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by Lobster
Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:41 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Crowfall, Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove and Descent
Replies: 1
Views: 4401

Crowfall, Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove and Descent

Crowfal is a MMO from some famous developers. It has raised over $1,300,000 so far. It is a MMO ambitious in the systems of its world from voxel-based destruction to player administered kingdoms. Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove is the successor to a Sega Genesis game . It has raised over $300,0...
by Lobster
Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:52 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Pebble Time
Replies: 10
Views: 20259

Re: Pebble Time

It does look like the recent Kickstarter outages are Pebble Time related. It is currently at 50,246 backers pledging $10,953,518. The first campaign ($10,266,845 raised) has now been surpassed. A piece of trivia I read on The Verge is that the warping/stretching transition animation for the Pebble T...
by Lobster
Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:05 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Pebble Time
Replies: 10
Views: 20259

Pebble Time

Pebble Time broke a funding rate record by achieving $1,000,000 within the first 49 minutes.

It is currently at 36,180 backers pledging $7,672,313 at 9:50pm PST.
by Lobster
Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:59 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.
Replies: 18
Views: 35065

Re: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.

Here is a new draft: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90056670/Kickstarter/Lobster's_Kickstarter_Guide/2015_Lob_Guide_alpha167.pdf The page count jumped from 230 to 243 since the last draft I linked to. I've been distracted with helping on two campaigns this February. I've been jump around the se...
by Lobster
Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:28 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.
Replies: 18
Views: 35065

Re: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.

Latest draft: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90056670/Kickstarter/Lobster's_Kickstarter_Guide/2015_Lob_Guide_alpha156.pdf Many small additions littered around the latest version. The marketing section is starting to get more attention. In October there can be greater demand for horror game beca...
by Lobster
Fri Jan 23, 2015 2:34 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Many retro looking games launching in January 2015.
Replies: 3
Views: 7325

Re: Many retro looking games launching in January 2015.

Another retro looking game launched.

Starr Mazer is an ambitious pixel art adventure game with sidescrolling shooter sections,
by Lobster
Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:23 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Many retro looking games launching in January 2015.
Replies: 3
Views: 7325

Many retro looking games launching in January 2015.

It looks like January 2015 may be remembered for the dominance of retro art style games. STRAFE is a love letter to extreme 1996 first-person shooters. The cheesy 90s commercial style pitch video is generating a lot of press for it. RetroBlazer may have a tough time competing against it. Drift Stage...
by Lobster
Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:41 am
Forum: BackerClub Discussion
Topic: Thunderclap video feedback request
Replies: 6
Views: 12626

Re: Thunderclap video feedback request

It looks like the YouTube link doesn't work because the URL was truncated by 4 characters. There is only 7 alphanumeric characters on its end, while other YouTube links I've seen have 11 alphanumeric characters.
by Lobster
Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:14 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.
Replies: 18
Views: 35065

Re: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.

Here is a newer version of the draft: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90056670/Kickstarter/Lobster's_Kickstarter_Guide/2015_Lob_Guide_alpha136.pdf I've started to add more about pricing strategies and more notes for how to simulate a campaign. The section about hiring PR firms has been expanded ...
by Lobster
Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:07 am
Forum: Kickstarter Discussion
Topic: Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.
Replies: 18
Views: 35065

Working on a new 200+ pages Kickstarter guide.

Over the last half of 2014 I've been slowly assembling a free Kickstarter guide for the /r/gamedev subreddit . Below is a link for BackerClub's community to see a sneak-peak of the in-progress draft. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90056670/Kickstarter/Lobster's_Kickstarter_Guide/2014_Lob_Guide_...