Dizzard: It's bothering me how Rock Paper Shotgun posted an article about the Kickstarter Dilemma....

and now they've not only posted an article about Republique, but two articles about Republique.

I don't think they have as much sway as they think they do, for example: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/26/sherlock-holmes-and-the-case-of-dementia/

Sherlock still failed to reach it's target. There wasn't even a noticeable jump in funding. (if you're looking at kicktraq, I have a chrome add-on that adds funding charts to the kickstarter pages)

It just shows that people will still only fund something if they want to fund something and not because somebody well respected and bathed in a glowing light told them to. In the end it's just a case of getting the word out to people on these projects. Then the people decide. (as it should be)

Siannah: If you don't mind the client, you can try it free for 1 hour on Bigfish - http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/1705/discord-times/index.html

Siannah: If you don't mind the client, you can try it free for 1 hour on Bigfish - http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/1705/discord-times/index.html

HypersomniacLive: You can actually get the full version of it from MyPlayCity (probably not the Collectors Edition).
Best way is to unpack the installer (it's made with INNO setup) and make your own shortcut. This way you avoid any unpleasant side effects like toolbars or your browser opening every time you exit the game.

lowyhong: It's all about marketing. People don't normally care to suss out good projects. They usually depend on word of mouth, without committing any effort into researching its background. I admit even I get easily excited about a project that markets itself really well. Marketing is really the key to successful funding; everything else, including a prototype, is a subset of it.

For that matter, check out Dark Meridian. It's also quite well-developed, but have you heard a whisper about it other than on this thread? I bet if the team made the effort to really market the project, rather than just create a KS page and hope people visit it, they'd easily hit $50K.

It sucks for LoE that they haven't gotten much up till now, but really, the same can be said for a lot of other good projects. If you don't get the public hyped up about your product right from the get go to build momentum, or there is misinformation, then you risk failing. It's a very ostentatious market.

Avantre: It surprises me how often people misunderstand the premise of the 'kicking it forward' pledge. The promise is to put 5% of PROFITS back into kickstarter, not 5% of pledges. The idea is to put all money from the kickstarter into the game/whatever, making a theoretically great game that sells well and makes lots of profits. Since those profits wouldn't have been possible without the intial kickstarter, some companies pledge to return a small part of their post-release profits back into kickstarter.