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Cheap Shot posted:I humbly present my own kickstarter. Hope that's ok.  ), but isn't there a separate board game kickstarter thread?
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Great Joe posted:Art looks hella cool (wanna pet that gator Yeah, but I'm close to my goal and shamelessly want more people to see it.
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Cheap Shot posted:I humbly present my own kickstarter. Hope that's ok. This looks alright but I resent the fact that you used the D&D stats instead of creating a set of stats tailor-made for what you want to achieve. DW used them because, y'know, it tried to model D&D and, frankly, it was a little wonky.
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Megazver posted:This looks alright but I resent the fact that you used the D&D stats instead of creating a set of stats tailor-made for what you want to achieve. DW used them because, y'know, it tried to model D&D and, frankly, it was a little wonky. Yeah, this is my biggest complaint. Especially since you're still using "16" "15" "12" "09" and whatever instead of just lopping those off and sticking with the number that matters of +2, +0, -1, etc. DW kept that stuff (unfortunately IMO) because it was trying to emulate the feel of D&D. As far as I can tell, you are not.
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So I've been idly keeping one eye on The Black Watchmen kickstarter just because I think it's a glorious trainwreck and I can't help but watch it unfold. Basically the story behind it is that a marketing company ran a couple ARG campaigns for The Secret World MMO. They thought that the secret organizations and characters they created were so drat interesting that they bought the IP for them away from Secret World's publisher, and decided to make a permanent ongoing ARG. Sort of like Majestic tried to do back in 2001. Now, that doesn't sound so bad in and of itself, and I love playing ARGs so I got hyped at the thought of it, but the people running this thing seem to be way better doing marketing for other people than developing a game themselves. For starters: This is actually their second attempt at crowdfunding. Their first attempt tried raising money over at MMORPG.com because they wanted to appeal to a niche audience who "gets it" rather than a broader one. They also hoped marketing it to the audience of The Secret World (an MMO that only hit one quarter of its sales targets and nearly bankrupted its publisher) would bring in the big bucks. Towards the end when it was getting pretty clear that they weren't going to hit their target the guy running it posted his cell number and personal email to the backer forum asking that if anyone had any media contacts to pass them along. Needless to say, they didn't come close to hitting their target in the end. So now they're trying Kickstarter. Now it's not only an ARG but it's a comic book too! One of the major problems they have starting out is that they're French Canadian, and they apparently have nobody on staff who is a native English writer/speaker, so many of their official materials and marketing are riddled with typos and grammatical errors. They also cut off their $5 tip jar tier almost immediately after the Kickstarter started because.. reasons I guess? The head guy behind it also did an AMA from his bedroom. ("On Reddit?" you ask. No, on Twitch. "Aren't AMAs a Reddit thing though?" Generally yeah but apparently he thought it was a better idea to do it with mouthbreathers over Skype from his bedroom and broadcast it for the world to see.) Oh also they decided that one of the main characters in the ARG is a lady called the Cybermage who supposedly is like hyper-intelligent and all-powerful. She looks like this.  A lot of people thought that was kinda sexist but the guy running it said the design was done by a lady so really it's cool OK? I could go on, but like I said it's been this fantastic trainwreck. I kinda hope someone does succeed in doing a Majestic-style ongoing ARG someday. But I'm pretty sure this team isn't going to be the one to do it. macnbc fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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macnbc posted:
This is amazing. She paints her toes white. Just dips 'em in plaster.
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macnbc posted:Oh also they decided that one of the main characters in the ARG is a lady called the Cybermage who supposedly is like hyper-intelligent and all-powerful. She looks like this. You'd think she'd have an office or a manse or something. You can't really look all powerful in a corridor.
