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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After a relatively smooth Steam release, Enlightened Games has come to a dead end on development of the Wii U version of The Song of Seven. The game’s Kickstarter campaign raised $8,543 to bring The Song of Seven to PC, PS4, and Wii U. Now…
It’s no secret that Steam’s Early Access is flooded with identical looking, run-of-the-mill zombie survival games. Countless bugs, atrocious inventory management and plenty of murderous virtual psychopaths seem to be common characteristics for nearly all games fitting the genre. The Withering, however, is a bit…
Adventure games are a curious phenomenon on Kickstarter. For every successful campaign there seems to be one that didn’t make it. I previously looked at the success to failure ratio, but in this article I want to specifically take a look at ten Kickstarter horror…
3D platformers have surged on Kickstarter since Yooka-Laylee found huge success. Even still, the genre hasn’t been very successful in the crowdfunding space. Tyler: Model-005 hopes to change that, and with the highest production values of a 3D platformer since Playtonic’s masterpiece, it stands a…
There’s an unwritten rule when it comes to fan made games that too many ignore. “Never reveal your project until its done and already released.” There’s also an unwritten rule of Kickstarter that absolutely should be observed and, apparently, explicitly stated. “Have more than a couple of…
Back in July, we wrote about the Decline of Indiegogo over the last few years. Indiegogo claims to be the most popular crowdfunding platform, but the success of Kickstarter funded games brings that into question. 17 games raised more money than Indiegogo’s most successful gaming…
Kickstarters that end up raising less than $1,000 don’t exactly have the best track record. Judging by our awesome, handy-dandy Kickstarter data, a significant number of those tend to disappear into the unknown a few months after getting funded. Despite that, there’s a game called Vex which recently managed to…
Neo-Victorian Skirmish Squad has an extensive past, one that’s richer than its present and likely its future. Its Kickstarter campaign began September 5, 2013, with Terncraft Games at the helm. The Kickstarter page tells us David Sushil is the man behind the company. But he’s…
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…
It’s been eight months since the last time Antonis Pelekanos provided an update for The 90’s Arcade Racer. So, we’ve dug around to find out what happened to this throwback arcade racer. What we found is somewhat conjectural, but no less disappointing. The 90’s Arcade…
It’s never a good sign when the most recent update on a Kickstarter page is titled something along the lines of “Still Alive!” but dated nearly a year ago. Such is the case for the space exploration game Limit Theory, an ambitious multi-genre hybrid that…
You know how the internet is full of porn? However open and liberal you are with your particular interests, you have to admit there’s a lot of creepy stuff out there. Take, for instance, a VR game in which you stare at half-naked women in…
Tio Atum’s Greedy Guns is a 2D shooter that wears its influences on its sleeve. It combines elements from popular metroidvanias as well as 2D shooters from the past. The world is colorful and populated with creative creatures and it is all held together with…
The night has come and it’s time for a halt. You encounter a giant tree situated next to a recently lit campfire, only a few days after your squabble with the locals in the nearby village. There are two obvious choices – either go up the tree…
As I’ve mentioned previously, Kickstarter gives any studio the chance to get their game successfully funded. Coupled with a strong social media presence and excellent rewards, the only thing that can stop a strong campaign dead in its tracks is the developer, which leads me…