ERYFKRAD
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Darth Roxor y/n?
I hear what you're saying. But it's not about trust, it's simply how things work.
How did Primordia "pop out fully formed from the ether"? There was no Kickstarter and it turned out to be, as others have said, one of the best Adventures in recent memory.
I think it’s also worth pointing out that, according to the testimony of pretty much everyone who’s ever run a kickstarter, it’s basically a full-time job during the run-up and actual duration of the Kickstarter. If you do end up going the crowd-funding route I would recommend talking to someone like Blackthorne who has run a couple of successful campaigns already. I’m sure he’d be happy to give you a quick rundown of pros and cons, as well as what missteps to avoid (like physical add-one). Or you could try and get in touch with the Himalaya Games folks (I wouldn’t solicit them for design advice though).
Edit: Since you’ve been mentioning the Hero-U spin-off, I know the Coles are also pretty approachable people; they might be willing to give you a few pointers. I wouldn’t mention the Codex though.
Regarding the issue of donators self-inserting themselves into the game as backers, there are ways around it. Undertale for example put a disgusting furry fatass hidden in an optional area and is not even featured in the credits (although the other backers are). For Hollow Knight, everyone is a bug, so ugly bugs don't stand out much.
In this case, make them robots or something that are blown to bits seconds after meeting them.
What! I cannot Hero U spinoff nonsense anon because it does not have cute heterosexual human male WHITE main character anon anon! Does not! What! Do you game have cute heterosexual human male WHITE main character anon anon! Do you! Thank you anon! You are a good anon!Yeah I guess - I'm just thinking if it worked for the Hero-U spinoff why not us?
Thanks, that's really helpful actually.
I mean I guess I really am playing Devil's Advocate right now - I do appreciate all the criticisms it's not like I went to the Codex with this with the idea that it would be danced around and lauded. If I can get even 60% + support of this idea here I'll take it as resounding positivity lol.
Thanks, that's really helpful actually.
I mean I guess I really am playing Devil's Advocate right now - I do appreciate all the criticisms it's not like I went to the Codex with this with the idea that it would be danced around and lauded. If I can get even 60% + support of this idea here I'll take it as resounding positivity lol.
Hey, if you're curious about kickstarter, feel free to pick my brain. I've not only run mine, but I've run several others for people as well (not just in the games industry; I've run successful ones for friends of mine who were making albums, books, etc.) Drop me a line here, or email me - info at infamous-quests.com - and I'd love to help you if I can.
Too many variables to give a sensible opinion consumer-wise, you go entertain us with some two-screen demo first Victor
Voted no.
The art and setting look amazing, it's a definite buy from me. But just release it with zero warning or hype, like Primordia and Strangeland.
I'm over Kickstarter, pre-orders and other pay-now-play-later-or-maybe-never scams.
Paying developers ahead of time never seems to work out well. It's like they spend the money early on, then there's no motivation to finish the thing properly. They rush to get something out the door and waste a lot of resources on fulfilling pledges etc.
Plus, no KS = no annoying purple-haired millennials being characters in the game because they saved up their Wendy's paychecks for a top tier pledge.
How did Primordia "pop out fully formed from the ether"? There was no Kickstarter and it turned out to be, as others have said, one of the best Adventures in recent memory.
Artwork is very brown.
Since there are humans on screens, does that mean it's a kinda prequel?Artwork is very brown.
I promise it will be less brown than Primordia. It will instead be all grey. :D
Hey! Thank you SO much!!! I will definitely DM you! I have a lot of ideas about how I'd go about it, but I'm out of my depth here definitely.
Is graphical style somewhat settled or are you expecting it will change slightly? I ask because face of that girl from that main picture in my opinion looks like it was made in different style, compared to portraits of that nurse and soldier.
Is graphical style somewhat settled or are you expecting it will change slightly? I ask because face of that girl from that main picture in my opinion looks like it was made in different style, compared to portraits of that nurse and soldier.
That would be because those are traced.
The fact that you could immediately see that is turbo-autism at its finest. I know I’ve seen those photos, but I never would have been able to recognize it. Victor Pflug you’re going to want to explicitly address the tracing in a crowd-funding campaign or you might walk ass-backwards into controversy. The art itself looks great, so I think you can easily sell it as an adherence to “alt-historicity”. I would still be cautious about taking inspiration from any image that features a swastika though; obviously no sane person will accuse you of being a Nazi for it, but we don’t live in a very sane world, and from what I understand crowd-funding campaigns tend to amplify the craziest voices.
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The fact that you could immediately see that is turbo-autism at its finest. I know I’ve seen those photos, but I never would have been able to recognize it.
I'd also really appreciate you taking down the nazi imagery.
My granpda fought against those pricks and I don't really need to be seeing that junk anywhere near my work.