
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Megaspel posted:I dunno, I think $10 for the full game is small enough to levy my fears of it not living up to expectations. Plus I've been emailing one the devs and they are really cool people. That's about how I feel. I'm skeptical they'll deliver but it's a bet I'm willing to take at that price.
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