Kickstarter

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Dimrill wrote:

Moonlit flit.

People should be aware that Kickstarter is just backing a project, you aren't buying anything. Its also wise to check the track record of the people carrying out the project. Established company or some bloke in a bedroom? Eg:

https://www.duedil.com/company/02892559/frontier-developments-plc/financials

So we can see that although Frontier had a rough phase a couple of years back things have been on the up again and they have enough money and assets that they seemingly won't be going anywhere soon.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

chinnyhill10 wrote:

So we can see that although Frontier had a rough phase a couple of years back things have been on the up again and they have enough money and assets that they seemingly won't be going anywhere soon.

Except Cyprus.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

So we can see that although Frontier had a rough phase a couple of years back things have been on the up again and they have enough money and assets that they seemingly won't be going anywhere soon.

Except Northern Cyprus.

FTFY.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Treat it like eBay, I guess.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22387

I'd be very pissed off if I bought something on eBay and it never turned up!

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

You can't have used eBay too often, then!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22387

I've used it a huge amount, I can't think of the last time I didn't get something I ordered

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Trooper wrote:

:D I've used it a huge amount, I can't think of the last time I didn't get something I ordered

L@@K SUPER RARE ITEM!

UNIQUE CHANCE TO PAY £1.25MILLION FOR A GAME THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

PAYPAL ONLY.

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:27

You're also protected* if you buy stuff on eBay and it doesn't turn up.

*ish

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14513

Okay so *not* Kickstarter but Indiegogo :

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ashen ... game-child

Currently at 20k of a 50k goal with 32 days to run

Quote:

Hello!

I'm Stuart Ashen, AKA "Ashens", a comedian from Norwich in England. About 7 years ago I thought it would be a good idea to start a YouTube channel showcasing terrible electronic devices. Some other people seemed to agree, as they kept watching my videos. As the years went on I broadened my scope to include all manner of cheap products and retro devices.

I've now produced over 240 YouTube videos, which have attracted more than 64 million views and 280,000 subscribers worldwide. I've also written and performed sketch comedy for the BBC, starred in the award-winning web series The Proxy, and I own a chef puppet that I pretend is a failed corporate mascot. I am 36.
I also have a script for a feature film.

I’ve wanted to make a feature film for a long time and I had an idea bubbling away in my head for several years. It's a comedy adventure with a hint of road movie. It's called The Quest For The Game Child and features my insane fictional search for a piece of electronic tat. I'm accompanied by fan favourite Chef Excellence (a human version, not the bloody puppet), and together we try to overcome the odds - and all common sense - to lay our hands on the fabled Game Child, an old handheld video game. But a shadowy figure, aided by my irritating nemesis, wants the game for their own dastardly ends...

The film will be live action with some animated sequences. It's going to be funny, exciting and unique.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 16:15

Robert Llewellyn's going to be in it?

I'll chuck him some money if he comes and asks personally

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

Torment 2 is at 2$ million with 28 days to go.

jeesus!

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 18:52

Not Ultima, honest guv.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Perhaps he's regretting spending $30 million on a trip to space now.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

If it's isometric he can have every penny I own.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

$50,000 doesn't seem like a lot. Especially if Warwick Davis and Robert Llewellyn are going to be in it. Are the crew going to do it for free?

Also: I've never heard of the Poxy and I stopped watching Ashen's tat videos years ago when I realised that all tat is basically the same. I have no idea how he can keep going with that. Does he not get tired of the same popstation-style crap?

edit: OH

Quote:

But! We don't need to raise $153,000. Because online media company ChannelFlip have already committed $103,000. So we only (Ha! "Only") need to raise $50,000 via crowdfunding to reach the amount we need including indiegogo and Paypal fees. That's just 18 cents per subscriber, if you enjoy meaningless comparisons!

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 19:56

Llewelyn does do stuff like that for free though if he's into it, he was filming electric cars with us at the top of a freezing hill last autumn for some webcast or other.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Pod wrote:

$50,000 doesn't seem like a lot. Especially if Warwick Davis and Robert Llewellyn are going to be in it. Are the crew going to do it for free?

