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[AriEX2]

Thanks More_Badass for including Hollow Knight alongside all these other awesome games!

Super excited for La Mulana 2, though they've recently switched to a 3D engine, which seemed a bit strange. Their original pixel art style was perfect! Not that I'm really complaining. Watching along as these games evolve through their development is half the reason I back them.

 

[More_Badass]

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Identity

Identity is a modern-day open-world MMORPG with complete freedom and a focus on player interaction, from Asylum Entertainment.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong

A Shadowrun cyberpunk cRPG set in 2056's Magically Awakened Hong Kong by the developers of Shadowrun Returns & Dragonfall.

 

[OniBarubary]

Side note that Dysfunctional Systems has been cancelled. A lot of people are rightly bothered by this because from the get go people were very vocal about the art and use of money and when they finally started to listen it gets cancelled with a very similar Echoes of Eternea note about how no one has any idea how to handle money or production schedules and throw themselves a pity party with a sadness pie.

I don't mean to come off asshole-ish about it as I do feel for those who get overwhelmed and suffer from severe depression myself, but this was a game I was REALLY looking forward to so it getting shelved makes me a little sad.

Luckily I've only had like...3 cancelled games out of the 50 something I've kickstarted so I have many more to look forward to.

Also, as far as successful kickstarted really fun games go, I do suggest people give a play of Cavern Kings. It came out so quickly after it succeeded that I was cautious and hesitant about it's quality but god damn is it super fun to play. It also gets regular updates all the time so new stuff is cropping up everywhere.

 

[More_Badass]

Shadowrun is already funded, almost up to 200%

Plus another interesting new campaign today

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Where They Cremate the Roadkill

Stirred from trickster myths and early folk tales, Where They Cremate the Roadkill is an exploration based action RPG.

 

[Brydo0]

100% on board for Ashen, excited to see more when they launch their campaign.

 

[More_Badass]

100% on board for Ashen, excited to see more when they launch their campaign.

Actually I hope that's still the plan. I got that info back when I interviewed the devs last year, but their Twitter page and dev blog has been pretty quiet lately.

 

[Brydo0]

Actually I hope that's still the plan. I got that info back when I interviewed the devs last year, but their Twitter page and dev blog has been pretty quiet lately.

Oh ok, good to know! I tweeted at them today and this was their response, excited to see more about this regardless of the capacity.

https://twitter.com/aurora44games/status/555108043055050752

 

[sear]

Backed Into the Stars and Shadowrun recently.

Super psyched for another Shadowrun campaign, HBS can do no wrong at this stage from the way they've improved that game over the years.

Into the Stars looks like the Star Trek game I've always wanted. A bit rough around the edges and it's an upstart studio (and their goal seems suspiciously low) but I'm willing to chip in given how polished the game is looking.

 

[Var]

Super psyched for another Shadowrun campaign, HBS can do no wrong at this stage from the way they've improved that game over the years.

This. Also I couldn't resist the messenger bag.

 

[More_Badass]

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Lacuna

Colonize the universe and rebuild the lost colonies. Destroy your opposition or try out other methods..only you can decide.

Moonman

A magic mollusc summons a moonman to illuminate a dark world. A procedurally-generated adventure game.

 

[titch]

Moonman looks intriguing hope that gets funded.

 

[More_Badass]

Moonman looks intriguing hope that gets funded.

I've been following it for a while on TIGSource. It's been in development since 2011
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=21997.0

 

[RelentlessRolento]

Shadowrun is already funded, almost up to 200%

Plus another interesting new campaign today

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Where They Cremate the Roadkill

Here's a good writeup and interview with the maker of the title:

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/where-they-cremate-roadkill/

I'm making my class read up on it since their first Photoshop project is collage work.

 

[titch]

I've been following it for a while on TIGSource. It's been in development since 2011
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=21997.0

Cheers for that - will give that a look later!!

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I'm just wondering if Nick Bruty's going to announce the launch date for the Giants: Citizen Kabuto successor's KS anytime soon.

