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[jimmythepage]

Always tough to launch a KS before and during E3. Twin Souls suffered similarly last year despite a lot of praise and hype. Do you plan to continue development or launch a second campaign?

We're not sure, we've been contacted from a company that basically grants half the funding on a different platform, and after that drives the people to your projects granting overfunding and stuff.
I'm aware that shadow funding is very beneficial for a kickstarter campaign, but I didn't think it was "required".

Especially with our very low goal, but I can't say much, the demo and others things of the kickstarter definitely could've been better with some more time, so it's simply just me yelling to a cloud.

Really like the look of your game too - hope you either get a second funding chance or find a way to continue with the project.

Thank you so much, hopefully we'll come around.

 

[HadesGigas]

Just got this in the mail. Best 4th of July present. America is a tune. It must be sung together.

 

[ninge]

One of my ex-coleagues just launched a kickstarter for the indie game he's been making. He's looking for some extra funds to get it over the finish line, hopefully plugging it here is ok

If you love thrust-style 2D shooting goodness, with crazy British cow-based humour, this is for you:

Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfts89xChdE

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/30453031/super-thrustforce-orbital-meat-police

 

[KimonoNoNo]

That brought back memories of playing Thrust on my C64.

 

[titch]

Awe man I loved thrust on the c64 and nothing has captured its style since a few have tried but they just didn't pull it off for me.

This game probably would be in the same boat but for the comedy value and obvious fun factor which is looking pretty good.

Looking forward to it in its own way but my hunt for that true 'thrust' re-imagined game continues!!!

Good luck to your m8 hope his kickstarter is a great success!!!

 

[crazyrabbits]

Just a reminder that there are four days left on the Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter.

 

[M.Steiner]

The Cross Reverie Kickstarter has gone live btw guys. I've just backed it myself.

 

[Justice_Bolt]

The Cross Reverie Kickstarter has gone live btw guys. I've just backed it myself.

Looks good in my opinion. I would love a PS4 version.

 

[Gonzon06]

Comcept's MML spiritual successor's Kickstarter started a couple of days ago

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/red-ash-the-indelible-legend

 

[KimonoNoNo]

A Hack'n'Slash RPG from Indonesia in the style of Muramasa caught my eye.

Boma Naraka Sura

Boma Naraka Sura, is taken from an infamous minor character in ancient South-East Asian scriptures, Bomantara. In many traditional storytelling, he usually plays as the enemy toward some favorable heroic characters.

The developer thinks differently, since Boma actually has series of unfortunate events in his unfair life, they think his struggle deserves higher appreciation, but to avoid many complications, they decided to tell the story of Boma from a different perspective. And then they contacted me! Yes, they contacted me to be involved in this project.

This game will tell the story of me, a young girl named Sveta that somehow intertwined with Boma’s story which both have unfinished matters in the past. The story will be unfolded each time my memory fragments are collected.

 

[HadesGigas]

Chime Sharp, sequel to Chime, with playable prototype:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/782536717/chime-sharp-the-classic-music-puzzle-game-returns

http://chimegame.com/game?lib=webgl

 

[More_Badass]

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Spellsworn

Spellsworn is an Online Player vs. Player Arena Game. It is a place where wizards and magical creatures use their wits and spells to wage war in an everchanging arena.

V.Next

Explore a futuristic Seattle over 18 weekly-released narrative episodes of adventure, stealth, hacking, & circuit bending

Asher

A world of dreams and nightmares. 2D platforming, action-RPG. Level up, collect masks, unlock abilities, take on challenging bosses.

Red Ash

Running free in an anime-inspired game world! Embark on a near-future sci-fi adventure in search of the "Legendary Legacy"!

Becoming

Becoming is a video game that aims to portray mental illness through a metaphysical and emotional story.

One Dreamer

A psychological gaming experience conveying a powerful and unique story using pixel art and voice narration.

Cross Reverie

A dark and character-centric JRPG inspired by the genre's greatest titles, all with a 3D artstyle fueled by anime and video games alike

Chime Sharp

Chime is a music puzzle game. You place pieces on a grid and those pieces are read as sounds by a beatline. As you tessellate the pieces to cover the playfield you both augment and progress through a piece of music.

Boma Naraka Sura

A handpainted-metroidvania game about a young girl that stands before gods and demons, trying to get her life and memories back

 

[More_Badass]

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Amirelia

Amirelia is a cooperative exploration and puzzle solving game that encourages players to discover a deeper meaning of friendship.

sphereFACE

sphereFACE is a re-imagining of Asteroids, wrapped around the inside of a sphere.
An unashamedly abstract shooter that ranges from slow, strategic sniping to frantic fast-paced rock-dodging action, with roguelike elements of exploration, progression, discovery and sudden death!

