Kickstarter Editorial

Vox Games has an editorial dedicated to the “revolution in game funding and collective creativity” that Kickstarter sparked, which focuses on the recent and incredibly successful Double Fine point-and-click adventure Kickstarter and the ongoing Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, which already managed to exceed its goal by a wide margin. Here’s a couple of snippets:

If it hits $1.5 million the game will come not just to PC but Mac OS and Linux operating systems. The game, described as an old-school, turn-based, role-playing game with a modern look, will also get a lot more content with that extra money.

Key to that funding, though, is that Fargo, like Schafer, promises he will be looking to his backers to help in the creation process.

“The beauty of this project is that we will be communicating with the fans throughout the process,” Fargo wrote on Twitter. “If things are frustrating we will fix.

“What makes this even more exciting is that this is so much bigger than Wasteland .. it is a movement!”

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“It makes sense for us to do this with Kickstarter, but that doesn’t mean that publishers should have (backed this sort of game),” Schafer said. “We found a way to organize a niche market, that doesn’t mean it still isn’t a niche market.

“I think what some people aren’t realizing is that we can all be right: Publishers, Double Fine and Brian Fargo.”