Since its launch in 2015, Fig has hosted three of the top four video
game crowdfunding campaigns across all crowdfunding sites.
Not exact matches
The value of a
crowdfunding campaign backer versus any other individual surveyed in expensive market research is that a
crowdfunding campaign backer has skin in the
game.
Those five
game ideas will run
crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo from Oct. 30 through Dec. 1 to raise money and generate user feedback.
For an in - depth step - by - step
game plan on how a few successful
campaigns have used
crowdfunding, and even the pre-launch phase, to validate their products using Lean Startup methods, Seven Figure Funding: the Ultimate Kickstarter Success Guide is worth the price of entry for solid how - to on Kickstarter domination.
Start - up toymaker GoldieBlox — which creates
games that expose girls to engineering and got its start from a Kickstarter
crowdfunding campaign in 2012 — has won a free 30 - second commercial worth millions during Sunday's Super Bowl.
Issuers trying to
game limitations by masking project names and conducting multiple
crowdfunding campaigns over a period of time to exceed fund raising caps.
The
game is currently planned for release on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U, with release timings dependent on the success of the
crowdfunding campaign.
Psychonauts 2 was announced at The
Game Awards, alongside the campaign that would help crowdfund the g
Game Awards, alongside the
campaign that would help
crowdfund the
gamegame.
Foam Sword Games, the studio co-led by former LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway and Ratchet and Clank designers, has launched a
crowdfunding campaign for its first project: a co-op action adventure
game...
The
game survived its
crowdfunding campaign, has found a publisher, and will be leaving Early Access in April.
It's been a while since the indie horror
game Among the Sleep debuted following a wildly successful
crowdfunding campaign that raised...
The
crowdfunding campaign for Psychonauts 2 has proven to be a major success, as the
game is already fully funded ahead of its expected 2018 launch.
Broken Age — you might remember — was the
game that really kickstarted the idea of using
crowdfunding to help develop your
game back in 2012, raising over $ 3.3 million over the course of its
campaign, with many more successful and unsuccessful titles attempting to do the same.
Crowdfunding is possibly the most reliable way to make an indie
game now, with some of these
campaigns seeing enormous success.
After a failed Fig
crowdfunding campaign in 2017, last month he came back swinging with a shiny new
campaign, this time on Kickstarter — and, after a tense final few days, SWERY's dream
game was finally funded.
KnightOut is a build and brawl
game for 1 — 4 players, that could be coming to the Nintendo Switch if the
crowdfunding campaign is successful.
So here's a new one for the Make My MMO
crowdfunding column: We have a
game that's actually vying for Patreon donations rather than
campaigning on Kickstarter or Indiegogo.
The Hero's Song
crowdfunding campaign has begun, seeking player funding in order to create an open - world permadeath MMO
game.
Double Fine is running a
crowdfunding campaign for Psychonauts 2, and Zoink
games decided to give... Read More»
The
crowdfunding Hero's Song
campaign closes with under half of its goal met, yet the
game's development will continue onward as scheduled.
Fig launched a new
crowdfunding campaign for indie title Trackless, a mysterious text - oriented adventure
game by Aubrey Serr (Overgrowth) of 12 East Games.
Deep within the business centre of the Koelnmesse in Cologne, hidden away amongst the copious amounts of stands privately previewing the latest
games, Cloud Imperium studio head and creator of the Wing Commander franchise Chris Roberts was presenting an early look at the first playable part of Star Citizen - the Hangar Module - which will allow players to walk around and interact with the ships they have purchased via pledging to the
crowdfunding campaign.
Today, indie
game studio Harebrained Schemes launched a Kickstarter
crowdfunding campaign to co-fund development of its highly -...
Stoic, an independent
game development company, today announced that the
crowdfunding campaign for Banner Saga 3 has smashed its initial funding target and unveiled the confirmed stretch goals it will implement into the final
game.
The
crowdfunding campaign is a good way for us to start relationships with our partners on a strong foot, where they feel confident that the
game will be great, and my team and I have a strong understanding of what will make the
game amazing for our fans.
Stoic, an independent
game development company, today announced that the
crowdfunding campaign for Banner Saga 3 is now live on Kickstarter.
The
crowdfunding campaign for the
game started in May 2017, and since then the development team have been shocked by the expectations and reception that Phoenix Point has received.
