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So Divinity Original Sin 2 raced to 100% in 12 hours. To comparison, the first game reached 100% in 12 days

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Omnibus

OmniBus is an unstoppable force of nature that can break through almost anything! However, OmniBus doesn't have any brakes so stopping is not an option. You can only control the direction and endure the speed that slowly increases over time. The only way to lose is to flip onto your side or drive into water.

Nomera

It’s the end of the Cold War. You are Mr. Spy, an American secret agent, master of espionage and all things kaboom!
There are many mysteries to uncover, and many adversaries who will try endlessly to block you in your quest for answers. Sneak, sabotage, and explode your way through Russia’s most formidable environments, solving clever puzzles along the way. Trust no one! For pride, for honor, for the USA?

Divinity Original Sin 2

An epic RPG with turn-based combat, cooperative/competitive multiplayer; sequel to Divinity: Original Sin

 

[More_Badass]

GRIP was cancelled, but the devs are still developing the game. It'll be coming to Early Access by November 30th, you can preorder it from their site

 

[More_Badass]

For The King will be hitting Kickstarter mid-September
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvLgEiNU1lw

 

[More_Badass]

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The Dwarves - September

Previous to each battle you assemble a group of up to four heroes, who then fight hundreds of enemies simultaneously. Helm’s Deep sends its regards!
Outside of the battles you travel across the game world on a very detailed world map and in atmospheric levels, that are shown from an isometric perspective, just like in games like „Divinity: Original Sins“ or „Pillars of Eternity“.

 

[More_Badass]

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Secluded

Experience the terrifying side of Outer Space as you manage to survive long enough for a rescue crew to arrive on Echo Station.

A House of Many Doors

Explore the House, a parasite dimension of cities and secrets. A nonlinear exploration RPG for PC, packed with story and lore.
You explore the House in a clanking train with mechanical legs. You will discover bizarre civilizations, assemble a dysfunctional crew and level up your poetry, while clinging to life and sanity.

The Dwarves

We're putting dwarves front and center in our new RPG with physics-based combat and an intriguing story.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peragames/overfall?ref=nav_search

Overfall isn't getting nearly enough love.

 

[ElectricThunder]

A Wizard's Lizard 2 is worth a look:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/357830563/a-wizards-lizard-2-steam-windows-mac/description

The original was one of those few(also an older KS success story if memory serves) that got drowned in the shadow of Isaac, but this lot kept up with it solidly regardless on post-release support and content additions, with yet another update to the first game still in the works even while they are trying to get the sequel afoot here that has a stronger emphasis on the Zelda-like notions.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Just give me a quality isometric aRPG. I can't get enough of the genre.

 

[More_Badass]

Just give me a quality isometric aRPG. I can't get enough of the genre.

Did you see Umbra from a few months back?

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Yeah I did, it's definitely on my radar but so, so raw right now. I think we're a good 2 - 3 years away from seeing it released. I was actually going to buy it but you don't get alpha or beta access with the cheapest package which is just silly IMO, they want me to pay $30 to test their game? Nope. If the Warrior package gave alpha access I'd buy it right now.

 

[jimboton]

Is someone here playing Rack'n Ruin? I ask because it was a failed kickstarter I remember pledging a couple of years back and it suddenly showed up on Steam with 40% off and 100% positive user reviews (only a few of them tho). It's Zelda + twin stick shooter. Guess I'll bite.

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

Hey so the Kickstarter for the game I'm working on is going live on Tuesday...

Am I allowed to post it here or is that against the rules?

 

[MrCunningham]

So Divinity Original Sin 2 raced to 100% in 12 hours. To comparison, the first game reached 100% in 12 days

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Omnibus

They are really going for a PS1 look with Omnibus, complete with non filtered graphics and texture warping.

 

[More_Badass]

Hey so the Kickstarter for the game I'm working on is going live on Tuesday...

Am I allowed to post it here or is that against the rules?

Please do. Always great when devs share their projects here

 

[DMiz]

So Divinity Original Sin 2 raced to 100% in 12 hours. To comparison, the first game reached 100% in 12 days

Well deserved!

I think there was initially some doubt among some people that the game wouldn't turn out well when it came to the first game; but the release, and the really positive word of mouth, has done Larian some tremendous favours. Looking forward to this release!

