4e60fb No.15426713
I did once when it was new. 'Sealark' was meant to be a cute fishing rpg in the spirit of legend of the riverking.
Usual thing happened. Lone dev had a suspiciously timed breakdown and shut it down. Cucks said 'keep the money, apology accepted' i just refunded the charge and never touched kickstarter again.
Did you fall for the meme once and get burned or see it for the scam right away?
559e88 No.15426723
Only thing I've ever considered doing so for was a physical release of Double K, and considering that, while to my knowledge the physical volume did come out, the comic up and died soon after for unknown reasons, I'm glad I didn't. At least did get everything that was put out digitally saved though, because he up and deleted everything eventually, and doesn't even acknowledge his unfinished masterpiece.
308488 No.15426814
>>15426713
I remember seeing your project. I also remember seeing your Twitter and Tumblr.
http://clairvoire.tumblr.com/
You should consider suicide.
4e60fb No.15426827
>>15426814
>"Your project"
Anon are you okay?
6e00de No.15426829
>>15426814
what is it with all the retards unable to read ?
I thought summer was over
d7aa1c No.15426845
No, because donating to Kickstarter is for idiots.
Competent people don't need Kickstarter to succeed. They can just make a good demo and toss that shit on early access.
>sealark
I'm not really surprised, but it's a shame to see it go. I was hoping to another comfy OST to add to my collection.
98c0a4 No.15426857
I backed this piece of shit.
I'm getting all the DLC for free. So that's my cross to bear.
4e60fb No.15426874
>>15426855
>DoEseN't sHE l00k JusT LiKe LAUra PaUlmER?
4e60fb No.15426876
433411 No.15426879
>>15426713
What kind of retard pays money for something that he has no way of knowing will be shit.
e5842d No.15426882
I backed Phoenix Point. It looks ok so far.
9608fa No.15426896
>>15426882
>Phoenix Point
Looking forward to all the retards who backed this impending train wreck committing ritual suicide. RPGCodex should be a fun read that day.
f400bd No.15426903
>>15426879
>What kind of retard pays money for something that he has no way of knowing will be shit.
No what you're describing here is someone pre-ordering a game. What OP is talking about is even more retarded.
>What kind of retard pays money for something that he has no way of knowing will be released
0b1a4a No.15426907
>>15426845
>Competent people don't need Kickstarter to succeed.
This is the only way I could approach this kind of thing. Demo or bust. Too much vaporware in the ether.
9b1c9b No.15426913
I considered kickstarting something once. Then it turned out the people behind the project were pedophiles and that was that.
4e60fb No.15426922
>>15426913
it was the eternal darkness soft sequel wasn't it?
0312f0 No.15426925
>>15426713
Nobody should ever fucking back games.
16dbd8 No.15426940
>>15426855
Nothing will top MLA's opening for engrish, ever.
5aaa46 No.15426955
I backed Yooka Laylee and wasn't crushed with how it turned out, I've also backed Swery65's "The Good Life" and predict that I will probably regret it, ideally it will be a non-pozzed digital capsule of middle england so that even if the game itself sucks it will be nice to look at from that point of view.
4716dd No.15426967
>>15426713
>a cute fishing rpg
HMMM
4716dd No.15426969
>>15426874
>normalfag meme
back to >>>/reddit/
b0d977 No.15426984
>>15426845
THIS!
People have been making games for free for decades. If someone thinks their idea is really hot shit they will make it happen even if that means self funding or GOD FORBID taking out a loan from an actual bank.
When there is no accountability and no real reason to ever deliver on your promises it's not surprising that so many kikestarters never see the light of day.
132657 No.15426993
>>15426713
remember seeing that around
sure looked cute, and it had flashygoodness on music (tower of heaven/rivals of aether)
trying to look into what exactly happened, and what turns up in results? /r/shittykickstarters
looks pretty lively too
7724a7 No.15427010
There has never been a single game worth backing on Kickstarter, and if there were, it's 50/50 whether you get the game, it will be late by anywhere from one year to three, and it's never going to live up to any expectations. If it turns out good, buy it once it comes out. If it turns out average, pirate it once it comes out. Nothing good can come from backing a Kickstarter.