Also: I've never heard of the Poxy and I stopped watching Ashen's tat videos years ago when I realised that all tat is basically the same.

The Poundland stuff can get a tad repetitive, but the reviews of old electronics stuff is always entertaining. The recent joystick round up was good. Popstation stuff has been done into the ground now but it did have legs.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38642

Ashens' full length tech reviews (ipad, wiiu) are thorough, comprehensive and entertaining.

He should do more of them

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 23:33

DavPaz wrote:

Ashens' full length tech reviews (ipad, wiiu) are thorough, comprehensive and entertaining.

He should do more of them

but I don't know if he pays for the goods or what? He tweeted the other day about a NeoGeo X review coming soon.. I can't wait for that!

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 23:34

Cras wrote:

If it's isometric he can have every penny I own.

Doesn't that amount to about sixteen of them, though?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Well yeah, pretty much. It's the thought that counts!

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

TheVision wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Ashens' full length tech reviews (ipad, wiiu) are thorough, comprehensive and entertaining.

He should do more of them

but I don't know if he pays for the goods or what? He tweeted the other day about a NeoGeo X review coming soon.. I can't wait for that!

I think he pays for some of them. He tweeted the other day that he'd spent a substantial wedge on electronic tat to review in the last week or so.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 0:09

As a believer in the multiple universe hypothesis, there's a version of this forum out there where some guy talks about Poundland tat to an appreciative audience of ex-'Amiga Shopper' readers presided over by Rabbi :attitude:

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chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Kern wrote:

As a believer in the multiple universe hypothesis, there's a version of this forum out there where some guy talks about Poundland tat to an appreciative audience of ex-'Amiga Shopper' readers presided over by Rabbi :attitude:

.

Presumably it would be former ST Format readers?

An ST Format reader, yesterday.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

TheVision wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Ashens' full length tech reviews (ipad, wiiu) are thorough, comprehensive and entertaining.

He should do more of them

but I don't know if he pays for the goods or what? He tweeted the other day about a NeoGeo X review coming soon.. I can't wait for that!

I imagine the review will be 'you know that Neo Geo emu on your PSP? Yeah, that'.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14513

Not on Kickstarter yet - but might be

ROADRASH

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/13/r ... -successor

Quote:

Road Rash creator Dan Geisler has stated he'll look into creating a new Road Rash game if enough people are keen on the idea.

Geisler made the announcement on Reddit when answering a question about why the series never reappeared, but explained he'd probably have to look to crowd-funding to get the project off the ground.

"It hasn't resurfaced because I was burned out after Road Rash 3," he explained. "But I'm ready to do another one now. I just needed 20 years off.

"I'm ready to make a better one now. I miss playing it too. If there is enough interest, I'll do a Kickstart on it."

He then posted a picture of himself with yesterday's date, effectively silencing critics who were questioning his identity, before continuing, "I am who I say. Road Rash was my baby. I will need to talk with EA to get the rights. But I don't think they have a lock on motorcycle combat any more."

It sounds like Geisler is aware he may be fighting a losing battle when it comes to prising the rights from EA, so a spiritual successor may be more likely.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 17:56

Roadrash wasn't very good, though.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

No it wasn't. I'd rather have a kickstarter for Crazy Cars 4 or Supercars 3.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

Roadrash wasn't very good, though.

It seemed brilliant at the time, but actually thinking about it (long stretches of 'racing' in a straight line with nothing happening punctuated by brief tit-for-tat slap fights with a rival) it really was awful.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 18:25

I remember my Megadrive owning friends waxing lyrical about it, but when I got it on the Amiga I was disappointed. You could overtake the race leader at about 60% of the track, then had a tedious empty road drive to complete the race.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 18:46

I remember that if you wanted to come first, you didn't fight anybody, because that just slowed you down.

