Kickstarter - The Thread.

[dusematic]

Fundanything.com.  Discuss.

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

Yes.  Gets interesting because whenever there is a succesful campaign, it attracts people posting comments admonishing everyone in their jubilation for supporting something so trivial when they have brain cancer, welfare, etc., and have only amassed $6.93 versus a million dollars for adam carolla to make a movie. 

[Sky]

Heads-up, Reaper just launched Bones 2. If you have even the slightest interest in miniatures or board gaming, you should jump in. The last deal was insanely good.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-ii-the-return-of-mr-bones

I'm not the biggest fan of plastic, but at the price it's more than worth it, especially for gamers (unless you're Ingmar and demand pre-paints, heh). They paint up nice, the last few I've painted on my blog are from the first KS (link in sig, click on Gallery). At the very least, they make great board game tokens.

[Viin]

Fundanything.com.  Discuss.

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

You should sign up for this instead: http://www.patreon.com/

[HaemishM]

Fundanything.com.  Discuss.

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

You should sign up for this instead: http://www.patreon.com/

What is this... I don't even...

I've never taken or asked for donations for any of my content on the web even when I was offering it for free. But you know, I love money. I love it when people give me money. I could use more money. But I'm just totally not sure how I feel about being "patronized" like some Medieval ceiling scribbler. Maybe it's the expectations that I feel like it would put on the creator or maybe it's some deeply conservative upbringing I have buried under decades of liberalism that is all about self-reliance.

I may have to blog about this. And then ask for patrons to give me money for it. 

[Merusk]

It's bullshit self-reliance stuff.  Look, you have a customer, consider it a foundation account in a larger business. Only instead of being called a 'foundation account' they're your Patron because the funnel is THAT MUCH bigger.

No different than any other business relationship except you don't have to kow-tow, because they're coming to you because they like your stuff.  "Keep doing what you're doing.  Maybe once in a while flip me a bit of fanservice to make me feel special."

[schild]

I think I still own douchebags.net. Maybe they'll buy it.

[Viin]

With patreon, the patrons sign up to give donations for each bit of content you release to them. If you don't release content, they don't donate. If you release a lot of content, you get a lot of donations. If the patrons don't like the content, they stop donating.

This really only works if folks are already familiar with what you can do.

Seems worthwhile to try if you ask me. (Or go the Hugh Howey route and sell your ebooks cheap, but write tons of them).

[dusematic]

Fundanything.com.  Discuss.

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

You should sign up for this instead: http://www.patreon.com/

What is this... I don't even...

I've never taken or asked for donations for any of my content on the web even when I was offering it for free. But you know, I love money. I love it when people give me money. I could use more money. But I'm just totally not sure how I feel about being "patronized" like some Medieval ceiling scribbler. Maybe it's the expectations that I feel like it would put on the creator or maybe it's some deeply conservative upbringing I have buried under decades of liberalism that is all about self-reliance.

I may have to blog about this. And then ask for patrons to give me money for it. 

Don't discount the crippling fear of failure that lurks deep within all the competent and prideful.

[HaemishM]

Yeah, that too. How damaging to a fragile ego would it be to get like a buck 75 for your hard work?

[dusematic]

Yeah, that too. How damaging to a fragile ego would it be to get like a buck 75 for your hard work?

That's why I wouldn't try, because I know in that hypothetical you mentioned I'd have to kill myself.

[Thrawn]

Yeah, that too. How damaging to a fragile ego would it be to get like a buck 75 for your hard work?

That's why I wouldn't try, because I know in that hypothetical you mentioned I'd have to kill myself.

Or get over 1 million for each page of your webcomic you put out. (Yes, something is obviouslly off with that since I doubt 111 people contributed an average of $10,000 each.)

[Merusk]

You have to remove emotion from it, which is *incredibly* difficult for creatives but you can do it.  Do work you're happy with, put it out there and just write off others as philistines.

The only people who are wildly successful while they're alive are those who are also excellent salesmen or hire a great marketing team.

[Furiously]

Heads-up, Reaper just launched Bones 2. If you have even the slightest interest in miniatures or board gaming, you should jump in. The last deal was insanely good.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-ii-the-return-of-mr-bones

I'm not the biggest fan of plastic, but at the price it's more than worth it, especially for gamers (unless you're Ingmar and demand pre-paints, heh). They paint up nice, the last few I've painted on my blog are from the first KS (link in sig, click on Gallery). At the very least, they make great board game tokens.

It's really impressive to see how you've gone from somewhat flat paint jobs to putting incredible detail on them. I'm jealous!