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

Please do. Always great when devs share their projects here

Ok thanks!! I'll post the link on Tuesday!!!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Ok thanks!! I'll post the link on Tuesday!!!

I look forward to it! Is there going to be an OT?

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

I look forward to it! Is there going to be an OT?

I never considered an OT! How does it work then? I mean is it not a break of rules if I make the OT since it's self-promoting, so would someone else have to make it?

 

[Labadal]

I never considered an OT! How does it work then? I mean is it not a break of rules if I make the OT since it's self-promoting, so would someone else have to make it?

You should not do an OP for your own game.

You can probably post it here.

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

You should not do an OP for your own game.

You can probably post it here.

Yeah that's what I thought. Thanks!!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I never considered an OT! How does it work then? I mean is it not a break of rules if I make the OT since it's self-promoting, so would someone else have to make it?

Someone else has to make it. All else fails, I'll see if I can. I'm pretty busy this month, though.

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

So yeah, here's the trailer for De Mambo!

Kickstarter campaign begins Tuesday!!

Thanks HP_Wuvcraft!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsL0oG7_L4E

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Seriously, is there no Overfall OT?

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

Hey so here is our Kickstarter!!

http://kck.st/1Nncht0

 

[kulapik]

Hey so here is our Kickstarter!!

http://kck.st/1Nncht0

Looks great! I gave 10 pounds!

You know if there's any posibility for online multiplayer?

 

[Nezzhil]

Hi all, I talked a bit about our game Tankr in the Indie Game Development threat, but now that we have launched a crowfunding campaing on Kickstarter for it, I hope you don't mind to check it. We have a demo!

Here's the link to our campaign page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957424604/tankr

We hope you enjoy it and thanks for your support!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

De Mambo OT is up.

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

Looks great! I gave 10 pounds!

You know if there's any posibility for online multiplayer?

Thank you so much! And yeah it's something we want to do, have planned lots of stuff for it, but is slightly dependant on how much we make! I'd say there's a good chance!!

Hi all, I talked a bit about our game Tankr in the Indie Game Development threat, but now that we have launched a crowfunding campaing on Kickstarter for it, I hope you don't mind to check it. We have a demo!

Here's the link to our campaign page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957424604/tankr

We hope you enjoy it and thanks for your support!

Awesome!

De Mambo OT is up.

Oh wow! You're the best!! Thanks!!

 

[Nezzhil]

Awesome!

Thank you! Your game is gorgeous! If you wish that we talk about your game in our KS only tell me.

 

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A Wizard's Lizard 2

A Wizard's Lizard 2 is a "rogue-lite" action game. Players use their skill and lizard tongue to fight monsters, discover magic, evolve, and cure the wizard's house of evil curses.

tiny & Tall: Gleipnir

tiny & Tall: Gleipnir is an epic point-and-click adventure based on a nordic legend. It tells the story of the creation of Gleipnir, the magic link holding the wolf Fenrir. This link is created from six mythical ingredients: the sinews of a bear, the beard of a woman, the sound of a cat's footfall, the roots of a mountain, the spittle of a bird and the breath of a fish.

De Mambo

No De Mambo is a fast paced, single-screen action platformer that is kinda Smash Bros, sorta Breakout and nothing like either of these since it has it’s own swing.

Tankr

Tankr is a top-down Arcade, full of powerups, ricochet bullets and explosions. With tons of levels to play single or local multiplayer.

12 Is Better Than 6

12 Is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down kill-everyone shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The action takes place in 1873 – the noon of lawless and cruelty all over North America. The main hero was wrongfully incarcerated, and he's now trying to escape at all cost so that he can get his revenge.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and tons of secrets, story and randomly-generated replay goodness.

 

[draetenth]

Battle Chaser: Nightwar seems intriguing. It's even made it's $500,000 goal with over 9,000 backers with 28 days to go.

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

Thank you! Your game is gorgeous! If you wish that we talk about your game in our KS only tell me.

Hey I'll post about your KS on our Twitter!! Good luck!

 

[FallenGrace]

I funded both Dwarves and Battlechasers. Any RPG coming to the PS4 gets my money.

