Battle Chasers did.
Indivisible: Valkyrie Profile/Metroid, Indiegogo, PC/Mac/Linux/PS4/XB1 -- funded!
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Battle Chasers did.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I think most did, but yeah those who didn't, definitely should. The Shantae news was a big boost, almost at 1.1mil!
Come oooooon! Valve, fix yo shit!
Alex_Mexico
Member
Even big Kickstarted indies not included in the game made shoutouts for Indivisible in their updates like Bloodstained did recently.
More_Badass
Member
I like Shantae's look in this way more than in Half Genie Hero
More_Badass
Member
Posts a message on your social media page. Everyone who's joined, at the same time. Basically a big social media exposure push. Right, now the social media reach of the Indivisible TC is at 931,000 people, meaning that's the combined amount of followers across Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr of those signed up
Any chance of the app type being changed from demo to game? Indivisible doesn't tickle my fancy, but I'd be willing to do my part to help the IGG campaign succeed if the prototype were a "game" itself as then a key to the beta testing package would make it count as a +1.
HellBlazer
Member
Wow, that Shantae boost. Good stuff. Hopefully the Thunderclap and Steam release do some work tomorrow as well.
Any chance of the app type being changed from demo to game? Indivisible doesn't tickle my fancy, but I'd be willing to do my part to help the IGG campaign succeed if the prototype were a "game" itself as then a key to the beta testing package would make it count as a +1.
Nope, unfortunately Valve required that it be a demo.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
...DudeAny chance of the app type being changed from demo to game? Indivisible doesn't tickle my fancy, but I'd be willing to do my part to help the IGG campaign succeed if the prototype were a "game" itself as then a key to the beta testing package would make it count as a +1.
Infernostew
Member
Big money, no whammies.... stop!
MotionBlue
Member
Its going to be such a long wait for this D: I want it now! If they get more cameos, I hope they get Red from Transistor.
HellBlazer
Member
Woo, 1,100K.
DR2K
Banned
Shot needs to get to 1500k and stat. My heart can't take this.
The Prototype is up on Steam now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/421830/
Gunstarheroes
Member
Because fate conspires against Lab Zero at every turn.
Though seriously, i'm sure they have done everything they could, as they could, when they could. I'm sure Ravi and those guys don't want to be going down to the wire either.
kurona_bright
Neo Member
I might download and play through the prototype again. Is it going to be advertised on the front page of Steam? That would help a lot.
Cloud
Wish i wasnt poor so i could donate to this, but played the prototype and loved it. Praying it gets funded
Alex_Mexico
Member
Lol I don't think so but if I had to venture a ballsy guess, but with both feet firmly planted on the ground, I'd say Bloodstained's Miriam.
They've kept it indie with these guests. I wouldn't hold my breath for big company owned characters like Megaman.
They're already packed with third parties as it is anyway.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Boy, you really want there to be some sort of nefarious reason.
Because Minette isn't in.
Seriously though, getting 1 million plus on a crowdfunded video game is rare as hell. 29 Games total have pulled that off on Kickstarter, and most of those have huge names associated with them. Much as I like Ravidrath, he doesn't have the name recognition of Richard Garriott or Keiji Inafune, and Skullgirls is tiny compared to the likes of Shenmue or Torment.
That they've come this far is nothing short of impressive.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
because you're desperate for attention
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Because it's not that easy? I mean, you act as if putting a playable Kickstarter prototype on Steam is this obvious thing that every passionate developer could do, should do or have done.
I act as if this should have been ready to go with the other demos which themselves should have been ready to air when the campaign went live which I don't think is an entirely unreasonable idea.
Look, I'm going to be pissed if it doesn't meet its goal (not that the consequences of such has been made clear by Lab Zero, I've heard responsive that run the spectrum of "That will Kill Lab Zero" to "That will be but a minor set back for L0" but it's been mostly hush'd under a narrative of "We don't want to be negative as we think that'll have a knock on effect on the campaign" which sort of sours my Irn Bru as a realist) but I'm not going to be a light touch about the matter ether as that doesn't help no one.
SkeptiMism
Member
It's a shame that since it's a demo, it doesn't show up on the new releases list on Steam.
Anyway, I'll give it a try. Been following the campaign every now and then but haven't bothered to try the demo and won't be financing it (never funded a single crowdfunding and probably won't any time soon - nothing wrong with it but just not my thing). Hoping it makes it though (and probably will).
Or at least I don't know of such cases.
