[BLOG] Kickstarter Gaming Round-Up: Feb 13th

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[BLOG] Kickstarter Gaming Round-Up: Feb 13th

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Welcome to the weekly update on interesting gaming Kickstarter campaigns. Firstly we catch up with some of our previously covered campaigns, and we have quite a few updates to bring to you.



In the good news camp, we have two campaigns that finished with goals met - UnDungeon and Pixel Princess Blitz, both of which I have noted met their targets in previous week updates. Either way, it's nice to see both ideas set to become reality. Three other games have reached their goals, although haven't yet concluded their campaigns. These are LEGRAND LEGACY, The Pedestrian (which might have just gotten a boost from a popular Youtuber's video released today) and Die For Valhalla - all will hopefully become good games once the campaigns are concluded. BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is also very close to reaching its goal, but has only 4 days to do it in - so we'll see.



However, there are some other updates which aren't so good. Project Life for example has 7 days to go to make a £2,000 goal of which it has only raised £5 of. Not quite impossible but very, very difficult to get done. What is most surprising though is the update I have to give you about Elite: Dangerous Role-Playing Game. The campaign page had listed that the project was officially sanctioned by the makers of the game - yet now the page redirects to an "intellectual dispute" page the same as Berghein's does. Whether this means that the 'official' part was a lie or not, is unknown. I'll update you in weeks to come on changes.







Gameband: The First Smartwatch for Gamers



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First up, we have something a little bit different from the normal things covered in this weekly article - a piece of hardware.



Marketed as a smartwatch for gamers, Gameband will apparently be coming with "a built-in upgradable MicroSD drive, gaming design" (which probably means it'll light up in awesome ways) and "exclusive content"; whatever that actually means. The device has been covered on a number of different outlets already and the list on the campaign page includes The Daily Dot, the Discovery Channel and Engadget.



Whether you think this is a gadget or needed, enough people have already backed it to bypass its $75,000 twice over. Check it out if you wish to join them in funding the Gameband.







RUiN - Top-Down Arena Brawler



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Now we have a top-down brawler game, which by the looks of it contains animal people.



The image of this one shows three different animal characters, including a bear with a braided dwarven beard - and that's actually kind of awesome. You build your character from a list of abilities and outfits, then take to the arena to fight for your tribe's glory as you compete to slay your opponents. Inspired by a mod from Warcraft III, the dev team is hoping to capture the fun of fast-paced, chaotic gameplay fun - which as long as your connection holds should be possible given that this game is online multiplayer PvP anarchy.



RUiN has a SEK 100,000 goal, of which is has made SEK 77,758 with 23 days to go.











FictionSphere



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Next up we have a game that's attempting to make a new 'type' of game.



Dubbed a "technical platformer" by the developers, FictionSphere is combining elements from hack n' slash, fighting games and platformers with a story. Said story can be experienced in two different ways based on which character you play as; Ratio who is more of a platformer-type character, or Paradox who is a hack n' slash-type character. It's certainly ambitious.



FictionSphere has 29 days to go to make its $30,000 goal, of which it has made $341 so far.







Deep World - Survival Multiplayer Game



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Finally we have a survival multiplayer game, as you can probably tell from the title.



Deep World seems to be inspired by Limbo's aesthetic, being dark and shady. The backgrounds are in greys and the characters appear as silhouettes with white eyes on the background, as well as the game looking to be in 2D. You play as a character awoken on a hostile island and you must craft, hunt, eat, drink and survive while you scavenge the parts of a helicopter and build it to eventually escape this creepy place.



Deep World has made MX$ 2,510 of its MX$ 80,000goal and has 27 days to go.
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