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how me a frog posted:Can't you just use your normal bank card to do that stuff? I mean there's a PIN and everything. This is seriously odd I'm 30 years old and as a European I have never seen a check, nor heard anyone talk about one, nor have one mentioned in any kind of news report in my entire life. I'm given to assume that they literally stopped existing before I was born around here. Did you never have to buy equipment rated in the tens of thousands of pounds? Usually difficult to get a card with that limit, and you don't want to be carrying that amount of cash. I'm forty, and I was doing that fifteen years ago in the UK. Companies use a _lot_ of cheques. Also bear in mind that America has a different liability profile than the UK. You can literally use your CC No and wave past the CVC here, but in the UK they shifted the liability to the merchant and offered bounties for invalid cards...Mid nineties it was fifty pounds or so. NTRabbit posted:So nuts to anyone who has a competition like that shut down because they believe that content creation belongs only to paid professionals. Did you play Eve under that name? Hang around Metro a lot? I produced a website years ago that ran the same kind of gig for film music, but what sank it wasn't the 'We own your poo poo after submitted', but the absolute poo poo fight with the RIAA and the MPRS, the latter who prosecute first, then check to see if the music is actually from someone they represent. Licensing is a terrible, legal battle, even when you're trying to do the right thing. The RIAA believes that is essentially rules the license space and has been litigious about it. Nintendo Kid posted:What do you mean by a bank card that isn't a debit card? The special ones that literally only work at the bank's own ATMs and nowhere else? He means a debit card, I believe. The UK unified ATM a long time ago under Maestro/Link, which then ended up as as an extension of Visa, but that's mostly guesswork as poo poo has changed in the last decade. The UK has a much smaller regulatory framework. Edit: The Secret World has a fairly bad backstory that is buried deep under sub-par gameplay. Save your money and buy any of the Laundry books by Stross. Hav fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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macnbc posted:Oh also they decided that one of the main characters in the ARG is a lady called the Cybermage who supposedly is like hyper-intelligent and all-powerful. She looks like this. Is that a freakishly large/photoshopped big toe, or is it my own feet that are weird?
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Bruceski posted:Is that a freakishly large/photoshopped big toe, or is it my own feet that are weird?
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Bruceski posted:Is that a freakishly large/photoshopped big toe, or is it my own feet that are weird? The other toes are curled up. It's Freudian, what the artist did.
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The only thing I notice is how hosed up the perspective is between her and her chair and the angle the corridor is at.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The only thing I notice is how hosed up the perspective is between her and her chair and the angle the corridor is at. Can't you do all sorts of funny stuff with angles and funky lenses (and Photoshop composites)? The angles show that she's open for business, if you get my drift. It was deliberately done. You don't get that good at painting painted feet without learning a thing or two about the other thing. 
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Cheap Shot posted:Yeah, but I'm close to my goal and shamelessly want more people to see it. You made your goal. Congrats!
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Cheap Shot posted:I humbly present my own kickstarter. Hope that's ok. Kinda really sad this isn't a video game.
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Jonathan Yeah! posted:You'd think she'd have an office or a manse or something. You can't really look all powerful in a corridor. She's on the escalator to empowerment.
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Gryphon Knight Epic's last day is coming up, and contributions seem to have really dropped off since it met its initial goal. Their first stretch goal is $5k away, but it's for adding all of a stage, 2 bosses and a new weapon. I think splitting that up into smaller stretch goals might make more sense. Do you guys think people are more likely to contribute to a project if a goal is close? Or do projects usually reach a plateau were everyone who would be interested has seen it and you can't really expect much more?
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This Jelly God game looks interesting, but I'm not sure how much replayability it hasHav posted:Did you play Eve under that name? Hang around Metro a lot? Yes, and no, at least not that I can recall
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Cheap Shot posted:I humbly present my own kickstarter. Hope that's ok. good art
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Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection looks loving rad, but I'm not well-versed enough to notice if there's anything shady going on. It's a really high funding level, but the guy has a decade's worth of experience with design and publishing, and is purely aiming to get the thing out in a reasonable timeframe. Either way I super goddamn want it.
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Hakkesshu posted:Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection looks loving rad, but I'm not well-versed enough to notice if there's anything shady going on. It's a really high funding level, but the guy has a decade's worth of experience with design and publishing, and is purely aiming to get the thing out in a reasonable timeframe. I see Hagane is in there, so this guy knows what's up at least.
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RadicalR posted:Hahahahaha, what? I would ask, but I'm afraid of the nightmare fuel. That actually doesn't appear to be true. From the looks of things, a picture that was supposed to be of Amy was instead a picture of Sonia from Sonic Underground drawn by some person on deviantArt. It was a placeholder that got mistaken for official art. Also the original picture is not porn. Holy poo poo, what a dumb name for Sonic's sister. Sonia. Who approved that?
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Reminds me of the time Sears sold merchandise of "King Dedede Drooling While Eating."
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Cheez posted:That actually doesn't appear to be true. From the looks of things, a picture that was supposed to be of Amy was instead a picture of Sonia from Sonic Underground drawn by some person on deviantArt. It was a placeholder that got mistaken for official art. Also the original picture is not porn. One of the many cancelled 90's Sonic games was gonna feature a female character named Tiara Boobowski, of all loving things.
