Game News Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore Kickstarter is Live

[V_K]

He can't kickstart another Realms of Arkania game?

That's basically what Deathfire is, sans the license. And I see no reasons to believe it'd fare better if it had one.

 

[hexer]

Then it's time to move on. He needs to bring something new and original to the table.

 

[Lady_Error]

Bullshit. He needs to finish this one first with some other form of financing. And he already hinted at that in interviews.

 

[Stabwound]

Has there ever been a kickstarter that failed spectacularly and then secured private funding? You would think that a highly-publicized videogame campaign that didn't even reach 50% funding would speak for itself to any

 

[tuluse]

Has there ever been a kickstarter that failed spectacularly and then secured private funding? You would think that a highly-publicized videogame campaign that didn't even reach 50% funding would speak for itself to any

The Jennifer Hepler kickstarter

 

[:Flash:]

He can't kickstart another Realms of Arkania game?

That's basically what Deathfire is, sans the license. And I see no reasons to believe it'd fare better if it had one.

No, even if the rule system is inspired by TDE.
I would have pledged to a RoA inspired game in an instant. I did to Thorvalla. But I'm simply not interested in a Dungeon Crawler about Zombies.

 

[Dorateen]

Realms of Arkania didn't have dungeon crawling elements? Some of the dungeons in Star Trail were among the most memorable experiences I've had in cRPGs. Even without overland travel, Deathfire is closerin design to a classic RPG, including the Realms of Arkania series, than Thorvalla was.

And the disdain for zombies. There were undead in realms of Arkania, as well as a necrophobia negative attribute, which is consistent with Deathfire's design. Again, claiming praise for Arkania but faulting Deathfire is curious indeed.

 

[V_K]

No, even if the rule system is inspired by TDE.
I would have pledged to a RoA inspired game in an instant.

And what does "RoA inspired" mean then?

 

[:Flash:]

I have never been much of a Dungeon Crawling fan. For me, the best part of RoA was always the overland travel.

 

[stony3k]

Deathfire is not a dungeon crawler. Here's what the first paragraph on the Kickstarter says

A single-player party-based CRPG that combines deep characters and rich storytelling with turn-based combat—NOT A DUNGEON CRAWLER!

probably because too many people assumed that it is a dungeon crawler.

I know it has no chance of funding now, but there's way too much misinformation about

 

[tuluse]

He has done a terrible job explaining the setting. All I know about it is that an evil wizard has summoned zombies. Which sounds generic.

 

[V_K]

Probably because too many people assumed that it is a dungeon crawler.

Or more likely because too many people can't tell a dungeon crawler from a rogulike, and them both - from a DM clone.

 

[made]

Has there ever been a kickstarter that failed spectacularly and then secured private funding? You would think that a highly-publicized videogame campaign that didn't even reach 50% funding would speak for itself to any

The Jennifer Hepler kickstarter

Wut? :O Why wasn't this featured on the Codex? Or at least mentioned. First I hear about it.

 

[almondblight]

I am fucking disappointed that Guido learned NOTHING from the Thorvalla pitch, and fuck you if you think that's empty criticism.

The pitch is much better than Thorvalla's

 

[Infinitron]

Wut? :O Why wasn't this featured on the Codex? Or at least mentioned. First I hear about it.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/86159/

 

[made]

Wut? :O Why wasn't this featured on the Codex? Or at least mentioned. First I hear about it.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/86159/

Yeah, well, with such a nondescript title it's no wonder I missed the thread.

 

[theSavant]

I am fucking disappointed that Guido learned NOTHING from the Thorvalla pitch, and fuck you if you think that's empty criticism.

The pitch is much better than Thorvalla's

What's so hard to understand? If someone makes a "very bad" pitch and then makes a "bad" pitch - it remains bad - even though it's much better than "very bad".

 

[theSavant]

Btw. the kickstarter jumped from 3.000 backers (110.000K) to 3.015 backers (120.000K). The last 15 backers must have invested a lot of money.

 

[Monty]

Maybe someone's taken that $10k tier for the signed pair of Guido's boxer shorts?

 

[V_K]

Btw. the kickstarter jumped from 3.000 backers (110.000K) to 3.015 backers (120.000K). The last 15 backers must have invested a lot of money.

If kicktraq is to be believed, it were last 5 backers, not 15 .

 

[stony3k]

New rewards include Realms of Arkania music

Therefore, I have decided to re-record a number of my tracks from the “Star Trail” and “Shadows Over Riva” soundtracks and release them as a Kickstarter reward. This is not simply a remastering of the original tracks or some such. Instead I will completely redo these tracks, rework the arrangements and re-record them with the technology that is available to me today.