Anyway, I'll give it a try. Been following the campaign every now and then but haven't bothered to try the demo and won't be financing it (never funded a single crowdfunding and probably won't any time soon - nothing wrong with it but just not my thing). Hoping it makes it though (and probably will).
Besides other responses, I think it's worth noting that it's pretty much unprecedented to put a demo of a crowdfunded game on Steam while the campaign is still going on.
Or at least I don't know of such cases.
hodayathink
Member
Ravidrath has said that negotiating these deals with indies is relatively easy, but trying to do so with larger companies, especially larger Japanese companies like Capcom, becomes much more complicated.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
You're not a realist.
You're an asshole that at best doesn't read back posts to see if his question was already answered, and at worst just doesn't give a shit how hard they are working. Ravidrath answered your question.
If you're talking about that response to the post I made in regards to the thunderclap thing then I did respond to it and I did find his response to be worrying given the timing of it all.
If I didn't give a shit about where this is going I wouldn't make the posts I'm making and if that makes me an asshole, so be it, I wear that badge with no shame.
But that's fine, if you're that desperate for me to shut up about this, then I will and we'll see where we are in 10 or so days.
I'd love to eat crow on this one.
If I didn't give a shit about where this is going I wouldn't make the posts I'm making and if that makes me an asshole, so be it, I wear that badge with no shame.
But that's fine, if you're that desperate for me to shut up about this, then I will and we'll see where we are in 10 or so days.
I'd love to eat crow on this one.
Thank you, you said it better than I could. The guy is a twat trying to rationalize away his bad behaviour.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
From Ravidrath's post, they actually, literally have no money. So your suggestion would mean that they need to delay the campaign for more unpaid work. Maybe they simply couldn't afford to wait any longer. Maybe there are other things to prioritize and the didn't have enough manpower to do them all.
But there's one thing for certain. If I was walking along the hill to my house - my hand completely full with heavy groceries - and suddenly I got thirsty, a "I'm confused that you didn't think of buying some drink in the supermarket" comment would not be appreciated.
And even less if after I explained that I had no money left to buy it and my hands are already full, that same person asked "seriously, though, why?"
I mean, you didn't even have the decency to address Ravidrath's long and direct comment to you.
People can't just snap their fingers and get things done and part of working in the real world is doing a cost-benefit analysis and figuring out what you can do with the limited resources you have on hand and when they can get done. With the power of hindsight there are certainly things that could have been done differently but implicit in your posts is some concept that either LZ are being lazy or incompetent. That's why people are getting annoyed with you and its amazing you don't have the sense of tact to see that. Asking "why didn't you launch the prototype on Steam earlier" is a fair question if asked politely. You asked the question and then you got a fair response. You pressing the issue at this point after getting your question answered multiple times is just you being a jerk.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
No.... I'm talking about the post you obviously did not read despite many people telling you that you did not read it, plus someone even reposting it for you.
Do you honestly think that your negative comments are going to somehow "inspire" the team to magically work moar better?
I'm seriously wondering what you are trying to accomplish by heavily implying with every other post that they are going to fail. Do you think you'll somehow "get Ravidrath to see that he's doing it wrong"? What is your goal here? Do you think you are better than them? Like, seriously dude, there's no reason to be this negative; especially about something you obviously think is doomed. The *only* way your posts make any sense at all is if they are read as you trying to "get through" to Ravi by insulting him. Like he's too stupid or something.
Nobody is "desperate" for you to shut up, they just want you to. Coming in here and bitching about shit that can't be changed. Why bother?
This. Period.
And because you seem to have a problem with reading back posts:
And your initial post was hostile and negative to begin with.
OK, now you're putting words in my mouth. I don't want this to fail but I found the optics of the situation to be worrying.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Gonna up my pledge here when I get paid next, game keeps getting more appealing. 
Yeah, Miriam would be really cool, especially since IGA played and liked the Prototype.
Yeah, Miriam would be really cool, especially since IGA played and liked the Prototype.
SinCityAssassin
Member
The Thunderclap is soon upon us.
Huw_Dawson
Member
Gonna be pledging soon. Shantae's design in this is terrific.
And we managed to get more than 1M social reach!
Between that and the prototype on Steam, I'm hopeful that we'll see a big bump tomorrow.
Shantae already seems to have upped contributions, too - today, UTC-time, is already better than most days in the last week.
JonnyDBrit
Member
Star of a cult-classic video game series that started as one of the last titles of the original gameboy. Her fans kinda go nuts for her.