Kickstarter thread

gizmo · 08-10-2014 01:19PM

Another project from some former Irrational staff...

The Flame and The Flood

I'm not usually one for procedurally generated survival rogue style games, mainly because I don't have the time for them, but this one has definitely piqued my interest.

Lovely art style, interesting concept, neat characters and a damn good team behind it.

Skerries · 30-01-2015 12:07AM

A sequel to Ultima Underworld (Ultima Ascendant) is about to go to Kickstarter on 4/2/15

Mr E · 04-02-2015 09:36PM

Looking good..... already up to $140k in a few hours ($600k goal).
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/othersidegames/underworld-ascendant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsYCbatkiKY

mewso · 05-02-2015 05:17PM

All they had to really do in the video is repeat "Looking Glass Studios" over and over and it's a take my money now situation.

Skerries · 17-02-2015 11:21PM

this looks like a cool bit of kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D6PIo_Rw2E

ShooterSF · 26-02-2015 02:28AM

Toe Jam and Earl! I usually don't do kickstarter but I might even go buy one of those USB MegaDrive controllers for this one

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove

Bring on the Icarus Wings!

eastyy · 05-03-2015 11:55AM

couple of kickstarters i like the look of https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1348640000/slain and https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/midgarstudio/edge-of-eternity-pc-mac-linux-ps4-xbox-one/

pixelburp · 05-03-2015 12:38PM

Man, even for someone who loves that faux 8/16 bit pixelart style, I'm beginning to find it all a bit much; every second Kickstarter now seems to aim for that nostalgic art style without demonstrating much individuality. At least older projects such as Hyper Light Drifter have a flair and panache in their pixelart.

eastyy · 05-03-2015 12:55PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Man, even for someone who loves that faux 8/16 bit pixelart style, I'm beginning to find it all a bit much; every second Kickstarter now seems to aim for that nostalgic art style without demonstrating much individuality. At least older projects such as Hyper Light Drifter have a flair and panache in their pixelart.

got to say i agree problem i have is i feel a lot of the pixel art is being used in a lazy way ....when you get games that do not look anywhere near as good as nes games i have to question.

And people may say there only indie games but dust: the elysian tale was done by one person and that looks great

Skerries · 07-05-2015 04:08PM

new Space fighter game called Starfighter inc.

Skerries · 20-05-2015 03:14PM

Umbra Isometric hack n' slash game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4riEI75Io0U

Mickeroo · 08-06-2015 09:08AM

Don't usually do the kickstarter thing but I backed this game Galaxy Heist because I like the sound of it and it's actually coming to xbox as well as PC.

A space sim crossed with an online FPS basically:

Galaxy Heist is:
A game focused on boarding other players ships

Large teams split into 4-5 player sub teams and put on large flagships together

Take control of the flagships turrets or jump into a small fighter to help defend the ship

Use the tether mechanic to force yourself onto other ships

Fight inside ships to take over and destroy them from the inside

100% skill based, no pay to win or grinding your way to a stronger character

Play competitive PvP, custom players vs AI matches, or offline

Works with Oculus Rift

rgfuller · 16-06-2015 03:39PM

Not a game as such but Zelda game music with an Irish spin...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/songsofzelda/eimear-noone-presents-songs-of-zelda-a-link-to-the

Eimear Noone is collaborating with the DIT Ensemble to create "Songs of Zelda: A Link to the Celts" - a new CD that will capture these Irish interpretations for all time.

The plan is to record the musicians from September to November, with an eye to having the CD ready for iDIG 2016 - the weekend of April 29th, 2016. Naturally, the DIT Ensemble will be featured during the festival performing the arrangements from the CD.

Skerries · 04-08-2015 10:32PM

if you liked AirBuccaneers or Guns of Icarus and you like like Pirate games then this could be for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kQ5-7snE4

Niska · 05-08-2015 12:17PM

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/350275419/mooncrest-former-bioware-devs-fuse-story-and-tacti?ref=category_popular

Mooncrest, an action-RPG from a group of ex BioWare employees.

Combining Souls-like combat, strong story of Sisterhood and challenging puzzle solving.

gizmo · 12-08-2015 11:01AM

Kickstarter for the Rollcage-like GRIP is now live.

