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Double Fine Adventure - Well it came out, eventually. And we got a cool documentary. Wasteland 2 - Success. Cool & Good. Pillars of Eternity - Success. Cool & Good. Torment: Tides of Numenera - Success. Cool & Good. Divinity: Original Sin - Success. Cool & Good. Mighty No. 9 - It came out. That's pretty much all you can say. Hyper Light Drifter - Success. Cool & Good. Hot Tin Roof - Success. Cool & Good. Sunless Sea - Success. Cool & Good. Shantae - Success. Cool & Good. RimWorld - Success. Cool & Good. Interstellaria - Technically a Fail. Came out busted. Never been fixed. The Mandate - Big Time Fail. Unsung Story - Fail. Probably will come out at some point from new developer. Project Rain World - Success. Cool & Good. Darkest Dungeon - Success. Cool & Good. Mighty Tactical Shooter - Developer got sick, stopped working on it, said he was starting again and been silent for a year. Might come out eventually. Who knows. Loki's Exile - Fail. Pathologic - Success. Is it what it is. Battle Chef Brigade - Success. Cool & Good. Hollow Knight - Success. Cool & Good. Thimbleweed Park - Success. Cool & Good. Drift Stage - Fail Shadowrun Hong Kong - Success. Cool & Good. Sunless Skies - Success. Cool & Good. 3 Fails, 1 Possibly a Fail, and 1 Rescued from a Fail out of 25 isn't too bad.
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Just found this project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egi/the-game-i-made-up?ref=android_project_share Not very close to its goal, but having a countdown on Adult Swim might give it a bump. Anyone going to check it out tonight?
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Garnavis posted:Just found this project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egi/the-game-i-made-up?ref=android_project_share It's funded now so I really wonder if this is a scam
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It's an Adult Swim thing.
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OK. It's just strange someone pledged thousands to reach the goal. That's what they do usually to secure the pledges
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Heart Forth, Alicia has been in development for a total of 13 or 14 years now. You kinda know what you're signing up for there. That said, I have 100% confidence that Alonso will deliver once he feels it's finished and that it'll be good.
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Kibayasu posted:I don't think Beat Saber counts as a sword game. Not talking about beat saber 
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Gaspy Conana posted:Heart Forth, Alicia has been in development for a total of 13 or 14 years now. You kinda know what you're signing up for there. That said, I have 100% confidence that Alonso will deliver once he feels it's finished and that it'll be good. the game older than kick starter. wonder how it compares with the 4d megakuriuriute game
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Let's see now. I'll stick to games since the stuff like comic books isn't in this forum's wheelhouse. Yooka-Laylee (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival) - Successfully came out, to differing reviews. I played some of it, had fun, but I never had an N64 so I missed the heyday of Rare collect-a-thons. Underworld Ascendant (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/othersidegames/underworld-ascendant) - I put $100 into this because Ultima Underworld 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games. I don't know exactly what went wrong behind the scenes, but what we got was an incredibly feature-stripped down showcase for Source engine-level physics puzzles and a ton of glitches and bugs. Massive disappointment. Dragon Fin Soup (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimmbros/dragon-fin-soup) - Came out, I never played it much. Looked neat but I never really was slavering for it. It was more a 'hey that looks neat' pledge. Read that it's okay but nothing special. Project Rain World (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rain-world/project-rain-world) - Came out, got a lot of praise from a lot of people and a lot of criticism from people who were unprepared for how freaking hard it is. I am one of the latter. The atmosphere is great, the controls can be hard to handle at times, and your slugcat's life is sure to be measured in minutes. Night in the Woods (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1307515311/night-in-the-woods) - Came out to great success. Atmosphere, music, writing, all good. I never finished it, playing a chapter a night, because the ennui of living in a dying small town and trying to figure out what to do when everything starts crumbling was hitting just a bit too close to home. I intend to go back and do the game the justice it deserves. Knight in the Ghost Lights (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2011341880/knite-and-the-ghost-lights/posts/2678099) - A rough one. Funded in 2014, then updates started becoming sporadic. The most recent update, from November of this year, indicates that one of the heads suffered a stroke and is in Russia with no health insurance. Using the one hand he can control, he has apparently written a short story about the lore/plot of the game and they're working out how to get this to backers. I believe this might be the only thing we get. Confederate Express (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/829559023/confederate-express) - A complete pump and chump scam. Whip up an impressive little scene with some free software packages, get some cash, run back to being squatters and drifters. Not a failure technically because there was never a game. Just confidence fraud. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero) - Came out, complete success. A lot of fun to play. Included crossovers from other indie titles that changed up the gameplay. Divinity: Original Sin (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin) - Backed on the strength of Larian, and came out successfully. A fun game but didn't mesh with me in some ways; the battles becoming careful planning of laying down poison and fire fields just felt kind of wonky. Never finished it. Foxtail (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1988474932/foxtail) - An old-school point and click adventure game about a teenage fox girl visiting her grandma in the woods that may be more fanciful than she thought, to figure out what her granddad was up to. Didn't reach funding, however the team continued development and released on Steam in early access; they have two chapters complete and a third one being actively worked on. Tangletorn (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tangletorn/tangletorn) - A deck-building roguelike game where you head across a map to various points to gather materials and cards, and combat is a deal with combining cards to form attack patterns. Currently active till January, over its goal and working on stretch goals.
