I'm not sure what is is (probably the animation), but the character graphics seem kind of creepy. I like the style, but something seems... off about it. Anyway, I've never played Broken Sword, but this looks promising. I shall go wishlist the first game. :) Also, I liked the video.

Creepy? lol :P When I first saw the video and of how the characters were standing at the side, they seemed to stand out and appear human. Can't really describe it. But yeah, I'd say this is just one Kickstarter to keep in mind and to back. I received the first Broken Sword in a gog giveaway and have been meaning to buy the other three here.

IndieGoGo charge immediately whatever the campaign type, with Fixed Funding contributors being refunded if the campaign fails to make its target.

Okay, thanks for the clarification. :)

The characters are done in 3D then rendered out to sprites (to facilitate animation for a host of resolutions), rather than being hand drawn like the backgrounds (and like everything in Broken Sword 1 and 2), which is why they seem to stand out from the background - the style differs a bit even if they try to make them blend in as well as possible.

A Broken Sword Kickstarter? That's tempting. Although I remember people saying how Revolution managed to get away from the Kickstarter trend by selling its games for mobile. I guess Kickstarter still is the best way to get funding for a high profile game.

Also keep in mind that you can't back a Fixed Funding project without a PayPal account (but you can back Flexible Funding ones just with a credit card).

That's why they can be international. Right now only Amazon allows you to authorize conditional payments rather than ones that definitely go through. Amazon has been working to get other processors online, but that could take a while.

The unfortunate thing though is that you can end up losing money on an Indiegog project that fails to be funded whereas with KS the only risk there is if the project is funded and fails.

Updated. Didn't add Cypress Inheritance (is that a UE3 game? Really?) and Dies Irae (would have added if it was cheaper)

The Giana Project now has a playable demo available, so you can definitely try the game before putting some cash towards the cause. :)

http://project-giana.com/download/

Something I didn't note originally, but Pray for Dark (Oct 14, mentioned but not listed, nudge, nudge) describes itself as "inspired by characters created by gothic artist BROM" so those interested in one may wish to check out the other.

Another "nudge-nudge" project is World War 3: The Board Game (Sep 19) which looks to be an interested upgrade of Risk.

Interested in wine-making? Viticulture: The Strategic Game of Winemaking (Oct 8) could be worth a look!

Stompy: The Giant, Rideable Walking Robot (Sep 2) - worth a look for the pledge rewards alone, check what you get for $200!

TOHL: Elevating Infrastructure (Sep 23) - looks worthy but not really appropriate for crowdfunding.

ATOM PE (Sep 9) - the KS equivalent of a train pileup: duplicating existing toolkits, selling free/open source software, including an unlicensed copy of Windows and with spelling/grammar errors to boot!

From their update #1 and latest comments: But also And finally So those interested might want to take the above into account as well.

Well spotted - missed that, bleh. Using Steam is one thing, trying to justify it (and showing complete ignorance of the failings of their "offline mode") is something else.

Update: They've responded to a PM and stated that they will offer a DRM-free option - their first update has changed to mention this. That's positive news. :)

That pray for dark game looks quite interesting.