Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Fig και άλλα crowd funding projects

[Snoob]

Nα μία ωραία ιδέα, ο σκληρός κόσμος ενός Witcher, χωρίς τέρατα και δράκους:

 

 

Η σελίδα του project στο Kickstarter  θέτει ως στόχο τις 300.000 λίρες για ένα "ρεαλιστικό" RPG πρώτου προσώπου, με quests τα οποία λύνονται με διάφορους τρόπους, μεγάλες μάχες, πολιορκίες, συγκρούσεις εφίππων (σε στυλ Mount & Blade αλλά με απείρως ανώτερα γραφικά) και πολλά άλλα.

 

Τα αρνητικά ή έστω οι επιφυλάξεις:

 

1. χρόνος ολοκλήρωσης Δεκέμβριος του '15 (καλό '16 δηλαδή, κατά πάσα πιθανότητα) συν του τα 18 ευρω ισοδυναμούν με το Act I, δηλαδή πάλι για σπάσιμο πηγαίνει το παιχνίδι. Οι devs μιλούν ανοιχτά (και είναι προς τιμήν τους αυτό) για "δύο χρόνια".

 

2. Περίεργο καθεστώς χρηματοδότησης. Προφανώς οι 500.000 δολάρια (300.000 λίρες) δε φτάνουν για κάτι τόσο φιλόδοξο, οπότε υπάρχει ένας χρηματοδότης, ο Zdenek Bakala, από τους πλουσιότερους ανθρώπους στην Τσεχία, από ό,τι φαίνεται) που θα αναλάβει τα υπόλοιπα, αν δει ότι υπάρχει κάποιο ενδιαφέρον από τον κόσμο.

 

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για αυτό το σκέλος της υπόθεσης, στη συνέντευξη στο RPS.

 

Ωραία ιδέα, μπερδεμένη ιστορία. Όσοι θέλουν να το δουν ως επένδυση, ας το σκεφτούν. Αν κλίνετε προς την "προπαραγγελία", με τα ίδια λεφτά αγοράζετε 3+ bundles, οπότε ίσως θα ήταν καλύτερα να στραφείτε εκεί.

 

Δεν το προτείνω απαραιτήτως, απλά το θέτω υπόψη, αν τυχόν ενδιαφέρεται κάποιος.

[Millennium]

΄Εχει και το δικό του topic το Kingdom Come: Deliverance αν θέλει να βάζει/τσεκάρει κανά νέο κανείς http://www.insomnia.gr/topic/511204-kingdom-come-deliverance/

[Praetorian]

Το Our Darker Purpose της Avidly Wild Games είναι ένα rogue-like με gameplay παρόμοιο με το Binding of Isaac (έχει random generated levels, random item drops, μικρά RPG στοιχεία), και στυλ γραφικών που θυμίζει Don't Starve. (Αυτές οι επιρροές αναφέρονται ανοιχτά από την ομάδα ανάπτυξης). Ξεκίνησε ως project σχολής και εξελίχθηκε σε κάτι παραπάνω. Θα είναι DRM-free (αλλά θέλουν να το διαθέσουν και από Steam και είναι στο greenlight).

Το Our Darker Purpose, που είχε φτάσει το στόχο του στο kickstarter (συγκέντρωσε περίπου $42,000) και έγινε και greenlit στο Steam, κυκλοφορεί αύριο από το Steam. Νομίζω ότι θα είναι κανονικό release και όχι early access.

 

Η ανακοίνωση στο steam greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/147390204/1390810743

Επίσημη σελίδα: http://www.ourdarkerpurpose.com/wp/

[JohnVani18]

To The Death – Prototype Demo Now Available

 

Scary Mostro and Section Studios have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming action game that combines beat’em-up and shoot’em-up mechanics. The game is called ‘To The Death’ and is being created by the lead game designer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the visual development lead of God of War 3.

 

Scary Mostro and Section Studios released yesterday the prototype demo of this game in order to spark the interest of PC gamers.

 

As the dev team noted:

“This is a rough early version of some of the base combat mechanics. We hope you’ll see the potential in it and have a lot of fun! You get 3 lives and your goal is basically to get as many kills as possible. You can perform overpowers and charge your sword as well. Looking forward to see what scores everyone gets!”

 

Those interested can download the game from its Kickstarter page.

[Millennium]

Το Hyper Light Drifter έφαγε delay για τέλος του χρόνου (κυρίως γιατί έχει προβλήματα υγείας ο δημιουργός του παιχνιδιού).

 

2 νέα ss

 

[Millennium]

Nevermind: A Biofeedback Horror Adventure Game

 

Στόχος $200.000

 

 

Nevermind is a biofeedback-enhanced horror adventure game that takes you into the dark and twisted world within the subconscious minds of trauma victims.

 

As you explore surreal labyrinths and solve the puzzles of the mind, a biofeedback sensor monitors how scared or stressed you become with each passing moment. If you let your fears get the best of you, the game will become harder. If you’re able to calm yourself in the face of terror, the game will be more forgiving.

