Last month the SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) ruled crowdfunding platform, Fig a viable platform for non-accredited investments. Now that backers were legally permitted to invest in crowdfunded projects it was only a matter of time before other platforms joined the bandwagon. This month,…
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There are surprisingly few of Halloween themed games on Kickstarter. Sure there are plenty of spook-tastic horror games, but games actually about Halloween are few and far between. We already looked at some of those horror games that should be out in time for National…
In just a few short days, AI War II by Arcen Games has collected roughly $45,000 on Kickstarter. A sequel to 2009’s AI War: Fleet Command, AI War II is a grand strategy tower defense game set in SPACE! One of the big draws of the original…
My biggest complaint about Hyper Light Drifter was its 30FPS lock. Mostly because of the the game’s heavy reliance on split-second reactions, such a technical restriction seemed weird even after playing through the game and enjoying it immensely. Luckily, a new Steam update just introduced 60FPS for the Windows release,…
Is it a sausage? Is it a corgi? Oh, no. It’s both, actually. The second element can also be a bald eagle, a “birdie” or a shark. They seem to be bumping into each-other as well, frantically chasing a ball. Oh my, there are spikes….
Could a game about the seemingly limitless power of law enforcement be apolitical? I don’t believe anything can be apolitical but most definitely something based on this theme, especially given everything that has happened globally over the last 12 months. The United States is in…
Our weekly dose of hot takes, occasionally well formed opinions, and fevered outbursts is back. Yup, it’s time for the Question of the Week! This week our question is inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins of Kickstarter video game campaigns. What’s your Kickstarter pet peeve? Laguna Levine My big…
What makes a good Kickstarter project and what kills it? What makes backers decide whether a project looks shady or trustworthy? It takes a lot more than a good idea to win us over, it takes a lot of hard work. However, there are some…
Game development can be hard. The long hours, constantly trying to fix the little nitty gritties that should only take a second but can end up taking days, if not weeks, all the while forcing you to push back work on the actual major parts…
One thing that I love about crowdfunding in general is that sites like Kickstarter give smaller indie teams a chance to realize their dreams of creating a game that they want to play. And hopefully a game others want to play. If it resonates with…
War isn’t an uncommon theme to gaming. With everything from gameplay driven industry giants like Call of Duty, to casual phone apps like Clash of Clans, the market for games about war have always thrived. Long Gone Days is a little different in its approach….
Sometimes the tiniest nibble is enough for you to want the whole damn pie; “short but sweet” is how I chose to describe the demo of Kickstarter project Zed to Chuck Carter. Chuck is the founder and president of Eagre Games, the crew behind Zed,…
When it comes to adventure games I try to back as many as I possibly can on Kickstarter. Of course, there have been way too many over the past four years and change that I only managed to get on board about 134 of them,…
As an incredibly huge Lovecraft fan, once I heard about the horror cRPG Stygian I didn’t hesitate to back it. And based on what I knew it looked like it held true to the lore and Mythos while making the subject matter its own. However,…
It’s that time of year again, summer video game sales! GOG was first out of the gate with their sale, and they started things off strong with some amazing deals. In the interest of showing off the large number of great Kickstarter funded games available, as well…
The last update on the Dashkin Kickstarter was all the way back in January 2013, but is this Kickstarter dead? Well, yes and no. We can be rather certain that the near $30K raised to make the endless runner will not bring us the game…