 

[Feep]

Stump, if you wanna update that spreadsheet, There Came an Echo is coming on February 24th. = D

 

[More_Badass]

I'm just wondering if Nick Bruty's going to announce the launch date for the Giants: Citizen Kabuto successor's KS anytime soon.

Any more info on this?

 

[More_Badass]

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Igneos: The Last Phoenix

Igneos is an flying adventure exploration game. Rise from the ashes through lost ruins & uncover secrets of an ancient empire.

Blue-Collar Astronaut

Blue-Collar Astronaut is a simple to operate space flight experience set apart from other titles by its bundling of hand drawn 2D art (by the internet’s own Maki Naro!), challenging physics based gameplay, and humorous social commentary.

 

[More_Badass]

Can't wait for the Children of Morta campaign, the pixel art is gorgeous

Story Trailer
Debut Trailer

 

[titch]

I came across this game "The Last Night"which looks like its going for kickstarter this year for a 2016 release. It's currently a sidescroller game in the style of Flashback/Blade Runner.


http://oddtales.net/

There's a flash of an early demo

http://timsoret.itch.io/the-last-night

 

[Var]

I came across this game "The Last Night"which looks like its going for kickstarter this year for a 2016 release. It's currently a sidescroller game in the style of Flashback/Blade Runner.


http://oddtales.net/

There's a flash of an early demo

http://timsoret.itch.io/the-last-night

I like the look of that.

 

[More_Badass]

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Orphan - Week of January 26th
Trailer

Orphan is an atmospheric action platformer inspired by Another World and Limbo. You will sneak across the countryside through open fields and dense forests, over dangerous mountains and through lush valleys, ducking behind rocks and trees all while being pursued by an army of machines designed to destroy all life.

The Last Night - Early 2015

A 2D cyberpunk open world, made up of 4 unique districts each with distinct architecture, cultures and industries. Action & infiltration gameplay in the great tradition of cinematic platformers.

 

[titch]

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Orphan - Week of January 26th
Trailer


The Last Night - Early 2015

Came for The Last Night - but left with Orphan - this is quickly becoming my fav thread btw. Indie gaming is so awesome.

 

[Mdk7]

Nothing to currently show of the game running right now as I'm building the base (all placeholders currently) for something based off motorcycle gangs, norse storytelling, strippers, murder, and death games. Think Arcade Action + Carmen Sandiego + Westerado + TBD.

I'm programming it in GameMaker and designing all the art. Here is some of the early character designs and overall look of the game (the second screenshot's style won't be used but the character design is being used, ie prototyping layouts):





I'm hoping to fix a few bugs in my last game I finished Yggdrasil for people to be able to play but it has a similar art style to the one I'm currently working on. Here's a buggy Gif of its intro screen:

That is fucking DOPE dude!

 

[thenexus6]

Best kickstarter video ever??

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strafegame/strafe

 

[More_Badass]

Best kickstarter video ever??

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strafegame/strafe

Well...fuck...that was crazy

 

[Trail Guide]

Best kickstarter video ever??

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strafegame/strafe

Forget the game I will fund them to keep making videos.

 

[Purkake4]

Best kickstarter video ever??

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strafegame/strafe

Tubular, dude!

 

[More_Badass]

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STRAFE

STRAFE is the fastest, bloodiest, deadliest, most adjective-abusing, action-packed first-person shooter of 1996! Auto-generating levels of pure mayhem constantly change up the carnage.

Children of Morta

Children of Morta is a story-driven hack ‘n slash game incorporating the elements of the roguelike genre, where you will go on an adventure with the guardian family of Bergsons.

Elventales: A Path Foreseen

Elventales: A Path Foreseen is a role-playing game merged with dynamic battles covered in a deep story and complicated conflict. The story revolves around factions inside a kingdom, about an endless battle between different ideologies and interests where there is no absolute truth, it's all about "a man should do what he should do".