726146 No.15427017
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I'm not sure if it counts but I paid for an early-access game because I wanted to support the dev. Months later, he dove head first into a wood chipper and got scalped. Project is now dead as he refocuses his efforts into making sure his family is taken care of in case anything happens to him.
209307 No.15427040
>>15426713
i tried to kickstart ai war 2 but it failed.
they tried another kickstarter with lower goals and they did hit it, but i was unaware until it was already over with.
>>15427010
never is a strong word. shantae and shovel knight were kickstarters werent they? those games are alright. and those are just off the top of my head.
7724a7 No.15427049
>>15427040
I'd give Shantae a 5 and SK a 3, on a ten point rating scale. For me to even consider risking my money on a gamble like that, it would have to be a 9/10 presentation for a game that has a real potential to be a 10/10.
0b1a4a No.15427075
>>15427049
Good point by >>15426984 in that accountability is nowhere to be seen for these projects. KS and GFM are like interest-free loans, no strings attached. What would you expect?
The worst part of it is that for some people it can absolutely demolish their incentive to actually DO anything. Maybe they had good vision and work ethic in the beginning, but if they get an unbalanced amount of support for what they're doing, they could turn into total layabouts, since they technically already got the payoff.
Maybe if KS held it in escrow, maybe it could work.
>>15427017
Damn, what the hell.
60a625 No.15427080
>>15426713
I backed a digital re-release of the Deadlands RPG. It was sent to me on-time and it was what I expected. So I guess that's a win?
feb648 No.15427088
918b89 No.15427095
>>15426713
>Did you ever actually kickstart a game?
No. The only one I was even close to tempted to back was Shantae: HGH, and even then I thought better of it and decided to just wait for the final product.
726146 No.15427102
>>15427088
I don't think he ever will be. The mere act of thinking hard makes him nauseous now.
7724a7 No.15427141
>>15427075
>The worst part of it is that for some people it can absolutely demolish their incentive to actually DO anything. Maybe they had good vision and work ethic in the beginning, but if they get an unbalanced amount of support for what they're doing, they could turn into total layabouts, since they technically already got the payoff.
That's even more prominent in Patreons. It's always funny when you hear someone claim that getting shekels will motivate them to work harder, and then you see people like Yandev.
2cf87c No.15427143
>>15426713
Nope. If the money goes, I expect to get the product soon if not NOW.
f0aecd No.15427144
>La Mulana 2
It took ages to come out and isn't quite as god-tier as the original, but it's still a really good game.
>Shantae HGH
Not as good of a payout for the gamble as La Mulana 2, but still an okay game now that all the DLC is out.
I also think I helped fund a Nikolai Tesla museum on indiegogo or something, but that's not videogames and I'm pretty sure progress on that is really slow.
All in all I think the good and bad of me funding things kinda outweigh each other for a pretty neutral result, so I'm not unhappy I did it but more wary of doing it again in the future.
59b22f No.15427165
I've backed a couple, but I got everyone beat with my autism.
I backed the Homestuck game
cbda6a No.15427192
Backed $60 into Project Wingman. So far that has been the only thing I've ever backed. Unlike most kickstarter games it actually had a demo of the game you could play instead of concept art and false promises.
918b89 No.15427202
>>15427165
>I backed the Homestuck game
Nice, so tell me… how'd you like the King's Quest game you paid for?
5fc124 No.15427203
Do it like this
>Hey guys, I need some money to buy the necessary software, assets and tools to make this idea and maybe a small bit of money to get me going while I kickstart my game.
>Nothing more, just enough to get me from the ground
>And certainly not thousands of dollars in paypig shekels
>This way I have a stronger incentive to work on the game out of honesty rather than lying to everyone and making off with thousands of dollars for simply making an empty promise.
0c5866 No.15427205
Multiple times and they turned out great, especially Hollow & Shovel Knight and La Mulana 2. It's not hard to pick the good ones that will release regardless of Kikestarter success and are just using it to get funding to polish a game to 10/10 status.
