Author Topic: Kickstarter thread (Read 61255 times)

Quemaqua · « **Reply #240 on:** Tuesday, October 08, 2013, 06:41:36 AM »

Yay! That makes it much better.

idolminds · « **Reply #241 on:** Tuesday, October 08, 2013, 06:40:14 PM »

Star Realms is a deckbuilding game from one of the designers of Ascension. $15 gets you a physical copy, but the KS is also going to fund digital versions.

Faeria looks like a neat TCG. And they say there are no extra purchases, you can only unlock cards by playing or trading.

Which is nice, except I dislike that they have exclusive cards for the higher tiers. Star Realm also has special promo cards. That really turns me off of backing a lot of these projects. Stop putting things like that in the higher tiers. Games should be games, if you want to offer shirts or dinner with the designers or whatever...hey, great. But if I pledge for a game I should get the whole thing.

idolminds · « **Reply #242 on:** Thursday, October 10, 2013, 03:24:16 PM »

Stardock is running a kickstarter. Not for a videogame, but for a physical copy of Dead Man's Draw, their recently released iOS card game.

idolminds · « **Reply #243 on:** Thursday, October 17, 2013, 09:11:18 AM »

Obduction coming from Cyan, creators of Myst and Riven. Actually a throwback to those games with a sci-fi twist. Very pretty but they are asking for a lot of money. Hope it gets there.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #244 on:** Thursday, October 17, 2013, 10:14:06 AM »

That's an obscene amount of money. Or maybe it just seems that way because I never really cared for the Myst games at all.

idolminds · « **Reply #245 on:** Saturday, October 19, 2013, 11:16:18 PM »

It might also seem that way in comparison to how Kickstarter is generally used. Projects tend to low-ball what they actually will need and then hope to blow past that number. So $1million might actually be what they need. Looks like they are almost half way there already, so it might get there.

In other news, Eden Star looks cool.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #246 on:** Sunday, October 20, 2013, 11:10:38 AM »

That looks seriously awesome. I'd fund that if I had any money. Here's hoping they make it, it sounds like it has the potential to be something really special. Also a risk for me as I don't know that my ailing rig would even be able to play it and they obviously can't list system requirements at this stage... but I'll hope to see it down the road for sure.

idolminds · « **Reply #247 on:** Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 03:01:46 PM »

They have a long way to go but I also hope they make it. The mantling and stuff looks like a lot of fun.

Alec Holowka is working on Night in the Woods, which I'm probably going to have to back because LOOK AT IT.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #248 on:** Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 03:26:04 PM »

Damn, that looks fantastic too. I'd love to support that.

GOD DAMMIT MONEY

idolminds · « **Reply #249 on:** Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:05:25 PM »

Don't worry too much. It already hit its goal plus 3 stretch goals and still has 26 days left. It's going to be well funded.

idolminds · « **Reply #250 on:** Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 02:35:41 PM »

Hey guys, want a nice cheap thing to back? Coin Age to the rescue! A cool looking microgame that you play on a creditcard sized board with a handful of change. $3 gets you a copy but they recommend $5 so they make a little profit on it (Its sort of a pay-what-you-want deal). They have passed a bunch of stretch goals already including more maps and punchboard coins in case you're so poor you don't have any in your couch cushions. Its at $50k now but if they hit $60k they will add one more map! Only a little over 2 days left so give it a shot.

Also you can download the full rules and a copy of the map to print yourself if you want to try it out before you spend the big money on a copy.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #251 on:** Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 08:01:44 PM »

Yeah, I snagged that one the other day. Too cool for super cheap.

idolminds · « **Reply #252 on:** Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 12:18:10 PM »

Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians

Yasumi Matsuno, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Playdek...

Sorry about your wallets.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #253 on:** Sunday, January 19, 2014, 02:27:33 PM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1488075951/ares-magazine

Cool new magazine that will feature a bunch of sci-fi/adventure/whatever stories, and then an actual boardgame with pieces! I think it's a great concept. I've got a story over there that seems like it's sitting on a knife's edge for publication ... time will tell.