Battlechasers has already hit a few stretch goals, Dwarves is struggling a little though 😞

 

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Megamagic: Wizards of the Neon Age

"Megamagic: Wizards of the Neon Age" is a videogame that mixes mechanics from different genres in a complete new way! It will offer you a wide range of spells to learn and monsters to summon in order to beat the bad guys. So it's up to you how to mix them: build your own spell/monster palette and create a unique strategy. All that spiced with some cool 80s vibes!

For The King

Weave your own unique tales in an epic single or multiplayer RPG adventure that spans across the realms. Trek across perilous badlands, trudge though poisonous swamps, brave the high seas and shifting mystical forests. The land is in chaos and the odds are stacked against you. Answer the call and help bring peace back to Fahrul!

 

[Sai-kun]

So Divinity Original Sin 2 raced to 100% in 12 hours. To comparison, the first game reached 100% in 12 days

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Omnibus

This project is made by a great friend of mine who is amazing and the game is hilarious as fuck. So happy the project has gotten the exposure it deserves

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

For The King

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss.

 

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Hello, Neighbor - Mid October

Hello, Neighbor! is a first-person tactical thriller puzzler with a tricky self-studying A.I. as an opponent
The Neighbor gathers all the information about the player's actions, decisions, movements etc. Having analyzed it, he comes up with counter-actions, traps and a unique tactics against the player. The more one plays, the more experienced the Neighbor becomes.

Project Session - 2015

Project:Session is a skateboarding game entirely focused on creativity and freedom of expression, nothing else! No turbo timer, gazillions of combo multipliers and shit.
This is skateboarding.

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Aberford

Your chance to fight zombies as a badass 1950s housewife is finally here! Aberford lets you step into the heels of a post-WWII suburban housewife fighting to save her family, friends, and city from a rapidly spreading zombie virus.

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is a 2D African Fantasy Action-RPG which seeks to innovate in this genre. The dynamic gameplay partly inspired by the old school ‘Tales of’ series, focuses on 2D real-time combat sequences while the narration and its environment both draw deeply from African culture, myths and lores.

Pixel Noir

Pixel Noir is a JRPG-inspired detective game set against a film noir backdrop. Think Earthbound meets Sin City!
Solve a variety of mysteries as Pinnacle City’s cheapest Private Eye! From missing pets to murder investigations, your detective skills will earn you either fortune or face punches

 

[More_Badass]

Dark Flame got a date, October 1st

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BattleTech - September 29th

Steeped in the feudal political intrigue of the BattleTech universe, the game will feature an open-ended Mercenaries-style campaign that blends RPG ‘Mech and MechWarrior management with modern turn-based tactics.

Dad Quest - "Soon"

Dad Quest is an action-adventure platformer with roguelite and RPG elements that follows a generation of fathers--otherwise known as Dads™--and their children as they travel across the land on a quest to reach Dad Island.

 

[gabbo]

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Aberford

I hope this makes it, but they need more than the pitch offered to really put it over.

 

[Labadal]

Dark Flame got a date, October 1st

Tell me more.

 

[More_Badass]

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Allison Road

In Allison Road you will take on the role of the unnamed protagonist, who wakes up one day without any recollection of prior events. Over the course of five nights it is your objective to uncover the whereabouts of your family, unravel the mysteries of the house, and face off against Lily and other dark entities that are nested deep within its walls, while the clock is relentlessly ticking towards 3:00am.

First Wonder

First Wonder blends third-person shooter elements with aerial acrobatics in a fantastical and vast world ripe for exploration. Monstro has formidable abilities that allow him to leap over obstacles; the Cargonauts take to the skies using their rocket technology in an attempt at matching Monstro’s natural gifts.

Battletech

Steeped in the feudal political intrigue of the BattleTech universe, the game will feature an open-ended Mercenaries-style campaign that blends RPG ‘Mech and MechWarrior management with modern turn-based tactics.

 

[NoFaceNico]

First Wonder

First Wonder's pitch video is laughably amateur for a game coming from an ex-big-studio name. The concept looks kinda cool though for someone like me who misses the PS2 days when mid-tier games were able to survive.

I'll be watching this one. I don't know if I'll contribute though, the whole thing looks suspiciously like a blend of Molyneux and The Stomping Land.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

First Wonder's pitch video is laughably amateur for a game coming from an ex-big-studio name. The concept looks kinda cool though for someone like me who misses the PS2 days when mid-tier games were able to survive.

