On December 25th 2011 indie developer, and self proclaimed hacker mentor, Alex Peake launched the Code Hero Kickstarter campaign in hopes of raising $100,000 to create a game that would teach people how to code. After a 60 day campaign that featured an inconsistent update…
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Point-and-click adventure Her Majesty’s SPIFFING passed its one year anniversary since being successfully Kickstarted a few weeks ago and the developers have released a new update to celebrate. When last we heard from them, BillyGoat Entertainment were showing off new animations and a new interface….
“I never really know what to say when stuff like this happens, but I feel an obligation to be completely transparent with our backers.” Eight times out of ten, a Kickstarter update that begins with such a quote usually ends up with the developers thanking…
Updates for the SNES-era RPG Dormant Sky have been few and far between – it’s been ten months since the last one. So while it was good to see developer EdgeEntertainment checking in with backers, the bad news is that like with all the previous…
Podcast X Zone is (thus far) an annual staple of the GX convention. For the past three years, a variety of indie podcasters have gotten together and created quite a fun look behind the microphone for curious fans and podcast creators as well. This year’s…
It has been almost a year since the “Throne War Simulator” MMORPG Crowfall was announced to the world, and it has hit a milestone of $6 million in funding and still climbing. Its Hunger Dome pre-alpha 1.1 playtesting is also underway, starting on the week…
After years of delay and months of silence (with the exception of a PS4 release announcement) Camouflaj Studios has finally revealed the release for Episode 4 of their stealthy crowdfunded hit Republique. You can expect to play the penultimate episode, titled God’s Acre, December 17th….
Cult: Awakening of the Old Ones first launched on Kickstarter on June 5, 2012. It promised a release by October that year, already an ambitious schedule. It’s been over three years and that promised release date is little more a fuzzy memory, if that, than…
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in…
There once was a time when having little to nothing to show for a game seeking funding through Kickstarter would have had no problem reaching five or six digits but that was nearly four years ago. These days the discerning backer needs something to see…
Brianna Wu is leading a revolution in gaming. Whether it’s groundbreaking design and mechanics or advocacy for individuals and diversity within the industry, Wu constantly brings a fresh and much needed perspective. I recently had the great pleasure of chatting with Brianna about her work…
Tabletop games are one of the big successes of the crowdfunding age with over 4,000 projects raising more than $200 million – along with video games they account for 20% of all money pledged on Kickstarter – yet it’s a category I’ve never really explored….
Sekai Project have made quite a name for themselves in the visual novel space in just a few years. They’ve also gained a reputation for their liberal use of Kickstarter to fund projects. Of course, those most diehard fans recognize that only around 10% of…
On November 3, a lovely crowdfunding project with the (surprisingly shouty) name of “HATOFUL BOYFRIEND OFFICIAL PLUSH PROJECT!” flapped onto Kickstarter. Many gamers out there have heard of Hatoful Boyfriend thanks to its incredibly unusual premise. In this visual novel, players take the role of…
Fig.co is a crowdfunding website which sounded like a pretty neat idea at the start. After all, for years we’ve been hearing people complain about how Kickstarter isn’t about “investing” in projects. In many ways, the popular site is utilized like a very early pre-ordering…
It was only last month that we had an update on Scraps – Story of a Dog which explained the game was being put on hold but would still be made and another update has swiftly followed, even though the message is generally still the…
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