99c8eb No.15427209
Still waiting a bit closer to actually being released than Scam Citizen
1153ee No.15427215
>>15426713
I remember that "game". Everything they've shown on the kickstarter looked manufactured/faked, like there wasn't an actual game at that point. No surprise it failed.
If you're gonna back something, at least make sure it has a demo.
>>15427192
I think the dev is from around the agdg community, so you should be fine.
d7aa1c No.15427221
>>15427202
Nice meme, but the Homestuck game actually got released. Or well, the first part of it anyway.
1153ee No.15427239
>>15427203
>And certainly not thousands of dollars in paypig shekels
The thing is that people won't take kickstarter projects seriously if their goal is asking for peanuts. Kickstarters these days are often used as a form of "announcements" for indies because it's an extremely good marketing tool, but if the goal is too small it won't gain enough traction to matter. You need to at least get to 5 figures to make an impression, so around $10.000. Same sentiment when indie games actually being sold; oddly enough the ones that ask for $20 do a lot better than the ones that are sold for under $10, at least when looking at statistics. When the asking price is higher people seem to perceive it as a more serious, fleshed out product.
I agree with the rest of your post though, asking for more than what is necesary is shooting yourself in the foot in the long run. You're essentially taking away part of your sales up front.
60238e No.15427248
>>15426713
Several, some of which actually delivered. Others which are still in development limbo with limited updates.
>Hover (released)
It's okay, but it's not the Jet Set Radio spiritual successor it claims to be. Needs to be updated and patched a bit more, to really make it a decent game, but it's passable for what I paid.
>Little Devil Inside (unreleased)
They post updates once a month and missed their deadline by 2-3 years. Apparently they decided to rebuild the whole game in a different engine partway through.. and move to another office.
>Witchmarsh (unreleased)
Even fewer updates. Missed the deadline by 3 years. They claim to still be working on it, but they didn't get all that much money in the first place.
>Shantae (released)
Everything I expected and then tons of free DLC updates.
>TUG (kind of released)
They got to early access and got playable copies to the backers, but the game isn't even a fraction of what they promised.
>Shovel Knight (released)
Also pleased with this one. Released in a timely manner and kept the free updates coming.
>Delver's Drop (unreleased)
They had a playable demo a few years back, then they decided to switch engines, and they've been dead quiet for the past year or so. They missed their deadline by 5 fucking years. Just checked, apparently they're still posting apologetics in the comments of the kickstarter.
So, 4 released, 3 unreleased, one dud. Better than expected, worse than it should be. Nearly all of these were done 3-5 years ago on my end, when Kickstarter was still considered viable and new and interesting.. and it has only gotten worse in recent years. Wouldn't bother kickstarting anything these days unless it's a tabletop game, because they're the only things that seem to reliably deliver, as long as they actually have a product ready, instead of not even started.
b663fb No.15427267
>>15427010
La Mulana 2 turned out pretty solid.
0b1a4a No.15427274
>>15427221
The trend for chapterfying games is another way incentives are being malfucked.
>look I released something job well done I guess
>chapter 2: episode 3 never comes
>become a meme
90be7b No.15427291
>>15427017
>Months later, he dove head first into a wood chipper and got scalped.
What the fuck? Why?
59b22f No.15427404
>>15427202
I didn't even play that.Can't be any worse than what we did get though.
b1b7cc No.15427539
>>15427010
Rimworld is pretty good
9d5bcb No.15427574
>>15427539
Yeah but it's abandonware that still uses stolen assets from Prison Architect
06ffe0 No.15427640
I was a pre-kickstarter backer for Elite Dangerous. I wished I'd saved a copy of the original website because nobody ever believes me when I tell them that originally it was planned to be a single player game that was going to be like Elite 2 and 3 but with modern graphics. But then two things happened, the Star Citizen kickstarter and the "dads" started making suggestions on the ED forum. Braben wanted that SC money so he turned the game into a pseudo MMO and completely compromised the fully newtonian space simulation (which relied on speeding up and slowing down time for long distance travel) as a result. The dad's dreamed and whined on the forums about their days playing Elite 1 unable to realise that unlike the AI in Elite 1, another player would never deliberately stop turning to let the dad have a chance at killing them. The result was an empty, pseudo lobby "MMO", with clicky inter system travel and a combat system designed to emulate arcade physics in an engine fully capable of newtonian physics via arbitrarily nerfing the players ability to move in several ways, i.e. yaw compression, a sweet spot blue point and no stabilisation thrusters in free flight. The result was a system that the Elite 2 and 3 fans loathed and the Elite 1 dads quickly ran away from when they realised that the years they spent shooting AI in a BBC Micro games back in the 1980's didn't translate to "leet skills" when faced with real players. Ironically the dad's now complain the most about PvP, despite being the ones responsible for it being so horrendously shit in the first place. I never played more than about 20 hours of Elite Dangerous before going back to 3; I still have the big £90 premium box sitting somewhere in mint condition, maybe I can sell it to some dad and get my money back.
