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Author Topic: When Kickstarter goes wrong?  (Read 679947 times)

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2505 on: November 22, 2013, 07:18:43 am »

Hah, so it actually does mean recursive. Neat xD
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2506 on: December 01, 2013, 04:21:39 pm »

I'm going to go out on this and bet this is a "doomed to fail" project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/789726251/imagine-nations/

It says it right here in the beginning of the page: "A genre defying sandbox game that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe."

It strikes me as having the "your world" syndrom.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2507 on: December 01, 2013, 04:32:53 pm »

I'm going to go out on this and bet this is a "doomed to fail" project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/789726251/imagine-nations/

It says it right here in the beginning of the page: "A genre defying sandbox game that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe."

It strikes me as having the "your world" syndrom.
DF in 3D and in space? I'd throw money at it straight away if it had a hope of succeeding. I'm skeptical.

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2508 on: December 01, 2013, 04:35:11 pm »

Is a kickstarter that doesn't compare itself to a bunch of other random-ass things really that hard to ask?

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2509 on: December 01, 2013, 06:34:51 pm »

I believe he said he was done with game design in general, though hold your hats for the inevitable backtrack.

Honestly if a man retreats from the public view because he's fed up of getting daily insults and death threats...well, all power to him. That he lasted this long is impressive, too many straws will break even the strongest of camels back. Regardless of what I think of his opinions, I was genuinely interested in hearing what he had to say. I'd often disagree, but that's okay: Oddly enough there's room in the world for opinions that differ from my own.
« Last Edit: December 01, 2013, 06:37:10 pm by MorleyDev »
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2510 on: December 01, 2013, 06:41:44 pm »

Forwarded that to Drop Kicker (take a read, it's great).

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We will expand the base game from Windows, Mac, and Linux to support various consoles and mobile systems.  Controller support for the base game will also be included.  This will include:

    Xbox 360
    Xbox One
    Playstation 3
    Playstation 4
    Nintendo Wii
    Nintendo Wii-U
    iOS
    Android

Wat.  They plan to support iOS and Android with this?  Geeze.  Good luck.
« Last Edit: December 01, 2013, 06:44:42 pm by Draco18s »
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2511 on: December 01, 2013, 08:36:50 pm »

Is that Your Kickstarter Sucks but without the vitriole?
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2512 on: December 01, 2013, 09:02:18 pm »

I'm going to go out on this and bet this is a "doomed to fail" project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/789726251/imagine-nations/
It says it right here in the beginning of the page: "A genre defying sandbox game that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe."
It strikes me as having the "your world" syndrom.
Does anyone else find those people to be extremely creepy looking?
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2513 on: December 01, 2013, 11:42:44 pm »

I'm going to go out on this and bet this is a "doomed to fail" project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/789726251/imagine-nations/
It says it right here in the beginning of the page: "A genre defying sandbox game that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe."
It strikes me as having the "your world" syndrom.
Does anyone else find those people to be extremely creepy looking?
Very yes.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2514 on: December 02, 2013, 06:04:31 am »

I'm going to go out on this and bet this is a "doomed to fail" project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/789726251/imagine-nations/

It says it right here in the beginning of the page: "A genre defying sandbox game that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe."

It strikes me as having the "your world" syndrom.
While that project looks terrible, I have to admit that the cube world picture they have is kind of badass.
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« Reply #2515 on: December 02, 2013, 11:20:31 am »

While that project looks terrible, I have to admit that the cube world picture they have is kind of badass.

And it's not even their picture.  It's not even from National Geographic.

http://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com//blog/awesome-artistic-rendering-of-a-cubed-planet-earth/

(Also: like your avatar, but I can't read the Russian at the end)
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2516 on: December 03, 2013, 02:23:43 am »

www.offbeatr.com NSFW Crowdsourcing website.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2517 on: December 03, 2013, 02:28:12 am »

Shouldn't that be in the "goes right" thread? Admittedly 90% of the stuff there is crap but 90% of everything is crap.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2518 on: December 03, 2013, 02:55:54 am »

Shouldn't that be in the "goes right" thread? Admittedly 90% of the stuff there is crap but 90% of everything is crap.
That crowdsource place, has looser standards. No pun intended. Like, there a project for 23k with no clear goals at all.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #2519 on: December 03, 2013, 09:20:54 am »

Ever wondered what to do on a boring day?
Tired of thinking for yourself?
would you rather leave your decisions up to random chance?
then The Push is for you!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/90731803/the-push
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