Previous Kickstarters

Pinball Arcade: Terminator 2 – $62k. Finished.
Satellite Reign – £399k. 2 days left.
Warmachine Tactics – $1.02 million. 14 days left.
Liege – $59k. 2 days left.
Legend of Iya – $28k ($75k goal). 15 days left.
Project Ravensdale – $38k ($500k goal). 21 days left.
Precinct – $58k ($500k goal). 21 days left.
Codename Cygnus – $5k ($11k goal). 16 days left.

New Kickstarters

Chroma Squad – $37k ($55k goal). About 1600 backers. Sim/RPG where you run a Japanese Sentai (like Power Rangers or Ultraman) TV studio and go through TV episodes in an RPG fashion. This really caught my eye since I came up with a somewhat similar concept a few years ago – glad to see somebody’s making this.

Tom vs The Armies of Hell – $6k ($100k goal). About 100 backers. Top-down dual-stick Adventure/Shooter inspired by Ratchet & Clank. Cartoony cell-shaded visuals. Looks fun. Music by Danny Baranowsky.

CANDLE – $10k ($40k goal). About 380 backers. Platformer/Adventure. Seems a little too slow-paced, but there’s no denying that the visuals are gorgeous.

Crowdfunding Tip of the Week

The ideal time to launch a kickstarter is on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. The reason behind this is that you want as much publicity for your kickstarter at launch as possible and if you launch on or near the weekend, media outlets are less likely to cover your project (or if they do, it won’t be at launch). For the same reason, try to avoid starting your kickstarter on the same day as a major game release or during a gaming convention (unless you’re exhibiting at that convention, in which case, the cross-promotion can prove valuable).