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Geomancing posted:Confederate Express (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/829559023/confederate-express) - A complete pump and chump scam. Whip up an impressive little scene with some free software packages, get some cash, run back to being squatters and drifters. Not a failure technically because there was never a game. Just confidence fraud.
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Geomancing posted:Underworld Ascendant (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/othersidegames/underworld-ascendant) - I put $100 into this because Ultima Underworld 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games. I don't know exactly what went wrong behind the scenes, but what we got was an incredibly feature-stripped down showcase for Source engine-level physics puzzles and a ton of glitches and bugs. Massive disappointment. That was the last game I backed. My disappointment was immeasurable.
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Anyone have knowledge of what's going on with these two? Memory of a Broken Dimension https://store.steampowered.com/app/544300/Memory_of_a_Broken_Dimension/ Been following that one for years, I don't think the guy is even posting about the game on twitter anymore. Last I heard he was conflicted about having to update the game engine to a new Unity version/DX11. I don't think this one was on KS, but was on Greenlight ages ago and has a release date of 2017 on Steam for some reason. Ghost Song https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192311215/ghost-song-a-journey-of-hope This one seems to be in development hell, or otherwise just very slow going? There's been updates, but not sure why it's taking so long.
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Ghost Song did the dreaded mid-development game engine change which I think accounts for some of why its taking so long.
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Mercury_Storm posted:Memory of a Broken Dimension The demo was neat, but it was hard to tell how that would turn into a larger game. The updates I remember seeing were mostly technically oriented, so I wonder if the dev wasn't able to come up with a way to go beyond what was in the demo in terms of game play. That or they just got bored with it.
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Mercury_Storm posted:Memory of a Broken Dimension I haven't checked super recently, but earlier this year he was streaming development at https://www.twitch.tv/xra_
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The only kickstarter I’ve donated to was Shenmue 3, and I got exactly what I wanted from it. Had a wonderful time asking people if they had seen any thugs. They just forgot to put in some actual plot, which is my only real grievance.
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Geomancing posted:Let's see now. I'll stick to games since the stuff like comic books isn't in this forum's wheelhouse. Yeah, I think "hey it looks neat" is why I pledged as well, because otherwise I can't figure out why the hell I ever thought that looked good. It's got a lot of procedural dungeons, but what absolutely kills the game is the level scaling keeping you from ever feeling comfortable no matter how much you level up. There are guns as a weapon type, but they're pretty useless because you'll never do enough damage with them to be able to recoup the amount of money you're spending in bullets. Couple that with an awful, RNG and grind-based crafting system, I can't believe I gave that thing 30 hours of playtime before giving up. quote:Divinity: Original Sin (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin) - Backed on the strength of Larian, and came out successfully. A fun game but didn't mesh with me in some ways; the battles becoming careful planning of laying down poison and fire fields just felt kind of wonky. Never finished it. It was a fun game which I liked a lot and did finish, but it's pretty long and playing the Alpha/Beta burned me out on the starting area, which is full of too much talking and long-winded NPC's that I've never been able to get past the starting area again.
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man nurse posted:The only kickstarter I’ve donated to was Shenmue 3, and I got exactly what I wanted from it. Had a wonderful time asking people if they had seen any thugs. They just forgot to put in some actual plot, which is my only real grievance. Ah, so you got a shenmue game!