While it's sad to see the
crowdfunding campaign not supported as fully as it could be, the
game now has a demo on Steam.
Being developed since its very successful
crowdfunding campaign in summer 2015, the
game has been successfully launched in April 2017.
The minimum required quality to launch a
crowdfunding campaign for a video
game is such (beautiful assets, good video, demonstrable gameplay) that it wouldn't be surprising if many projects considering
crowdfunding simply decided to skip it, and go in Early Access instead, with the idea to be able to start getting revenue regularly directly on the main platform the
game is sold on to the end users.
The news comes after a tough few months for the studio following controversy over its
crowdfunded god
game Godus, with claims the studio was far away from fulfilling promises it made during the Kickstarter
campaign for the project.
You may or may not know this, but I am a huge Turrican II fan, so it thrills me to see that the
game's composer, Chris Huelsbeck, has launched a follow - up
crowdfunding campaign to his Turrican Soundtrack Anthology from a few years ago that focuses specifically on turning the music of Turrican II into a new orchestral album.
At the recent GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit on 22nd September 2016 at EGX Birmingham, Kickstarter provided some slides for a very handy state - of - play of the platform's
games activity, as well as a collection of extremely useful bits of info for
games developers looking at running their own
crowdfunding campaign.
With just under a week left of their
crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Massive Work Studio — the Brazilian development team behind cosmic horror Action RPG, DOLMEN — wraps up their weekly «Behind the Scenes» series with an inside look at not only what it takes to create a
game, but what it looks like to be a part of a development team.
Now, having closed their
campaign today, Crowfall currently ranks as the 15th most successful
crowdfunded game project in history.
Collectively, Geek Fever
Games has fulfilled 5 successful
crowdfunding campaigns and published 6
games to date.
It's an impressive figure — few video
games can boast such successful
crowdfunding campaigns nowadays — but it's not for nothing.
We don't really cover
crowdfunding campaigns much these days, although I do continue to peruse Kickstarter on occasion to look for
campaigns that also include a
game demo to try out.
This open world space exploration / survival
game is infamous in the community for building up large amounts of funds via a
crowdfunding campaign promising lofty and ambitious features, and then releasing a product that didn't remotely live up to those vows.
Each has pledged to launch
campaigns for new
games on Fig, which aims to give ownership to the
crowdfunding fans who give it money.
Stoic Studio has announced that the
crowdfunding campaign for Banner Saga 3 has smashed its initial funding target and unveiled the confirmed stretch goals it will implement into the final
game.
Considered by Sushee to be the «fourth» installment of the series following the unreleased third
game Fear Effect: Inferno, Fear Effect Sedna will take the franchise into unexpected territory; the
crowdfunding campaign promises a third - person isometric tactical - action
game with the familiar tones of the Fear Effect saga.
Terrible
games made by indie developers,
crowdfunding campaigns, crypto - currencies, a lawsuit over selling an IP they might not have even owned, and even a new microconsole.
AUSTIN, TX — January 24th, 2017 — Stoic, an independent
game development company, today announced that the
crowdfunding campaign for Banner Saga 3 now live on Kickstarter.
As a result of a successful
crowdfunding campaign and with a partnership the brazilian podcast 99 Vidas, QUByte has launched an amazing retro
game in the best Beat»em up style fullfilled with high doses of nostalgy.
In a post in that same thread, however, CIG's Ben Lesnick explained that Smart's refund is «the videogame equivalent of a «we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone» sign in a restaurant,» and said that while the studio does try to «work with backers who are facing hardships,» the money received through the
crowdfunding campaign is being spent on making the
game and, by implication, is thus not available to give back to anyone who wants it.
Today, indie
game studio Harebrained Schemes launched a Kickstarter
crowdfunding campaign to co-fund development of its highly - anticipated BATTLETECH
game...
One of the most anticipated
games of 2017 (and one of the biggest videogame
crowdfunding campaigns ever), Yooka - Laylee promises to recapture that magic that made the traditional 3D platformer such a staple in the N64 and PS1 era.
Crytek and Defendants agreed to preliminary license terms and invested significant time and expense in creating impressive demonstrations and proofs - of - concept that were used to persuade the public to contribute financially to a «
crowdfunding»
campaign to support development of the video
game.
The story was finalized prior to the
crowdfunding campaign, however the rest of the
game and its assets are only between 20 - 48 % completed.