After so many years since its successful Kickstarter, many (but not all) believed Confederate Express to be a vapor ware scam that would never materialize. And yet, the game is now available for preorder on Steam. No, that isn’t a typo; a page for the…
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Today we introduce our new video series: Where Are They Now? Believe it or not, the series will take a look at what happened to developers after their crowdfunding campaign. Mostly we’ll be looking into developers with failed or suspended campaigns. Every now and then…
It looks like the Maksym Pashanin drama is coming to a close; or at least part of it is. The Desert Sun is reporting that the Confederate Express and Knuckle Club developer that holed up in an Airbnb rental with his brother by way of…
Welcome to our weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title each week we pose a question to our panel and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses until the story is posted,…
It looks like the drama of the Confederate Express and Knuckle Club Kickstarters is continuing. Maksym Pashanin, the man behind the spritetastic strategy game Confederate Express, as well as being confusingly involved with 2D beat-em-up Knuckle Club, is involved in some even less savory behavior. In an…
Kilobite’s Maksym Pashanin recently took some time to answer a few quick questions for us. Who exactly is Maksym Pashanin? He’s one of the guys behind the very promising isometric zombie rpg/shooter Confederate Express. As we’ve covered previously Confederate Express seems to be separating itself from…
Last week a Kickstarter campaign was launched for a game called Knuckle Club; a side scrolling brawler featuring some impressive pixel graphics. Normally Knuckle Club would be a high point in a week filled with people begging for money to start a YouTube channel, but that…
Another day, another high-profile Kickstarter disaster. That’s not an altogether accurate sentiment, but it certainly feels like it. Last week, Playtonic released their much anticipated Yooka-Laylee. Unfortunately for them, things haven’t gone well as the collect-a-thon has received mixed reviews (you’ll notice Jim Sterling’s 2/10…
We last wrote about The Hero Trap over a year ago. If you’ve forgotten, it was described by developer Smashworx as “a frenetic rogue like like where dungeon dwellers are hellbent on your destruction.” Sounds riveting, doesn’t it? Well, you’re going to have to find…
Kickstarter reserves the right to cancel (or “suspend” as they diplomatically call it) any campaign that fails to follow their guidelines. However, Kickstarter is lax with their enforcement, taking action only in the most extreme cases. But what makes these suspensions so troubling is that…
As a serial backer on Kickstarter, I know the platform has some flaws as well as anyone. One of those flaws is its unregulated nature that results in some campaigns not delivering. Anyone can start a campaign and there is very little backers can do if someone…
Kickstarter is an interesting microcosm of personalities; especially from a developer standpoint. You’ve got scammers, industry professionals, amateurs, kids, dreamers, and everything in-between. The ones that I find most interesting, though, are those that ask other people for money so that they can violate someone…
It’s a bit of a tradition that whenever I interview someone for Cliqist I ask them to put together a brief haiku to describe them, their company, or their game. Since we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of Cliqist this week I figure it would be…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t seems that every time a sketchy Kickstarter campaign launches there’s a small group of backers that are on the case to expose any potential improprieties. This hardcore group of sleuths go to great lengths to dig up dirt on rogue developers and their shady campaigns. …
The last couple weeks have been tough over at the crowdfunding behemoth that is Kickstarter. Sure, some pretty solid projects have launched, but there’s also been a constant stream of people asking for cash so they can become the next YouTube or Twitch personality, or…
I was approached by our Editor in Chief today about an article surrounding the latest “scam” Kickstarter had to offer. Articles like this are great. They certainly don’t exist to shame Kickstarter as a whole, they just help create a community of backers that know…