Black & White 3 Kickstarter Is An Ungodly Sight

Dan Miller writes: "The developer seems to be under the impression Black & White was the beginning of the god game genre - conveniently ignoring a number of earlier games such as Populous. He also seems to think that the Black & White series is now ‘all but forgotten’ and that he can single-handedly ‘reboot the god genre’."

[garyanderson]

It's amazing the stuff that Kickstarter allows to be launched on their platform.

[nveenio]

Why would they care? They're basically just a payment processor, swiping cards at a cash register. They get paid. That's all that matters.

[Bhuahahaha]

lol i hardly notice the & with and word (Let's make Black and White 3!!!)

"Solo creator Austin Moody is seeking only $15,000 for this ambitious project, despite having exactly ZERO experience in game design."

is this guy trying to scam people?

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

And with that, I'm hanging onto my wallet and it's contents.

[Glemt]

He will let you play as a "good good"! I don't know what a "good" is, but I'm extremely curious now! Honestly, if you're trying to scam people using Kickstarter, or you're just young/stupid and naive, at least make sure you spell things correctly, don't have missing capital letters, superfluous exclamation marks, etc.

[Lighter9]

Dungeon Keeper was the beginning. Black and White would've been good had they left out that stupid creature. I hated training it.

[Pintheshadows]

Technically, Populus was the beginning as the first game came out in 89.

[DivineBliss]

What a retard

[CorndogBurglar]

This is one of the funniest Kickstarter pages I have ever seen.

Does he think he will get any real pledges for this? He doesn't explain anything about how he will make this project come true. He says he is still contemplating buying the copyright to the game? He has no team to start work as of now. No knowledge of game design. He literally has NOTHING in the pipes to make this project a reality. And he admits all of this in the Kickstarter.

How far does he think $15,000 is going to get him?

I can't even believe he got 7 people to donate $267....

Pretty sure they just bought his groceries for the next few weeks.

[XXanderXX]

Isn't this a MS/Lionhead owned IP .

[WeAreLegion]

Yes. Dude needs to make his own God sim. He can't afford this one and MS won't sell it to someone like him.

[Pintheshadows]

I was thinking that as well. This is going to get shut down fast.

[BlackIceJoe]

Sadly it is not, but EA instead. I remember when MS bought Lionshead they said this game wasn't part of the deal. So with EA having it, this means there is less of a chance of it returning, than say if MS owned it.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

You can't just kick start an IP you don't own or have a license for, LMAO.

[andrewsquall]

Lol I wouldn't, in a million years, even support a Black and White 3 game by the creator Peter Molyneux himself after the abortion that was Black and White 2. So I don't care if this is by him or not, it will be a scam either way.

[UntrainedN00B01]

Someone should tell the author EA doesn't own the IP and Microsoft does.....

[BlackWolf12]

This is obviously a young person or kid. Can't fault them for their passion, just has a LOT to learn.