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Quest For Glory II posted:The games that see the most success on Kickstarter I think are iOS projects because they don't require as large of a budget as PC titles and the turnaround tends to be quicker. I'm excited to see what Kickstarter and the like can do for crowdfunding, but at the same time I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. People like Tim Schafer have pedigree to back them up hence why he can command $3 million+ (before taxes, that's another issue entirely) Then you have your Arkh Projects. I would actually love to see a site/blog of disastrous sounding projects on Kickstarter/Indiegogo that would document these to serve as examples. I'm concerned 6 months from now (if even that long) we will see fallout where people are shocked, SHOCKED that the drama whores running X game, that they threw money at without asking questions, took it and ran to Mexico and surprise surprise, no contracts were signed so no authoritative body, not even Kickstarter, wants to touch that with a ten foot pole. Which is great for an internet story, but ultimately bad for even legit developers, because once bitten twice shy. Look at all the "lol Gabe is fat" backlash due to HL episode 3 being so long delayed. Can you imagine having to answer to these "investors" in such a public, micromanaged way? The moment you go dark for a month, even a week, a thousand assholes take to twitter to post your personal information and call for your head. I don't think this is going to happen with Double Fine but can you imagine what would happen if someone with Double Fine's respect did drop the ball? That would pretty much make Kickstarter the laughingstock of the internet
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evilmiera posted:How can these guys have so few backers? Even as someone who hasn't played the earlier games, Metacell seems completely awesome and the vid is great. Did someone forget to advertise? I suspect 69K is a little high. It looks like a feasible project but for that goal they need more buzz for sure
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HondaCivet posted:I know it's April Fools and all but I really want to believe that something this hilariously sick could exist. That's what indie games lack, DLC milkage
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buttopticor posted:Actually, vaguely similar kickstarter proposals get denied by Kickstarter. I'm actually curious is there a way or site to see an archive of rejected Kickstarters? Arnold of Soissons posted:I looks kind of like a combination of Mount And Blade and King's Bounty, except it somehow doesn't look fun.
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Valen posted:The motherboard he picked has the wrong socket for that processor. Some computer sales associate he is. You'd think the guy from Pete and Pete would be able to afford his own computer edit: Oh dear lord he pronounces meme "mimi"
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Quarex posted:Please help fund Brian Fargo's "Publish It Forward" Kickstarter to start a publishing house that exclusively publishes Kickstarter games! "Here's the thing, you gotta play by our rules which means quick turnaround times and making games how we see fit. Also day 1 DLC"
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Count Uvula posted:Ron Paul: Road to Revolution is going to break $10,000 I hope he teaches them all a lesson on the free market by taking the money and running to Hookerstan
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Iacen posted:I've written Hexadecimal Gnome (Hannah) about it. Hopefully that'll remove this before some unlucky dude (or a yognaught who's stolen his father's credit card) stumbles across it. It's one of those fund raisers where any money donated is transfered to the creator, regardless of the goal is reached or not. loving shameless, I dare say it's worse than "I need money for new car please donate together we can achieve anything any amount helps k thx bye" It's only a matter of time before professional grifters regularly use Indiegogo (or even Kickstarter with some creative thinking) to pay rent every month with some new pitch about changing the world of gaming. You don't even need some grandiose project, since getting a couple thousand seems like the easiest thing in the world. Hell that smart glasses project someone posted pages back the angry commenters were saying they used the money to go to Thailand Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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Saoshyant posted:Sure enough. Example, possibly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softporn_Adventure wiki posted:The game's cover features three nude women and a male waiter in a hot tub. The hot tub is actually that of Sierra's owners, Ken and Roberta Williams. From left to right, the first woman was the company's bookkeeper at On-Line Systems. The second is the wife of Bob Davis, the creator of another Sierra title, Ulysses and the Golden Fleece. The waiter was an actual waiter from a local restaurant, The Broken Bit.  Man I can just imagine what it must be like being Roberta Williams' daughter Roberta Williams: "I am not ashamed of my body, the 70s and 80s were different times, drugs and sex could be had by all-" daughter: "LALALALALALA"
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. Oh, and that's Roberta Williams on the right. The Roberta Williams from King's Quest.
