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[BlueSweatshirt]

also: can we also have a thread for *good* kickstarter projects which deserve more attention / money? preferably those which have not yet met their funding goals

I agree with this notion.


By no means do these projects need to be relevant to video games!

The List: (Project Name) (Expiration Date)
Light Table (May 31 2012)
Nesl's (May 22 2012)
Atari 2600 Star Castle (May 23 2012)
Teach Me Nothing (a documentary) (June 1 2012)
Republique (May 10 2012)
Storybricks, MMO Storytelling (May 31 2012)
Kenshi (July 1 2012)
Rubicon (June 1 2012)
Tammany Hall (June 14 2012)
Carmageddon: Reincarnation (June 6 2012)
Diamond Trust of London(Jason Rohrer) (May 26 2012)

[Capntastic]

My friend was trying to articulate Light Table to me earlier today, but because he knows nothing about programming he couldn't quite explain it.

Anyways, I offer up this:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/birdhouse/nesl

Cool little desk organizer buddies.  Modular, and pretty versatile.

[Player Ʒ]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-star-castle?ref=home_popular

This...Seeing the video of what he's got, it's incredible.

[C.D Buckmaster]

Woah, Light Table looks like an amazing way to program games, hopefully the list of supported languages will expand greatly.

[unsilentwill]

  It's running out of time: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/radix/gnilley-the-yelling-game 

[BlueSweatshirt]

Woah, Light Table looks like an amazing way to program games, hopefully the list of supported languages will expand greatly.

$300k and they do Python! 
Pygame community explosion, go!

[Jackson31]

also: can we also have a thread for *good* kickstarter projects which deserve more attention / money? preferably those which have not yet met their funding goals

I agree with this notion.


By no means do these projects need to be relevant to video games!

I'll start:
Light Table by Chris Granger

This looks amazing, especially since I code almost exclusively in javascript

[Evan McClane]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drcations/teach-me-nothing-a-documentary
Not a game, but a documentary I'd really like to see.  It's a look into the problems college seniors face when they graduate.

[Blademasterbobo]

ahghafdgg

[XRA]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan
going pretty slow, which is surprising, maybe people just don't want this sort of game? or maybe the type of people who'd enjoy it aren't being correctly targeted?

[Blademasterbobo]

maybe people just dont want to pay $10 for an ipod game (let alone an unreleased ipod game)

[Capntastic]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan
going pretty slow, which is surprising, maybe people just don't want this sort of game? or maybe the type of people who'd enjoy it aren't being correctly targeted?

I scrolled down half the page before I saw a gameplay screenshot and even that didn't tell me anything other than "maybe a 3rd person sort of game in a museum?"  I don't want to watch behind the scenes videos, I don't want to read the lore before I even care about the game-- as someone who might want to donate/invest/whatever money, I want to know, IN BOLD, INSTANTLY, what the hook is.

Note that this isn't my actual thought process, but the thought process of many who would glance at this sort of project.

[Belimoth]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan
going pretty slow, which is surprising, maybe people just don't want this sort of game? or maybe the type of people who'd enjoy it aren't being correctly targeted?

I scrolled down half the page before I saw a gameplay screenshot and even that didn't tell me anything other than "maybe a 3rd person sort of game in a museum?"  I don't want to watch behind the scenes videos, I don't want to read the lore before I even care about the game-- as someone who might want to donate/invest/whatever money, I want to know, IN BOLD, INSTANTLY, what the hook is.

Note that this isn't my actual thought process, but the thought process of many who would glance at this sort of project.

I searched for a hook in the manner described. What I found was the word VOYEURISM in caps.

I'm into that so I guess I should donate.

[allen]

I ignored it when it was first announced since it was made to be an iOS game. I'm sure many others did as well.

Had it been announced from the start as a PC/Mac game I bet they would have had more interest.

[Musenik]

Here's a good one:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/storybricks/storybricks-the-mmorpg-storytelling-toolset