On a note related to the story above, a
tweet from Friday by Obsidian's Chris Avellone asks about interest in a Kickstarter project, pointing to
their blog as where to register interest. Apparently this was quite high, as
a follow-up tweet says they needed to reconfigure their blog to handle 1000 hits per second following the query (thanks
Develop). Word is:
All of Double Fine’s success from Kickstarter has been inspiring.
I GUESS PEOPLE LOVE THOSE CLASSIC ADVENTURE GAMES AFTER ALL.*
The idea of player-supported funding is... well, it’s proof certain genres aren’t dead and sequels may have more legs than they seem. And the idea of not having to argue that with a publisher is appealing.
Out of curiosity, if Obsidian did Kickstart a project, what would you want to see funded? (You can respond in comments or to @ChrisAvellone on Twitter, whichever you prefer.)
* I only use all caps for sarcasm and shouting. And for the Think Tank in Old World Blues for comedy value.
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Asmo wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 22:23: I dunno if I'd bother with Obsidian considering my shithouse experience with FO:NV...
I don't mind kicking in for small companies who haven't really 'made it' yet and who come up with a novel idea, but the idea of throwing money at established companies to make sequels of games that were actually great and which should be justified in their own right seems a bit bass ackwards to me...
Particularly when you factor in consolisation and dumbing down of most modern games. I think you nailed it with the last sentence. If you want a publisher to fund your game, you will have to dumb it down and design it for consoles. That's why these Kickstarter funds are so appealing. You don't need publishers. You can make whatever you want to make. Should developers need to resort to direct consumer funding to make the games they want to make? Ideally, no. But the industry is anything but ideal. |
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