f50748 No.15427682
>>15426713
That's a shame. Looks like a cute fishing RPG.
What are some other comfy fishing RPGs?
ac030e No.15427693
4e60fb No.15427708
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>15427682
Legend of the River King 2 is delight if you liked the old 'tile sprites' style of gameboy games like pokemon red/blue, harvest moon and links awakening.
also via link cable hooked up to harvest moon as well.
Also see: https://8ch.net/v/res/15426750
99c8eb No.15427712
>>15427640
Their decision to make this online only game still hurts me too. At least there is X and Evochron.
cd2f9e No.15427745
>>15427708
Congrats on making your first post in this thread that isn't a normalfag meme.
37a40a No.15427844
>>15427017
Always wear a helmet.
b01a38 No.15427970
>Be an investor
>Without reaping any benefits besides getting the game, maybe
What kinda moron would do this?
43d0bc No.15428064
77a701 No.15428068
c3cca3 No.15428169
>>15427192
Same here. I don't mind Kickstarter if there's a playable demo to go with the pitch, at that point the majority of the work is finished.
000000 No.15428287
Yes and I don't regret it.
I backed Slaps and Beans. The devs did justice to the source material (Bud Spencer and Terence Hills cult 70s movies), and the game was even more enjoyable with the original movies soundtracks.
8079d9 No.15428400
458551 No.15431469
I told myself I'd never kickstart a game, especially a big one that'll probably fail. But the jew is a fickle conniving beast. It snuck into my wallet and swindled some shekels into a fucking mmo ashes of creation of all things. I've followed every piece of stream, newsletter, secret snapchat shit. I know everything there is about this shit. The fucking lead 2 devs worked in fucking CUSTOMER SERVICE for soe/daybreak so they say they "worked on" swg and all other mmos. Fuck me if anyone ever brings this game up in a thread. I'm glad no one has.
6b5914 No.15431492
>>15431469
Is that like every Russian company who says they "worked on" Stalker?
506776 No.15431498
>>15426713
>Did you fall for the meme
No, because I am not a faggot who throws away money to idea people who can't actually make anything.
3273a0 No.15431513
I backed Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun Returns.
Wasteland 2 was P good. Shadowrun returns was absolute garbage in my opinion. Nothing but a watered down tablet game with no roleplaying to speak of.
458551 No.15431514
>>15431492
As far as the lead designers it seems so. Their linkedins show when they were hired and if was well after most of SoE's games like EQ. The people they hired seem alright. They sell MAGA hats that say Make mmos great again and a community manager left because of that.
596e96 No.15431853
Only 5 dollars to Shenmue III
Does YU1 still have it in him? Hopefully Denuvo won't be involved either.
950e8e No.15432098
>>15431978
That shit had red flags all over it m8, why'd you back it? Also, don't you know that this was a scam by Sam Hyde that got BTFO by the horsefuckers at /mlp/?
>Sam starts his "ultimate epicest prank yet", thinking of mlp as too autist to notice
>/mlp/ notices the fishy shit, starts going full CSI on his ass
>Sam damage controls that shit to hell and back, grows desperate, eventually deletes fucking everything and hides for a while
c0ad03 No.15432113
>>15426855
If all english dubs where like it then I would be ok with them.
a7c818 No.15432133
Takedown: Red Sabre
What a fucking huge mistake that was
>The Dead Linger
This is when I lost my faith in kikestarter
>Spacebase D9
This I just bought while in (((Early Access))) not KS, and is the last game I will ever buy from double fine.
