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I'm really digging Republique and after throwing some coin into Wasteland 2, The Banner Saga and Shadowrun Returns i've been looking for another project to help out with that looks interesting. I'm a little concerned about the fairly new addition of the PC/Mac version, though. It feels a little bit like it's just being thrown in to meet the kickstarter target. I don't own an iPad or iPhone so is this a project I should probably avoid?
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Considering their main focus is making a AAA game for iOS, you can probably safely avoid it. Check out the second post for some cool Kickstarters worth your cash.
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May 1, 2012 04:43
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LumberingTroll posted:I would greatly appreciate a sticky in games. You should probably PM one of the mods with a politely-worded request.
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May 1, 2012 04:48
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octoroon posted:You should probably PM one of the mods with a politely-worded request. Already done! Didn't want to spam all of them, and I know they check here as well.
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May 1, 2012 04:49
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Nekro got itself funded while no-one was looking. The developers have 3 days to raise another $10,500 for their Nekro customization stretch goal, and $40,500 for a P2P co-op mode.
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May 1, 2012 05:03
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I'm glad Nekro made it, was getting a bit worried how close it was going to cut it.
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May 1, 2012 05:18
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Verge, er, Polygon has a little interview with the FleetCOMM guys. Game looks kind of interesting, and the goal is modest, be interesting to see if they pull it off with the low amount of time left. Looks like it's trying to be a more tactical sort of space RTS-kind of thing. http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/4/30/2989891/former-zynga-engineer-kickstarts-sci-fi-military-game http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mercenary-games/vigrior-maneuver-warfare
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May 1, 2012 05:26
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I feel like too many space games are either one-man fighter sims, top down fleet strategy, or mercenary/trade simulators. What was the name of that game where you controlled your little crew guys and told them to put out fires and poo poo? Now that was a really great unique idea that I hope got funded.
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May 1, 2012 05:36
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The Nekro guys just backed us!  and had a very nice message to go along with it.
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May 1, 2012 05:42
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Narmi posted:So it's fair to say that people are willing to take a bigger risk now and are more confident that they'll enjoy the game (since they're willing to pay more). I for one, boosted my pledge from $15 to $50 after the video  His accent had nothing to do with it, I swear.
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emoticon posted:I feel like too many space games are either one-man fighter sims, top down fleet strategy, or mercenary/trade simulators. What was the name of that game where you controlled your little crew guys and told them to put out fires and poo poo? Now that was a really great unique idea that I hope got funded. Star Command. It exceeded its funding by something like 200% I think.
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May 1, 2012 05:51
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NINbuntu 64 posted:Star Command. It exceeded its funding by something like 200% I think. I think he meant FTL, which... yeah, they did okay. I hope they know how to handle a much larger hunk of money than they were expecting.
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NmareBfly posted:I think he meant FTL, which... yeah, they did okay. I hope they know how to handle a much larger hunk of money than they were expecting. His description was pretty vague.
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May 1, 2012 06:00
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HEVampersand posted:I'm really digging Republique and after throwing some coin into Wasteland 2, The Banner Saga and Shadowrun Returns i've been looking for another project to help out with that looks interesting. Yeah, I felt the same way. It looks really cool but I don't own a smartphone. If they'd had plans for a PC version from the beginning I'd put down 15$ or so.
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May 1, 2012 06:05
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I did mean FTL (which did way more than okay!), but Star Command looks interesting too. It seems to have more of a Game Dev Story vibe where the focus is on buying upgrades and building stats, whereas FTL looks to be more focused on managing your crew during combat.
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May 1, 2012 06:06
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I think I found the answer to my question earlier about how far "slavish fan devotion for 1980s computer games" goes: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/subgames/rob-swigarts-portal-1986-reborn This actually looks amazing (I mean, insofar as what they want to do), but I am fairly certain that Rod Swigart's name does not carry as much weight as Brian Fargo's.
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May 1, 2012 13:21
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RPS finally covered Nekro. The game is so right up their alley that their vow against inadvertently funding any KS seemed a bit ridiculous here. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/01/keeping-that-dungeon-warm-nekro-is-a-go-go/
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May 1, 2012 13:40
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FleetCOMM looks kind of interesting, but I have a hard time figuring out exactly what it plays like from the kickstarter. It probably doesn't help that by the third time they randomly drop a comma into the middle of a phrase I'm just skimming.
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May 1, 2012 13:43
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Quarex posted:I think I found the answer to my question earlier about how far "slavish fan devotion for 1980s computer games" goes: Well, I can say that a recommendation from Timothy Leary wasn't the first thing I'd have expected from a Kickstarter project. I don't see much else to be excited about, I've never heard of the original game, but that got my attention for 15 buck's worth.
