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Here it is, my weekly little update on what cool things are up and coming in the world of gaming Kickstarters.
As always I’ll start off with a brief recap of some previously covered games, and both Home Free and Dracucat have finished their campaigns funded. Home Free didn’t quite make its last stretch goal, but the completed campaign update makes me think that short-legged dogs haven’t been 100% ruled out of making their appearance within that game. The games covered in the Round-Up of Oct 9th all still have some ground to make up with less than a week to do it in, but while Boom Chicka Meow Wow and NinjaFrog are way out, Bertram Fiddle and Wolf & Hound at least have some chance of making their targets if their developers really push their campaigns.
Finally GOAT ARMY is still close to goal with plenty of time left to make it, and Wanderer and Crematory Bot are also doing decently well although have to pick up the pace to hit their goals within the time limit set.
The first game is one that’s actually been around for a little longer than the others, but it’s an interesting enough game that it’s been on my list for this week since I found out about it.
Doko Roko is a “2D rogue-like, vertical action game with an emphasis on lightning-fast combat and rich atmosphere” made because its creator envisioned a game that cared as much for its lore as it did its unique game mechanics. As a storyteller I do like a game with a good story and Doko Roko sees your character fighting through a tower where not everything is out to get you. Some will trade, some will fight and others merely wish to make small talk or even trade information. Weapons come in all forms to fight the hostile beings you meet as well, so each game could be a little bit different.
Doko Roko has made $22,656 of its $30,000 goal so far with 20 days remaining to make the rest.
This one is a turn-based strategy game set in space with randomly generated events, supplies to manage and a role play setting.
Solar Hideout sets you as an AI taking care of a group of human renegadess fleeing the forces of the “Space Clearance Forces” (SCF), an international military space force company of Earth. This military forces wishes to destroy them and your job is to navigate this band through perils both human, alien or natural as they randomly occur.
Solar Hideout is a new campaign so currently has made nothing of its €10,000 but has a full 30 days to go to make it.
This one is a Kickstarter staff pick and its easy to see why, it looks beautiful.
Pankapup is another throwback to the old 2D platform/action games of the 90s and features the titular character platforming through worlds and fending off opponents using a shield to block and a sword to attack back. The story is told to a child through a book and the game you play is therefore seen in the child’s mind, with parallels to the story and the child’s own world becoming more apparent as the game progresses through.
Pankapu has 27 days to go and has made more than half of its €40,000 goal at €20,079 currently.
I admit it, I chose this one because the idea of video game development as a card game was appealing to me as a journalist who has heard tales about it through the Indie Game Show.
As you can probably guess, GOTY the card game is all about using your cards to attempt to navigate the video game development process to create the next Game Of The Year. The game was created to give players a “different perspective of the industry” through funny and unexpected events based off real-life events. Since life is sometimes much stranger than fiction, that sounds great to me.
If you’re interested GOTY the card game has a €15,000 of which €6,418 with 35 days to go and a lot of Early Bird tiers are being offered.
Finally we have yet another Kickstarter staff pick, but one that so far hasn’t benefited too greatly from it.
Cold Blooded sets you in a city with the drug trade controlled by five gangs. You as a gang leader must create and manage your own gang, taking over and eliminating the competition and eventually aiming to control every drug spot in the city. It has taken inspiration from strategy, rogue-like and tycoon games, and the developers are aiming to release the game in 2016 on PC, Mac and Linux if they get their game funded.
Cold Blooded has 25 days to go and a target of just €3,000 to hit with €115 raised so far.
October 31st, 2015 by
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