kickstarter Archives

One of this weekend's Kickstarters to check out is Eagle Island It's a "Super Nintendo classics-inspired game that mixes old school gameplay (Yoshi's Island / Super Metroid) with modern styles from games such as Rogue Legacy and Spelunky." Mostly, though, it just looks damn adorable Basically, you and your loyal owl friend explore a procedurally generated[...]

Poetic Studio's Sacred Fire, the psychological RPG set in ancient Scotland and featuring the vocal talents of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt's Doug Cockle,  has hit it's Kickstarter crowdfunding goal of $50,000 USD and is working toward it's stretch goals Poetic Studio has released a number of new rewards and stretch goals for the remainder of it's campaign which[...]

Casual Bit Games are in the final days of their Kickstarter campaign for the Ghouls N' Ghosts-like Battle Princess Madelyn. The game is now 308% funded and Casual Bit are looking to clear their last few stretch goals The only remaining goal as of press time was for the animated intro and ending to the game, set for $200,000[...]

And hey, Reckless Deck is definitely pretty to look at. The project is over on Kickstarter and fully funded, but they're chugging away at their stretch goals as we speak As of writing, the project had already unlocked it's Worlds deck, which is a "full 72 card deck devoted to idea generating for environments[...]

It's softbound and has 90 pages of comics plus extras. //credit Travis Hanson It allows me to play on my love of fantasy, lord of the rings, rugs, even Diablo. The book looks at these worlds of fantasy from the players character's point-of-view, sometimes breaking the fourth wall along the way. //Travis Hanson Hanson recently ran a kickstarter campaign for[...]

In order to pay for the acquisition the museum has started up a Kickstarter to raise $14,200 It's an all-or-nothing campaign, and they're 73% of the way there as of the time of this writing Donor levels range from $5 to $500. The campaign says that they are hoping to be able to successfully raise the[...]

But hey, if you don't like numbers, just listen to Doug Cockle spin phrases like "a fire/to keep the darkness at bay/ for it's coming" with dramatic pauses and slow intonation like he's trying to recite a poem to you around a mouth full of gravel. If you'd like to back Sacred Fire, you can do so[...]

Casual Bit Games' Kickstarter campaign for Battle Princess Madelyn, the whimsical Ghouls N' Ghosts-but-with-a-princess indie project, has been fully funded within just five days of it's launch The project has now started moving swiftly through it's stretch goals, and seems to be picking up momentum as it goes. Casual Bit Games originally asked for $60,000 CAD for the project,[...]

Casual Bit Games has launched their Kickstarter campaign for Battle Princess Madelyn, seeking a total of $60,000 CAD for the project The game's Pre-Alpha build is available to the public to test out before pledging Which is pretty considerate considering investing in a Kickstarter project is a bit of a fiscal gamble for the average person. Battle[...]

Rising Sun is a board game prototype that landed on Kickstarter just over a week ago At first glance, the game reminds me a lot of Ikusa (or Samurai Swords and Shogun for you older gamers) where you are fighting multiple factions during a chaotic time in Feudal Japan The game is created by Eric M[...]

This morning, we ran a story about Alex De Campi's one week, one reward, two graphic novel Kickstarter fundraiser that seemed to be doing the business But it appears not everyone was on board. She writes, in an update announcing the cancellation of the Kickstarter for Tycho Base and The Adventures of Scarlett Svenson. Hey everyone! I have[...]

A cockpit sim utilizing both VR and PC is the perfect fit for our vision." "With the incredible experience and talent of our team, we are thrilled to offer what we believe is the most exciting space combat game on the market to date." The game is launching its Kicksstarter campaign tomorrow and is currently being[...]

What you didn't know, because it happened so fast, is that Alterna launched a 7 day Kickstarter last week to help support the release, and that Kickstarter ends tomorrow! How could you have almost missed it? What? It's our fault? How could we have almost missed it?! Thankfully, it's not too late. As to why they're looking for[...]

A Kickstarter project from Fresh Monkey Fiction which has already more than tripled its $6000 funding goals aims to produce what it claims is the first ever action figure of comics legend Larry Hama The action figure is styled after the classic line of 1980s 3.75" GI Joe action figures, though this one purports to[...]

Kickstarter has unveiled their plans for PAX East 2017 which includes playable demos for several of their successful projects including Secret Hitler and Night In The Woods The Kickstarter Games Castle will have a host of games publishers and devs on hand to show attendees around a plethora of tabletop and video games projects Yes,[...]

