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Modern Video Games / Re: Kickstarters and you

« on: March 02, 2018, 03:27:44 am »

Didn't get to the rewards yet (and some of them are locked out because they've already been pledged) but I revamped the page and the trailer.  Would love to hear feedback if possible:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2088193727/rite-of-passage

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Modern Video Games / Re: Kickstarters and you

« on: February 26, 2018, 08:25:15 pm »

That's a hell of a reply, thanks for your time and consideration.

I agree with a lot of what you said, for sure.  I think the vanity rewards are silly and we added them in there more for the sake of having high-tier rewards than for the expectation of receiving those kinds of pledges.  I went in assuming most people would be interested in just the game downloads.

Stretch Goals:

OK.. so why will it cost $5,000 to get the project out of the door with 2 episodes, yet each additional one will cost $10,000? Cross-platform support is good, but is mobile support more important to your backers than a more complete game?

It's because the first two episodes are already largely developed.  We'd be starting on the third one from scratch.  You are probably right about additional episodes being worth more to backers than a mobile port.

Physical vs. Digital:

There's a battle between project creators and backers - backers want physical games, collectibles, soundtracks etc., project creators want to issue digital downloads only. Physical costs the project creator time and money - they need designing, producing, packaging and mailing. In response to this project creators routinely do not offer physical rewards, but this costs them backers, and in smaller projects those backers may be the difference between achieving funding or not.

This honestly is not something we had even thought about, but now that I am considering it, I can see your point.  It does make sense that an early backer should have the possibility for some kind of "real" reward, rather than just downloading the game like everyone else could do after release.


So yea, from an objective standpoint, it looks as if we're probably not going to reach our five thousand dollar goal in this campaign.  You seem to have a strong grasp on this crowdfunding stuff, what would you recommend in terms of a relaunch?  Would you let the campaign ride out and eventually post a message about a relaunch on xyz date?  Or otherwise?

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Modern Video Games / Re: Kickstarters and you

« on: February 26, 2018, 02:45:58 pm »

I wish you luck on your kickstarter. Personally, I only back physical ps4 releases so if you decide to go that route, let me know.

Probably not with this game, since it's a point-and-click adventure.  I've thought about how that might translate to a console, but I just don't think it makes sense.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Kickstarters and you

« on: February 26, 2018, 12:29:28 pm »

I would offer you some constructive feedback, but are you really interested? (Might seem like a strange question, but I hate wasting time typing and chewing things over when the original topic poster posts once or twice and doesn't even come back).

Yes I'm really interested

Yeah, I'm certainly not going to click and look knowing that they signed up just to share it here and disappear.

I'm still here bud.  I do want to know what people think.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Kickstarters and you

« on: February 25, 2018, 03:13:26 am »

Updated the page a little bit

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Modern Video Games / Re: Kickstarters and you

« on: February 25, 2018, 03:12:44 am »

Hello friends. Huge retro gaming fan here, and I'm currently working with a small indie studio on a King's Quest/Maniac Mansion style game. Super excited about it and we just launched our kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2088193727/rite-of-passage

Would love to hear any and all feedback