Once you realised that, the game quickly became pointless.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Popbitch want 25 grand to develop a tablet app of their website:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1632536729/popbitch-the-next-generation

Seems reasonable and I don't think they'll struggle to get it given their track record. It's not like flicking coins at a man with a history of getting bored with something very quickly is it?

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Richard cheese has raised $21000 towards a $19000 kick starter goal so that he can get corneal transplants.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 21:33

That's probably the most depressing thing I've read all week.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Knock yourself out

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/i-nee ... -operation

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 21:40

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Richard cheese

His real name?

Oh dear. Those were some vindictive parents.

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 21:41

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Roadrash wasn't very good, though.

It seemed brilliant at the time, but actually thinking about it (long stretches of 'racing' in a straight line with nothing happening punctuated by brief tit-for-tat slap fights with a rival) it really was awful.

I remember really trying to like it, but it just was so boring...

No Second Prize on the other hand...

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

GazChap wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Richard cheese

His real name?

Oh dear. Those were some vindictive parents.

No. Intentional stage name.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:20

Not Ecco the Dofflin. I fear they might've set too short a time on this one for that amount of money. But the line

Quote:

If you have played the game Eve Online, think of an aquatic version of that game and you’d have a good idea how the Big Blue Online will work.

makes me quite interested.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

The Frank Sidebottom doc has just gone onto Kickstarter. You know it has, it really has. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/126673955/being-frank-the-chris-sievey-story

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

5pm on the first day, the Frank Sidebottom Kickstarter has already hit 8 grand (target 20 grand). Luckily they already have some stretch goals!

It is somewhat ironic that since Sievey died penniless, all the projects associated with him have had no trouble getting funded. That includes the statue, the film, and hopefully the documentary!

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed May 01, 2013 17:08

This could be the first Kickstarter that I actually contribute too. I'll see how flush I feel in the next week or so.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

TheVision wrote:

This could be the first Kickstarter that I actually contribute too. I'll see how flush I feel in the next week or so.

Already on 10 grand now! Halfway and day one isn't even over!

The first stretch goal is important as it will give them the money to get clearances for lots of fantastic TV show clips from shows Frank appeared on to include in the doc. Think that's fairly important as my first exposure to Frank was on Number 73. Although 73 is a bloody minefield apparently if you want to get hold of clips due to missing paperwork and ('Sinister Mickey Mouse Company' - Ed) apparently junking lots of episodes.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu May 02, 2013 12:47

Stonehearth looks pretty. Seems to be Minecraft/Dorf Fortress/Settlers all mashed into one lump. Already reached its goal with 28 days left to run too.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6603

Ma Squirt played Settlers to death back in the day - this looks like the sort of thing she'd absolutely love. I may well hurl $15 in it's direction!

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1552445321/deus-ex-machina-2

Hope he remembers to put some gameplay into it this time instead of just blinding everyone with celebrity voices.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22387

WTF? This shit is why I hate Kickstarter.

"We need £24,500 to perfect the user-options, gameplay and scoring with your help, before we release the final PC and Mac versions.
£23,000 to complete the prototypes for the iOS and Android mobile versions.
£8,500 to customize and personalize the opening and closing sequences for all versions with the names and images of our Kickstarter backers.
£4,500 to remix the ultimate in-your-head soundtrack for all versions.
And of course we'll need to pay Kickstarter, and some fees, and some minimal packaging costs for your lovely rewards, around £3,500."

So you need kickstarter money so that you can pay for kickstarter, and add the kickstarter backers names to your product?
And 24k to perfect the product? How about releasing what you actually have now, so people actually have a product to use, and use the cash from that to perfect it and then release an update?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Have got round to bunging the Frank Sidebottom project 30 quid for the Blu-Ray. Although the target has been met, the more money they get the more clips of Frank on TV they can buy in. However this isn't cheap so pledge if you can!

romanista · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 18:28

warioware crowdfunding parody, made me smile a bit http://gameandwario.nintendo.com/crowdfarter/#2

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