while not a video game, story of a dude basically walking away with $122k in cash for his kickerstarter board game: http://valleywag.gawker.com/kickstar...-the-912176282

We'll see if he walks away; he's claimed that he plans to issue refunds to all the backers.

Be wary of who you kickstart funds too.

http://keith-baker.com/the-doom-kick...r-my-response/

One of the designers of the game, pretty stand up of him.

They also have claimed to put out a product with the money and we all see how that worked out.

Part of what was kinda sneaky about this Kickstarter was that it used the names of the designers, who weren't part of the company, pretty prominently in the Kickstarter, and didn't really speak much about who was actually producing the game.

I think your sentence is worded incorrectly. They promised to put out a product with the money, but they never claimed they had.

One thing that makes the prospect of refunds more likely is that in the link superdeluxe posted, one of the designers (who again weren't part of the company, they had just licensed their game to the company) said that he and his co-designer hired a lawyer to compel the company to issue refunds. Which means that if the company doesn't follow through, the designers may sue on behalf of the backers.

A few other articles on this debacle:
http://penny-arcade.com/report/artic...sed-refunds-mi
http://penny-arcade.com/report/artic...lled-122000-bo

yeah, that was written incorrectly. i blame my phone. my point is they claimed they were going to put out a game with the money and that's not happen, obviously.

I think the designers hired the lawyer to compel him to inform to backers (and presumably protect the interests of the designers by getting the rights back), not to issue refunds. The money's gone. It appears he used it to quit his job move to Portland.

A quote from the designer's blog:
http://keith-baker.com/the-doom-kick...r-my-response/
What the company head has to say:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...y/posts/549350

In the latest comments thread, the company head is blaming the victims:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/.../555128?page=2

To be clear, he's not blaming the backers for the project failing. He did blame the backers for bringing in the press, which he claims is slowing down, and ultimately jeopardizing, his refunds:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...omment-3889814

Cyptzotic has stepped in to publish the game, and will be giving the game to all Kickstarter backers:
http://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/c...ity-board-game
Note that they're just giving the game, not any of the other Kickstarter rewards (t-shirt, etc.).
http://www.cryptozoic.com/blogs/lett...-and-lee-moyer

Wow, way to step up. That's amazingly generous of them. I might just seek out this game once it's published to show support.

The game actually looks pretty cool.

The Kickstarter for this game was canceled a couple days ago. They've decided to run a campaign outside of Kickstarter with different development goals, some of which should be much easier to attain.

http://fund.precinctgame.com/

I never did back this one as I wasn't a fan of the Police Quest series.

Nothing much happening on Kickstarter right now. A few projects of note:


Monochroma (ends 8/24/13)
A cinematic puzzle platformer about being a kid and caring for a little brother in a chilling 1950s dystopia.
Kickstarter Page

Video Games Live: Level 3 (ends 9/13/13)
A new studio album from the award-winning world touring video game concert event
Kickstarter Page

StarCraft Universe (ends 9/13/13)
A free to play science fiction Multi-Player Online RPG played through Battle.net on StarCraft II. (No StarCraft purchase required)
Kickstarter Page

StarCraft Universe looks interesting, as it's basically a SC2 mod, but since it works with SC2: Starter Edition, you don't have to pay for the full SC2 to play it. Also, the game's going to be released for free, so the rewards are limited to in-game rewards, soundtrack, and a few other things that are not the game itself.


Meanwhile Joystiq recently ran this update article on the status of the "failed" Kickstarter Code Hero:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/15/co...uits-and-poker

And now it looks like they've canceled their private crowdfunding campaign as well.

I remember there was some sort of Playstation Move mini-game compilation project on Kickstarter. Did that get funded?

It was SPORTSFRIENDS featuring Johann Sebastian Joust, and it was funded on 12/10/12. There's a listing for it in the OP. It looks like they're on track for a PS3 release this fall:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...an-joust/posts

Thanks for the update!
Guess I'm not the only person in the country who still has his PS Eye camera plugged in.

Mighty No. 9, a new side-scroller by Mega Man co-designer Keiji Inafune. They're asking for $900,000, but they're off to a good start.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...o9/mighty-no-9

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...o9/mighty-no-9

Man, if they hit a stretch goal of a PS4 port, I'm totally in. That sounds cool, though I'm not a huge Mega Man fan. I did love, love, love Okami though.

I love Mega Man so this game is a no-brainer, but I can't justify spending $20 today for a game that might come out in 20 months. It's just shy of the original $900k now, so there's no reason for me to jump on at this point.

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So bad it's good (Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect - Atlus is publishing it in early '14)