I have no idea, I didn't read anything, just watched the video and backed it.

The stretch goals are blurred but you can read them somewhat and 3.5 million is "single player challenge mode". If the goals stay at those amounts and aren't just a placeholder, I'm not sure I see it hitting that much to get single player.

If it's not going to get to the single player stretch goal by the time the campaign is ending, I'll cancel my pledge.

Missed the $25 early bird, but am going in with a friend on the 2-game tier to get that price back. Am willing to share a larger 4-game tier if anyone wants to join.

"You fucking liar!"

His name is Billy and he's VERY REAL! He just lives in Canada and goes to a different school!

I canceled my pledge. It sounds like fun but I'd rather wait for reviews.

Two Guys SpaceVenture - by the creators of Space Quest, has hit some production delays. As a result they're releasing a mini-game they created as a standalone release to help tide people over. Backers will get it as a free download, and as a Steam code if they can get it Greenlit:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=538890923

Looks like a Five Nights at Freddy's clone. Not really my kinda game, but if it's really humorous it might be worth playing.

In their previous update, they mentioned they're planning to release SpaceVenture on November 30, 2016.

Since this thing hasn't even hit $500,000 yet, there is no way it's going to hit their stretch goal for the single player campaign. Which actually sucks, because that's what I was most interested in. Without that, this game doesn't have legs for more than the first few months it's out.

I think this is a really bad trend : The game Dragon Fin Soup was a Kickstarter game project launched in March 2014 with an April 2015 expected date. Well, unsurprisingly the game got delayed and the codes just came out for backers today.

What the issue is, however is that the game will be a Playstation Plus freebie starting Tuesday 11/3/15, so those folks who spent $15 some 18 months ago ended up with a four day period of exclusivity and everyone else gets it for free.

Here's the problem when folks contribute to an indie Kickstarter game campaign : The project can be fully funded by the Kickstarters, eliminating all financial risk involved in making the game. At that point, the company might stand to make more money selling it to Sony as a PS Plus freebie than they would have if they sold it in the PSN Store. They can just take their check from Sony and walk away. That might make more financial sense to the company but it's a really shitty thing to do to those who back your game and show their faith in you with a monetary commitment.

Did this happen more than once? If not, it's not a trend.

I guess it's a bummer for those that explicitly chose one of the PS platforms as a reward and are also PS+ members. But even the basic backing tier got some exlusive bonuses, like Dragon Fin Soup OST, HD Wallpaper Pack, PDF Game Manual & Forum Access.

Also, it looks like they didn't ask what platform you wanted the game on until after the PS+ announcement, so PS+ backers could at least ask for a PC key instead. Or, if the PS copy is distributed as a key, give the key to a friend that doesn't have PS+.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/1399219

It can be, but that's not what happened here:

This game already had sunk costs, and the Kickstarter was only to cover cost of completion + stretch goals. What's more, a lot of times the Kickstarter funds don't end up covering all subsequent costs, and developers either sink more of their own funds, or utilize publishing deals to gain additional funds without going back to Kickstarter. It's possible the upfront PS+ money was what was needed to finish the game and get it released finally.

I think this might be the first time this happened exactly this way, but Massive Chalice and Sprotsfriends were both made freebies after a very short period of time
Fair enough, I suppose. I still feel bad for people who felt that yes, while they were helping get a game made, also thought they were pre-purchasing a game at a good, discounted price, only to find out they could have gotten the same game at the same time for free.

I'm sure there are some folks who would be devastated if one of these games didn't get made (kind of like how I felt about the Addams Family Pinball table Kickstarter, I suppose). Most of the time though, when I'm backing a game Kickstarter it's to get a game I'm moderately interested in at a discount. If nobody ends up making a Friday the 13th asynchronous Multiplayer game, I would probably get over my disappointment pretty quickly

What a sorry load of "exclusive bonuses"!

I don't donate much on Kickstarter anymore, not because of this but because of the overall lack of great experiences I've had with it (the best ones being Veronica Mars and Pono, and then lots of stuff that's either endlessly delayed or far from what was originally promised, or both!), but when I do I usually go for whatever the lowest tier is that still allows me to get the basic item. Most of these crowdfunding bonuses are not worth the additional price, and by the time you do get to something worth having, they're asking for hundreds more than the base price. Those exclusive bonuses you listed are a perfect example of the kind of trite extra crap thrown at backers.

Massive Chalice was a Free Games with Gold title the date of the XB1 and PC release, but the Kickstarter only ever offered the PC version as a reward.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Chalice
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ce/description

So maybe if someone had both PC and XB1, and only wanted the game on one platform (which one didn't matter), and they got the XB1 free because they have XBL Gold, then having pre-paid for the PC version could've been considered a rip-off. But then, they could sell/give away the PC key.

Sportsfriends was released on PS3/PS4 in May 2014, then was a PS+ giveaway in Sept 2014. In some ways this may have been worse, since those that backed the game may have picked the PS3/4 version as a reward instead of the PC version, not knowing it would be a PS+ freebie a few months later. If they had known upfront, they could've picked the PC version, or given away the PS3/4 key
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...bastian-joust/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsfriends


I don't see anywhere on the Kickstarter page where the creators stated that the reward was a discounted price.

To be fair, those were the bonuses included with the lowest reward tier that included the game ($15), basically the tier you would've pledged at anyway. The higher reward tiers include other bonuses for the additional pledge amount.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...up/description

Ah, gotcha.

The mini game Yegger in Escape From The Planet of The Poultroid has been released on Steam and DRM-free on itch.io for $2.99:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/416800/
http://guysfromandromeda.itch.io/cluckyegger

Again, it's a Five Nights at Freddy's clone/spoof, from the Two Guys From Andromeda for their SpaceVenture game.

New game called Blackroom from John Romero and Adrian Carmack

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ro-and-carmack

Dreamcade Replay

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...token=28054748

Looks cool but I have no clue how they can sell this legally? It looks from the video you can download licensed games from their own servers. It's not even obscure games either. They showed Simpsons Arcade and Crash Bandicoot in the video.

It has this disclaimer near the bottom of the page:
So it looks like they're nothing more than tiny Windows 10 PCs in custom cases.

I think some of their case designs could run into some trademark issues though.

System Shock Remake, from the studio that re-released the original System Shock 2 and the "enhanced" version of System Shock a few years back:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...5/system-shock

There's a playable demo available on Steam and a few other PC platforms.

I saw that....I really wanted to give except there is no physical copy option for the Xbox One...only digital. (The only physical copy is PC and I don't game on my PC) I played a TON of System Shock when I was a teenager and would love to have a keepsake. I dunno, maybe you can combine tiers and get a physical on PC & digital copy on XB1.

Microsoft is really fussy about minimum runs for XB1 discs for whatever reason. It's why Shovel Knight's physical release was canceled for the XB1, and that's why Limited Run Games has shied away from 'em.

The smallest order Microsoft allows is 50,000 (!).

That's so silly it hurts (and I was one of the ones who really wanted a Shovel Knight physical release for the XB1). 10k should be the entry and we would see a ton more physicals as a result. I wonder how Bloodstained is getting away with it. Then again, the demand would be there. Maybe if enough people back the System Shock KS, they'll consider it.

Edit: I didn't read the KickStarter well enough though....with $75, I will get a physical copy of the PC version (with Steelbook case) and a digital of XB1 if I so desire. I'll have to think about it though I guess. We'll see how far it goes, Stretch Goal wise.