Kickstarter - The Thread.

[Pezzle]

We do not need more zombie games. 

[MrHat]

Refuse to give that money.

[Sky]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fourhorsemen/gothitropolis-raven-action-figure-by-four-horsemen

[schild]

Pezzle is sending me updates from GenCon. He'll be getting me Hex info and forcing Cory into answering some questions for me, but until then, here's this:



http://golemarcana.com

[Sky]

That's a trend now, but I don't think anyone's cracked a way to make minis + tech fun yet.

[Ingmar]

Pre painted is good.

[Nightblade]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostinabottle/octopus-city-blues

[Phred]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostinabottle/octopus-city-blues

Ok this looks pretty cool. hard to ignore for 10$

[Nightblade]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostinabottle/octopus-city-blues

Ok this looks pretty cool. hard to ignore for 10$

It's a kickstarter of a friend of mines. I wish I had the money right now donate some myself.

[Fabricated]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/mighty-no-9

Keiji Inafune basically making a gigantic "eat my balls Capcom" kickstarter for NOTMEGAMAN.

[schild]

holy fuck

[KallDrexx]

Meh wake me up when there's actual gameplay....

[Teleku]

Damn, looks like another project I need to fund.

[Fabricated]

$1.3 mill in a day and a half is pretty good.

[Pezzle]

Golem Arcana kickstarter live this morning.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/golem-arcana?ref=live

I like the idea, but my gaming group will never go for it. 

[Ruvaldt]

River City Ransom: Underground.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/combitstudios/river-city-ransom-underground

River City Ransom is my favorite NES game, but sadly it sounds like they're pretty far from an actual game right now.  Maybe just $15...

[Fabricated]

lol

Were you one of the 9000 people who gave money to the Kickstarter for CLANG, a swordfighting game whose campaign was fronted by sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson? Then I'm sorry.

Despite hitting its funding goal of $500,000 last year, development on the game is grinding to a halt, with Stephenson writing on the game's Kickstarter page that CLANG is now an "evenings and weekends" project because the money has run out, and many developers have sought contract work elsewhere.

But wait. That's not all. Turns out the money was never going to fund development of the game in the first place; the developers were simply using it as a starting point from which they could attract venture capitalist and/or publisher backing, which for whatever reason hasn't materialised.1

While the team are sounding out options, a betting man would call this ambitious project - it was also looking at custom hardware - dead in the water.

Reminder: you are not a customer on Kickstarter. You are a tiny venture capitalist, taking tiny little risks every time you put your money down. Sometimes you win! Or, in cases like this, you lose.

[schild]

Why anyone gave Stephenson money is beyond me.

Never trust a Faux Cyberpunk.

[Stormwaltz]

I was just wondering about that the other day, when I read on the BBC about Stephenson's new Great Plan to build a 20km tall tower.

I expect the Kickstarter to begin next week.

[schild]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa, he's just trying to start a cult.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

[Lucas]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/681245796/soccer-legends-tactical-turn-based-soccer-manager?ref=live (boardgame might also be good if it gets produced beside the current limited edition)

Very interesting for my tastes :)

[Paelos]

lol

Were you one of the 9000 people who gave money to the Kickstarter for CLANG, a swordfighting game whose campaign was fronted by sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson? Then I'm sorry.

Despite hitting its funding goal of $500,000 last year, development on the game is grinding to a halt, with Stephenson writing on the game's Kickstarter page that CLANG is now an "evenings and weekends" project because the money has run out, and many developers have sought contract work elsewhere.

But wait. That's not all. Turns out the money was never going to fund development of the game in the first place; the developers were simply using it as a starting point from which they could attract venture capitalist and/or publisher backing, which for whatever reason hasn't materialised.1

While the team are sounding out options, a betting man would call this ambitious project - it was also looking at custom hardware - dead in the water.

Reminder: you are not a customer on Kickstarter. You are a tiny venture capitalist, taking tiny little risks every time you put your money down. Sometimes you win! Or, in cases like this, you lose.

This is pretty much what I expected out of all the video game kickstarters. You're not a venture capitalist, or an investor, or whatever bullshit title people rub themselves with at night to not feel like a sucker.

[Ruvaldt]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/681245796/soccer-legends-tactical-turn-based-soccer-manager?ref=live (boardgame might also be good if it gets produced beside the current limited edition)

Very interesting for my tastes :)

That looks like something I could really like.  Thanks for the heads up.