SkyRider & the Journey to the AirCitadel

An action-puzzle-platformer. The player controls both a character and his personal drone in search of justice in a dystopian world.

One Final Breath

Find your daughter in the halls of the abandoned St Mary’s Boarding School, which was once a hospital with a dark history.

The Last Time

Nonlinear storytelling inspired by Telltale and Quantic Dream, rendered in the style of a classic point-and-click game.

 

[twinturbo2]

Here's a good one worth mentioning: Insert Coin: Inside Midway's '90s Revolution, a documentary by Robomodo head Josh Tsui, who got his start in gaming at Midway and was there to witness their glory days. Features:

Interviews and wild stories from the people who were there (John Tobias, Mark Turmell, Sal DaVita, and Eugene Jarvis are included in the doc, and several others are being chased down for an appearance)

Behind the scenes footage (WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces are teased on the KS page)

That feeling of nostalgia for the Wild West mentality that ruled the roost in video game development in the 1990s

Mr. Tsui is asking for $75K, and it crested the 15% funded mark within the first day. This one, I think, is totally worth putting on the radar.

Kicktraq

Twitter

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Is there a Kickstarter thread for non-games?

 

[ElectricThunder]

A +1 to the ever-growing field of projects aiming to largely dwarf FTL---but this one actually looks far more substantial, and taking a different spin on it, than most: XO

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...fi-strategy-game-for-pc-mac-linux/description

 

[More_Badass]

A +1 to the ever-growing field of projects aiming to largely dwarf FTL---but this one actually looks far more substantial, and taking a different spin on it, than most: XO

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...fi-strategy-game-for-pc-mac-linux/description

Made a thread for it
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1082249

 

[HadesGigas]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/731983185/hotline-miami-biker-figure

 

[More_Badass]

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Tower57 - August

Tower57 is the love child of Alien Breed and The Chaos Engine, a fast paced action / arcade game with lots of insane weapons and challenging enemies.

Added to Ongoing
Devastated Dreams

Psychological horror about the fears of being an expectant parent from the team that delivered Neverending Nightmares

XO

Command a ragtag fleet of starships to escape an unbeatable enemy and save what's left of humanity.

 

[More_Badass]

Some basic stats for 2015 Kickstarters (based on the campaigns listed in the OP)

156 campaigns as of July 23rd
- 96 funded (61%)
- 39 failed (25%)
- 21 cancelled (13%)

 

[draetenth]

Cross Reverie was canceled. Looking at the the last update, it appears they got a private investor. I hadn't checked it since the kickstarter first went live so I don't know how they were doing before they decided to cancel.

 

[mercenar1e]

Coming soon to KS

EVERSPACE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJiq3wg1LVE

 

[More_Badass]

Coming soon to KS

EVERSPACE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJiq3wg1LVE

Oh wow, this looks gorgeous

 

[Graphics Horse]

What's the highest profile /highest target KS which failed to hit its goal?

 

[More_Badass]

Been on vacation, got home yesterday. Will update the OT soon

 

[More_Badass]

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Everspace - August 6th

Being an EVERSPACE pilot you will travel & explore, hunt for resources and uncover hidden secrets as well as fight and upgrade your ship and character.

Battlestation: Harbinger - August 13th

Battlestation: Harbinger is the newest addition to the battlestation universe. Take command of a space ship in this epic sci-fi space adventure game.

Added to Ongoing

Four Realms

Save the four animal nations in this role playing platformer inspired by trading card games.

Satellite Rush

Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements
It is one part Super Smash TV, one part Binding of Isaac (Asimov?), four parts Douglas Adams, shaken - not stirred. Serve with a sci-fi imaginarium garnish.

Foxtail

Inspired by games of yesterday, Foxtail draws from such classics as Legend of Kryandia, King’s Quest and Monkey Island. True to the point n’ click genre, Foxtail is a wonderfully animated pixel adventure, with a deep personal story, and challenging puzzles.

Tower 57

Tower 57 is an old-school twin stick shooter that takes you to the beautiful ruins of a decadent art deco-meets-cyberpunk world, where humanity is split between warring societies living in mega-towers surrounded by radioactive wasteland.
Your mission, as a member of a special investigative force, is to infiltrate the reclusive Tower 57 and thwart their plans for an invasion that could spell doom for your home tower.

Blackwake

Blackwake is a multiplayer team-based shooter centered around naval battles for PC and Mac. Set during the Age of Sail, Blackwake focuses largely on team-based tactics and overall team cooperation. Organizing a ship broadside, assisting your captain in navigating various weather conditions, or just being part of the gun crew - there are many roles to be filled in this shooter.

