muntdefems: In that case I guess they'll probably run a new Kickstarter for acts 2&3 and you'll get these new episodes if you paid for them during this first campaign. I'm pretty sure others have done it like this before.
OK, I'm interested in this game making its goal, and I'm a backer... but that's not how I understand it.
The pledge says you get all acts
funded by this campaign. And in the FAQ, the answer to
what does "all funded acts" mean? is:
"This is our second time on Kickstarter, and as a part of our strategy we decided to reduce the scope of the project and divide the game into three episodes. While this project’s goal is to fund Act 1, our stretch goals will include the potential to fund Acts 2 and 3, in which case you’ll receive those upon release."
So what I understand is that you'll get only act 1. Unless they meet the stretch goals (right now, unfortunately, they'll be lucky to even get de base fund) for acts 2 and 3.
But it's how you understand it. You have episodic games, and you have games thought as trilogies. That doesn't mean that each part isn't meaningful on its own. Like it happens with
the journey down, for instance.
They spaced Ira in three acts, to be able to fund it. Does it mean that it's like episodic games, cut off at a cliffhanger with no value on their own? I don't know. I hope not.