After a little break, the Kickstarter round-up returns to the Sanitarium.FM! We've got some wonderful looking game campaigns to choose from, so let's dive in shall we?
Thornwatch
First up is a graphic novel that is the first in a series that's come from a working team-up between Penny Arcade and Lone Shark Games.
Thornwatch is the first in the "Eyrewood Adventures" set in the Eyrewood, a magical forest. Players take the role of the 'Thornwatch', sworn guardians of the Eyrewood and are called to the scene of an ongoing crisis in the game. One player acts as the Judge and the other players as the Thornwatch can be playing any number of different creatures, each with their own deck of actions cards and trait cards.
Thornwatch has already been funded past its $78,000 goal, having reached $216,237 already and still having 31 days to go. Check it out for more information and if you'd like to back it.
The Rabbit and the Owl
This one is described as a "negative space puzzle-platformer" and graphically it looks amazing already.
The game sees you playing as both the Rabbit (who can move through dark areas) and the Owl (who can move through the light areas) in a world that has long ago shattered into showing only monochrome, leaving behind ruins in its wake. Using both characters, you must figure out ways to progress, using all of the areas provided - literally walking inside of platforms your partner might be stood upon above you.
The Rabbit and the Owl has made $3,213 of its $5,000 goal, with 26 days to go. Try out the demo to see if you'd be interested in this game!
Dimension Door - Lysander's Prophecy (The Return)
This one was chosen because the idea of a multiplayer game with changing rooms sounds promising at least.
Dimension Door is on its second campaign now, having streamlined and learned from their last shot. The game is turn-based and sees you and your fellow players inside a mansion inhabited by beings who might not mean you well. Unfortunately the rooms also keep shifting around you so you need to somehow ride the chaos and escape before some terrible fate befalls you...
Dimension Door has a goal of $45,000 with 28 days to go, it has so far made $1,035. Go check it out if you too are curious what the game might hold for you.
Cat Story
Because I was always going to choose one with cats in, wasn't I? Bonus is that this looks like a well-made little retro platformer to boot.
This is another game with two animal partners working side by side, with a cat (obviously) and a rabbit working together to get home, and the campaign says that you can "Run, jump, climb, bounce, claw, and shoot your way through a huge, immersive world filled with traps, ziplines, puzzles, teleporters, and deadly enemies!" with some mention of learning new abilities as well. Graphically it too looks delightfully retro.
Cat Story has a goal of $10,000 of which it has made $259 with 29 days still to go. Go check out the game's demo, this one looks good!