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  • The Tapping Dead 2 is fanning the flames of the iOS/Android war
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    The Tapping Dead 2 is fanning the flames of the iOS/Android war

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    Crazy Cricket, the developers behind last year's one-touch platformer, The Tapping Dead, have brought the game's sequel to Kickstarter. Seeking $25,000 from backers, Crazy Cricket has until February 15th in order to make their goal and receive funding. The Tapping Dead 2 is set to function similarly to its predecessor, where players simply tap the screen to cause their character to stop running forward, in order to dodge obstacles. The Tapping Dead 2 is also on-track to be a free-to-play game.To entice backers into supporting a free-to-play game for mobile devices, Crazy Cricket is inciting the rivalry that exists between the two largest user bases (Android users and iOS users) by allowing backers to select one of two similarly-priced funding options. Selecting one $20 tier adds a vote for The Tapping Dead 2 to appear on iOS devices first. Selecting the other $20 option adds a vote for Android getting the initial release."
  • How a solo game developer conquered Kickstarter and Greenlight
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    How a solo game developer conquered Kickstarter and Greenlight

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    In a postmortem post on IndieDB, Scraps developer Bill Borman provided some insight into what he experienced while establishing, and eventually succeeding at getting his gamefunded through Kickstarter. The interesting thing to note, as Borman points out in the post himself: he was just a relatively unknown games creator, handling everything himself."Yes, there was a lot of work involved and yes, there was still a fair amount of luck involved as well," Borman beings the postmortem by saying. "I made an attempt to build up a community for Scraps right from the start. People often ask whether giving so much away so early creates a risk of the idea being stolen. The risk of obscurity is much worse.""Borman outlined a number of things that he accomplished before launching the Kickstarter campaign, which he feels contributed to the campaign's success. He worked to improve his social media presence by creating a Twitter account and revising his pre-existing Facebook page. He also started development threads on sites like TIGSource and the Unity forums, while also maintaining a presence on IndieDB and Reddit. Borman also cross-posted updates to Scrap's page on Steam Greenlight Concepts. 
  • 2013 was the year of…
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    2013 was the year of…

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    Open-ended questions are tough. Depending on which lens you view the last year through, '2013 was the year of…' could be answered a lot of different ways. We can the last year through our personal experiences as gamers, as industry watchers, as developers, as financial analysts - everybody wears a different hat, and everyone's '2013 was' would be different.As the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo, these are mine. There's a mix of industry observation, personal feelings, and unavoidable truths - but what I really what to write about are YOUR thoughts on what 2013 was the year of. Unfortunately for me, the only one who can do that is you.Once you've read through my thoughts on the year, let us hear yours in the comments below! What do you think 2013 was the year of? 
  • Brian Fargo on why crowdfunding trumps the traditional publishing model
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    Brian Fargo on why crowdfunding trumps the traditional publishing model

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    With two successful Kickstarter campaigns and dozens of releases under his belt, inXile Entertainment's Brian Fargo knows a thing or two about the video game industry. Speaking at the Gaming Insiders Summit on Thursday, Fargo talked about the origins of Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera, inXile's efforts to constantly involve their fans, and how crowdsourcing looks to become permanent fixture in the industry, if it's utilized well.Together, Wasteland 2 and Torment both raised over $7 million. Fargo explained that the crowdfunding industry (combining all sites and projects, not just Kickstarter and games) is projected to bring in $3 billion this year. Fans of games and other projects are obviously demanding content and products that publishers aren't willing to support. As Fargo discussed, the only way to satisfy the desires of that crowd is to build something without the backing of a publisher. While he didn't directly condemn publishers, he did provide a good argument as to why crowdsourcing is the best route for developers, regardless of their history or affiliations.
  • Crowdfunding becomes crowd-developing with Big Viking Games’ Tiny Kingdoms
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    Crowdfunding becomes crowd-developing with Big Viking Games’ Tiny Kingdoms

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    Who wants a free t-shirt or a measly "Thank You" note in the game credits for your hard-earned pledging dollars, when you could become a part of the actual development team yourself? Well that's precisely what Big Viking Games has in mind, as the studio's new Kickstarter campaign for their free-to-play RPG adventure game Tiny Kingdoms is truly a first of its kind: in bypassing the usual reward packages of Kickstarter projects, and instead offering backers to play a direct role in the actual production of the game!Characters, environments, items, features, and tactical game modes are just a few of the areas where Tiny Kingdoms Kickstarter backers will be able to shape the overall nature of the game as it is being developed, via live web chats with the Big Viking Games team, as well as providing other helpful feedback through developer diaries and special polls. All participating project backers will be able to start giving their input on the direction of the game as soon as Tiny Kingdoms enters its beta phase, and will continue their consulting duties on the game well after its initial release.  Tiny Kingdoms is currently being made to provide seamless gameplay integration between the Facebook and mobile versions of the game. Alongside the official announcement of the innovative new Kickstarter project, Albert Lai, CEO of Big Viking Games, has stated: "We want our fans to be [able to] go beyond just pledging their dollars to also lend[ing] their ideas and creativity. The ultimate goal will be to reimagine the way players interact with game developers, through both Kickstarter and collaborative online platforms."It's certainly a very ambitious undertaking, and we'll be looking forward to seeing exactly how the idea is going to play out in the months down the road. The official Kickstarter page for the project has just gone live this morning, so be sure to head on over to learn more about the game in question, and the specifics on how you can even lend a helping hand to the overall experience. And what kind of experience will that ultimately be? Well that's entirely up to you to decide!
  • Double Fine launches Kickstarter for new game, Massive Chalice
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    Double Fine launches Kickstarter for new game, Massive Chalice

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    Tim Schafer is no stranger to the amazing benefits that crowd-funding sources like Kickstarter can have on a struggling project. After all, it was only just last year when his company Double Fine broke all sorts of internet records by raising more than $3 million dollars in a one-month period for their Double Fine Adventure game (now known as Broken Age). So naturally, why wouldn't they try the same approach again?
  • GameStick’s ship date delayed until June
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    GameStick’s ship date delayed until June

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    The GameStick, one of the Android-based consoles recently funded through Kickstarter, will ship to backers in June rather than the intended launch window of April. Developer kits, on the other hand, are currently en route.