 

[The 8-Bit Raider]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1609749910/sacred-agony?ref=category

This must be funded! Spread the word!!!!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Is there a Kickstarter thread for non-games?

Quoted for asking again. My friends KS needs help, but it is a comic.

 

[More_Badass]

Quoted for asking again. My friends KS needs help, but it is a comic.

Oh sorry. I don't think so, but I'll add the occassional no-gaming KS to the Indiegogo/Other section in the OT.

What's the link?

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Poi

Poi is an indie 3D adventure platformer inspired by classics like Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and Super Mario Sunshine.

Mooncrest

Mooncrest is a single-player, story-based fantasy RPG, with a focus on real-time tactical combat, cinematic conversations, and challenging puzzles

SYSTOLE

SYSTOLE is an acrobatic 2.5D platformer. It's all about maintaining your coordination as you switch polarities in order to attach, attract, repulse objects or repel yourself from them while exploring the vast intricacies of the Mother World.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Oh sorry. I don't think so, but I'll add the occassional no-gaming KS to the Indiegogo/Other section in the OT.

What's the link?

It's over, he won. Thanks.

 

[jimboton]

Just saw this. Looks pretty cool, like a more restrained Freedom Planet:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/846060969/spark-the-electric-jester

Already funded it seems.

 

[HadesGigas]

Wow that character design looks like Sonic and Ristar merged into one. (original character, please don't steal)

 

[More_Badass]

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Spark: The Electric Jester

Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on classics from the 16-bit era, such as Mega Man X, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Kirby Super Star (Kirby’s Fun Pak in the EU).

Tsioque

Tsioque is a playfully dark 2d point and click adventure game inspired by such classics as Day of the Tentacle, Dragon's Lair or Ron Gilbert's Pajama Sam series. The game is being created with the use of meticulous frame-by-frame animation, where each second of gameplay requires multiple frames to be drawn by hand from scratch. By combining the hand-drawn 2d animation and a music system designed to dynamically follow the player's actions, the developers hope to create a unique experience [merging boundaries] between adventure game and animated film.

Pauldron: Shield of the King

Shield of the King is the first chapter of an epic tale of legacy and coming of age in this turn-based, rogue-like, rpg strategy game.
Strategic turn based combat that hearkens back to classic snes rpg games like Chrono Trigger, Fire Emblem and Ogre Battles, boasting special class based abilities, team positioning and a special action point system!

Eco

Enter the world of Eco, where you must collaborate to build civilization in a finite shared world, using resources from a fully simulated ecosystem where your every action affects the lives of countless species.

Everspace

In EVERSPACE™ we take a more action-focused approach to the core gameplay of a space shooter and combine it with a modern, rogue-like game loop taking you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, yet beautifully crafted universe full of surprises.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

We meet again, money, my ancient foe....

 

[More_Badass]

We meet again, money, my ancient foe....

Oh, don't worry

GRIP's Kickstarter start later today

 

[More_Badass]

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GRIP

Inspired by the classic Rollcage games, with a lethal mix of heavy weapons and ferocious speed, GRIP is a new breed of combat racer.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Oh, don't worry

GRIP's Kickstarter start later today

You magnificent son of a bitch....

 

[ElectricThunder]

Boma Naraka Sura actually made it, down to the final ~16 hours now---always a nice surprise to see the relatively few that pretty much just had semi-steady growth for the duration manage to cross the line as opposed to only the ones that blow the doors off in the first day or so on top of a last minute rush drive.

 

[Labadal]

Boma Naraka Sura actually made it, down to the final ~16 hours now---always a nice surprise to see the relatively few that pretty much just had semi-steady growth for the duration manage to cross the line as opposed to only the ones that blow the doors off in the first day or so on top of a last minute rush drive.

The game sort of looks cool, but their poor English doesn't inspire much confidence.

 

[Karak]

Thanks to Badass's well timed PM informing me about Grip I am doing an interview with them as well as the one I just did for Everspace. If you guys have questions for the people working the Grip Kickstarter post them here or PM me.

 

[Karak]

Interview with the CEO of Rockfish and one of the creators of Everspace.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olZxvN6XmXI

So I finished up my interview over skype with Michael and he had some interesting things to share and a couple tidbits they haven't shared yet. On my channel we do interviews with just a couple questions and then just sit back and talk, so Michael shares his thoughts on some other Kickstarters, working for someone else versus themselves, unreal engine, reviews, and a couple other diversions.

Since he is all the way across the world his upload speed on his cam wasn't great so its got some pixal wash. So for viewers who hate that kind of stuff here is a couple snippits.