[Sky]

Thanks! Lots of study, practice, and bugging the shit out of people with questions :)

As an update, they should pass $1m by the 24 hour mark. It's at $940k after less than 13 hours. I think that was 3 weeks for the original KS, which capped at three and a quarter mil.

[Thrawn]

Thanks! Lots of study, practice, and bugging the shit out of people with questions :)

As an update, they should pass $1m by the 24 hour mark. It's at $940k after less than 13 hours. I think that was 3 weeks for the original KS, which capped at three and a quarter mil.

Good timing on this for me, I've been trying to get back into painting again but have barely any minis (thinking of picking up airbrush stuff but having a hard time deciding on a compressor...).  Went ahead and backed right away (3rd wave) since I can always cancel before it finishes if I change my mind.  But I doubt I will.

[Teleku]

Dang, Mighty No. 9 (the Megaman remake clone thingy) just finished up recently, and it closed with $3.8 million.  That's almost as much as the Baulders Gate and Planescape remake clone thingy's brought in, which I believe where the top funded kickstarter video games so far.  That's a lot of nostalgia cash in right there (I also backed all three, heh).

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

[Ingmar]

(unless you're Ingmar and demand pre-paints, heh).

They also have to be cheap! 

[ezrast]

Pandante is David Sirlin's take on a Texas Hold 'Em-style bluffing game, designed to function as a party game or as a srs bzns betting activity. Some of the rules look a little goofy but I've grown quite fond of Sirlin's Puzzle Strike so I'm willing to take a chance on his new thing.

[Goldenmean]

Pandante is David Sirlin's take on a Texas Hold 'Em-style bluffing game, designed to function as a party game or as a srs bzns betting activity. Some of the rules look a little goofy but I've grown quite fond of Sirlin's Puzzle Strike so I'm willing to take a chance on his new thing.

I can see it now. Smoky atmosphere. The sound of chips hitting the felt.  Sweat dripping off of the brow of the high stakes gambler. His house, his retirement fund... everything hangs on this last hand...  But wait! He's neglected that his opponent has Waggles, The Red Panda Lord! All is lost.

I somehow just can't see this as serious business gambling without a retheme.

[ezrast]

Heh, the panda lords were exactly what I had in mind when I wrote "a little goofy." Definitely suspect leaving them out will be a viable variant. Point well-taken, though.

[Sky]

The perfect gift for the Steely Dan fans on my list.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1943554911/steely-dance-needs-mixing-and-mastering

[Trippy]

And going to be shutdown for copyright infringement.

[Ingmar]

They can stab it with their steely knives, in other words?

[HaemishM]

The perfect gift for the Steely Dan fans on my list.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1943554911/steely-dance-needs-mixing-and-mastering

Only if you want them to stab you directly in the face.

[ghost]

Gotta be better than regular Steely Dan.

[HaemishM]

You shut your filthy whore mouth. 

[ghost]

Donald Fagen defends Steely Dan's honor...

[Velorath]

Picobrew Beer Brewing Appliance.

Saw this mention on Penny Arcade today of all places. A little too expensive for me, but it looks pretty awesome. I've done home brew stuff in the past as I'm sure others here have, and it is a lot of work and waiting for the eventual payoff. If I had $1600 of disposable income, I'd probably have a lot of fun with this thing.

[Lucas]

Cyan Inc. (Myst, Riven, URU) jumps on the KS bandwagon with....yep, exactly: a game that "harkens back to the spirit of Cyan’s earlier games Myst and Riven" 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyaninc/obduction

[Sky]

These guys created shill accounts on my mini painting forum (I'm guessing because Reaper has made a few million on KS?).

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1384964744/armies-of-alamar-the-game

I ripped them a (fairly gentle by f13 standards) new one. That game looks like such a burrito of fail.

[HaemishM]

Those graphics look so dated there should be a fetuspult launching dead babies at the walls.

[Paelos]

$25,000 can't even buy the software to run the game properly for an MMO. This is a scam of all scams.

[Thrawn]

$25,000 can't even buy the software to run the game properly for an MMO. This is a scam of all scams.

I disagree, that guy who just made an account this month and has only ever backed this game says it will be epic! 

[Sky]

One of the devs posted it on the Reaper forum (in two places), begging for help...then posted a couple hours later begging again when he got zero replies (his sum total of 3 posts there). Then the other dev made his only post to also solicit feedback.

I thought you guys might enjoy their level of cluelessness.

I mean, I don't really wish people ill. Unless they're seeking it out.

[Paroid]

So I'm working on this game, Dragons of Elanthia, and we've started a kickstarter campaign. It's a multiplayer aerial combat shooter, so if that tickles your fancy, check it out.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simutronics/dragons-of-elanthia

If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them.