[Teleku]

This is pretty much what I expected out of all the video game kickstarters. You're not a venture capitalist, or an investor, or whatever bullshit title people rub themselves with at night to not feel like a sucker.

Errr, but you are?  You're giving money to fund a start up with a pre-agreed payout back to you if the project is successfull.  Plenty of venture capitalist end up being 'suckers' as well.

Having said that, people who took a look at that particular kickstarter and still thought it was a smart idea to fund it are really shitty venture capitalists.  AKA:  Suckers.   

[Paelos]

If you got your capital back and a game? Yeah you're an investor of some kind. All you are in these things is a person who is giving out a payment for a promise with no recourse and no interest.

[Lucas]

You know, I could almost (almost) forgive the Carmageddon: Reincarnation dev team for the excessive (although they motivated it in another post) delay of their KS project if they keep posting updates like the last one...

http://www.carmageddon.com/blog/beef-curtains-pink-medium-or-well-done

...Which includes stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c5YM152DdI

And especially this    (hmm, mildly NSFW?)

 

[Fabricated]

Also, one of the first few Kickstarters I funded unfortunately turned out about the way I expected it.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/236510

Basically this thing was touted as a Rainbow Six revival and I kinda had a soft spot for R6/SWAT so I kicked in hoping they could shit out something close to the quality of a HL2 mod but standalone and without that kinda buggy/janky "We twisted this engine's arm to do what we wanted" feeling mods have.

The result is: basically an alpha sold as a completed game. Lots of hooting and hollering in the forums about refunds.

[Fabricated]

Speaking of sorta-kickstarter news, Shadow of The Eternals is basically dead:

     It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to put the Shadow of the Eternals project on hold. We are very happy with what we have accomplished both as a group and with the community. The community has blown us away and was the one thing that kept us going through it all - we cannot thank you enough.

    Many of us will be taking a break. For those who are not aware, we all worked on this project as a labor of love and self financed 100% of everything for a over a year to try to make Shadow of the Eternals a reality. Although we did not succeed on doing this, we succeeded in making many friends and starting something that we hope provided value for those involved. We have no regrets.

    Denis, Phil and Aaron have decided to continue to run the forums for those who wish to stay hang out and talk. Denis, Phil and Aaron will also be taking a break but will be around posting and talking with everyone when they can. Others from Precursor will also be popping in from time to time.

    Is the project dead? No, but we feel it needs a rest too. We have all agreed as a group that when and if the time is right we will get together and start it up again.

    Keep your head high everyone and remember what we have accomplished together.

Yes, this epic journey that consisted of us trying to pitch the leftovers of the Eternal Darkness 2 game we've had for years that ended with us failing to crowdfund like 4 times and one of the team arrested for child pornography.

[Sky]

I pretty much have a no-video-games policy for KS. I slipped up a bit. A bit of a mix, I expect Divinity 2 to be pretty cool. Planetary Annhilation, though I'm not the biggest RTS fan, looks pretty awesome because of the scale - not getting my hopes up so it should be ok. Then the other end of things, TUG and Stonehearth. At least it cured my interest in minecraft knock-offs. TUG is so painfully alpha with such a naive dev team...but I'm really looking forward to whenever they get multiplayer patched in, Dread Lords rolling. They showed off a pair of WALKING ARMS after two+ months of alpha. Still kinda wished I had backed Garriot's trainwreck for the loolz.

My favorite miniatures loolz backing is this one (I'm only in for $6 and he promised me swag as a blogger, we'll see): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/867463650/the-women-of-the-world-of-for-ha-tabletop-miniatur

[dusematic]

Fundanything.com.  Discuss.

[HaemishM]

My favorite miniatures loolz backing is this one (I'm only in for $6 and he promised me swag as a blogger, we'll see): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/867463650/the-women-of-the-world-of-for-ha-tabletop-miniatur

What the fuck is up with the butt spider?

[Soln]

This boardgame for kids is going ahead, which is nice:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danshapiro/robot-turtles-the-board-game-for-little-programmer

Myself and my wife both funded it independently without knowing.  Yes, it's RoboRally, but still in a nice wrapper for young kids.

[HaemishM]

Fundanything.com.  Discuss.

So... really? I can ask for a million dollars to write my novels... just because?

[Merusk]

The result is: basically an alpha sold as a completed game. Lots of hooting and hollering in the forums about refunds.

Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[Sky]

What the fuck is up with the butt spider?

My favorite so far was the backer-only update with pics of his 'model'.

Square nails? Check.
Lucite heels? Check.