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May 1, 2012 14:00
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Well, I didn't see this mentioned, and a quick search turned up nothing, so here's The Hardest Platformer Ever
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May 1, 2012 14:07
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What the gently caress is a gosu.
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Quarex posted:I think I found the answer to my question earlier about how far "slavish fan devotion for 1980s computer games" goes:
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The Nekro people replied to my question:darkForge posted:We're going to do everything we can to get the game on steam.
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Quarex posted:I think I found the answer to my question earlier about how far "slavish fan devotion for 1980s computer games" goes: I swear, Kickstarter is trying to bankrupt me. I loved loved loved the original Portal when I was a kid. It was a moody, lonely diamond-hard SF mystery novel wrapped in an interface that doled story out in non-linear chunks as you searched a proto-Net to find out What Went Wrong. More than Double Fine, more than Wasteland 2, this is the game revival I'd give my left eyeteeth and a kidney to see succeed and become an adventure game - desolate landscapes, decaying systems, actual hard SF. The idea of playing a game where you try to reconstruct the past by rescuing data from failing systems gives me an archivist stiffy. The Venn diagram, though, of those who've played it and those who remember it is vanishingly small, and $900k is a steep-rear end hill to climb - probably too steep. Grrr.
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Quarex posted:I think I found the answer to my question earlier about how far "slavish fan devotion for 1980s computer games" goes: This looks interesting. I was thinking that they set their goal a bit too high, but their answer as to why they neek $900k is actually pretty reasonable. quote:$900k!? Are you guys nuts? Whaddya think ya are, Wasteland 2? I wouldn't have thought that an adventure game could cost $10-million, but I can appreciate that they set the bar at a point where they would get the minimum needed to make the game, instead of setting it lower, taking people's money and failing to follow through. Game looks interesting as hell though, I really do hope they make it. Narmi fucked around with this message at 14:54 on May 1, 2012 |
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Pitched in for Portal, but I don't think they're gonna hit it 
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Yodzilla posted:What the gently caress is a gosu. Either a programming language, a card game or a Starcraft 2 player. If it's supposed to be a designation for really hard platformers I've never heard of it before.
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I shared this in the Kinetic Void thread, but thought you guys might like to see as well.  SA are the majority backers, followed up by Reddit.
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Yodzilla posted:What the gently caress is a gosu. I think its Korean and means "fast hands."
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LumberingTroll posted:I shared this in the Kinetic Void thread, but thought you guys might like to see as well. With a little more than twice as many people, SA has pledged more than triple the dollars vs  
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full point posted:I think its Korean and means "fast hands." It literally means "high hand." Not literally, it means you're really good at something (Go, martial arts, StarCraft, whatever).
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LSL Kickstarter posted:Now, here's the big one: at the $650,000 level, we're doing something that will change the face of Larry forever (if only!): we're adding a new location, new puzzles, and a new girl with her own storyline! Is this the infamous female character that Al was forced to cut from the original 1987 version of Leisure Suit Larry 1? Or am I just making that up entirely to add a sense of mystery? Your guess is as good as mine! The LSL kickstarter has 24 hours left and is only 56k away from a brand new area + girl for the remake. Come on SA, throw $15 at it. It's only 15 bucks and who knows, it might turn out pretty awesome. LSL Kickstarter
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Shadley Puffin posted:re: Portal, a Kickstarter project by Rob Swigart One of you guys should put together a new thread for it. I'd post in it to help keep it visible for a few days. It's nicher than most things I've seen, and will definitely be overlooked in this thread alone. I checked it out and thought it looked pretty cool. I found a super short youtube review of the game. There's also a free e-book novelization of the game written a few years later by the guy. I'm definitely mildly interested. I wish I knew more about the guy or the game. It seems like the kickstarter would play as something similar to the Journeyman Project; would that be accurate?
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Tezzeract posted:RPS finally covered Nekro. The game is so right up their alley that their vow against inadvertently funding any KS seemed a bit ridiculous here. RPS was pretty clear, far more than anyone else, that they're happy to cover games they like. They simply weren't going to post about a kickstarter just because someone asked them to.
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Kaboobi posted:Pitched in for Portal, but I don't think they're gonna hit it Same here. Seeing that high a goal was such a disappointment.
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Looks like RPS is crediting this forum with uncovering the Mythic scam. Good work, goons!  edit: whoops, the RPS link actually goes to the Banner Saga thread. seorin fucked around with this message at 17:45 on May 1, 2012 |
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May 1, 2012 17:37
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seorin posted:Looks like RPS is crediting this thread with uncovering the Mythic scam. Good work, goons! I feel so accomplished!
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octoroon posted:I feel so accomplished! Yes! Something I helped with wound up on RPS. What a masterful day this is! Big ups to octoroon, Der Shovel, and everyone who helped. All I did was take a couple screenshots, others did all the heavy lifting. Teamwork!
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