Threshold

Threshold is a puzzle platformer game where you play as a gnomish wizard, known only as Hood, who needs to find their way through a series of mysterious doorways. All is not as it seems, however, as depending on which direction Hood faces the world changes to present different challenges.

 

[HadesGigas]

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

.... what is this.

 

[HadesGigas]

.... what is this.

http://www.strafe1996.com/

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

My God.

 

[More_Badass]

Can someone cut this down to just the boy's face melting off and then exploding? That would be an awesome reaction GIF

 

[inm8num2]

Here's a GAF thread for Strafe.

 

[More_Badass]

This coming week, the campaigns for Orphan and Seaworthy are launching

Orphan

Seaworthy

 

[lawrence7]

Another interesting project:

Starr Mazer

Starr Mazer blends two classic genres, the Point-and-Click Adventure and Classic-style Shoot ‘Em Up, into a retro-sexy sci-fi epic with modern design sensibilities, open-middled gameplay and RPG elements.

 

[More_Badass]

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Starr Mazer

Starr Mazer blends two classic genres, the Point-and-Click Adventure and Classic-style Shoot ‘Em Up, into a retro-sexy sci-fi epic with modern design sensibilities, open-middled gameplay and RPG elements.

Project Scissors: Nightcry

A brand new horror game from Hifumi Kono, the creator of the Clock Tower game series, and Takashi Shimizu, the director of The Grudge.

Orphan

Orphan is a classically styled 2D action platformer where a young boy is a survivor of an overnight alien invasion.

 

[Dascu]

Something about Starr Mazer is rubbing me the wrong way. Hard to explain but it looks like one of those really pretty 2D Kickstarters that is just a collection of GIFs and no actual gameplay. I feel skeptical somehow.

 

[HadesGigas]

Something about Starr Mazer is rubbing me the wrong way. Hard to explain but it looks like one of those really pretty 2D Kickstarters that is just a collection of GIFs and no actual gameplay. I feel skeptical somehow.

The path they took to make this game is very weird and not really explained on their Kickstarter.

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/starr-mazer-has-always-been-real/

Basically, the video they use for the Kickstarter trailer and gifs is a commercial for a "1991 video game" for a film made 5 years ago by the developer who had wanted to make this game but also wanted to make movies first.

It doesn't seem like they have anything from the actual game they consider presentable yet. This interview from PAX where the developer explains why they're at PAX but only showing the trailer is so weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejdMzYL41E

They seem to have the support of a lot of known people in the indie scene, I seriously doubt it's anything actually scammy, but it definitely would make me doubt it having a smooth development and timely release.

Edit: And here's a post from an old thread about the trailer, bumped by the developer recently:

Hey guys! I'm Don Thacker, the head of Imagos Softworks, the company making Starr Mazer.

I'm super stoked that you guys are interested in Starr Mazer, and would love to answer any questions you might have.

A few quick answers that I know are burning:

• Starr Mazer is real. It has been real. It was never not real. My film company, Imagos Films, made a feature film called Motivational Growth - a weird little dark comedy fantasy - in which the main character travels into his TV. At one point he actually travels into Starr Mazer. This was not originally part of the script - he was originally written to travel into a Mexican soap opera show - but after putting a feeler out to Jeremie Perin, I realized I could show off something I always wanted to make: Starr Mazer. The game predates the film.
• Starr Mazer development is already underway. Imagos has invested in the game thus far and is taking to Kickstarter to get the necessary funds to make this game what it is supposed to be. We have an engine prototype and a bunch of playable sections of the game at the time of this writing.
• Jeremie Perin is supportive of the project, but fully booked at the time of this writing, and has been for some time. Also, he's an animator and amazing filmmaker, and his interests lie in making films. We've hired legendary pixel artist Christina Antoinette Neofotistou to take the helm and grow Jeremie's work, and she has so far done an amazing job. Starr Mazer will look like what you've seen in the video and MORE.
• The game will be fully voiced by an amazing cast of voice actors, some of whom you know from film and television.
• The soundtrack is being composed by the one and only Alex Mauer and has a guest artist roster of over 20 contributing musicians including heavy hitters like Manami Matsumae, Jake "Virt" Kaufman and Makeup & Vanity Set
• The game is targeting PC / Mac / Linux to start, but a highly successful kickstarter could bring it to other consoles with a quickness.

