Agrajag wrote on Feb 23, 2012, 09:43:

Beamer wrote on Feb 23, 2012, 07:36:
Get Lamp raised $25k.

And, his newest 3-documentary Kickstarter campaign raised over $100k... Is it in the same realm as Double Fine's $2M? Hell no... But, it's not chump change, either...

You're still at $33k per project, though. And, interestingly, he's offered up at least 239 hours worth of phone calls for it. That's 10 full days on the phone.
Backing movies has been my main push, if only to get a nice string of IMDB credits, haha.

Beamer wrote on Feb 23, 2012, 07:36:
Get Lamp raised $25k.

And, his newest 3-documentary Kickstarter campaign raised over $100k... Is it in the same realm as Double Fine's $2M? Hell no... But, it's not chump change, either...

Agrajag wrote on Feb 23, 2012, 06:46:

Prez wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 17:42:
Well, it's not a game-changer, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this community-sourced model be used again and again with significant success.

It has certainly been successful in the past with things other than games, anyway... Jason Scott used Kickstarter to fund his "Get Lamp" documentary (about text adventure games), and used it again to fund the three new documentaries he's currently working on now... All you need is something with wide enough appeal (or narrow appeal to people with big enough wallets), and an established track record certainly helps...

Get Lamp raised $25k.
This isn't on the same scale. No one is ever denying that $6-$60k is pretty available.

Prez wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 17:42:
Well, it's not a game-changer, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this community-sourced model be used again and again with significant success.

It has certainly been successful in the past with things other than games, anyway... Jason Scott used Kickstarter to fund his "Get Lamp" documentary (about text adventure games), and used it again to fund the three new documentaries he's currently working on now... All you need is something with wide enough appeal (or narrow appeal to people with big enough wallets), and an established track record certainly helps...

Cutter wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 12:08:
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Tim. Gamechanger? Doubtfull. More like a one off - or several off. Like everything else it all depends on the end product. After people have done a few of these and been burned a few tims it'll peter out PDQ.

Well, it's not a game-changer, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this community-sourced model be used again and again with significant success. Even in the event of a complete disaster (one where the dev takes the community's money and delivers nothing, or worse, an un-finished, un-supported turd), I think there is a enough of a longing among the sasoned gamer community for the deep, wildly innovative games of times past that people would participate in the hopes of getting games of the classic style or sequels to classic games that died too soon.

The hope of revival of long- dormant classic franchises makes me willing to risk losing quite a bit of scratch.

Wildone wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:55:
I wish someone would do this for a next gen space sim/X-wing affair I'd donate my $100!!!!!

I like that idea!

nin wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:57:

Wildone wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:55:
I wish someone would do this for a next gen space sim/X-wing affair I'd donate my $100!!!!!

Yeah, I was watching totalbiscuit play SOL, and it didn't look overly impressive. Was hoping it might scratch that itch, but it doesn't look like it.

It won't. It's very, very bland. It reminds of the flood of space "sim" games that came out of eastern Europe 4-5 years back. The graphics are "meh" and the story is about as two dimensional blue sky hero as they come.

Don't waste the money. Go back and reinstall Freelancer.

Wildone wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:55:
I wish someone would do this for a next gen space sim/X-wing affair I'd donate my $100!!!!!

I'd definitely contribute to that. Same with a proper remake of Transport Tycoon.

Yakubs wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 12:26:
This should be really interesting. You could make the argument that it's a study of what happens when you let a decorated set of game developers do whatever they want to do rather than appeasing the suits. Will the game blow away the design-by-focus-group competition?

Thats the way all valve games are done. They have a flat no management structure.

Crossing my fingers that they can do this for a Brutal Legend 2

I suspect that ship has sailed. Then again, with renewed interest in Psychonauts, anything could happen.

Cutter wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 12:08:
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Tim. Gamechanger? Doubtfull. More like a one off - or several off. Like everything else it all depends on the end product. After people have done a few of these and been burned a few tims it'll peter out PDQ.

He specifically said that calling it a gamechanger was a bit extreme. But also not to discount what happened either. So not sure where you're getting that from.

Crossing my fingers that they can do this for a Brutal Legend 2

This should be really interesting. You could make the argument that it's a study of what happens when you let a decorated set of game developers do whatever they want to do rather than appeasing the suits. Will the game blow away the design-by-focus-group competition?

The other interesting question is -- after all these years, do these guys still have that spark of imagination and inspiration? I mean, we're talking about some of my favorite games of all time, here, but it's been such a long time since these guys made them.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Tim. Gamechanger? Doubtfull. More like a one off - or several off. Like everything else it all depends on the end product. After people have done a few of these and been burned a few tims it'll peter out PDQ.

Halo wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 11:43:

nin wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:31:

I wonder if, with the increased budget, if this will push the "ship" date. I guess I'd be a little surprised if it didn't...October isn't that far off, and they don't get the funds until March (granted, they could easily be laying the groundwork now).

Hopefully it does, I wouldn't mind them taking any extra time needed.

I agree. I'd rather have it as a better game, with more time spent, than to be rushed or short due to time constraints.

nin wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:31:

I wonder if, with the increased budget, if this will push the "ship" date. I guess I'd be a little surprised if it didn't...October isn't that far off, and they don't get the funds until March (granted, they could easily be laying the groundwork now).

Hopefully it does, I wouldn't mind them taking any extra time needed.

Wildone wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 10:55:
I wish someone would do this for a next gen space sim/X-wing affair I'd donate my $100!!!!!

Yeah, I was watching totalbiscuit play SOL, and it didn't look overly impressive. Was hoping it might scratch that itch, but it doesn't look like it.

I wish someone would do this for a next gen space sim/X-wing affair I'd donate my $100!!!!!

I wonder if, with the increased budget, if this will push the "ship" date. I guess I'd be a little surprised if it didn't...October isn't that far off, and they don't get the funds until March (granted, they could easily be laying the groundwork now).