Team Eleven didn’t successfully fund two Esport-centric visual novels by not knowing their audience. Their first project, SC2VN told the story of an aspiring pro gamer attempting to break into the highly competitive StarCraft 2 scene. They planned to release their follow up game, Don’t Forget Our…
After a bit of drama and unforeseen delays, Yangyang Mobile tells backers they are on track for the upcoming 2017 release of their horror visual novel, The Letter. With chapter 4 access coming soon to beta backers, the project is only 3 chapters away from completion….
To celebrate the one year anniversary of their 2D action RPG, Hyper Light Drifter, developer Heart Machine is offering a limited physical PS4 edition. Heart Machine announced that they had teamed up with iam8bit for the release, which has a few backers concerned. All Patched Up…
It’s not unusual for indie developers to claim they came to crowdfunding to get insight from backers. What good is community support if you don’t utilize it? However, Rocket Jump Games has taken this a step further with their Kickstarter project for King Under the…
Variety revealed that Compulsion Games has partnered with dj2 Entertainment to have a movie based on their Kickstarted project, We Happy Few. Gold Circle Entertainment’s Paul Brooks will produce the project alongside dj2 Entertainment’s Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons. Stephan Bugaj from dj2 will serve as executive producer. Movie…
It’s been just over a year since Branch Games successfully funded their fantasy RPG, To Light: Ex Umbra on Kickstarter. With help from 54 backers the developers were able to raise $8,093 to create an allegorical game about Christ with popular development software, RPG Maker….
If your game takes place in an epic fantasy world you need epic enemies to fill it. Especially if you have the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world for Dungeons and Dragons writing your story. Penned by bestselling author, Ed Greenwood, Borealys Games’ newest…
Award nominated game developer, Chris Obritsch shares his love of gaming with his daughter, Madelyn. This love extends to Chris’s favorite game, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts. The two of them play the first stage over and over so she can watch him fight the shielder boss,…
Neoclassic Games has just launched their biggest update yet to their fantasy visual novel, Elisa- The Innkeeper. Update 1.0, which just went live on Steam, has added some major enhancements to core gameplay and fixes. It has also elevated Elisa from an early access title…
Two of MidBoss’ creative minds, Matt Conn, and JJ Signal, hosted a Reddit AMA following-up on the release of their 2064: Read Only Memories update. The much anticipated update added full voice acting to the LGBTQ inclusive, cyberpunk point-and-click adventure. The 2064: Read Only Memories Kickstarter campaign raised…
Indie developers are learning to utilize rabid backer fanbases to bring extra polish to their projects. Here’s a group of people who already love what you’re trying to do, so why not let them help you do it? Backers who get in on the campaign…
The impossibly long awaited RPG Adventure, Hero-U, is finally (almost) ready to enter alpha/beta testing. Created by the makers of Quest for Glory, over 6K backers helped fund the project in 2012. One supplemental Kickstarter campaign and nearly five years later, the project may finally make it into (some)…
Digital Sun Games posted a Kickstarter update letting backers know that the early beta of Moonlighter is coming soon. They also took the time to clarify that the beta version is different than the one being distributed to Youtubers. Backers who pledged at the $25 and…
In 2015 Indonesian game studio, Artoncode ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for their new project. Winterflame: The Other Side was planned to be an exciting puzzle adventure game with a complex emotional story. Over 600 backers pledged CA$ 70,832 to help Artoncode bring the project to life,…
Scott Benson is a self-taught animator, illustrator, and now bona fide game developer. Back in 2013 he teamed up with Alec Holowka and Bethany Hockenberry to make Night in the Woods. The 2D adventure game raised $209,375 during its Kickstarter campaign. Now that the game is available on Steam and…
Crowdfunding by its very nature is a risky business. You’re giving developers your money and trusting them to deliver on what they promise with little recourse if they fail. Tidal Games is trying to circumvent these concerns. They’ve promised a full refund to anyone who…