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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter by InXile [Complete; $4.3 million funded]
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I posted that because I thought it was funny, not because I didn't like his pitch
Edit: I also laughed at this:
yeah, I understand, just wanted to say that he did his part very well.
I get the impression with Avellone that he wants to make sure Obsidian is taken care of if he's off helping out with inXile projects. So WHEN Torment smashes through it's funding limit inXile will use some of the stretch funds to 'rent' Avellone away from Obsidian for some writing and design duties.
Edit: In for 20. And I think I'm kickstarted out. seriously. FTL was amazing but I think 5 pending projects is a good limit to stop at for now.
Edit: In for 20. And I think I'm kickstarted out. seriously. FTL was amazing but I think 5 pending projects is a good limit to stop at for now.
Damn. I knew this would get funded fast, but this is something else. Anyway as i said before I will still pass. I understand their reasons now thanks to that email they sent out, but without knowing how well Wasteland 2 is going to be I don't want to put down money on another game.
It would take a miracle for it not to be. They're almost there and it's not even into double figures in terms of hours the project has been live
Maybe for a stretch goal they could get him to do an expansion. I would imagine that Project Eternity design would be wrapped up by then and he could have time to work on other things.
Not yet. But you can pre-order. It's coming out in August: http://www.numenera.com/numenera-pre-orders/
It seems like game companies need to be working on multiple things all the time to keep going. That's why we hear about Obsidian constantly pitching projects to everyone even though they're deep into Eternity. Avellone's gotta keep Obisidan's interests top most.
A good idea
What's that?
Google: Monte Cook Numenera
So Torment: ToD is a kickstarter game based on someone's kickstarter game? Yo dawg.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
Just went over $800,000.
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Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
Why did they pick such a conservative amount, anyway? They must have had some inkling that this would be popular.
When crowdsourcing, you always aim low no matter what. The funding goal should be the minimal sum you need to make the product you promise, and then you expand from there when it gets funded.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
While I am sure they knew the game would do well, I don't think they expected anything like this. One of the line producers at inXile (forgot his name) posts over at the Something Awful forums and based off his posts they are really surprised this is getting off to a better start than Wasteland 2, much less Project: Eternity.
Minimal funding that can materialize game. RPG games scale very well with budget so they won't have problem like Tim kickstarter when they funded game without stretch goals.
Also we should remind people that it was Wasteland 2 that started stretch goals idea and kick it forward. No wonder their pitch is so good.
SneakySneaks
Member
Indeed, this is far and away one of the best pitch videos around, only one that compares is Project Eternity.
Backed for 95, looking forward to seeing what comes of this.
Delusibeta
Banned
Well then. Fastest Kickstarter to hit the magic million?
I'm surprised too. I thought it would do 200 000$ on the first day, 400 000$ tops.
It seems like PS:T resonated with a lot of people back in the day (and in the next 5 years after the release).
What does one bank account matter?
5 years? Try 14.
Better to aim low and sell high than vice versa (I can recall a few kickstarters that aimed too high and didn't make it).
But I too am actually surprised it is doing well. I figured after Wasteland and Eternity (not to mention current backlash against kickstarter in general), people would be out of funds or too tired to donate.
Look at how dumb I am.
The Dreamfall kickstarter is over 1 million btw.
Anyway, I jumped at the $95 tier earlier this morning before it was filled. Luckily I waste time of GAF at work to catch these important things. I'm not exactly comfortable dropping that much on a kickstarter but I guess I can always pull it back a bit before the thing ends. Previously my highest was $65, so its not too big of a jump for those rewards.
Portugeezer
Member
This is flying.
well, it went into "the classic" territory afterwards, i.e. games which everybody try but not a lot of people finish. Shame, that GOG doesn't have any kind of achievements. Would be interesting to take a look at completion percentage.
trab pu kcip
Member
this actually confused the shit out of me. I thought they made a kickstarter for the torment game already, but it turned out Numenera is a self-contained game of its own :S it's just the names, they're too similar
Yeah I think about this often, I mean, a lot of the big projects have not come out yet, but before Double Fine, I had never heard of Kickstarter, I'm sure there have been successful games on it before double fine, but it really... kickstarted, kickstarter, for gaming ones.
Hopefully at least the big name projects turn out great, would be great to see all of this meet expectations. Making it possible to enjoy classic games again without some publisher telling you that it isn't mainstream worthy..
PaleFolklore
Member
I'm honestly kind of shocked this is getting funded so quickly. What has inXile done in the past ten years that would make anyone think the parties involved are still capable of CRPG gold? Like Wasteland 2 I think I'll just wait until the game is released before I drop any money on it.
Same. A lot of people love PST, and they've got a lot of good will from the Wasteland 2 kickstarter.
I just wished we could get some hands on their first game, before they start another KS.
Portugeezer
Member
Going to the wire...
What can change the nature of a bank?
Im waiting for the awesome Avellone, Sawyer and Jones 4 million tier.
the thing is that the project is led by people who hasn't worked at Inxile before Kickstarter era. It's like Rare in reverse - as it was founded the day MS bought it and then people who made KI, Golden Eye, etc. came on board, bought the company from MS and started making games of Killer Instinct caliber. I know it doesn't make much sense but you get the point (I hope).
Yep totally Kickstarter Fatigue there lol.
I don't think it's the company that people are responding to; it's the people. But yeah I see your point. Fargo hasn't done much for a long while while Avellone is just a celebrity supporter at this point in time.
trab pu kcip
Member
well everything they say sounds really great and thought-through + plus all gameplay insights of WL2 look really great so far imo. fargo knows what it takes to make a good game. he seems really authentic and aware of the current state of the gaming industry + doesn't fear to critize it. just the fact that they haven't found a mainstream publisher for their games is a sign of quality in my eyes. they have a clear vision and don't want the product to be compromised in any way. I have complete faith
Fargo created personally Wasteland 1. And he started Interplay which was god tier publisher at time releasing god tier RPGs one after another. He personally green lighted games like Fallout and Planescape Torment.
InXile didn't have amazing output but Fargo is really dude who can do shit if he want. DFA kickstarter was just right event for him (since he already pitched Wasteland 2 for years to publishers)
Kickstarter fatigue can take a break for some Torment.
Alternatively Kickstarter fatigue actually only lasts for about a month or so after a huge Kickstarter. Once that's passed BRING ON MORE
Spectacular Dr Dawg
Member
Backed.
The concept art looks great. They really have some great artists at InXile.
The concept art looks great. They really have some great artists at InXile.