Kickstarter and other crowdfunding

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Kickstarter and other crowdfunding

Postby Thad » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:12 am

Comic Book People, a collection of photos by Jackie Estrada, featuring that one where it looks like Alan Moore is about to fold Jack Kirby up and put him in his front pocket.

It's already passed its goal, but it's got another week to go if you want to get yourself a copy of the book ($45 minimum).

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Niku » Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:44 am

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Mongrel » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:30 am

Only it was cancelled by the creator 3 days ago?
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby François » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:00 pm

La-Mulana 2 has seven days to go and isn't funded yet. Sure it only needs like 7000 more so chances are it will be. But, man those stretch goals look far away. I guess most people who want new La-Mulana content figure they might as well pick up the original again from where they ragequit it the first time.

Apart from that, Olympia Rising is ending in 4 hours but has its goal met already; I liked the look of it, and you can play the demo in your browser. It's a floaty, fast-paced platformer with an emphasis on chaining kills, kinda reminds me of They Bleed Pixels but more-combat oriented.

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Z%rø » Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:17 pm

Hero Forge is what I've been waiting for for miniatures since I heard about 3D printing. On demand, customized 3D miniature printing.
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Blossom » Sat Feb 15, 2014 6:11 pm

Security breach! Time to change your passwords again, yaaay.
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Niku » Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:56 pm

Mongrel wrote:Only it was cancelled by the creator 3 days ago?


shit you got me, that completely invalidates how funny the page is

good catch mongrel

here's your medal
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Mongrel » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:02 pm

Niku wrote:
Mongrel wrote:Only it was cancelled by the creator 3 days ago?


shit you got me, that completely invalidates how funny the page is

good catch mongrel

here's your medal


Uhhh, given how much Brontos seem to love old games, I actually had no idea you were joking.
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Thad » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:26 pm

Ditko's back, this time with original content.

It's already funded. $10 will get you the book; more will get you more stuff from their catalog. I intend, once again, to donate in the top bracket; I haven't been disappointed yet, and a subscription to The Comics sounds like something I'll be very happy to have. (The Comics is Snyder's newsletter, which examines comics history through the eyes of people who were actually there. It typically includes essays by Ditko, though he's just one of many attractions.)

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby zaratustra » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:48 pm

Super Retro Squad kickstarter dev spends all his money like fools, blames everyone for sucking and puts the project on hold:

http://www.explodingrabbit.com/news/sup ... ut-on-hold

Overall I rate the breakdown at 0.7 campbells.

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby François » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:41 pm

Despite all of this, I don’t feel like this project has gone badly or is a failure. [...] I feel like it was equivalent to getting a bachelor’s degree in game development


hahahahahahahaaaaaaaa

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Rico » Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:15 pm

But I "hired" people for no money to do things they didn'tact ually know how to do? Why didn't they learn those things quickly and make my game for me?

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Mongrel » Fri May 02, 2014 10:06 pm

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Mongrel » Sun May 11, 2014 10:24 am

pfffflol nice

(please kickstart my ultra-high-priced airplane tickets)
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Smiler » Sun May 11, 2014 10:35 am

Almost halfway funded with 20 days left. Nice!

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby IGNORE ME » Sun May 11, 2014 12:39 pm

I don't know how to feel about that, since my paycheck is at least half covered by our catering to Emirates/Etihad's shenanigans.

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Re: Kickstarter

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Mongrel » Wed May 28, 2014 1:32 pm

Reading Rainbow

I'm sorry but this comment was just too good:

"Right now, 1 out of every 4 children in America will grow up illiterate"

don't you fucking lie to me geordi
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Re: Kickstarter

Postby Thad » Wed May 28, 2014 1:38 pm

Just coming to post that.

They're closing in on a quarter of the way to the million-dollar goal; I've never watched a Kickstarter move like this. It's like a telethon; the numbers keep going up as I watch them.

Nice to see people still care.

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Re: Kickstarter

Postby IGNORE ME » Wed May 28, 2014 4:19 pm

Did I ever say I would never, ever pledge to a Kickstarter? Turns out I lied.

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