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Drifter posted:And honestly, for people in this thread to be shocked that a lovely looking game has potentially raised a lot of money is laughable. I think the more telling part of it being a scam is the amount they asked for.
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Found it https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gender-bender-dna-twister-extreme Didn't make as much money as I thought, still a lot all things considered.
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About that Elysian Shadows KS, 13 people pledged $1000, 5 people pledged $5000. Knowing the trends in kickstarters, where even super high profile and fan pandering campaigns fail to get more than a tiny handful of $1k+ pledges, this has got to be totally faked. There's a whole slew of backers at various triple digit reward tiers, too. This just doesn't happen.
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I have no idea what 24 Killers, but it's adorable and I'm glad that at this rate, it will definitely exist.
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:About that Elysian Shadows KS, 13 people pledged $1000, 5 people pledged $5000. Knowing the trends in kickstarters, where even super high profile and fan pandering campaigns fail to get more than a tiny handful of $1k+ pledges, this has got to be totally faked. There's a whole slew of backers at various triple digit reward tiers, too. This just doesn't happen. Not sure if it could yield THAT much support, but they do have almost 10,000 youtube subscribers who follow their 'making of' documentaries. I've seem them around Twitter here and there: https://www.youtube.com/user/GyroVorbis
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:About that Elysian Shadows KS, 13 people pledged $1000, 5 people pledged $5000. Knowing the trends in kickstarters, where even super high profile and fan pandering campaigns fail to get more than a tiny handful of $1k+ pledges, this has got to be totally faked. There's a whole slew of backers at various triple digit reward tiers, too. This just doesn't happen. http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1945059142/elysian-shadows-next-gen-2d-rpg/#chart-daily hahahaha, look at day 7. Average number of backers, but holy poo poo out of nowhere $24,000. Plus the spikes the last few days when in most campaigns things cool down till the push at the end. I'm comparing this to all the projects I've backed and it looks like none of them. What a joke.
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Shalinor posted:I have no idea what 24 Killers, but it's adorable and I'm glad that at this rate, it will definitely exist. Ummm... Earthbound on creepy acid?
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No Gravitas posted:Ummm... Earthbound on creepy acid? That's sort of implying that Earthbound wasn't already a creepy acid trip.
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Genocyber posted:Found it A lot of money for people who apparently desperately avoid drawing feet and avoid drawing hands as much as possible.
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Nintendo Kid posted:A lot of money for people who apparently desperately avoid drawing feet and avoid drawing hands as much as possible. They're just keeping as true to the universe as possible, the characters can't see their feet, either.
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GrandpaPants posted:That's sort of implying that Earthbound wasn't already a creepy acid trip. Yeah, it looks like these guys just had a slightly creepier trip than the Earthbound guys. ... Slightly.
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Yodzilla posted:Wait, the Ouya Free the Games fund is still a thing?? So it's pretty much just a pot to be targeted by scammers at this point. It's kinda annoying to think how many actually-good indie games they could have just, you know, "funded" with that money in exchange for exclusives. That would have even made the timed exclusive bit reasonable, but, nope. They just wanted to hitch their wagon to other already-successful indie projects.
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Shalinor posted:It's still a thing because, seemingly, they still have a giant pile of money left-over and no one to give it to. Sending your game out as an OUYA exclusive is a bad idea for obvious reasons, and they're totally unwilling to negotiate other funding deals with the same money (a bunch of us have messaged them about alternative exclusive deals, yada - they're entirely inflexible). At this point I wouldn't be surprised if its the venture capitalist is laundering his money through OUYA or something.
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And yet there's still people who will vehemently defend that worthless piece of crap.
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Krabkolash posted:What I don't get is how something like Hive Jump (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/graphitelab/hive-jump-0) can struggle struggle and something like Elysian Shadows can succeed. Has there been coverage of it somewhere I've not heard of? Hive Jump needs to release the drat demo they floated to the press already.
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Shalinor posted:It's still a thing because, seemingly, they still have a giant pile of money left-over and no one to give it to. Sending your game out as an OUYA exclusive is a bad idea for obvious reasons, and they're totally unwilling to negotiate other funding deals with the same money (a bunch of us have messaged them about alternative exclusive deals, yada - they're entirely inflexible). quote:http://www.freethegamesfund.com/rules.html RightClickSaveAs fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Aug 25, 2014 |
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RightClickSaveAs posted:Didn't they modify the exclusivity though, so it can still be released on PCs? There's definitely a range of budgets where the OUYA matching funds make sense, but if at all possible, it's a much better call to try and fund it yourself and leave those Sony / Nintendo / mobile / etc avenues open. Shalinor fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Aug 25, 2014 |
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The Confederate Express brothers have vanished from the apartment they were squatting. http://www.desertsun.com/story/money/business/tourism/2014/08/20/airbnb-palm-springs-squatter/14362779/ http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/08/21/airbnb-squatters-leave-palm-springs-condo/#25546101=0
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Gryphon Knight Epic has less than $1000 left to go with 5 days left. I'm excited to see this succeed because not only does it look like a well-executed game, but also the devs have been responsive as well. Suggested a change to their stretch goals presentation and they said they'd do it once they hit their main goal. The Chroma Squad devs have been really great during Beta testing as well. They've done a good job listing to backers; they've even implemented stuff like UI changes and character abilities I've suggested. For other people who have backed successful projects, what's been your experience with the team behind them? Who's contributed something cool to a game we could see if we check it out?
