Kickstarter - The Thread.

[ghost]

But it gets better the more you order.  For 9 bucks you get just one, but for 18 you get two decks. 

[Salamok]

But it gets better the more you order.  For 9 bucks you get just one, but for 18 you get two decks. 

The fun goes up exponentially though.  Still IMHO this beats paying Jeff Dee to recreate some of his D&D artwork that looks like it came out of an 8th graders notebook.

[ghost]

What are you talking about?  That cover of Dieties and Demigods is badass.   

I think I sold my copy a long time ago.  Sad. 

[Ingmar]

The cover was Erol Otus. 

[Salamok]

Maybe the masters of his pen & inks were in far greater detail than what ended up getting printed  but somehow i think that a scan from the book + a live trace in illustrator would fix things up about as nice as the originals.

[ghost]

But then he wouldn't get all the kickstarter money.

 

[Merusk]

Watch the vid or Google his images.  The cover is not his style, he did a lot of the nifty black & white drawings inside the books not that shite on the cover - as Ingmar pointed out.   If you thought one of the B&W images was goofy or had derpy people, it was probably Otus - who also did Ingmar and Sky's avatars.

[Sky]

Fuck you, man.

[Hutch]

To be fair, Otus's style works out pretty well if you want to depict something lower-plane-ish, or an elder being from beyond space and time.

It's when he draws something that you would otherwise recognize from real life (i.e. a human or an animal) that things get all squicky.

Dee's style works best as comic book art.

[ghost]

Speaking of bad art, here's your awful Kickstarter project of the week.

Action Packed Cyperpunk Stock Photo Set

Wow.  This is amazing.  Look at some of the examples:





Very cyperpunky.   

Jeezuz fucking christ.   

[Sky]

I think that Tidal Wave minis KS is pretty lousy, too.


While Bombshell is a decent deal, I wish they'd add more freebies. The structure is all about unlocking things you're paying for with pledges and then stuff you're paying for with option money.

I don't think we've mentioned Low Life minis outside the mini thread. It's not a crazy Reaper deal where you get a gazillion vinyl minis; but you won't find minis like these anywhere else.



It's a post-apocalyptic setting, that's a sentient twinkie (with another sentient stuffed into his hammer). I'm a bit nuts for the Cremefillians, though.

[JWIV]

I think that Tidal Wave minis KS is pretty lousy, too.


While Bombshell is a decent deal, I wish they'd add more freebies. The structure is all about unlocking things you're paying for with pledges and then stuff you're paying for with option money.

That's been my problem with the Numenera kickstarter.  I'm already a bit iffy about the system, and everything being unlocked is either simply a PDF (seriously, print out a DM screen? WTF) or a pay option (Oh hey, dice you can buy   )

[ghost]

I thought about backing the Bombshell one and then figured I'd just watch some porn instead.   

[Merusk]

Fuck you, man.

 

Wasn't a criticism of your Avatar, Sky.  Back off the caffeine.   I think he did monsters pretty well.  It's the people who look derpy. When I say goofy I mean it. They had a much more whimsical air to them, like this one.


Or, yes, your avatar. There's whimsy and goofy good-natured stuff there man.

[Sky]

It wasn't a serious statement 

I happen to love his iconic humanoids, especially his paintings.

[Sky]

Nice looking RTS from Total Annihilation guys.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts/

Kind of a TA injected into a spore-like multiple worlds thing. $20 for the game alone.

Note: a few people backed out or upgraded from the early bird $15 for this game. I just went in for $15.

40 minutes left!

[Soln]

Obsidian is making a new M-Rated game.  Um yes plz.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

Project Eternity is an isometric, party-based RPG set in a new fantasy world developed by Obsidian Entertainment....Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

[ghost]

Race....elf
Class........druid
Alignment.........chaotic neutral
Position..........doggy style

 

[schild]

Fuck. I should have done a fundraiser drive for the $1,000 level of this so we could get Bat Country items into the game.

[Thrawn]

Launched today, almost at 700k with 31 days to go.  I think they might make their goal. 

[ghost]

Wow.  They have a dude named Feargus.  I'm backing this one.   

[schild]

Wow.  They have a dude named Feargus.  I'm backing this one.   

Feargus Urquhart was the invisible hand behind Fallout and Planescape. I feel like everyone knew this already or at least should have.

Here: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,13496/

[ghost]

Yeah, I've never really been into the "whos" and "whats", but then again I'm not in the industry. 

[Yegolev]

HALT!  OUR PATH, 'TIS BLOCKED WITH BROCCOLI!

[schild]

QUICKLY, FETCH THE VEGAN. HE CAN EAT OUR WAY OUT.

[NiX]

QUICKLY, FETCH THE VEGAN. HE CAN EAT OUR WAY OUT.

I'd kickstart where this is going.

[Sky]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1990654819/judge-dredd-miniatures-game-block-war

Yeah, yeah another mini KS. I'm not even really backing it much, but you can nab a Judge Dredd mini for $5 free shipping. So there's that.

[Trippy]

Kickstarter Is Not a Store

New rules for project submissions. Creators will now need to fill out a "Risks and Challenges" section and Hardware and Product Design projects can not show simulations or renderings -- they must show an actual prototype. Offering multiple quantities of a product is also prohibited (e.g. no more "store display pack" reward levels), with some exceptions.

[Ingmar]

Shouldn't affect most/all of the ones we tend to be interested in here, it looks like.

[Salamok]

Offering multiple quantities of a product is also prohibited (e.g. no more "store display pack" reward levels), with some exceptions.

This sucks.

[caladein]

Shouldn't affect most/all of the ones we tend to be interested in here, it looks like.

Yeah, thankfully as "no multiples" is a pretty dumb rule to have in general I think.

[Ingmar]

On reading more I'm not sure if the no multiples is restricted to just Hardware and Product Design the same way the simulation/rendering thing is.

[caladein]

I think the post that Trippy linked is pretty clear?

We've also added the following guideline for Hardware and Product Design projects:

Offering multiple quantities of a reward is prohibited. Hardware and Product Design projects can only offer rewards in single quantities or a sensible set (some items only make sense as a pair or as a kit of several items, for instance). The development of new products can be especially complex for creators and offering multiple quantities feels premature, and can imply that products are shrink-wrapped and ready to ship.

[Paelos]

What do they mean about multiples? Is there a game example?

[Trippy]

Like this (for a product design):

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kcmachine/sonastand