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Cheez posted:Holy poo poo, what a dumb name for Sonic's sister. Sonia. Who approved that? Can't wait for them to reveal the middle sibling, Sonib.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:First I've heard of Sonic having a sister. They kept her a secret so that his Dad, Darth Vader, wouldn't find out.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:One of the many cancelled 90's Sonic games was gonna feature a female character named Tiara Boobowski, of all loving things. Don't forget Madonna! http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Madonna Wouldn't end up being until Sonic 2006 that he got his human love interest.
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Cheez posted:Holy poo poo, what a dumb name for Sonic's sister. Sonia. Who approved that? He has a brother named Manic.
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Original_Z posted:
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Cheap Shot posted:I humbly present my own kickstarter. Hope that's ok. Hey I backed at your physical tier because your art is awesome and I want to try to play a dungeon world style game with my kid because it seems like it encourages imagination and player involvement more than other pen and paper games like D&D.
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Segmentation Fault posted:Reminds me of the time Sears sold merchandise of "King Dedede Drooling While Eating."  Midna, holding a packet of mayo, punches Link in the stomach NTRabbit posted:This Jelly God game looks interesting, but I'm not sure how much replayability it has The art style is neat but the reward tier chart looks like it has more depth than the actual game.
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Original_Z posted:Wouldn't end up being until Sonic 2006 that he got his human love interest.
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The White Dragon posted:Didn't they release (at least, in America) a straight-to-video Sonic movie some time in the late 90s that featured Sonic and his human waifu? There's a lot of weird poo poo in that franchise. It was some Metal Sonic thing and his waifu was a catgirl. That's all I remember.
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So I backed Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars because I loved Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space. Kickstarter was successful, the game appeared on Steam's Early Access and then the dev put the game in a $1,5 bundle a month in after the game was released in EA. People were pissed, he apologized to the backers who paid $10 year before, he admitted it was a mistake but they didn't have enough money to finish the game. But now the game's in a bundle for the second time. This is getting ridiculous. I'm beginning to think both Early Access and Kickstarter hosed indie gaming up in some ways. I feel like such a dumbass paying for betatesting games that'll never shape up into what they were meant to be. Real artists ship, goddammit. And now Planetary Annihilation is coming out in two weeks and it's still not known whether the game will be always-online or not.
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Pay what you want bundles (that include brand new games in particular) are responsible for hugely devaluing games, in particular indie games. Why buy a game for 5 bucks, when you can wait for a bundle and get it for 25 cents or less? I used to buy every bundle for as little as possible just to collect things. I stopped once I had more skin in the game and realized how incredibly unhealthy that is for the industry.
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JossiRossi posted:Pay what you want bundles (that include brand new games in particular) are responsible for hugely devaluing games, in particular indie games. Why buy a game for 5 bucks, when you can wait for a bundle and get it for 25 cents or less? I used to buy every bundle for as little as possible just to collect things. I stopped once I had more skin in the game and realized how incredibly unhealthy that is for the industry. Yeah I remember when they put Broken Age into the humble bundle and I thought to myself "wtf are you doing Tim?"
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So, another MMO appears! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1045484633/project-gorgon-a-new-approach-to-mmos This one is made by people that actually worked on shipped MMOs though: quote:I'm Eric Heimburg, the lead developer, and I started working on MMOs way back in 2001, including Asheron's Call 1 & 2 and Perpetual's Star Trek Online. I've also worked as a network engineer and as an indie game developer and pro-indie proponent. I have production experience, design experience, and coding experience. Unfortunately I am the worst artist in the world, and I know nothing about sound. I followed this project way back when they tried a kickstarter but didn't have much success. The game seems quite charming with some fresh ideas and not "we're totally making a better WoW!" thing. It's also already playable so that's a giant plus. I also like this: quote:(Soapbox mode. For the record, I really encourage you to never back any indie MMO project unless you can see actual gameplay firsthand. It's just too risky! Making an indie MMO is beyond hard... I've been a game developer for well over a decade, and a programmer for a lot longer, and this indie MMO is the hardest project I've ever worked on. And it took me years just to get this far. So it breaks my heart to see a bunch of excited gamers spending money on games that will supposedly be made from scratch in 12 months, by a team who's never even made games before. That's a recipe for vaporware, and players will become jaded and distrustful of crowd funding. Don't let this happen. Please insist on seeing some solid progress before you invest! Soapbox off.) It seems they haven't got much attention and although I probably won't play it I'd like to see what comes out of this project.
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