They need to show more 'concreteness' and far less "we'd like to do this" or "we're thinking about that". Basically present 1 complete dungeon, populated end to end with NPCs, some static and others roaming and full lighting effects. Scrap the 'releasing races 1 day at a time' and present them all together with complete write ups about any racial properties/bonuses/traits they might have. This needs to include artwork of the various races. Revamp the class descriptions being more assertive as to "this is how they will be".
Yep. Turns out is was spronk who made that 250 to 300k prediction.
I'm definitely with you overall especially on the last point.
What's the difference between releasing a buggy, half-finished, piece of shit game like every MMOG released as opposed to pocketing the cash for coke lines & hookers?
You say that but that's pretty much what's happening already. This $800k kickstarter is for funding the setup and foundation of this game. There will be another kickstarter or two before the project is completed or they will have to seek out investors. Obviously seeking out investors is much easier with having the setup and foundation of the game already in place with a proven market base.
If they want to get this funded they may have to do the very thing we bitch at him for doing which is "lying", they need to get some content it doesn't matter from where they need concept art, it doesn't matter if it's commissioned shit from deviant art or old drawing that were rejected from Vanguard, EQ, or old plagiarized D&D drawings they need something to show people when they land on the kickstarter page that inspires confidence that these are the guys who can make this happen.
She does quite a bit of game related work so it is possible, even so unless she couldn't talk about it via some sort of contract reason it would still be worth wild to reach out to her. If she couldn't promote him directly maybe he could join on of the table top game blogs for a day and get this kickstarter plugged. Marketing can be done in countless ways and sometimes very cheap which is why I am surprised he doesn't reach for this low hanging fruit.
I would tell you to go DIAF but then I think about all of the good things fire has done for civilization and stop short, for fire's sake. Your occasional good post makes me think that you at least mean well, even if you can't sustain it.
Both Pathfinder Online and Camelot Unleashed got about 20+% of their totals in the last 72 hours. Needing the last 20% for Pantheon puts the overall funding level at $640k at that point, so it will need to be in that ballpark to come close to following that model. Right now they are just below that pace but the initial surge is still inflating their daily numbers; this funding is still very much in the cone of possibility, if not with a high level of confidence. They need something like a hit with Boogie to change the momentum.
The 10 devs and their wives all make an account and pledge a few thousand each knowing that they will get it back in 3-4 weeks when the kickstarter fund clears. It would be kind of shady and require a bit of effort to get done, I mean if really motivated Brad could make 20 accounts on his own and pledge $10k from each of them, if you are desperate and hungry enough to make it happen you can find a way.
You can customize your pledge to be anything and you select which one reward you want.
Just shut the fuck up already, I can't even begin to keep up with your insane mood swings. Are you pregnant or something?