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Achmed Jones posted:They also say that they'll be using motion capture "thanks to some friends at Disney/Pixar." Riiiiight. At least they removed the word "rotoscope" from their 3D game. That would have been embarassing
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Is there a way to contact people on KS? I want to tell all the backers on Mythic they are being had and the comment section is backer only (I can't believe they even allow that option)
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Der Shovel posted:It's loving shameless is what it is. I just posted this in the GBS thread: Their facebook page just went down too. The last thing he said? "I was the production director at Burton Design Group before leavving to start my own adventure" riiiiiight. I'm not worried about Mythic to be honest, since they won't reach their funding goal (least I hope not). But what if they had set their sights a bit lower, say $5000? Anything in the 4 figure range seems retardedly easy to achieve on KS and the like. That's what I'm concerned about. Even a con man has to be creative with his pitch to fool that many people into giving him $10K-$100K, in which case society kinda rewards people of his ilk anyway so he's "earned it" in a perverse way. It's these hit and run guerilla scams that people have to vigilant about since you can use a new fake name and put together some new bullshit pitch about "wow killers" and "Call of Duty without publishers" Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Apr 28, 2012 |
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LumberingTroll posted:Someone should pledge a dollar and post in the comment sections, if it doesn't go through, you dont get charged a buck. there's still about 42 days left. I'm confident it won't make it but if it did I would feel soooo dirty (plus minimum is 5 bucks)
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:The only name attached to these guys is "Seth Westfall" or something like that. He's this fucker, from their pitch video. Oh noes guys, what if we just ruined the reputation of totally legitimate and renowned game developer Seth Westfall who once game tested your favorite game?  Fintilgin posted:God, now I wish I had donated a buck. "Goons, Mythic is a scam, to the comments!" *80,000 goons donate a dollar to join backer comments section* FUNDING SUCCESSFUL
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Al! posted:Kickstarter needs a Helldump. Two Worlds Kickstarter Help Two Worlds realize the outerworld and innerworld by-
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It's inevitable that some level of KS fatigue is going to set in when enough projects fall through. Which is a shame because I want to get on this Startkicking before people are once bitten twice shy
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Yodzilla posted:Since he's said it's going to be released regardless of how the Kickstarer goes I can't wait to see how the project unfolds. Much like the bottom of his stomach, it will never see the light of day
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macnbc posted:\today they announced that they've gotten David Hayter (Solid Snake) "This is the end of privacy as we know it!"  "UNBELIEVABLE"
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2 weeks should be enough time for Eisenwald to cover 15K but they do need a final push
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Quarex posted:I was looking through a few dozen pages of finished Kickstarters the other day, and it really is kind of amazing how almost every non-funded Kickstarter ends at somewhere between 0 and ~40% of its total. There is definitely an economic study just begging to be done here about excitement/momentum/peer pressure; it would not surprise me at all if, ceteris paribus* [!], people are more likely to try to drum up additional support for a project that looks likely to succeed than for one that does not. You might think that just sounds obvious, but "things that sound obvious" are often great subjects for research! The invisible foot of Kickstarter
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I'm hoping Carmageddon still has that don't-give-a-gently caress attitude. I feel like GTA has paradoxically tried to be more "grown up" while losing much of what made it fun in the process
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Mug posted:For some reason I get really furious when I see Kickstarters with physical rewards for <$50 pledges. Are you being sarcastic? I'm genuinely curious why if you are serious
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HondaCivet posted:I didn't play the original Carmageddeon(s) or anything but I'm pretty sure that I'd like to play a game that's literally made by crazy people. I'm in! Yeah, I mentioned on the comments section I might never have given it a second thought if it was some Steam sale of the day, but watching the pitch made me want them to win
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Al! posted:Boy I wish there was a Kickstarter to raise Tex Avery from the dead. https://www.u-wish.com/
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I'm sure she's got some valid things to say but drat, she could hire a boom op and buy giant floodlights for that amount of money. Which is kinda overkill for a webcam video Pledge $10,000 and I will rent a live studio and you get to be in the audience. I can think of worse Kickstarters to contribute to sure Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 09:33 on May 24, 2012 |
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I'll admit I made a quip about what could she possibly do with that amount of money considering the modest production values webcam typically have. I have some sympathies though as I know I'm going to have to deal with a lot of the same bullshit soon enough gently caress it I'll kick in  I just hope she doesn't take the money and run to Cocaine Island Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Jun 8, 2012 |
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Mordiceius posted:Guys. Come on. Let's get an 11th hour push going! Oh you know I'm in for $490K
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Falcon2001 posted:I'm actually surprised by the vitriol against Super Retro Squad or whatever. SMBC was super fun and an interesting take on nostalgia and platformers, and finding out he was planning on making a new game with new stages and everything was exciting for me at least. Goons hate goons, film at 11
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AbstractNapper posted:So, this guy must be making some sort of a joke, right? Apparently he's also trying to bridge GTA and Red Dead Redemption judging by all those horse shots
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Has anyone played the alpha for Power Drive 2000? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1420158244/power-drive-2000 I want this to be good so bad 
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Welp, Shenmue 3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3 Watch that money meter go vrooooo in realtime
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eh? Mine keeps saying 15k...
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I wonder what the over/under is on full funding by midnight tonight
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Kyrosiris posted:500k in 40 minutes, so if it keeps this pace, it's entirely possible. It'd be 12:31 AM eastern. Pacific aka the only the timezone that matters 
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I actually dont have history with Shenmue but watching this money drive makes me feel like Walt Jr
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yeah it's less about funding the game for them and more about milking them whales for all they are worth
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