Anyway, this one seems like it would be right up idol's alley. I love the idea, and hopefully it gets funded.

idolminds · « **Reply #254 on:** Sunday, January 19, 2014, 03:40:07 PM »

Huh, that looks pretty cool. I shall watch it.

Tiny Epic Kingdoms looks like a pretty sweet game. With all the stretch goals you're going to end up with quite a lot of bonus material for $16.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #255 on:** Sunday, January 19, 2014, 04:32:09 PM »

That's awfully hard to pass up. Looks fun, and that's definitely a lot of extra stuff they've added. I'm surprised that such a little thing got so many backers.

idolminds · « **Reply #256 on:** Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 09:18:05 PM »

This Town Ain't Big Enough for the 2-4 of Us looks like a cool cheap micro board game. I totally backed it.

Darkest Dungeon has a great pitch video with some thick oppressive atmosphere. Only downsides for me are not a real firm commitment to a DRM free release and they have an exclusive class behind one of the higher backing tiers. Hate that crap. But if you don't mind then hey, looks neat. I'd be really happy if it pops up on GOG next year.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #257 on:** Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 05:58:53 AM »

Oh man, that looks fucking great. I might have to back that.

EDIT - Scratch that, I totally have to back that. That's one I might be able to actually sacrifice a little time for, given the Lovecraftian implications.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #258 on:** Thursday, February 13, 2014, 09:47:51 AM »

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1324765189/cradle - This one looks pretty neat.

EDIT - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1460250988/darkest-dungeon-by-red-hook-studios/posts/746148 - Update for Darkest Dungeon, where they address the exclusive class that a lot of people are annoyed by (it's still there, but at least they've acknowledged it and will be heading in the opposite direction from here on out), plus discuss a couple more new things, and there's a nice link to a GT video that shows more of the game working and Tyler and Chris talk about the game in more detail (worth a watch for sure).

idolminds · « **Reply #259 on:** Saturday, February 15, 2014, 01:21:58 AM »

Soooo...this needs to get funded for my continued existence.

idolminds · « **Reply #260 on:** Saturday, February 15, 2014, 07:49:23 PM »

You should go to Kickstarter and change your password/ You should also back Tabletop Simulator while you're there.

idolminds · « **Reply #261 on:** Monday, February 17, 2014, 01:02:22 PM »

Woo! Tabletop Simulator is funded! Now to get them stretch goals.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #262 on:** Monday, February 17, 2014, 02:30:53 PM »

Nice! I wanted to back it, but I've already been a little over-busy with Kickstarter lately. Glad to see it made it, though ... that's one I'll very likely pick up after release.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #263 on:** Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 08:49:14 AM »

I ... what?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2094628033/classroom-aquatic

Has to be one of the top 5 weirdest ideas I've seen a game based on.

PyroMenace · « **Reply #264 on:** Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 10:07:31 PM »

I actually found that oddly funny.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #265 on:** Thursday, March 06, 2014, 11:52:18 AM »

http://bookruptcy.com/2014/03/06/the-darker-the-dungeon/

Did a writeup on Darkest Dungeon. Feel free to toss the link around anywhere that seems fitting. The intention was to give some support to the devs (have been emailing them a bit, they're good folks).

EDIT - Ashen Rift looks like it has potential to be pretty sweet: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763303301/ashen-rift-a-man-and-his-dog

idolminds · « **Reply #266 on:** Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 08:28:58 PM »

Tabletop Simulator was slowly but surely moving along and had a couple stretch goals it was working towards. CastAR support and then inching its way to Oculus Rift support, and probably wouldn't get much past that. Then a couple GIFs made it on reddit and got super popular and they just blew past everything. It was pretty cool. About 2 days left on that one.

idolminds · « **Reply #267 on:** Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 09:00:48 AM »

SUPERHOT

W7RE · « **Reply #268 on:** Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 07:11:05 PM »

SKEA (Smart Kegel Exercise Aid):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2091647642/skea-smart-kegel-exercise-aid

It's an endless runner where you squeeze your vagina muscles to jump. Each time you squeeze, the device vibrates for a second or so.

idolminds · « **Reply #269 on:** Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 08:42:41 PM »

I want that guy to be the new Billy Mays.

idolminds · « **Reply #270 on:** Thursday, November 20, 2014, 02:48:50 PM »

Thimbleweed Park is a classic adventure game being made by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, who kind of kicked off the genre. Unlike Broken Age, this one looks like they are aiming squarely at the retro game vibe.

