Kickstarter games

[Jacob]

I'll be sure to let you know when (if) I do a kickstarter

No joke, Jacob. Please do let us know if you do so. I would easily support any of your endeavors.

Sweet

It's probably about a year out at this point...

I'll keep you posted, for sure.

[Zanza]

Only gave once so far (Project Eternity). Would have given to the new Torment as well but I missed that. Project Eternity looks promising.

[Valmy]

Only gave once so far (Project Eternity). Would have given to the new Torment as well but I missed that. Project Eternity looks promising.

Eternity, Wasteland 2, and Torment should all be awesome.  I eagerly await to see if my notions on this front are correct when Wasteland 2 comes out later this year

InExile and Obsidian seem to be poster children for companies who can make this work so their success is pretty key.

[Josquius]

It would be nice if a partial return on investment  if the thing sells was included  with kickstarter....
And the way groups who could get   money via conventional mean   increasingly tale advantage o  it... it is iffy
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[garbon]

It would be nice if a partial return on investment  if the thing sells was included  with kickstarter....
And the way groups who could get   money via conventional mean   increasingly tale advantage o  it... it is iffy
...

How about you delete that and try again?

[The Larch]

I've only participated in a Kickstarter campaign, but it wasn't for a videogame. It was a drive to print comic books from a webcomic I follow, as well as reprinting some old ones which were out of stock. It was wildly successful, it originally asked for less than 60k dollars and ended up making more than a million, which allowed the creator to publish and produce a lot more products that he originally intended.

[Valmy]

I've only participated in a Kickstarter campaign, but it wasn't for a videogame. It was a drive to print comic books from a webcomic I follow, as well as reprinting some old ones which were out of stock. It was wildly successful, it originally asked for less than 60k dollars and ended up making more than a million, which allowed the creator to publish and produce a lot more products that he originally intended.

Was it: Order of the Stick?

[The Larch]

I've only participated in a Kickstarter campaign, but it wasn't for a videogame. It was a drive to print comic books from a webcomic I follow, as well as reprinting some old ones which were out of stock. It was wildly successful, it originally asked for less than 60k dollars and ended up making more than a million, which allowed the creator to publish and produce a lot more products that he originally intended.

Was it: Order of the Stick?

[Lettow77]

The only Kickstarter I have participated in was for Little Witch Academia, which did quite well. Poor Japanese scarcely know how to use Kickstarter, and it's really cute.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1311401276/little-witch-academia-2

[Drakken]

I've only participated in a Kickstarter campaign, but it wasn't for a videogame. It was a drive to print comic books from a webcomic I follow, as well as reprinting some old ones which were out of stock. It was wildly successful, it originally asked for less than 60k dollars and ended up making more than a million, which allowed the creator to publish and produce a lot more products that he originally intended.

So you basically end up with you funding part of an business venture like it was charity, and the whole profit (including future profit from his creating snowballing further) goes to the creator?

That's why I distrust the concept of Kickstarter: I understand that it allows fans to see content made on intellectual property no one would have touched prior without that funding, but without rewarding this investment by dividends over the profit, which they should be entitled as this constitute in fact investment in all but name. Every cent of profit goes to the creator, while the payer ends with a product which, odds are, will end up like receiving the proverbial Halloween rock of Charlie Brown.

[The Larch]

I've only participated in a Kickstarter campaign, but it wasn't for a videogame. It was a drive to print comic books from a webcomic I follow, as well as reprinting some old ones which were out of stock. It was wildly successful, it originally asked for less than 60k dollars and ended up making more than a million, which allowed the creator to publish and produce a lot more products that he originally intended.

So you basically end up with you funding part of an business venture like it was charity, and the whole profit (including future profit from his creating snowballing further) goes to the creator?

That's why I distrust the concept of Kickstarter: I understand that it allows fans to see content made on intellectual property no one would have touched prior without that funding, but without rewarding this investment by dividends over the profit, which they should be entitled as this constitute in fact investment in all but name. Every cent of profit goes to the creator, while the payer ends with a product which, odds are, will end up like receiving the proverbial Halloween rock of Charlie Brown.

No, I got a lot of books that I asked for and plenty of freebies to go with them.

[Admiral Yi]

I agree with Seduction Community.  Do it like venture capital.  Hand out shares of the upside for seed money.

[The Larch]

I doubt these things make a huge profit for their promoters, so splitting benefits wouldn't really be a great idea. This is an instrument for fans to support creators they like, not a business venture.

[Sheilbh]

I agree with Seduction Community.  Do it like venture capital.  Hand out shares of the upside for seed money.

Why?

The people who give money don't seem to desperately want that. They want to support people they like and be part of it. The people who get the money get to keep any profit.

It may not be for you guys but it's working.

[Admiral Yi]

Why?

To broaden the appeal.