>The Trogdor Boardgame
I just kiked this, but it's not a video games.
a7c818 No.15432136
>>15427248
>Little Devil Inside
It's gotta be vapor man.
Been waiting forever, but I gave up
a6be63 No.15432155
>>15426984
God literally forbids taking loans though, it's called usury and only assists Jews in their plots
0a8a02 No.15432174
Kickstarters are two things:
1. Games that either
a. Fail to fulfill promises (80%)
b. Become abandonware after being funded or released years after promised delivery (20%)
c. Get released on time and meets expectations (0%)
2. Products that either
a. Fail to fulfill promises (80%)
b. Become abandoned after being funded or release years after promised delivery (20%)
c. Get released on time and meets expectations (0%)
The reason crowdfunding is so popular is because there's no actual accountability. Any faggot with a video featuring ukelele music and some vague description can earn a cool million. It surprises me that more scamming fucks don't do it.
0a3151 No.15432199
>>15427574
>uses stolen assets from Prison Architect
Copied, not stolen.
3f085e No.15432202
>>15432155
God doesn't forbid taking loans, he forbids charging interest some of the time.
d7d7c6 No.15432234
I backed the Chris Roberts Money Collection System and then sold my package for $100 more than I paid for it, so pretty good return on that bad boy. I also backed Planetary Annihilation but got fucked on that one: game came out but it sucks ass.
Almost backed that Warhammer 40k game that everyone forgot about but thankfully didn't, though I can't remember why. Otherwise I've avoided throwing money at anything because early access and kickstarter are gay.
I hope Em-8er succeeds as a game but I'm not throwing my money at it.
f0aecd No.15432256
>>15432133
Boardgames seem to pretty consistently work out well on Kikestarter, probably because all they really need KS for is actual production when the game's already made and playtested with homemade crap.
271122 No.15434276
I bought into KSP when it was in EXTREME early alpha (literally all you could do was get into orbit of a planet that did not rotate, without a map or maneuver nodes or more than TWO types of engine, that would bug out and blow you up if you landed on the dark side). That turned out pretty good, at least by gameplay aspects.
42f0c9 No.15434299
I got jewed once and learned my lesson.
4c6792 No.15438186
I think the only ones I might have considered giving shekels to, were Blue Omen Operation, which plays sort of like the GBA Mario&Luigi games, and Fight Knight, which is a game where you punch the shit out of everything. Both of their goals were reached, so now I can only hope they will come out someday, but if they turn out to be a scam, then I didn't fall for it.
Both of them have demos, and I found them pretty fun, so I hope they'll come out some day.
84ae5a No.15438910
>>15432174
>ifunnyy.co
is uh that a uh bait
918ca2 No.15438922
I gave $5 to Monster Girl Island because I liked the idea and wanted to try some of the backer demos. He then revealed the trap character and I regretted it immediately.
0b1a4a No.15439804
>>15438922
Wonder how fans are feeling about Honeypop Deuce right about now.
3f75ed No.15440056
>Backed GRIP (Rollcage + Jak X hybrid)
>failed kickstarter but still released the game
>Backed Mordhau
>closed beta of backers with huge updates every few months
>just update with 64 player servers and archery
>set to release this year
Probably not going to release this year though so it's the closest I've come to getting jewed in Kikestarter.
ea061a No.15440261
I tossed $5 at some guy's 2D Dungeon Keeper type clone, they disappeared somewhere around 2015 with it still in an alpha state.
93c269 No.15440279
>>15439804
First thought when I finished the new promo
>The dick only makes it better
I'm so fucking ready.
73c894 No.15440300
War for the Overworld
>Got early access
>Devs postponed released date
>Public EA versions make it clear they will not have it finished upon the new release date either
>Push out the shit anyway as a catastrophic trainwreck, arguing they need the dosh because they ran out of money and into debt.
And then something magical happened.
>Devs actually use money from unsuspecting and sorely disappointed release buyers to fix the game
>Release patch after patch after patch, including content patches.