Pocket Rumble is back on KS and raising more money than they got last time. Hopefully it hits its goal. It is a low input skill 2D fighter with a graphical style of the old NeoGeo Pocket fighting games. In fact, it will have a port to the actual NGPC. And by low skill I mean they want pulling off moves to be simple like "push direction and hit button" instead of "quartercircle back B A down B" or whatever most fighting games do.

idolminds · « **Reply #271 on:** Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 03:24:09 PM »

Strafe: Just watch that trailer. They deserve money just for making that.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #272 on:** Thursday, January 22, 2015, 07:58:26 AM »

They absolutely do. That was amazing and life-changing.

Cobra951 · « **Reply #273 on:** Thursday, January 22, 2015, 09:53:31 AM »

Uh . . . wow. OK, whatever sells games, I guess. I'd like to see a study on reactions to this trailer, broken down by age group, and who has children. I guess it's like the old saying: "If it's too loud, you're too old."

I'm too old.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #274 on:** Thursday, January 22, 2015, 01:28:20 PM »

It's totally an age thing, Cobra. That trailer was a great parody of the kind of stuff that was used in the eighties and nineties to sell stuff to kids (I grew up in the eighties, so it speaks to me very much). It's obviously much more ridiculous and extreme, but that's sort of what makes it more funny. It nails the look and feel of those commercials perfectly (and honestly, not that much has changed ... kid's commercials are still loud, obnoxious, and about as dumb as you can get, but in higher fidelity), and the rest of the ridiculousness is just funny for the excess. Because that's what it always felt like those commercials really wanted to do but couldn't.

K-man · « **Reply #275 on:** Thursday, January 22, 2015, 01:34:45 PM »

Quote from: Cobra951 on Thursday, January 22, 2015, 09:53:31 AM

Uh . . . wow. OK, whatever sells games, I guess. I'd like to see a study on reactions to this trailer, broken down by age group, and who has children. I guess it's like the old saying: "If it's too loud, you're too old."

I'm too old.

Cobra951 · « **Reply #276 on:** Thursday, January 22, 2015, 01:49:02 PM »

Love Spongebob.

idolminds · « **Reply #277 on:** Thursday, January 22, 2015, 07:42:06 PM »

So in a weird thread reversal....I don't understand why people like Spongebob.

Cobra951 · « **Reply #278 on:** Friday, January 23, 2015, 09:10:13 AM »

Quote from: Quemaqua on Thursday, January 22, 2015, 01:28:20 PM

It's totally an age thing, Cobra. That trailer was a great parody of the kind of stuff that was used in the eighties and nineties to sell stuff to kids (I grew up in the eighties, so it speaks to me very much). It's obviously much more ridiculous and extreme, but that's sort of what makes it more funny. It nails the look and feel of those commercials perfectly (and honestly, not that much has changed ... kid's commercials are still loud, obnoxious, and about as dumb as you can get, but in higher fidelity), and the rest of the ridiculousness is just funny for the excess. Because that's what it always felt like those commercials really wanted to do but couldn't.

I get that. It's the kid's head exploding thing in front of the mother and her reaction that jarred me into another place. It was purely emotional. I understand what the intent was, but at that point I no longer thought or cared about the product being advertised. Makes it a lousy commercial for my demographic. And I love 90s shooters too. I recently lamented that Wolfenstein TNE wasn't the throwback to that (with modern visuals) that I hoped it would be.

One of the first episodes of Spongebob I watched was Bubblestand. I thought it was hilarious. My younger daughter really liked the show at the time, and that's how I started watching it. I don't know, maybe it's the more grown-up satire mixed in with the slapstick that makes it work for all ages. Or it's just me. I don't care.

PyroMenace · « **Reply #279 on:** Friday, January 23, 2015, 09:37:16 AM »

Cobra just can't handle the intense gameplay.

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