Welcome back to the weekly Kickstarter gaming round-up article.
Of the game covered last week, there is still a lot of time left on all of the projects. Thornwatch had already had its target met when I wrote last week, and since that article The Rabbit and the Owl has also managed to reach and bypass its goal. Well done to the developers.
ARC Continuum
First up is a sci-fi action/adventure game involving a time manipulation device.
Taking the role of Hadrian, the player follows his story as a time traveller sweeps him up in adventure and grants him the ability to use the ARC - a time manipulation device that allows for Hadrian to do things such as slow time around him, rewind and much more. Using this device you must fight against the alien oppressors of your world.
This Kickstarter is to help the developers put back some features they had to previously cut from their development of the game, and so they have set a target of $100,000 to further develop the game. They have made $766 of this with 29 days to go.
Code: HARDCORE
Next up is a mech game from a studio in Beijing, China.
A 2D Mech fighting game, Code: HARDCORE has a playable demo with 4 of the mechs, one level and unlimited practice mode to try out on their campaign page. There will be a multiplayer mode that looks to be split screen (the demo is local multiplayer only, but the full game will support online too) as well as a story mode that will see you fighting with your mech through a campaign.
Code: HARDCORE has a target of $65,536 of which it has made $20,064 already. It has 42 days to go.
Escape the Game
Next up is a game that says it takes inspiration from games such as The Stanley Parable and various 2D games.
The main character you play is Kevin. Kevin is a box with eyes. Kevin is tired of his game and wants to escape. Using gadgets that can break the game, you lead him on his quest. Throughout the game Kevin will talk back to you, effectively breaking the forth wall to speak to you as the player. How you choose to respond back will effect how he continues to respond to you.
Escape the Game has made kr0.00 of its kr64.000 goal so far with 29 days left to go. There's a demo on the page if you want to check it out before you pledge.
ZOMBIEQUEST
Finally, we have a two-player board game campaign with zombies and a race to a rooftop.
One player controls the survivor, the second the zombie hoard as the survivor must fight through floors of zombies that the other player moves to block them as they attempt to make it to the rooftop and complete the final battle to escape in a chopper parked on top. The game uses dice for battles and is role-play in style.
With 29 more days to go, this campaign has yet to make any of its $30,000 goal.