I'll be watching this one. I don't know if I'll contribute though, the whole thing looks suspiciously like a blend of Molyneux and The Stomping Land.

Yeah as much as I want to support the campaign, warning bells are going off in my head looking at the Kickstarter.

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

Yeah as much as I want to support the campaign, warning bells are going off in my head looking at the Kickstarter.

As someone who plans on trying a KS campaign, may I ask what your specific warning bells are?

Edit: well, I just watched the video and I found some myself...

 

[More_Badass]

As someone who plans on trying a KS campaign, may I ask what your specific warning bells are?

Edit: well, I just watched the video and I found some myself...

The Regret of Vitrerran? That art style looks awesome
http://www.dualwieldsoftware.com/the-regret-of-vitererran/

Personally, some warning signs:
1) No gameplay. 99.9999% of the time, I have no interest in a Kickstarter if it merely showcases art and promises. The rare exception being Battletech, solely because I trust Harebrained to deliver
Even if it's early pre-alpha footage or a prototype, at least it's something

2) No or little info on the developers and/or their experience

3) No breakdown of how funds will be used

4) A discrepancy between a funding goal and the scale/scope of a project

5) A messy campaign page. Too little info, but also the flip side, overlong info dumps. No many pictures. Not nicely formatted. This is a broad area, but it's best to see well-presented campaign pages (Flame in the Flood, Slain, GRIP, Everspace, Elsinore)

This is a list of great Kickstarter post-mortems, a lot of good info

 

[Russ T]

Have I seen gameplay sourced from somewhere else? I've definitely seen the giant running and jumping around and the little jetpack dudes flying around and I even saw the giant stompin' on a jetpack dude. I mean, even that gif is gameplay. Clearly super early gameplay, but gameplay nonetheless.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

As someone who plans on trying a KS campaign, may I ask what your specific warning bells are?

Edit: well, I just watched the video and I found some myself...

More-Badass covered most of the issues I saw (the lack of fund breakdown is the biggest concern when dealing with a high goal KS). What also alarmed me was the fact that they feel they can release the game in about a year (while they do have gameplay, it's very early and rough). To add on to that, they have only a five man team trying to complete this game. So I have no clue how they are using the money, and I'm supposed to believe that they can finish the game by the end of 2016 with such a small team. The campaign doesn't feel like a scam, but it's mismanagement just makes it to hard to trust.

 

[NoFaceNico]

Have I seen gameplay sourced from somewhere else? I've definitely seen the giant running and jumping around and the little jetpack dudes flying around and I even saw the giant stompin' on a jetpack dude. I mean, even that gif is gameplay. Clearly super early gameplay, but gameplay nonetheless.

I think More_Badass was just listing warning signs in general, not specifically commenting on First Wonder. They do have some of those problems listed though, like a messy campaign page, no funding breakdown and because of that it's impossible to accurately judge whether the $500k is too little, too much, or just right.

 

[More_Badass]

Yeah, I just was listing some general things to be wary of, in response to Conkersbadfurday's question about warning bells

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

The Regret of Vitrerran? That art style looks awesome
http://www.dualwieldsoftware.com/the-regret-of-vitererran/

Personally, some warning signs:
1) No gameplay. 99.9999% of the time, I have no interest in a Kickstarter if it merely showcases art and promises. The rare exception being Battletech, solely because I trust Harebrained to deliver
Even if it's early pre-alpha footage or a prototype, at least it's something

2) No or little info on the developers and/or their experience

3) No breakdown of how funds will be used

4) A discrepancy between a funding goal and the scale/scope of a project

5) A messy campaign page. Too little info, but also the flip side, overlong info dumps. No many pictures. Not nicely formatted. This is a broad area, but it's best to see well-presented campaign pages (Flame in the Flood, Slain, GRIP, Everspace, Elsinore)

This is a list of great Kickstarter post-mortems, a lot of good info

Yup, that's my game Glad you like the art style.

Will look into those campaigns you think did a good job, and I thank you for the breakdown. I consider some of those warning bells myself. The money breakdown thing can be strange though, because for really small teams, it amounts to "paying rent and allowing me to eat so we can work on this" or would in my own case. Not sure if there's a more professional way to get that across, but there ya go.

Everything else though is an absolute. It bothers me when KS campaigns are nothing but concept art and promises. Ya just... Don't do that!