Kickstarter craze

[disgaeniac]

I just got really turned-off to it when I saw a girl trying to raise $4,000.00 for something.

Last time I looked at it (~a month ago) it was at close to 1/4 million dollars.

There was no accounting of what was to be done w/ this *HUGE* overage.

I guess that I'd feel *A LOT* better if they were 'capped' once they reached their stated/targeted amounts...

[varkias]

I just got really turned-off to it when I saw a girl trying to raise $4,000.00 for something.

Last time I looked at it (~a month ago) it was at close to 1/4 million dollars.

There was no accounting of what was to be done w/ this *HUGE* overage.

I guess that I'd feel *A LOT* better if they were 'capped' once they reached their stated/targeted amounts...

I'm glad they don't cap these projects.  Let's say I want to back a project for someone that wants to design a watch and at a $60 pledge I will receive one.  This person wants to raise $40,000 for the project to be funded, if he/she makes it to $100k+ you get it personally engraved and at $200k+ it will have custom needles.  So for my $60 I get the watch I originally wanted and if the project does well I get more.  WIN/WIN imo...  I don't now why someone would back a project they didn't like.  There are tons of really good ideas out there... and some bad ones too

[pacpix]

Not a huge Anime fan, but this looks really cool!:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aeipathyind/zeldamotion-a-link-to-the-past-animated-series

[madmax]

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

This looks amazing! They said they wanted to make it in a grand scale, so there is a possibility of different colonies on planets and such. Looks really great

[disgaeniac]

I'm glad they don't cap these projects.  Let's say I want to back a project for someone that wants to design a watch and at a $60 pledge I will receive one.  This person wants to raise $40,000 for the project to be funded, if he/she makes it to $100k+ you get it personally engraved and at $200k+ it will have custom needles.  So for my $60 I get the watch I originally wanted and if the project does well I get more.  WIN/WIN imo...  I don't now why someone would back a project they didn't like.  There are tons of really good ideas out there... and some bad ones too

I wouldn't have a problem in that case because it's stated in advance what the overages would be spent on.

The one I saw said she needed $4,000.00 to make a video, and made no mention of what/where any extra $ would go...

[scott]

That's the nice thing about the ones for Reaper Miniatures and Red Box Games (which I backed both). Every time they hit a new goal, they would release another and the money raised for reaching these goals are only spent on tooling and producing the product for said goal.

[disgaeniac]

That's the nice thing about the ones for Reaper Miniatures and Red Box Games (which I backed both). Every time they hit a new goal, they would release another and the money raised for reaching these goals are only spent on tooling and producing the product for said goal.

That, I'd have no problem with

[desocietas]

Congrats, Scott, on being part of another million dollar Kickstarter project!

[scott]

Congrats, Scott, on being part of another million dollar Kickstarter project!

Thanks, looks like they broke 3.4 million AND they also killed Kickstarter in the process. Apparently 17k folks all hitting F5 at the same time is bad for KS's health. haha

[desocietas]

Just thought I'd tack onto this topic to mention a project I just backed:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey

I really liked The Longest Journey but haven't played Dreamfall yet.  In any case, I think it's cool that these ol' adventure games are excited to make more possibly great games.

[jcalder8]

Just thought I'd tack onto this topic to mention a project I just backed:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey

I really liked The Longest Journey but haven't played Dreamfall yet.  In any case, I think it's cool that these ol' adventure games are excited to make more possibly great games.

It looks cool but a year and a half to have my money tied up in it with no payoff is just too long for my tastes.

[jaydepps]

Everyone should check out Empire Eden. The art style is phenomenal, and the gameplay looks very well done. They aren't doing very well at the moment with the Kickstarter though. Maybe they can get a boost somehow.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1248339394/empire-eden

[scott]

Doesn't look like the folks over at The Tale of Alltynex kickstarter are gonna make it to the physical edition. Such a shame.

But, it looks like as a thanks, they sent out a backer only update saying they are deciding to upgrade everyone who put in for $45 or more to a Digital Deluxe edition. Complete with PDFs for all the disc art, cover art and a few other things that were planned for the Physical copies.

There's like 16 hours left, so if you're a shmuper and didn't know about this one, I'd suggest hopping on it. Or, you can wait til the English versions hit Steam too.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyumedia/the-tale-of-alltynex-japans-epic-shooting-game-tri

[redblaze57]

Spiritual successor to Neverhood???

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog?ref=live

[jobocan]

Spiritual successor to Neverhood???

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog?ref=live

I was just about to post about this one. I've been following this project for a couple months now, I'm pretty hyped. Never played Neverhood, but I did play the sequel, Skullmonkeys, and it was really good and featured that really fun clay animation of course.