I'll be pretty gutted if this one doesn't succeed but they seem to have a strong campaign page there so fingers crossed.

Generic Dreadhead · 12-08-2015 11:20AM

^ Looks great

Kiith · 12-08-2015 11:41AM

Everspace looks fantastic. A rogue-like space shooter, built with the Unreal 4 engine.

Kickstarter wrote:

A single-player 3D space shooter with rogue-like elements and non-linear storytelling from the creators of the "Galaxy on Fire" series

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockfishgames/everspace

Skerries · 29-09-2015 08:16PM

Battletech turn based game like Shadowrun

gizmo · 29-09-2015 10:27PM

Skerries wrote: »

Battletech turn based game like Shadowrun

Smashed its goal already, come ooooooon Stage 2...

Links234 · 29-09-2015 11:12PM

Well this is seriously ****ty, Kickstarter for "Mansion Lord" disappears with $30,000.

pixelburp · 30-09-2015 08:27AM

Links234 wrote: »

Well this is seriously ****ty, Kickstarter for "Mansion Lord" disappears with $30,000.

Almost funded that one too; read about it when its Kickstarter began and thought the idea really intriguing - still do! Just shows that a modicum of common sense when it comes to Kickstarter projects goes a long way. Even if they track down this Golgom Games crowd, I doubt people will see their money again

Retr0gamer · 30-09-2015 08:59AM

There was another high profile disaster there recently. I can't find a news story but I think it's the one with all the ex Final Fantasy people contracting on it. The project has been without a programmer for 2 years and the programmer they wanted isn't available.

gizmo · 30-09-2015 10:30AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There was another high profile disaster there recently. I can't find a news story but I think it's the one with all the ex Final Fantasy people contracting on it. The project has been without a programmer for 2 years and the programmer they wanted isn't available.

Unsung Story Is A $660,000 Kickstarter Disaster

This one?

Retr0gamer · 30-09-2015 02:53PM

gizmo wrote: »

Unsung Story Is A $660,000 Kickstarter Disaster

This one?

Hmm, maybe I'm confusing it with something. They were hoping to get the programmer of Ori and the Blind Forest on board.

Edit: Found it, it's Project Pheonix. It's absolutely insane that they tried to go ahead with a project without a programmer! Thank god I didn't back it. It's been 2 years now and it was backed to the tune of $1 million. Unless there is a prototype or the team is at least competent then I'm not biting. If the project has contractors involved it isn't a sign of quality since they have other projects on the go and if the project fails to take off it's no skin off their back.

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/09/28/two-years-and-a-million-dollars-later-project-phoenix-still-doesnt-have-a-programmer/

gizmo · 30-09-2015 03:06PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hmm, maybe I'm confusing it with something. They were hoping to get the programmer of Ori and the Blind Forest on board.

Edit: Found it, it's Project Pheonix. It's absolutely insane that they tried to go ahead with a project without a programmer! Thank god I didn't back it. It's been 2 years now and it was backed to the tune of $1 million. Unless there is a prototype or the team is at least competent then I'm not biting. If the project has contractors involved it isn't a sign of quality since they have other projects on the go and if the project fails to take off it's no skin off their back.

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/09/28/two-years-and-a-million-dollars-later-project-phoenix-still-doesnt-have-a-programmer/

Jesus...

“Programming was listed on the KS page as one of our major risks to the project and we got hit by it,” reads the update.

Programming was a major risk? No ****.

After having waited for Clark to then have him never join, the team working on Project Phoenix are left with a lot of unfinished work, with none of the textures, script, level design, particle effects, voiceovers, and localization done, and with no Unreal 4 executable to work with either.

So what were they actually doing?

Retr0gamer · 30-09-2015 03:19PM

And people give out about delayed kickstarters like Mighty No. 9, at least there's a finished game coming

Skerries · 30-09-2015 04:25PM

another contentious Kickstarter is Mechwarrior Tactics

Skerries · 14-10-2015 07:10PM

Friday the 13th game where you play Jason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjNm2pthBfM

muppetkiller · 14-10-2015 10:51PM

The Nullpoint
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../the-nullpoint

Looks seriously cool. Like a cross between Dead Space and the old Fallout series.

You can download a prototype of the game here too http://nullpoint.schellgames.com/

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