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GoombaGeek

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1785 on: October 16, 2012, 08:28:42 pm »

The Yogscast game is looking better and better.

After about a month, they have a copy of the Minecraft engine that doesn't display constructed blocks correctly.

To be fair, though, if it was just me working on a game I'd be having trouble too.
If I recall, they hired out a gaming company to make it for them.

And I dont think the YogCast guys are capable of making a game, I also dont think they have much input on the game at all.
The gaming company consists of one college student, I'm almost certain.

God damn...

That makes it even worse then. All that money, through at someone who not even out of school yet? On a first project?
Well, the guy's username is "Winterkewl Games", and the avatar is a picture of his face.

I made up the college part, but look at him: If he isn't still in college, he's definitely a fresh graduate, and it's definitely just the one guy too (since the picture is him smiling, not a company logo). He's pretty young to be handling a project that people thought was worth $500,000 in pre-development donations alone.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1786 on: October 16, 2012, 08:44:20 pm »

Wait, why is that a GOOD thing for the game?
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1787 on: October 16, 2012, 08:50:13 pm »

Wait, why is that a GOOD thing for the game?
Sarcasm.

This game is shaping up to be the worst piece of shit ever to come out of Kickstarter.

Especially for half a million dollars.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1788 on: October 16, 2012, 09:29:02 pm »

Wait, why is that a GOOD thing for the game?
Sarcasm.

Doesn't translate well into text. :)
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1789 on: October 17, 2012, 03:47:37 am »

Theres a punctuation for sarcasm.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1790 on: October 17, 2012, 06:30:51 am »

I guess that yogscast game you're talking about is the same that got greenlit by Steam today?
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1791 on: October 17, 2012, 08:29:46 am »

I guess that yogscast game you're talking about is the same that got greenlit by Steam today?

You're joking. :|
Your not joking.
*HEAVY SIGH*

Theres a punctuation for sarcasm.

Yes there is, and ironically, my broswer doesn't recognize it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm#Sarcasm_punctuation
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1792 on: October 17, 2012, 08:52:39 am »

The top 3 discussions are all about how this is going to be a crappy game though.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1793 on: October 17, 2012, 09:29:29 am »

I've always seen Yogcast Adventures as thus:

Two silly British Twits + Their obsession with Minecraft + INTERNET MONEY + some other stuff like programming = PROFIT!

I'm just jaded though. I'm fucking sick of Youtube personality cults to my core, and Yogcast ranks up there as one of the most inane to me. And the fact they basically can't think beyond the game that made them internet famous makes me not care in the slightest bit about what they're doing. The fact it's on Steam Greenlight now is just runny chocolate syrup on top of a crap sundae. They have a barely functional alpha and they already get free advertising. Because, apparently, internet famous means people should pay attention to you even when there's no earthly reason for it.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1794 on: October 17, 2012, 02:53:24 pm »

Theres a punctuation for sarcasm.

It's funny. I actually just found an article on that subject right before reading this.

DAMMIT, COINCIDENCES
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1795 on: October 19, 2012, 06:42:40 am »

I'm somewhat upset that these twits made money by being annoying on youtube. Maybe I should go do that.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1796 on: October 19, 2012, 07:01:08 am »

hordes of screaming fanboys with more money than sense, I guess.

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1797 on: October 19, 2012, 07:05:26 am »

hordes of screaming fanboys with more money than sense, I guess.


Indeed, apple is just as guilty of shoveling crap into the rabid gaping maws of fanboys in exchange for handfuls of money.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1798 on: October 19, 2012, 09:01:26 am »

In other news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20003916
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/10/19/money-troubles-what-happens-when-kickstarters-fail/
Seems a game called 'Haunts,' funded via kickstarter, may fall through. Mostly because they no longer have any programmers. And it was written in 'Go,' so finding devs capable of continuing the work is trickier.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #1799 on: October 20, 2012, 10:52:37 pm »

It could well be the first fully funded Kickstarter to completely fall through (did those Zionist sunglasses actually get made in the end?  I forget).  It's gonna be tough to get a programmer for an obscure language if he's out of money... do Kickstarter allow you to seek other forms of funding after your Kickstarter is funded?
edit: Actually I guess there's plenty of undelievered stuff, just this is the first one to admit it's really in trouble.

Here's one for you.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/991262180/heaven
I haven't checked whether it's a good idea for a Kickstarter or whether the rewards make sense but you really need to watch the video.
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