• Major influences included Darksouls
• Looking to add a true 1 death difficulty basically you die and everything goes away
• Their choice of a very limited # of ships is backed by their past games tracking of users who used just a couple ships despite them creating around 50+
• Resources that would have gone to new ships is going to ship parts and other generation
• Major procedural content when it comes to the universe each time you die MIGHT have some handmade star systems for story content
• Each time you start you start from a space carrier(seemed to be some kind of hint about the story)
• Referenced a bit of BSG and Edge of Tomorrow when it comes to resurrection versus death
• Whether you die a great deal or not you will still get the story content it will just be delivered slightly differently
• Dynamic music throughout
  
  
  

 

[taku]

Judgment of Rage

2D Action Game with Passion and Revenge.
Use the traditional animation skills to reproduce the classic 2d scrolling action games! To destroy any enemy in your way with fist!

 

[Dascu]

Judgment of Rage

I would find these games so much more interesting if they had a more creative setting. I mean, you can go for the nostalgia-factor, but must it all be the dystopian city streets fighting punks in jeans? Give me something cool, something fantasy or sci-fi.

 

[ElectricThunder]

That is one nostalgia-tickling pitch vid right there for Judgment of Rage---right down to the less than ideal subtitling quality though clearly in earnest.

Against all odds, or the spectacle brawler community not being out of bed just yet, I hope they can somehow make it on the strength of that and their overall pitch alone.

 

[More_Badass]

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We Shall Wake - 2015

Engage in lightning-fast combat with legions of enemies. Intelligent, aggressive AI will challenge your skills, decision making, and reflexes. Experience sonic speeds as you traverse through supermassive structure of Yarib. Run, jump, dodge and attack freely with extremely smooth and responsive controls.

The Great Whale Road - November

The Great Whale Road is a seafaring RPG set in 650 AD., with turn-based tactics, longships and axes. The game combines a single-player RPG campaign with multi-player enabled combat.

Added to Ongoing

Aquanox Deep Descent

Aquanox Deep Descent is a re-imagining of both the gameplay and world of the original AquaNox-series, taking into account the scientific advances made since the first game. Like its predecessors, the game will be an underwater vehicle shooter, in which players control a variety of customizable ships to engage in submarine battles in the dystopian deep sea world of Aqua.

Exoplanet: First Contact

Exoplanet: First Contact is a single-player, story driven action RPG set in a Space Western universe. Here, real and fictional technologies meet the cruel and unforgiving, yet romantic reality of the Wild West.

Battlestation: Humanity's Last Hope

A space station simulation roguelike-like strategy game. Inspired by Babylon 5 and Faster Than Light.

Goliath

A giant-sized open-world adventure about building and customizing huge robots and punching monsters in the face!

Judgement of Rage

Use the traditional animation skills to reproduce the classic 2d scrolling action games! To destroy any enemy in your way with fist!

Trial By Viking

An epic side-scrolling adventure that combines the best of dungeon crawling and action platforming in the worlds of the Norse gods

Overfall

A fantasy roleplaying game of rough diplomacy and tough action. Explore, negotiate, and fight your way across the high seas!

 

[AlphaProspector]

I stumbled upon this visual novel on IndieGoGo, it's called Void:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/void-visual-novel#/story

Shame it didn't seem to get much attention so far. The tier for the game is at $6.

 

[ElectricThunder]

Satellite Rush got relatively close within some thousands, but ultimately wasn't able to pull out any kind of dramatic photo finish like Sword of Fargoal did---seemingly they hope to continue the dev somehow or another to get the game hopping down the line.

 

[More_Badass]

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Wanderer - September

Wanderer is an episodic 2D, lo-fi sci-fi cinematic platformer/RPG hybrid being. Inspired by a blend of retro and modern design ideas, Wanderer drops the player into an immersive world full of rich, unspoken history, colorful characters to interact with, perplexing puzzles to solve, and dangerous foes to overcome.

 

[More_Badass]

Now there's a new crowdfunding platform to keep track of: FIG
- Started by Tim Schafer, Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart of Obsidian, and Aaron Isaksen of Indie Fund.
- Going to be games only and highly curated, with only one or two campaigns happening at a time
- Investors can back a game and get a share of the revenue

And the first campaign is the fantastic IGF award-winning Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

Majora’s Mask meets Apollo 13, Outer Wilds is a space exploration game that pitches you headfirst into an alien world of campfire tunes and time loops, a place where planets are always changing and curiosity is your compass. Strap on your hiking boots, check your oxygen levels, and get ready to venture into the unknown.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Now there's a new crowdfunding platform to keep track of: FIG
- Started by Tim Schafer, Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart of Obsidian, and Aaron Isaksen of Indie Fund.
- Going to be games only and highly curated, with only one or two campaigns happening at a time
- Investors can back a game and get a share of the revenue

Oh. Shiny.