 

Nevermind’s goal is to create an unforgettable gameplay experience that also teaches players how to be more aware of their internal responses to stressful situations. If you can learn to control your anxiety within the disturbing realm of Nevermind, just imagine what you can do when it comes to those inevitable stressful moments in the real world…

[Snoob]

Καιρό είχα να ενθουσιαστώ πραγματικά με μια πρόταση στο Kickstarter:

 

Το Darkest Dungeon είναι ένα roguelike dungeon crawler, με turn-based μάχες, το οποίο εστιάζει στις ψυχολογικές επιπτώσεις που έχει η περιπέτεια στα μπουντρούμια στα μέλη της ομάδας, καθώς και στις διαπροσωπικές τους σχέσεις (συμπάθειες, αντιπάθειες) και τις φοβίες που αναπτύσσουν στην πορεία των μαχών και της εξερεύνησης. Και όλα αυτά, με μια πολύ όμορφη αισθητική σκοτεινού κόμιξ.

 

Ο αρχικός στόχος των $75.000 ξεπεράστηκε μέσα σε μόλις 24 ώρες, το project έχει περάσει στα stretch goals και τρεις στόχοι έχουν ξεκλειδώσει ήδη. Η περίοδος χρηματοδότησης θα τρέξει για ακόμη 29 μέρες.

 

 

[Millennium]

To Starcrawlers μπήκε (και αυτό) στο Kickstarter.

 

Ζητάνε $65Κ.

[Millennium]

Important Kickstarter Security Notice

 

On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers' data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system.

 

No credit card data of any kind was accessed by hackers. There is no evidence of unauthorized activity of any kind on all but two Kickstarter user accounts.

 

While no credit card data was accessed, some information about our customers was. Accessed information included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Actual passwords were not revealed, however it is possible for a malicious person with enough computing power to guess and crack an encrypted password, particularly a weak or obvious one.

 

As a precaution, we strongly recommend that you create a new password for your Kickstarter account, and other accounts where you use this password.

[Millennium]

7FRAMED - (indie, AAA action-shooter)

 

Στόχος $300.000

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a28fnQtxmU8

 

How far will you risk it to get your life back? Once they know you, they control you.

 

When caught between the oppressive machinations of a super corporation and the subversive manipulations of an insurgent hacker collective, the thinking man has only two choices: surrender your free will, your hope, and your very future. Give up. Or cross the line of rational thought, take actions that no civilized man would take, and maybe, just maybe, live long enough to change the world.

 

7FRAMED puts you in the role of not one but seven citizens targeted by the groups that would control them. Set up for crimes you did not commit, 7FRAMED allows you to play from not only the perspective of all of the victims but other characters in the world. Every shift in point of view brings new insights into the agenda of the enemy and brings you steps closer to solving the mysteries of why you? Why were you targeted? And every character you play brings you closer to the realization that your characters must be pivotal players on the global stage even if they do not know it yet.

 

Released in seven episodes, 7FRAMED is set just five years in the future, eerily touching on the modern issues facing us all--issues such as privacy, terrorism, and the inability to make a difference when opposing entities much larger and powerful than ourselves.  And the game immerses you in this terrifying, plausible world in the most believable ways possible.

 

To create this immersion, 7FRAMED utilizes VIE Workshop revolutionary motion capture, facial animation, and character creation technologies to deliver a AAA game experience that feels like both a contemporary survival shooter and a parkour platformer. These same pioneering technologies allow VIE to produce high quality results without the overhead of most other developers. 

 

 

Gameplay elements:

 

-Single player campaign

-Multi-player online mode in which you frame other players.

-All shooter ingredients plus many challenging puzzles.

-Hiding from the other character system

-Perspective mission (replay the mission from someone else point of view) This is going to be one of the best feature. (Cross path mission)

-Adaptive story line (Player influence of the environment to have impact on other episodes)

[Millennium]

To Carmageddon: Reincarnation θα μπει σε early access στις 27 Μαρτίου.

 

[Millennium]

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

 

Στόχος $65.000 (τον έπιασε)

 

 

 

In our humble opinion, these are the key ingredients for a great BoUT2 game:

• A fantasy adventure story with about 20 hours of pointing and clicking
• The trademark BoUT-humor, lovingly spoofing WoW, LotR, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Discworld, D&D, The Hobbit and many more
• Hundreds of weird, yet oddly logical puzzles and our well-proven "Multi-Character-Gameplay"
• The established four playable characters Wilbur, Nate, Ivo und Critter
• Numerous beautiful locations, improved through today's computer alchemy - and your pledge! (see Goals - Projection Mapping)
• An ensemble of quirky characters, both well-established and hot off the drawing board
• An epic soundtrack with many new compositions

[Millennium]

Ashen Rift: A man and his dog.

 

Στόχος: $45.000

 

 

 

 

Ashen Rift is a first person survival horror game for PC, Mac and Linux that places you and your canine companion Bounder in a barely recognizable Earth which has been twisted and drained of almost all life. Together you seek to stop the remaining life from hemorrhaging Earth by disabling the "Rift" rumoured to be the cause. 

You must find your own path and discover your own methods to get to the Rift alive.

[Millennium]

Planets³

 

Στόχος: $250.000

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktWBxxqAvQ

 

Planets³ is a 3D open-world voxel-based RPG (first person view).

 

Imagined by video game lovers, Planets³ (pronounced «planetscube») combines the excitement of role playing with the pleasure of construction and the boundless freedom to roam about in a 3D universe. Its intricate plot and outstanding voxel based design offers opportunities for intense action and unlimited creativity. Planets³ has been designed to promote multi-player gameplay, to share the fun with friends.

[Millennium]

Update στο Godus του αγαπητού σε πολλούς Molyneux 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul4FX7M6wlc