Back in the mystical yesteryear of 2012, Divergent Games launched a Kickstarter Campaign for their 16-bit inspired RPG, Hiro Fodder: A Blue Hope. Despite campaign assurances that the game was already well into production and expected to be completed in 8 months, nothing has ever been…
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Joanna Mueller is a lifelong gamer who used to insist on having the Super Mario Bros manual read to her as a bedtime story. Now she's reading Fortnite books to her own kiddo while finally making use of her degree to write about games as Cliqist's EIC.
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Elysian Shadows raised $185,322 with the help of 2,282 Kickstarter backers in 2014. This 2D pixel art/3D environment fusion RPG featured dynamic lighting, shadows, physics, and positional audio. Basically, it was a really ambitious project being created by a relatively small development team. As such,…
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Typically the goal of a crowdfunding campaign is the raise the minimum necessary funding to complete a project. We’re talking bare necessities, no frills or extras. So when The Station managed to hit 100% of its $7,439 funding goal on Sunday, backers were curious about…
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After a troll cost them their first campaign, 2Awesome Studio immediately bounced back with another Kickstarter for their comic-style space adventure, Dimension Drive. In an update, the dev’s showed off some of the newly added options and features before hinting at a release date early next…
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Raven Sword Industries began as part of the game development program at Algonquin College in Canada. After working on Project Orion for a year and a half, the newly graduated devs decided to continue development. They took to Kickstarter to secure the funds needed to complete their…
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It’s been an interesting couple of months for the developers at Arcade Distillery. They made their Kickstarter debut in October with Sideshow’s Court of the Dead: Underworld Rising. The massively ambitious project ultimately failed to reach its $250,000 funding goal. After taking a month to let the…
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Mankind just doesn’t deserve dogs. They are the epitome of goodness and hope in the world. For proof, look no further than Psilocybe Games’ new project, Balthazar’s Dream on Kickstarter. The team behind the criminally underrated Pigsodus is back with a beautiful new pixel art,…
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One of the great things about indie game development and really, crowdfunding, is that it encourages developers to break new ground and try new things. No matter how niche your idea, there is a chance to connect with an audience who will support it. Not…
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Earlier this year, developers AKABEi SOFT2 and Frontwing teamed up to bring an official English localization of Sharin no Kuni to international audiences. The original Kickstarter campaign, run by Japanese pop culture website, Tokyo Otaku Mode, failed to raise its $140,000 funding goal. Now, it…
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Transparency is a large part of what makes crowdfunding so exciting. It allows gamers to sneak a peek behind the scenes and see what makes their favorite indie games tick. Occasionally a game will really take off and manage to sell a million copies. It’s…
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Let’s just get this out of the way right up front, Nin is a 3D adventure-platformer and it looks really cute. We’re talking stupidly adorable levels of cute. Add to that Vagabond Games’ clear and present love of parodying 90’s pop culture and it’s hard…
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Despite getting excellent press coverage and basically being everything I’ve ever wanted in a paranormal investigation game, Hellhunter still hasn’t reached it’s Kickstarter goal. Fortunately, Ballistic Interactive has seen fit to sweeten the deal for backers and those still on the fence about shotgunning ghosts…
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BfB Labs challenges players to become masters of mindfulness with Champions of the Shengha. Marketed as the world’s first “Emotionally Responsive Game” players utilize a wearable sensor that monitors their emotions. Developers BfB Labs is seeking a flexible funding goal of $75,000 over on Indiegogo…
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Every night the world ends, but every morning Mars wakes up for his first day of school, again. Mars Underground is an apocalyptic time looping adventure currently on Kickstarter. Moloch Media is seeking $2,322 to create this mind-bending Groundhog Day-esque RPG. Each day the player…
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Some names, frankly, do not instill much confidence in the end product. Seeing the Kickstarter campaign for Rusty Tiger Production’s The Golden Turd certainly didn’t lead me to believe that, yes, this was a project worth noting. Certainly not to the tune of the $49,591…
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The Kickstarter campaign for Super Daryl Deluxe managed to raise just over the $7,000 it sought. The trouble is 7K isn’t very much money in game development. Unsurprisingly, while the game has continued to make progress it has been slow and arduous. The expected release…