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Mirificus posted:The Confederate Express brothers have vanished from the apartment they were squatting. God it feels like these guys would pop up some where else like cockroaches. I do wonder if Air BnB would try to sue them and force them into a court battle.
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BexGu posted:God it feels like these guys would pop up some where else like cockroaches. I do wonder if Air BnB would try to sue them and force them into a court battle. Hope there are photos available of those two so others can make sure they don't let these guys into anything resembling an apartment again.
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I'm still waiting to see if they keep updating their Kickstarter, or if that's just flat out dropped as a scam now.
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Shalinor posted:I'm still waiting to see if they keep updating their Kickstarter, or if that's just flat out dropped as a scam now. Didn't they throw up an update going like "SO HEY GUYS HOW ABOUT THAT BNB EH" or something?
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AnonSpore posted:Didn't they throw up an update going like "SO HEY GUYS HOW ABOUT THAT BNB EH" or something? "10/10 would squat again" or something.
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AnonSpore posted:Didn't they throw up an update going like "SO HEY GUYS HOW ABOUT THAT BNB EH" or something? I think it was a comment on a previous update along the lines if "A+ would squat again". Was it ever confirmed that the brother is a real person and not just the same guy using an alias?
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DoctorTristan posted:I think it was a comment on a previous update along the lines if "A+ would squat again". They were both in the Kickstarter video, weren't they?
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evilmiera posted:Hope there are photos available of those two so others can make sure they don't let these guys into anything resembling an apartment again. Oh yeah, there are photos of them floating around. It's hard to say what AirBnB can or will do. They apparently dragged their feet this time, until the media got involved, and then they started throwing money at that poor woman hand over fist. If it happens again, that'll be a big black eye for the organization.
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CatsPajamas posted:The Chroma Squad devs have been really great during Beta testing as well. They've done a good job listing to backers; they've even implemented stuff like UI changes and character abilities I've suggested. What ended up happening with all that Saban bullshit?
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It's not strictly a game, but rather a gaming convention. Kickstarter for the "GX: Everyone Games" convention the convention formerly known as GaymerX, is looking to host its third convention. GaymerX, as the name suggests, started as a convention for LGBT gamers, aiming to provide a safe space and give them some attention. It has since branched out to represent more generally marginalized demographics in computer games, both in terms of players, but also from what I understand putting focus on the diversity of content (or lack thereof) in games. Last year they had to hold their last show, because it was becoming too expensive to host, but due to support from various developers (including Blizzard putting 100K into the pot), they are coming back again. They are looking to fund part of it via the Kickstarter I linked up there, with the KS being about 50% of the funds they need (the rest comes from sponsors). I think that is a pretty noble thing to get behind.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:What ended up happening with all that Saban bullshit? I don't think they've released an official word yet, but the latest version of the Beta included some very Power Rangers-esque sound effects, and there's a reference in game with someone sending you a letter saying you're stealing their ideas and they'll sue. Our main contact on the forums got flustered when new people registered on the forums just to complain/say they're burning down SABAN's HQ/etc. He said he wasn't allowed to release any information. For the record, there's been I believe 3 or 4 new versions of the Beta since that update (current is 0.1.28), so it doesn't seem like Chroma Squad is having any development issues. It's my impression the initial update came across poorly due to language differences (dev team is Brazilian) - judging from the forum response it seems like it was meant in a more joking tone, which really didn't come across in the initial update. Considering things still seem to be proceeding smoothly I'm not worried about it.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:What ended up happening with all that Saban bullshit? From what I understand from the original update SABAN had a talk with them about being too close to copyright BUT was willing to work with them. So SABAN gets a cut but Chrome Squad gets to use some Power Rangers type assets. All in all a pretty happy ending for Chrome Squad instead of either getting sued or have to fight a battle in court.
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I really want to see the GLigeN64 graphics plugin succeed. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gliden64-graphics-plugin As of the 26th it has $4,621 of the $6,000 goal (77%) with 11 days left. N64 Emulation is way behind a lot of other things. It doesn't do anything to fix the high level emulation (HLE) nature of N64 emulation but it would be a big step in graphics.  
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GhostBoy posted:It's not strictly a game, but rather a gaming convention. Kickstarter for the "GX: Everyone Games" convention the convention formerly known as GaymerX, is looking to host its third convention. GaymerX, as the name suggests, started as a convention for LGBT gamers, aiming to provide a safe space and give them some attention. It has since branched out to represent more generally marginalized demographics in computer games, both in terms of players, but also from what I understand putting focus on the diversity of content (or lack thereof) in games. Yeah this seems like a worthwhile endeavor. I wish I was anywhere near San Fran and could justify going though.
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CatsPajamas posted:Gryphon Knight Epic has less than $1000 left to go with 5 days left. I'm excited to see this succeed because not only does it look like a well-executed game, but also the devs have been responsive as well. Suggested a change to their stretch goals presentation and they said they'd do it once they hit their main goal. Thanks for reminding me about this. Been meaning to donate and I keep forgetting.
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Fritz: A Video Game About World War One has abut 22 hours ago and is only $750 short of its goal. I hope it makes it.
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Nintendo Kid posted:Fritz: A Video Game About World War One has abut 22 hours ago and is only $750 short of its goal. I hope it makes it. It will. That close I wouldn't even blame the developer for putting the rest in, assuming they weren't idiots and said "Let's set a really low and unworkable goal because we'll obviously get more than that  "
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Mimetic posted:They were both in the Kickstarter video, weren't they?
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