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Ryan O'Sullivan writes: This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to write. It's been over a year since Turncoat, the graphic novel I wrote alongside illustrator Plaid Klaus, was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter Thanks to the help of over 900 supporters, I was able to make my very first comic book, and take the[...]

But now he is trying to bring him back, with a Kickstarter and brother Jason Furie. Being one of Time Magazine's 25th most influential people on the internet might help After all, we're writing about him now! "Before Pepe the Frog was a meme designated a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League, he began his life as a[...]

Now that the Kickstarter campaign is finished, Igarashi has been doing the usual press circuit, and there are some pretty interesting insights to be gleaned from those interviews. In a pre-E3 interview with IGN, Igarashi spoke a bit about the partnership between his development team and publisher 505 games He was pretty positive about working with[...]

Brain Shoodles is a new Kickstarter project looking to create a zine about one persons method of managing and understanding feelings of depression and anxiety through the use of art and comics formats Emily B Owen tell us about the project here, Shoodles (a portmanteau of s**t doodles) was never meant to be a comic[...]

The video shows the branching rap mechanics and gives an early look at the musical direction of Project Rap Rabbit. The gameplay video was revealed to fans in an exclusive livestream on the Project Rap Rabbit Kickstarter page During the livestream, Masaya Matsuura and Keiichi Yano showed the gameplay demo and spoke at length about the[...]

The company released a new Kickstarter project for the game, and also released some financials to show how much it was costing them to create the game To say fans were worried is a bit of an understatement. The article cites that the original effort raised $11,614,524, but that the company was now left with only $528,000, as[...]

That being said, I'm launching a Kickstarter campaign for the first volume in my new, creator-owned graphic novel series, Seasons, early this June. That's right I'm not joking. Now, why would I take on such a challenging task? Why the monumental risk with all the obvious odds stacked against me? For me, the answer is easy, really[...]

Abstract Arena is a Kickstarter project by Alberto Muratore that is basically a colorful 2D action shooter, which looks pretty damn similar to the arcade classic Asteroids but with a little more detail, and a proper multiplayer It's also damn cheap to make Muratore's Kickstarter goal is €300, of which it has already raised €35.88. The project is[...]

Harebrained Schemes' latest BattleTech may be being published by Paradox Intertainment, but that hasn't stopped the team from working on the game. This

One of the latest comics looking for some Kickstarter love is Queen, a new political thriller that tells the story of corruption, hacktivism, and an unelected leader who takes the reins of the UK government Not a lot unlike the current political situation in the UK. The comic comes from Jamie Me, Bernard Gita, and Sean Callahan[...]

Harebrained Schemes raised more than $2.7 million on Kickstarter to back the project, which is going to be the first turn-based strategy entry in the series in over two decades, and this deal should have fans plenty excited. The team backing the new Battletech is filled with industry veterans including Jordan Weisman, creator of BattleTech and Mech Warrior, Mitch Gitelman, series producer[...]

Rising Star Games has officially kicked off the Kickstarter campaign for Deadly Premonition: The Board Game yesterday Future players can back the project with pledges starting from $3, for a total combined goal of $50,000 Within less than 24 hours of the campaign launching, that goal was met and fans now have 29 days to[...]

A Non-profit organisation called CheckPoint has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a webseries that aims to help people with mental health issues using video games Which is kind of cool when you think about it, and makes sense in some ways Certain mental health disorders are treated with exposure therapy, which is basically like conditioning[...]

In terms of notable Kickstarter projects to watch out for this week, Exo One is definitely the project to keep an eye on, and not only because it comes with an endorsement from Alex Hutchinson, current Creative Director and Co-Founder of Typhoon Studios, though that is in fact how I found the game[...]

Cinematographer Pablo Durana (DogTown, Hoarding: Buried Alive) is also on board. Overall the Kickstarter has an all-or-nothing goal of $150,000, and a week remaining Now the push is on to get it across the finish line Given that Andre has made it through the Brazilian Jungles, it doesn't seem like an unattainable feat to complete this one[...]

Kickstarter backers can also fill out their Pledge Manager order and Add-On or Upgrade their pledges to add newly announced Banner Saga swag, including items such as t-shirts, mugs, posters, pins and more It's a pretty nice way to keep involvement with backers, and get new ones, after the end of a Kickstarter campaign. That Banner Saga[...]

Kickstarter backers have less than 3 days to fully fund the Kova campaign so that they can join Kova in her quest to unravel the Fermi Paradox and find out why there hasn't been a sign of intelligent life – while navigating different faction politics All backers at $5 or more will receive an alpha demo[...]

Bleeding Cool had eyes and ears at C2E2, and reporter Greg Baldino roamed the floors today, and has landed us this interview. Check it out! It's day three

Tacticians have to examine their procedurally generated level and plan their offensive accordingly. Following a successful Steam Greenlight run and a Square Enix Collective showcase period, the project is now live on Kickstarter with a brand new public demo available for PC, Linux and Mac, so you can try the game out before going ahead and backing it. That strategy[...]

Casual Bit Games announced earlier this week that their Kickstarter for retro-arcade style project, Battle Princess Madelyn, closed at 354% of its funding target, with a total of 3,402 backers who pledged $212,665 CA Casual Bit have opened up a PayPal store in order for fans to keep backing the project even though the Kickstarter has[...]

Independent developer Poetic Studio's Kickstarter campaign for Sacred Fire has successfully concluded by reaching its three stretch goals in the final hours As a result, the narrative-based, psychological RPG for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, will include extended character customization, and expanded voice-over content for the main player character and key supporting cast. Set for[...]

Black Hive's Kova is a former Steam Greenlight project that has now moved it's way over to Kickstarter The game is a side-scrolling action RPG and basically looks really freaking cool The game was successful in it's Greenlight campaign and looks like it's going to continue that success with Kickstarter The game's goal is also[...]

Kenny Porter, writer of a new Kickstarter comic project Barnstormers!, writes to us at Bleeding Cool to tell us about his already very successful project. High-flying comic book action comes to Kickstarter this April! Kenny Porter (Artifacts, Su-Zan: Queen of the Wild) and Renny Castellani (Topolino, Donald Duck) bring their completed graphic novel to Kickstarter to[...]

The Nerdologues, a comedy group, have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their second game, Competition Kitchen, on Kickstarter Competition Kitchen is a cooking show party game where you get to be the rockstar chefs and celebrity judges If fully funded, the game is set to release summer/fall 2017. All of the art for the game was created[...]

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[...]