The Loser
· Dungeonforge sadly failed to secure its $60k target this second time around. Despite including Linux from the start (it was originally a stretch goal) and despite also securing Greenlight status on Steam, only just over 600 backers were convinced to pledge and the project failed to raise even a quarter of its goal. Liam covered this project at the start of February and it looks like many of the critical comments on that article reflect the overall lack of interest.
The Winners
· Tower of Elements had a modestly successful Indiegogo campaign, raising an additional $1k to add on to the earlier $17k kickstarter funds. This was more than enough to reach the next stretch goal, which funded an extra game board to be designed with backer input.
· Olympia Rising backers rose to the challenge -- the spike of pledging in the final week ensured victory for this highly retro (as in ancient Greece) action adventure. The next challenge for backers has already been set: helping Olympia Rising get Greenlit.
· The Mims: Beginning finally takes the spot we've been holding for it in the winner's circle. This quirky RTS game with awesome penguin-inspired tiers ended up with $8.4k, not a huge sum, but 50% more than the minimum budget. Gaming penguins around the world await this upcoming masterpiece, which has already been Greenlit (thanks to the hordes of gaming penguins, no doubt).
· ReVen did indeed end up with enough funds for the HD graphics upgrade, as predicted in our previous issue. Backers will have a bit of a wait for this innovative example of the Metroid genre, since the stretch goals allowing full-time development stayed out of reach.
· Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians managed to pull out a late victory, despite an unusually high $600k goal. The goal may have been high, but this turn-based RPG project had a huge fan base to draw upon with Yasumi Matsuno participating as game designer. Yes, that's the same Matsuno famed for Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII! We would not have been surprised to see a much higher total for that reason, but perhaps some of the Final Fantasy fans were a little put off by the more western-style RPG feel to this project.
· Kingdom Come: Deliverance was a royal hit, with over 35,000 backers recruited! With the promised emphasis on realistic graphics and a large open world with non-linear quests, it should be easy for the developers to find ways to spend the collected £1.1M in funds. It remains to be seen whether this turns out to be one of the first games released for Linux on the Crytek engine, but it is surely one of the first Crytek-based games to announce Linux support.
And finally, page 3 is devoted to the big fishes out there, The Biggies!
. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Thanks! I hear you on the burn out angle. I was the same around Christmas, but I'm actually slowly getting more tuned again and even if I'm not pledging as often as before, I still love researching and writing about these projects, so the Funding Crowd isn't going away, I hope!
That said, I'm moving house tomorrow and will be offline for a fortnight, so I won't be contributing nearly anything to TFC#29... but I'm sure S.D., Speedster and Muntdefems will keep the flag flying.
And if you, or anyone else wants to get involved, drop us a PM! Even if it's just a write up for a project you love, even if it's just for one issue, we'll be happy to use the help.