It’s Sunday, which means that in addition to eating nothing but donuts all day it’s time to check out the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched last week. This isn’t to say that all the campaigns are worth your money, in fact, many of them aren’t worth more than a disapproving head shake, but it’s still fun. Maybe.
Featured campaigns are those that contain a significant amount of game information, are from known developers, or are otherwise worth your time. The Rest are those that lack information, look sketchy, or are a waste of 1’s and 0’s.
Featured
Dawn Drop Radiant Beginnings
Always with the visual novels. Nothing wrong with that though! The significance of the Dawn Drop Radiant Beginnings campaign lies in the failure of the previous campaigns. This is the third campaign for Dawn Drop since October 2017, with the funding goal dropping 20% in that time. Usually that kind of drop is an issue, it’s an indicator that the developer is just trying to get any amount of cash, regardless of what’s needed. However, in the case of Dawn Drop there’s been significant improvements to the campaign since October, not the least of which is a demo. This is how you come back from Kickstarter failure.
Wake Up
Why haven’t we written about Wake Up yet? It looks fantastic. Joanna? Nic? Anyone? Seriously, this definitely needs some more love. There’s even a tech demo available to download. Definitely check this one, I know we will.
Vulpine
Regarding Vulpine Felix Wong stated” The game isn’t too heavy on realism, with each animal wielding a weapon of some sorts, such as a sword for some fast-paced slicing and dicing, a hammer for punishing put-downs, or a spear for long-range sniping. While roaming the lands of Vulpine you’ll come across a variety of prey and predators, the latter even in the form of mythical creatures like dragons, larger-than-life spiders and so forth.”
Genesis Noir
Keenan recently wrote this regarding Genesis Noir: “The art goes a long way in selling this, blending simple 2D designs with sweeping seas of stars and nebulae. The simple line art sprites of the characters stretch and sprawl across the solemn voids of space, depicting sketch art in motion as No Man interacts with objects to alter creation’s trajectory. This is all done primarily using a black and white color scheme, further adding to the classic Noir tone.”
AVARIAvs
Andy Bodinger wrote: “AVARIAvs will feature four classes, each with more than 40 abilities, and sixteen heroes who each have two branching archetypes. From these components each player fashions a team of three whilst considering strategy and how each character’s stats will develop well into the late-game. I am enamored with the very notion (and the early gameplay) of my favorite genre mutating into a primal sparring match between two quick thinkers and two pairs of frenzied hands.”
The Rest
Alwin : Whole lotta nothing. The only people backing this are trying to boost their ‘projects backed’ numbers.
Twilight on Yulestead : This just looks too rough to be funding in 2018. Sometimes graphics, or at least style, count.
The Last Makaran : This one rests firmly on the fence. On the one hand a lot has gone into the game, and there’s a ton to show already. Unfortunately it’s hard to believe that $10,000 is going to be enough.
Little Adventure Hunter : Another close one. It looks cute and all, but in spite of a lengthy video it’s tough to tell if there’s anything there.
Analog Fantasy : Shaky artwork and a video that shows nothing of the game. Pass.
Loot Pox : Cute artwork, but no actual game yet based on the lack of video.
Hard Life : Once again, a whole lot of nothing except for some still images.
Creating a 2D rpg possibly mmo using 001 game creator : The developer has no idea what kind of game he’s going to make, but he’s definitely going to use the money raised to buy a new computer. Great quality control Kickstarter.
Desolation : Any time you see a game this ambitious with a funding goal of $350 usd it’s time to run away.
Project Critical : The funding goal is low, but what’s the money for?
Evolve Ages Game : Cool concept art, but that’s all there is. And that funding goal? Woooweee.
Dungeon Dwellers : There’s a reason text adventures have a hard time getting funding on Kickstarter.
Chess Revolution : Over $100,000 for a chess game?
Koyannis Tales: Lord of the Skies : Another in a long line of RPG Maker games.
Traffic Planner : I’d kill for a great traffic planning game, unfortunately this isn’t it.
EsKape: Dragon Hunter : These devs have been on Kickstarter 3 times in the past 9 months, each time with a different project.
Phasmophobia Game Series : I like that the trailer advertises a 10/31/16 release date.
Hand Dating Simulator : The title alludes to some amazing potential, unfortunately there’s nothing but a brief outline to go off of.
Days Of The Chronicles Game : Sorry, there’s just no way $1,000 is going to be enough to finish this game is seven months.
Kolossé : There’s a demo! And stretch goals going up to $1mil.
That’s it for last week’s Kickstarter video game campaigns. Watch your wallets!
