The Kickstarter thread

[Johro]

I'm not on board, but just to toss it out there, that Nekro game passed it's mark. If you want it, throw in.

[jp-30]

I'm considering backing ex-LucasArts Garry M Gaber's space combat simulator, Starlight Inception.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ht-inceptiontm

Only after $150,000, but looking unlikely to get there with only 9 days to go.

[Chyron8472]

Ongoing
Leisure Suit Larry - $15
Jane Jensen's Moebius - $51


If I had half a brain, it would have dawned on me to support the Double Fine Adventure while it was still ongoing.

It also occurs to me that Larry is ~11% past its goal (with 2.5 days left) and Jane Jensen's game is still $57k short (albeit with 19 days left)... all the while, Double Fine Adventure's goal was only $400k and yet has been funded with over $3.3 million!

Now, that's a disparity if I ever saw one.

[Darth Marsden]

I'll repost what I said at Kotaku.

"You will see bigger publishers start to get nervous." —Investor and entrepreneur Steve Dengler, talking about how the Kickstarter publishing model could change the game industry.
No you won't. It's a great way for some to develop their games, but people will get burned out on the idea - hell, many are already. There's so many projects going now they're all fighting for your attention and it's hard to get invested in them all. Not every Kickstarter project has a big name behind it. Double Fine, Shadowrun Returns and Wasteland 2 may have done great, but others aren't. Jane Jenson's project may just scrape by the target, and Al Lowe probably won't break the $650,000 barrier. Lord knows if people will still care by the time the Tex Murphey one appears. Also, you need to remember that a lot of people only contribute if they get the game for free. It'll be interesting to see how many copies of the games are actually sold compared to how many are just given to the backers. I don't think people are going to be making all that much money with the finished games, to be honest.

[Johro]

Oh yeah, Kickstarter wont really do much to big developers, most people would rather work for the big boys than do things on their own regardless of whether they get their "vision" or not. It will work for the people starting up though. The people who really don't mind giving the game away for free because they're used to just getting paid for their time anyway. It can pay the bills though and you can make a game. I'm talking the people who are asking for under 200K. People will probably be quite willing to toss out $10-20 a month or so to kickstarter and maybe 1 or 2 big investments a year. Having over 3 projects at once asking for over 200K will kill it though. Hopefully, the developers will take notice and try to space it out a bit. Anyway, you aren't going to start getting A list titles there any time soon.

[Johro]

A game project that looked like it wasn't even going to come close, has made it slightly interesting by announcing voice talent from David Hayter(Snake) and Jen Hale(whole bunch of shit). I know people here are pretty burnt out from Kickstarter, but that's pretty cool news.

République.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Johro

République.

Am I the only one who can't find out exactly what sort of game this is? Is it an adventure game?

[Johro]

It looks like you control the environment, cameras, electronics to pass points and move on... kind of adventure-sk. It's reminding me of that old CD game where you had to stop robbers in a house from what I've seen. I haven't watched all the videos.

I don't think it really matters anyway, it's not even close.

[Mike Haley]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

...so, anyone else feel like sharing the projects they've backed? That's half the reason I shared mine.

My Backed Projects:
Double Fine Adventure
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded
Pinkerton Road Studio
SpaceVenture

Also, has this one been discussed yet? Rob Swigart's Portal (1986) Reborn. It's an adventure game reboot of a 1986 interactive computer novel. I seriously doubt that this one is going to make it, though. $900,000 is the goal, and after 10 days, it only has $12,391.

[KuroShiro]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Am I the only one who can't find out exactly what sort of game this is? Is it an adventure game?

TBH, it looks pretty unappealing to me. It was initially an ios only game. They also already have a publisher putting in $500k, which seems sort of against the spirit of Kickstarter, seeing as they would be very much beholden to people other than the backers. Feels like a bit of a cash grab.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Mike Haley

Also, has this one been discussed yet? Rob Swigart's Portal (1986) Reborn. It's an adventure game reboot of a 1986 interactive computer novel. I seriously doubt that this one is going to make it, though. $900,000 is the goal, and after 10 days, it only has $12,391.

No, I've not seen that one mentioned. Shame it probably won't meet the target, it seems really interesting.

[roymartin]

Jane Jensen just uploaded a new video on her Kickstarter page, confirming that she'll be releasing TWO new adventure games. Moebius and Mystery Game X. You'll get both games for $50, which is a steal, if you ask me

So excited!

Speculations about Mystery Game X is of course through the roof already.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Ben Daily

A project that I did some work for that looks pretty cool. It's for an app that would present real news stories in a sort of fictionalized, constantly updated motion comic. Reeeally hoping this one gets funded.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by BlankCanvasDJ

Ben Daily

A project that I did some work for that looks pretty cool. It's for an app that would present real news stories in a sort of fictionalized, constantly updated motion comic. Reeeally hoping this one gets funded.

Hey... I recognize that poster art from what you posted in the General Art thread! Good work.

This does look pretty interesting. And so do the rewards. They're connected to the cases, so they're like feelies from Infocom games (or from the deluxe versions of Telltale games from that matter)

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Exactly! I'm hoping to pick up one of those messenger bags, myself.

[Darth Marsden]

Oh for f**k's sake, now there's a Carmageddon Kickstarter!

STOP HAVING PROJECTS I WANT TO BACK, DAMMIT!

[Johro]

Not a driving fan, but he did a great pitch. It made me think about it. I wish them luck.

Edit: Okay, this was kind of funny. That Republique game released an updated final push video(they wont even come close short of the team chipping in massively) and within an hour, they lost over a $1000. They have since made more than that back, but I thought that was funny. I know exactly where that loss came from too. One of the developers during the video flat out says "This is not a point and click adventure game, it is an action game with puzzles...". I just though the actual loss aspect was amusing.

[Graxer]

Anyone else here interested in Sierra's Space Quest Series? Its creators "The Two Guys from Andromeda" have started a Kickstarted campaign to create a new adventure game which is similar to Space Quest. It already has voice backing offered from the people who played:

GLaDOS from Portal 1 & 2 (Ellen McLain)
The Sniper from TF2 (John Patrick Lowrie)
Jim Raynor from StarCraft 1 & 2 (Robert Clotworthy)
Pinky from Pinky and the Brain & Raphael from TMNT (Rob Paulsen)
The narrator from Space Quests 4 & 6 (Gary Owens)

These people also have other impressive credits, I just didn't think I would list them all here. There is a goal of £500,000 and they already have over £58,500 (906 backers) even though the Kickstarter only began yesterday!

Two Guys SpaceVenture - by the creators of Space Quest

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Mike Haley

Also, has this one been discussed yet? Rob Swigart's Portal (1986) Reborn. It's an adventure game reboot of a 1986 interactive computer novel. I seriously doubt that this one is going to make it, though. $900,000 is the goal, and after 10 days, it only has $12,391.

Well that's... interesting.

Portal's gone through a massive revamp. They've basically cancelled the Kickstarter project and having completely restructured the thing, will restart with a new one, this time with a goal of around $550,000 and with a much longer timeframe to get it.

Hopefully this'll allow them to actually reach their target now, because this seems really interesting.

[RetroVortex]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Oh for f**k's sake, now there's a Carmageddon Kickstarter!

STOP HAVING PROJECTS I WANT TO BACK, DAMMIT!

Now that is a project that is very tempting to back.