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** ''Project [[The Great Giana Sisters|Giana]]'' (Became ''[[Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams]]'')
** ''Project [[The Great Giana Sisters|Giana]]'' (Became ''[[Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams]]'')
** ''[[Grim Dawn]]''
** ''[[Grim Dawn]]''
** ''[[Homestuck]] Adventure Game
** ''[[HuniePop]]''
** ''[[HuniePop]]''
** ''[[La-Mulana]] 2''
** ''[[La-Mulana]] 2''
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** ''The [[TVTropes]] Revitalization Project''
** ''The [[TVTropes]] Revitalization Project''
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* '''Failures''' (Either cancelled or folded)
* '''Failures''' (Either cancelled or folded)
** ''[[OUYA]]'' (The most successful project at the time. People were disappointed with the under-performing console and the lacking games. The company later went bankrupt, and its assets were sold off to [[Razer]].)
** ''[[OUYA]]'' (The most successful project at the time. People were disappointed with the under-performing console and the lacking games. The company later went bankrupt, and its assets were sold off to [[Razer]].)
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** ''[[Red Ash]]: The Indelible Legend'' (Will be published regardless)
** ''[[Red Ash]]: The Indelible Legend'' (Will be published regardless)
** ''RetroBlazer''
** ''RetroBlazer''

* '''Delayed''' (Released later than the intended date)
* '''Delayed''' (Released later than the intended date)
** ''[[Carmageddon]]: Reincarnation'' (Released in 2015)
** ''[[Carmageddon]]: Reincarnation'' (Released in 2015)
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** ''[[Project Nimbus]]''
** ''[[Project Nimbus]]''
** ''[[Planetary Annihilation]]'' ([[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Total Annihilation]]'')
** ''[[Planetary Annihilation]]'' ([[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Total Annihilation]]'')
** ''Hiveswap'',. the ''[[Homestuck]] Adventure Game, funded in 2013 and to be released somewhere in 2016

* '''Other/Controversial''' (Either in [[Development Hell]] or in some other controversial situation)
* '''Other/Controversial''' (Either in [[Development Hell]] or in some other controversial situation)
** ''Potato salad'' (The most famous "joke" kickstarter on the site. The funding was so massive, it became a charity party.)
** ''Potato salad'' (The most famous "joke" kickstarter on the site. The funding was so massive, it became a charity party.)
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** ''[[Star Citizen]]'' (The most crowdfunded project ever)
** ''[[Star Citizen]]'' (The most crowdfunded project ever)
** ''[[Super Retro Squad]]'' (Spiritual Successor to [[Super Mario Bros Crossover]]
** ''[[Super Retro Squad]]'' (Spiritual Successor to [[Super Mario Bros Crossover]]

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* [[All or Nothing]]: If the project doesn't get the required funding, it gets nothing.
* [[All or Nothing]]: If the project doesn't get the required funding, it gets nothing.

Revision as of 21:11, 16 December 2015

Kickstarter is probably the most well known crowd funding website in existence. Basically, here you can obtain money for any creative project[1] you have by submitting a description of your project (usually alongside a shot video) and promising rewards to people who "pledge" different amounts.

While the site has enjoyed a reasonable success beforehand, in February 2012 everything changed: not only did an iPhone dock become the first project to raise a million dollars, but legendary game developer Tim Schafer announced he was going to raise money for a new adventure game. Said project ended up raising over 3 million, with 1 million raised in a single day. The Order of the Stick Reprint Drive also joined the +1 million club the same month.

Schaefer's success then caused a large number of game developers to turn to Kickstarter and popularized the crowd-funding concept to a new height.

Notable Kickstarter projects include:

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  • Successes
  • Failures (Either cancelled or folded)
    • OUYA (The most successful project at the time. People were disappointed with the under-performing console and the lacking games. The company later went bankrupt, and its assets were sold off to Razer.)
    • Yogventures (Cancelled after creatives troubles, budget issues and bankruptcy.)
    • Red Ash: The Indelible Legend (Will be published regardless)
    • RetroBlazer
Kickstarter provides examples of the following tropes:
  • All or Nothing: If the project doesn't get the required funding, it gets nothing.
  • Follow the Leader: While Kickstarter had hosted hundreds of gaming projects before Tim Schafer, Double Fine Adventure caused several high profile developers to join in. It also paved the way for much more expensive projects: before DFA getting over 100k on Kickstarter was a bit of a stretch, now several projects have tried and succeeded getting money around and over the 500k range.
  • Sturgeon's Law: Most submissions are really bad and are typically not funded at all.
  1. ↑ stuff like businesses, charities, etc, are not allowed
  2. ↑ Rock Paper Shotgun article
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