In case you don’t remember, last week we went over a few potential problems that Sylvio 2 was facing in getting successfully funded. Like most Kickstarter submissions, there were hopes that the last few hours would boost the project into funded territory, but this was sadly…
Georgi Trenev
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Georgi was only a wee child when he discovered the wonders of blowing up bad guys in Unreal Tournament. Since then, he’s grown into a game maker, a connoisseur of weird indie offerings and a madman writing about said things on the internet. As it turns out, he’s also pretty good at making homemade pizza.
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Each year, the Independent Games Festival (IGF) holds a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating the best in indie games. And with the 18th annual festival taking place at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, it’s also nice to see that quite a few award nominees have Kickstarter roots….
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My favourite YouTube video of 2016 as of now is a private upload titled “RW HI Map3 beta151222”. Coincidentally, it also showcases almost 7 minutes filled with wonderful, hauntingly desolate gameplay footage of the upcoming Rain World. A cautious slugcat performing stellar acrobatics is all you’ll see,…
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Meet NOOZh – a constantly evolving dungeon crawler featuring endless levels, all of which are set in a girl’s nightmares. The game just popped up on Kickstarter, and from the get go it seems that it’s really one of those titles that grabs your attention immediately….
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Among hundreds of horrendous, flat-out laughable Kickstarter campaigns that fail to reach their stretch goals, there are always those few that seem to fail at getting fully funded, despite delivering on all fronts. What exactly are the reasons behind their pitfalls? Ladies and gentlemen, it’s…
Georgi Trenev
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I’ve seen my fair share of weirdness when it comes to Kickstarter videos. This one though… This one is something else. I’m talking about Delta Legend – a blues-riddled RPG that landed on Kickstarter a few days ago. In its 5 minute-long pitch video, you will…
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Promising a surreal, narrative-focused episodic interactive experience, Kôna has changed quite a bit since it got successfully funded September last year. With the first episode named “Day One” and focusing on the story of a private detective having to uncover some mystery in Québec, it’s quite the…
Georgi Trenev
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The world of video game crowdfunding is still a barren wasteland waiting to be explored, but also one that is slowly getting ready to accommodate its future inhabitants. And with 2015 nearing its end, ICO Partners’ Thomas Bidaux has unveiled some rather interesting numbers on…
Georgi Trenev
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When games like Heroes of Might & Magic, Civilization and Crusader Kings 2 are mentioned as inspirations, I’m all ears. That’s precisely the case of Legends of Callasia – a turn-based conquest strategy game with a unique card game twist that just popped up on Kickstarter….
Georgi Trenev
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It seems like KING Art Games have been rather busy these days, as The Dwarves looks to be shaping up quite nicely. Actually, “quite nicely” is a serious understatement. What I meant to say is “holy Vraccas I want to get my hands on this NOW!” Successfully funded for $310,091…
Georgi Trenev
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There’s just something incredibly fun (and slightly masochistic) in playing party-based games which involve pushing your friends into spikes, exploding bombs or anything that might justify pulling off the Luigi death stare. Or maybe that’s just me. Luckily, there’s a reason for unveiling my deepest sins – Super…
Georgi Trenev
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Were you looking forward to crush skeletons and all sorts of bloody monstrosities before Christmas? Unfortunately, that won’t be happening. Well, not at least until January 27th next year, which is now the latest official release date for Slain! – Wolf Brew Games’ gory hack-n-slash….
Georgi Trenev
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Badly managed projects, overly ambitions promises and scammers are often observed issues when it comes to crowdfunded games. So far, there’s also been little effort to tackle such problems, at least when looking at Kickstarter and its hesitations of having any sort of direct involvement with…
Georgi Trenev
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You might remember Hollow Knight – a gorgeous 2D action adventure that was backed on Kickstarter almost a year ago. Well, there’s both good and (somewhat) bad news. Starting off on the positive side of things, a new trailer for the game was released. As…
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