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Garnavis posted:Just found this project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egi/the-game-i-made-up?ref=android_project_share quote:Dear EGI family,
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I can't tell if that's supposed to be some sort of publicity stunt for something or just a straight-up joke, but either way, meh.
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Since they’re refunding everything I guess they’re genuine and one of the rare cases where people pledging thousands of dollars at the end with no intention of being able to actually were random people thinking they were doing a good thing?
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Since the project was completed, doesn't that mean they already paid credit card and kickstarter fees? That's an expensive joke, if so.
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The final chapter of Kentucky Route Zero will be out on the 28th, a mere nine years after the Kickstarter campaign ended
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Platinum are kickstarting Wonderful 101: Remastered: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/platinumgames/the-wonderful-101-remastered $50k for the Switch version $250k for the Steam version $500k for the PS4 version Releases April 2020 supposedly?
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Terminally Bored posted:Platinum are kickstarting Wonderful 101: Remastered: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/platinumgames/the-wonderful-101-remastered AHEM 
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Note they just go bought by Tencent and now they're running a Kickstarter to make some extra money while essentially running a poll. Being that transparently greedy takes some balls.
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They’re not bought by Tencent, Tencent is investing in them. That’s like saying Epic got bought by Tencent.
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https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/1224434811231559680
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Azubah posted:You didn't show the one where you're blocked on twitter by Kamiya. That's literally the one that I showed...
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Terminally Bored posted:Platinum are kickstarting Wonderful 101: Remastered: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/platinumgames/the-wonderful-101-remastered Switch is a stretch goal? What do you get if you order it before that?
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Skyscraper posted:Switch is a stretch goal? What do you get if you order it before that? Switch was the base goal.
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Chev posted:Switch was the base goal. Ah, ok, thanks.
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As long as we're still posting the status of backed games: Double Fine Adventure: came out eventually, was Okay, I guess Code Hero: never produced anything beyond the demo, disappeared off of the face of the earth Wasteland 2: came out, was probably good but the character creation was maybe too much like the classic style and intimidated me away from playing much The Banner Saga: I think all of the parts are out now. It's neat but also I never played more than halfway through the first part. TAKEDOWN: was supposed to be like a SWAT type of game, came out but was hot garbage Shadowrun Returns: came out, was pretty good Word Realms: came out, was a pretty enjoyable word game Kinetic Void: I think it came out and I was like "why did I back this" and never touched it Tex Murphy: I won the little raffle that they probably weren't supposed to do and got the $1000 tier for $30. Game came out and it was as expected. Moon Intern: Seems pretty dead. Castle Story: came out, but was another one where I was like "why did I back this" and never played it. Shadowrun Online: came out really late, was like a bad version of Shadowrun Returns but with co-op, I think the servers are down now. Why did I throw away money on this. Mercenary Kings: Pretty neat that I can make a trombone toilet gun. Planetary Annihilation: Came out, I was suckered in by it looking neat and forgot that I don't like RTS. Jesus Christ why was I so bad with my money in the early 2010s Project Eternity (PoE): came out and was pretty neat. Sealark: never came out but at least the dev was honest and upfront about it instead of letting it quietly die. Distance: pretty neat looking arcade racer, came out. Sui Generis: came out with a short, mediocre dungeon crawler that kind of controlled like crap. Radio the Universe: still not out. As stated in other posts the dev seems to post on Twitter about status updates now instead of kickstarter, and it seems maybe kind of close to release finally. Barkley 2: dead, recently had some neat forums drama I guess Torment: Tides of Numenera: came out, had some neat stuff in it but wasn't mind-blowing Divinity: OS: came out, pretty dang fun. A Hat in Time: came out, also pretty dang fun Shantae: Half-Genie Hero: came out, good and had good music Divinity: OS2: came out and is really, really dang good also it was Indiegogo but the Switch version of Indivisible still isn't out so I have no opinion of it yet.
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S.J. posted:That's literally the one that I showed... For anyone who can't get to the Kickstarter, basically every tier from $102 up includes getting blocked by Kamiya (if you want).
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Did the goonmind think W101 was any good originally?
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CottonWolf posted:Did the goonmind think W101 was any good originally? If the controls click for you it's excellent. Like most Platinum games but with a bit more obtuse control than the standard brawler.
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