"Made for the community, by the community" is a technique that will pave the way for innovation. Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson aims to do just that with his new video game project, Clang.
Greg Micek writes: "Our weekly dose of hot takes, occasionally well formed opinions, and fevered outbursts is back. Yup, it's time for the Question of the Week! This week our question is all about what developers should do when their Kickstarter campaign hits the fan. We're not referring to a failed campaign in the sense that they didn't raise enough money, but what happens when they can't deliver on their promises."
People really need to put their expectations in check when they back campaigns.
This week's CAT takes a look at one of the most frustrating crowdfunding campaign's yet: Clang. The perfect storm of ignorance and indifference.
Greg Micek writes: "As much as I love Kickstarter, and crowdfunding in general, I have to admit that it can be pretty scary at times. Scams, incompetence, emotional breakdowns, and general sketchiness seem to be just as common as starry eyed developers full of dreams. Given that we typically cover the starry eyed angle here on Cliqist I figured that for Halloween it was time to change things up a bit. I give you… (queue spooky music) 5 Terrifying Kickstarter Games."
Impossibly high expectations for Star Citizen? No... never lol. For the most successful crowd funded game of all time, I'm sure people's expectations are higher than just about any game. It does, however, look utterly fantastic. I have yet to fund it myself though. I will end up picking it up when it comes out at least. It looks too good to miss.
I think it'll be better than the author fears, but I'm still pretty skeptical theyre gonna deliver on everything.
Yeah it would be pretty hard to do that all at once... unless they delay it a significant number of times. Or just don't talk about a release date until it's pretty much done. When that will be is anyone's guess though.
Hm...I do love Neal Stephenson, so this sounds promising.
Ooh, Neal Stephenson? Now that's an exciting prospect. I really love some of the games Kickstarter makes possible.