>Tower Defense/Crucible mode promised to the backers actually gets patched in
>(Basic) Map Editor actually gets patched in, despite of the fact that their previous attempt nearly killed the project
>First DLC listens to the fans and adds a slow-paced campaign
>Second DLC adds the equivalent of "My Pet Dungeon" mode from DK2.
>Third (and last) DLC is a bit more fast-paced, but also comes with a free upgrade to the map editor so people can finally create custom scenarios and campaigns with triggers and all that stuff because the devs plan to move on to their next project.
Full disclosure: Worked as a QA volunteer for the devs
9d16d1 No.15440587
I backed Sunless Skies after putting three games’ worth of playtime into Sunless Sea, and that’s been shaping up nicely so far. I’ve also sunk a bunch of time into the grindfest browser game the source material’s based off of, though, so I’ve developed enough trust in the company over the years that I was confident enough to help fund it. Worth noting that Sunless Sea was a kickstarter too, but I never heard about it until a few months after release.
9a88ae No.15440824
>>15426857
>looked like it was gonna be a pretty funny beat-em-up
>pretty interested
<Barrak Fu
the flying fuck? Honestly.
As for me, I backed this on Backerkit and got the burning jason on PC and ps4. The game was fun on PC, then the devs started listening to the faggots who came fresh off of DBD and wanted a 7 on 1 troll jason game and it was ruined. The single player is enjoyable and worth a pirate if you're a fan of the movies, but don't play the multiplayer, it's garbage as Jason is too easy to punish.
361f8d No.15440874
Why do crazy people always gravitate towards Kikestarter?
546ce1 No.15440966
Anyone heard of Prey For The Gods? Supposedly a spiritual successor to Shadow of the Colossus. I want more colossi to slay.
194589 No.15441004
>>15440587
How is sunless skies? Is it worth a go?
3cd787 No.15443395
>>15441004
The devs assigned themselves another three or four months until release, so you never know what mechanics might change, but as of now they’re super-solid—all the backer updates I’ve gotten recently have been more about polish and adding content than any big fundamental changes, which is nice. They pretty much add a big area, stuff it full of art and words, take feedback on what’s good and what’s not, then go back and improve all the existing content to match the refinements, so it’s only gone upward in quality since Early Access started. With that said, it’s basically Sunless Sea but combat is actually fun and ship customization is more impactful than just making damage numbers higher (grapeshot cannons vs. chainguns depending on your playstyle, for example). If you didn’t like Sunless Sea because of the slow travel/repetitive deaths/bad combat then you should give it another chance; if you liked Sunless Sea this is just more but better. If you didn’t like Sunless Sea because of the words words words narrative structure then you won’t like this either, but I love the lore, so it’s a big hit for me.
e7b2f0 No.15443425
>>15440056
>mordhau
Too bad it doesn't even have 64 players left to fill up a server because the only people who do play it are so autistically devoted to being good at the game that they make the game unfun for anyone who isn't as autistic as them and have driven everyone off and killed the game before its even released.
0b3226 No.15443472
never have i even entertained the thought. it's investing into something without getting any returns. that's also why kickstarters can scam people with no legal repercussions. it's classified as a donation and not an investment. if kickstarters allowed me to invest in their games and i'm guaranteed a return on the profits then i would. until then they can fuck right off
240933 No.15443500
>>15440874
Because they need money and don't want to get a proper job. They throw together an idea, take money and rarely if ever actually do the idea. Actual devs using crowdfunding also get poisoned, because now they have thousands of paying fans to appease and pander to.
31ef93 No.15443630
>>15443425
So it's like 8chan:The Videogame Edition
918b89 No.15443635
Yeah, I've Kickstarted projects before. As in I kicked the developers in the ass until they started working. ~ Peter "Get the fuck out of my office" Moore.
4f9457 No.15450851
>>15440587
>>15443395
>two different IDs
>suspicious picture name
Mhn…
b663fb No.15450860
>>15432174
Who cares when it's released as long as it's a solid game? I honestly don't give a fuck whether they met the promised delivery date.
ad2b57 No.15452123
>>15426713
Yooka-Laylee and Bear Simulator.
Both times I was sorely dissapointed.