Simon Amadeus Pillario writes for Bleeding Cool: We have just launched our third Kickstarter, our first two were among to top 10% most highly funded Kickstarter comics ever and we are hoping this one is gonna be even bigger We create the Word for Word Bible Comic, a series of graphic novels presenting the books of[...]

Narita Boy is kickstarter project designed to be a newer take on the arcade classics of yesteryear in which you play Narita Boy, a "legendary digital hero in an epic quest through simultaneous dimensions." The art should tell you just about everything else you need to know about this game's aesthetics It's a trippy game celebrating the[...]

It's not uncommon these days to see a brand new game be posted to Kickstarter for funding What is rare is when the company is ready to give you a version of the game just for supporting them at the lowest level Why? Because more often than not, the games being advertised on Kickstarter aren't[...]

From the Kickstarter page comes a synopsis: This is the story about Rufio, before the mohawk, before Neverland, before he was The Pan. Roofus is a 13-year-old kid who is destined to be more than he is After his mother is forced to put him into a foster home, he and his rag-tag group of best friends[...]

Credit: inXile Entertainment The Bard's Tale IV from inXile Entertainment, the developer of Wasteland 2, just got itself a brand new trailer featuring exploration and combat gameplay. The Bard's Tale was a successful kickstarter campaign back in 2015, which gives it a relatively quick turnaround time. https://youtu.be/tdOlts5srGMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Bard's Tale IV – Combat First[...]

Terminal Pulp is currently up on Kickstarter with about a week to go, and still needs about $14,000 to reach its funding goal Bleeding Cool spoke with Ekstrom, C.W Cooke, and Troy Brownfield about the Kickstarter, the anthology, the studio, and a whole bunch of other topics including, of course, nazi-punching We want you to[...]

While not the most polished of footage, it is a fantastic companion piece to the Kickstarter campaign's main page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ai0Ebklbuc&feature=youtu.beVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Apocalypse Now game early prototype (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ai0Ebklbuc&feature=youtu.be) So far, the project has raised over $105,000.00 of its goal.  BC's coverage of the campaign launch can be found here. Further information on the crowdfunding campaign[...]

Issue 1 of "A Child of the Machine" is underway now, and should be making its way to Kickstarter sometime later this year. I ended up lucking out on Star Bastard and getting to work with Jethro Morales, an artist who has worked on multiple big titles, such as Vampirella, Army of Darkness, Green Hornet and[...]

Filled with amazing Alter-Life Moments. I was fed up with my job and inspired by independent creators around me, so I wrote three comics. In early 2016, I decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign and fund my first comic, Alter-Life Issue #1 The same day that Kickstarter was funded, I was laid off from my 9 to[...]

That is the purpose of this Kickstarter I draw every day wether I'm paid or not, it's what I do, but printing comics and giving them away for FREE must be budgeted and accounted for. STRETCH GOALS! Thank you to everyone who has supported and pledged to get us funded What does this mean? It means I[...]

In the meantime, check our Kickstarter! We need your help! — Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) December 14, 2016 And: Calling all #Nerds #Blerds and #Geeks!#Trekkies #Wookies, and #Cookies.@UniversalFanCon is here.We need YOU!https://t.co/ewfyAV7eEe — TheBlackGeeks (@theblackgeeks) December 14, 2016 The Kickstarter is seeking to raise $25,000, and it's already raised almost $200 in just one day (as of the time of[...]

But the Kickstarter for Dave Sim's Cerebus Archive reproduction of original Cerebus art pages, this time from the book Melmoth, continues. But not the Oscar Wilde story, these pages focus on the Jim Valentino normalman parody, normalroach, coming up against the Cirinists who are, well, actually this is probably the only time in life the word "feminazis" actually applies[...]

With three days left to go, the project has already raised over $35,000 from more than a thousand backers, and was featured by Kickstarter as one of their "Projects We Love." What is it about Paradox Girl that has people so excited? Bleeding Cool spoke to Cayti Bourquin to find out. "So Paradox Girl is a time traveller,[...]

You may also be familiar with him from his Write Or Wrong column here on Bleeding Cool (NEPOTISM!!!), from his Facebook cult, or simply as "that guy who keeps covering his face in photos." Dirk is currently running a Kickstarter for the Nightmare World Omnibus, which collects three previously published volumes of short stories as[...]

by Bill Williams There are a load of reasons to use the power of a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Go Fund Me to underwrite a new project There are obvious short-term goals like fund raising and long term goals that range from creating a brand to pointing a spotlight at a new career Here are[...]