bishna

Finally I got it to appear on the forums, was freaking out thinking that the new site ate my blog for a minute.

Its times like these that I wish I had like 30 million dollars. I would give it all to this guy and make a big deal about it, just to see what he would do. Would he actually make the game?

He is probably just gonna fart out a social game to feed his crippling space addiction.

Shit, I didn't know you still got the money even if you don't reach your goal. That adds a whole new level of shadiness to this.

I didn't watch the video, since it didn't seem to be about the project, just the game itself, bu I agree that he sounds pretentious. In the business doc (which was clearly written by him) there are two paragraphs all about how great he is.

So after reading Patrick's piece on Skullgirls, I decided to check out indiegogo. Something that quickly caught my eye is Divergence Online. Its an MMO with a $50,000 goal. It seemed pretty ridiculous to me, so I looked up the developer, Stainglass Llama.

The second result in google is a link to a business document from 2008. I read several pages, and I don't know much about business plans, but it seems naively ambitious. Some choice cuts include financial projections like

• Initial investment of $3.2 million with a payback period of less than two years

• Total revenues are projected to be $8.5 million in 2010 and are expected to grow to $74.3 million in 2013.

And some stuff about the CEO

In his time as CEO, Ethan has managed a small team of very talented developers and designers to create Divergence. He has been very successful in the management of his business, controlling not only the operations, but also the financing aspects, utilizing his funds in a very conservative yet efficient manner. He has contributed greatly to the creation of the game, and is confident that both market share and revenue projections can be achieved in the projected time frame.

Also, some of the citations (like one on an estimation that in 2011 their will be 80 million active mmo subscribers) just reference "MMORPG data". So has anyone out their heard about Divergence Online? Apparently its been in development for at least 5 years.

But really I am more curious if this is what most crowd fund gaming projects are like. Is it still worth it to look through kickstarter and sites like it to find the gems? I am actually genuinely curious about people's experiences with crowd funding, being that I am a person who wants to make videogames for a living.

I normally don't like that genre of anime, but My Little Monster (the name I know it by) actually did capture my fancy for some reason. I liked the art style so I tried a couple episodes and actually ended up really enjoying it.

So I don't watch a ton of anime, maybe an hour or so a week. I also liked Full Metal Alchemist, and this anime called Magi has reminded of FMA a bit. So far its been alright. It is 101 Arabian Nights themed, so if that sounds cool to you, check it out. Its on crunchyroll.

I only liked 3, and parts of 4. I didn't know that there was a weird divide between people liking 1+3 and 2+4.

I felt a bit differently about the slot machine thing. I actually liked that people who paid real money got the same slot machine as me. The only thing I didn't like was that you couldn't work toward any specific unlock. I enjoyed my time with the multiplayer, but ultimately I stopped playing because I couldn't unlock anymore new classes.

I still liked the random element, as getting a new suprise was always fun. I just wish it was a hybrid system. Let me set aside something I want to work toward, so I always know that even if I get some bad luck draws, I can still see the meter fill up at the end of a match that says I am going to be able to play as a fucking Krogan soon.

So I remembered a story last year about a couple of porn stars that wanted to do just that. I was going to link it and tell you it had already been done. So I went to google and typed in "Naked people playing videogames on the internet". Then I found a mirror and looked in it for a while

So ya I am pretty sure someone has tried it, but I am unwilling to find the source.