October 2012 Local Kickstarter Project Update
Jason Tagmire
Philadelphia area game-related Kickstarter projects have had a 47.36% success rate in recent months. That is slightly higher than the national average released by Kickstarter (43.81%). The odds are against you as a project creator, but if you plan your project well, you can succeed. Part of planning may include researching other similar projects and talking to people with experience. And next week, there is a semi-local opportunity to talk tome someone with plenty of experience... Kickstarter themselves.
Cindy Au, Kickstarter's Director of Community, will be in Central/North Jersey at Metatopia, the Game Design Festival (Nov 2-4 in Morristown, NJ). If anyone knows what makes a Kickstarter project successful, it's Cindy. At one point she personally reviewed every single project that launched and answered every single project-related email.
The convention is primarily driven by analog design, but analog and digital share many of the same principals. I will be in attendance, and maybe I'll see some of you there as well. For additional information on Metatopia and Cindy Au's involvement, visit: http://www.dexposure.com/m2012.html
Evil Spares None ended at 302% of its funding goal, with a total pledge amount of $15,102. Congratulations to Matthew Akana on his success.
Monsters! - A 2D Shooter for Win/Mac/Linux ended at 127% of its funding goal, with a total pledge amount of $5,115. Congratulations to Zenas Bellace on his success.
Redcap's Corner Roleplaying Mural ended at 159% of its funding goal, with a total pledge amount of $1598. Congratulations to Redcaps Corner on their success.
Daimyo: Samurai Struggle To Control A Province ended at $480 of its $10,000 funding goal.
Anastasiya is a puzzle and visual novel text adventure game for PC. It’s currently at 1% of it’s $3,000 goal, and ends on December 7th.
B.O.R.G. - Basic Organic Recall Game is a simultaneous play iOS board game. It’s currently at 0% of it’s $5,000 goal, and ends on October 31st.
Dominion of the Gods Tactical Miniatures Game is a Pantheon vs. Pantheon miniatures battle game. It’s currently at 41% of it’s $35,000 goal, and ends on November 2nd.
Legend's Gauntlet is a book-based sword fighting game that uses the Lost Worlds system. It’s currently at 4% of it’s $38,000 goal, and ends on November 14th.
Mix & Match Healthy Snacks is an educational board game that reinforces healthy eating habits for kids. It’s currently at 0% of it’s $5,000 goal, and ends on November 17th.
MYTHOS: NECRONOMICON, Bicycle® Playing Cards is a deck of 56 playing cards, based off of H.P. Lovecraft's Book of the Dead a/k/a Necronomicon. It’s currently at 271% of it’s $15,000 goal, and ends on October 31st.
If you are launching a Kickstarter project and need any feedback, feel free to contact us. Also please let us know if you see a Philadelphia area project that is missing. And as always, keep an eye on the Local Kickstarters page for all of the active and completed projects. See you next month!
Zenas Bellace
I'm trying to put together a mini-site for my Monsters game (http://monsters.quadratron.com) but my own web design skills are just not cutting it. I have a limited budget but I'm interested in getting an estimate from someone who knows what they are doing. If you got the mad skillz and don't mine doing a simple site with a low budget, send me a message with a link to your portfolio, and I will get back to you with the details.
Thanks!
-zenas
http://quadratron.com
http://zenasprime.net
http://zenapolae.com
Jason Tagmire
Thanks,
Is this Game Design Festival still happening with the hurricane damage or will they be rescheduling? Sounds interesting.
thanks
Moises
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