You can check out Starr Mazer at these fine internet establishments:

Official Site: starrmazer.com
Twitter: @starrmazer
facebook: facebook.com/starrmazer
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCF3E3t6rdK8oP9ORvDlqW2Q

Let me know if you want to know anything else! I aim to please!

Don Thacker

 

[More_Badass]

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Beneath Floes

Beneath Floes is an illustrated work of interactive fiction centered around Inuit history and traditions.

Steel Assault

Years after the U.S. falls, the world is on the brink of war once more. A 2D action platformer for PC, in the style of a late NES game.

Bandits and Bounties

Bandits and Bounties is a top-down Action-RPG inspired by classic Spaghetti Westerns such as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Death Rides a Horse, Sartana, and so on...

Goetia

Goetia is a point & click mystery adventure. Guide Abigail, a ghostly young girl, in her quest to discover why she’s back from the dead

This Is The Police

A strategy/adventure game about power and corruption, duty and choice. A rich story starring Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem.

Vidar

Vidar is an RPG Puzzler focused on random storytelling and random puzzles. You play as the Stranger, a character who was lost in a snowstorm and made it into town at a time when no one can leave. Now trapped, the Stranger fights alongside the remaining townsfolk to stop the Beast before it kills every last person. Each night, another citizen is killed - you'll have only 24 days before Vidar is gone.

 

[Steverulez]

Backed This is The Police, I'm a sucker for a limited time lower price...

 

[accx]

I just recently started playing a game called Overture and it looks like it has a kickstarter as well.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1267762211/overture-the-16-bit-action-adventure-roguelike

It plays a lot like Binding of Isaac but with the classes and tonnes of enemies on screen, it really feels like Diablo 2.
And it's hard as hell.
Too bad there's only like 28 hours left.. Would've loved for it to jump to 35k for the multiplayer coop goal but eh.. Maybe they'll add it later.

 

[Nairume]

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Beneath Floes

I've already back this one

It's worth noting that Beneath Flows is made by a fellow GAFfer. A member that you may, in fact, call....an expert.

 

[More_Badass]

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Luckslinger - February 1st

Luckslinger is a hip-hop infused spaghetti western action platformer where luck affects the world around you. In Luckslinger, luck is a collectable resource that can make the player lucky or unlucky, which affects the game world and gameplay. For example, when the player is lucky enough, enemy bullets can be deflected, or your trusty duck companion will grab some health for you. However, when you’re unlucky, bridges might collapse or rocks might fall on your head.

And Seaworthy has a set date for its Kickstarter: February 4th

 

[∀ Narayan]

STRAFE looks pretty sweet. Backed that and Steel Assault.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Thanks More_Badass for including Hollow Knight alongside all these other awesome games!

Super excited for La Mulana 2, though they've recently switched to a 3D engine, which seemed a bit strange. Their original pixel art style was perfect! Not that I'm really complaining. Watching along as these games evolve through their development is half the reason I back them.

WHAT?????? La Mulana 2 on 3D? Why is there no thread? Depressing.

 

[Brofield]

My first Kickstarter wasn't a game, but definitely game related. It was those HD Component cables for SNES and Sega Genesis. Ended up pledging $90 for both cables and they're due to arrive in July this year. Really exciting stuff, so I'm looking forward to what I can throw money at this year.

 

[Error1355]

Just saw this thread for the first time. This Is the Police looks right up my ally and I backed it.

Gonna totally keep an eye on this thread throughout the year.

 

[HadesGigas]

WHAT?????? La Mulana 2 on 3D? Why is there no thread? Depressing.

Because that's not what happened.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playism/la-mulana-2/posts/1080764