Posts Tagged ‘kickstarter’

Checking up on Predestination: About 1 Year After Kickstarter By Adam Solo on November 12th, 2013 at 9:43 am "How's the Kickstarted turn-based space 4X game Predestination doing?", you may be asking at this point. That's been in my mind for a while now. So, I reached for Brain and Nerd for an update. Category: Interviews, Kickstart 21 comments

Kickstarted Battle Worlds: Kronos is Out Now By Adam Solo on November 5th, 2013 at 11:12 am You may remember Battle Worlds: Kronos, a sci-fi turn-based strategy game that made it on Kickstarter about 6 months ago? Well, it's out today. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Worlds of Magic – New Demo Battle Scenarios By Keith Turner on October 31st, 2013 at 6:00 am As their 2nd kickstarter campaign winds closer to a successful close, Wastelands Interactive has released an updated free demo for Worlds of Magic featuring a few new battle scenarios. Category: Kickstart 5 comments

The Mandate: A Sandbox Sci-Fi RPG on Kickstarter By Adam Solo on October 18th, 2013 at 9:24 am Would you like to play the role of a spaceship captain, responsible for the lives of the crew and explore the galaxy, defend your ship from boarding operations and fight ship to ship battles, possibly in co-op with 6 friends? Category: Kickstart 21 comments

RimWorld: A Pre-Alpha Story – Part 2 By Keith Turner on October 17th, 2013 at 9:56 am And now, the conclusion of Keith's story playing the pre-alpha build of RimWorld. Category: After Action Report, Game Previews 14 comments

RimWorld: A Pre-Alpha Story – Part 1 By Keith Turner on October 15th, 2013 at 9:17 am I think RimWorld has set a nice example for other indie developers. If you want your Kickstarter campaign to do exceptionally well, and you aren't a big name in the industry, this is the quality bar you want to reach for. Category: After Action Report, Game Previews 7 comments

Legions of Steel: The Video Game – The Kickstarter By Adam Solo on October 10th, 2013 at 1:01 pm Studio Nyx is on Kickstarter looking for funds to adapt the sci-fi board game Legions of Steel to Android, iOS and PC platforms. Category: Kickstart 6 comments

RimWorld – Sci-Fi Colonization with an AI Storyteller By Keith Turner on October 7th, 2013 at 11:36 am Are you interested in a Firefly, Dune, and Warhammer 40k inspired sci-fi colonization and survival game? If so, Tynan Sylvester and his Ludeon Studios have just the game for you. Category: Kickstart 12 comments

Worlds of Magic – 2nd Kickstarter Campaign By Keith Turner on October 4th, 2013 at 6:07 am Wastelands Interactive has announced a second Kickstarter for their upcoming title, Worlds of Magic. They're offering a playable demo of their alpha battle board this time around. Category: Kickstart 0 comments

Planetary Annihilation Beta Begins By Adam Solo on September 30th, 2013 at 9:51 am Planetary Annihilation, the Total Annihilation inspired by sci-fi RTS from Uber Entertainment, that made it big on Kickstarter about a year ago, has entered the beta stage. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 8 comments

Star Citizen Passes $20M and All Rendered In-Engine Trailer By Adam Solo on September 27th, 2013 at 8:59 am Chris Roberts has passed the 20 million dollar mark in crowd-funding for Star Citizen, his upcoming space trading and combat simulator game for the PC. And, there's a new full in-game engine trailer. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 19 comments

Terminus: City Building in Space – Now on Kickstarter By Keith Turner on September 25th, 2013 at 9:32 am Back in January of 2013, we reported that Harbourgames was attempting to acquire funds for Terminus through Indiegogo. Now, the real-time "classic city-builder" in space re-launches on Kickstarter. Category: Kickstart 16 comments

Predestination: Beta First Stage Begins – Fleet Combat By Adam Solo on September 20th, 2013 at 10:18 am Predestination lead developer Brendan Drain sends word that the first of four planned beta stages, focused on fleet combat, is now under way and available to kickstarter backers who signed for the beta. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 11 comments

Elite: Dangerous Video – Only If The Game Was Like This… By Adam Solo on September 18th, 2013 at 10:12 am Frontier Developments has released a video on Elite: Dangerous featuring capital ships and star fighter action. The video was used as part of the composer selection process for the game. Category: Kickstart, Videos 22 comments

Timothy Zahn’s Parallax – A Community Driven 4X Kickstarter By Adam Solo on September 17th, 2013 at 10:55 am Abram Jablonski, the owner/founder of Prototype X Software and sci-fi writer Timothy Zahn are on Kickstarter for a retro-style turn-based space 4X game. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 18 comments

Ground Pounders: Hex TBS in the Sword of the Stars Universe By Adam Solo on August 30th, 2013 at 12:19 pm The creators of the space 4X games Sword of the Stars I and II are now on Kickstarter for Ground Pounders, a hex-based sci-fi strategy game set in the Sword of the Stars' universe. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 39 comments

Black Talons: A Military Sci-Fi Real-Time Tactics Proposal By Adam Solo on August 13th, 2013 at 6:43 pm Camel 101, the indie developers behind the space strategy game Gemini Wars, are currently on Kickstarter for their latest game project, Black Talons. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 5 comments