Tagged: kickstarter

January 26, 2014 @ 2:43 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

If you can avoid hitting the New York Times paywall, there is a profile of Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler in the Sunday Review section. It provides a little bit of context regarding who Strickler is and what makes him tick. Interestingly, Strickler points out that… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the Aurora Dream Enhancer closed this past week at $239,094 on a goal of $90,000.  Backers numbered 1428 with the majority signing up for a device that is scheduled to ship this coming June.  Aurora is capitalizing on the growing interest in… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 2:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A thread on gaming forum NeoGAF has emerged that includes what appear to be some leaked early screenshots from the upcoming Mega Man spiritual successor Mighty No. 9. The game was funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just over $3.8 million. There is some… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 12:56 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The oft-admired Kickstarter campaign for the PowerUp 3.0 has closed. The grand total? $1,232,612 from 21,412 backers. The average pledge for the campaign was $57.57. RELATED | Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane Looked to Crowdfund $50,000, It’s Now Over $500,000 on Kickstarter It’s good for sixth on Kickstarter’s all-time… Read More

January 24, 2014 @ 10:10 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Back in December, we noticed that there was a lot of hype around the Avegant Glyph and a forthcoming Kickstarter campaign that would accompany the launch of the device. It seems the hype was well-warranted, because in under 48 hours the Glyph has more than… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Team Kickstarter has updated their back end functionality to allow crowdfunders the ability to generate targeted updates. With over 600,000 updates having been posted from the over 130,00o projects launched (and that number is growing by the second), the campaign communication tools are vital to… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Board game Chaosmos, developed by independent publisher Mirror Box Games, launched their crowdfunding campaign January 2nd and made $30,000 (75% of its goal) in the first three days. The target of raising $40,000 on Kickstarter has almost been doubled as over 1000 backers jumped in… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Anime fans rushed to fund this crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  France based Ankama launched on January 20th, the project hit their $80,000 CAD goal on January 21st.  Many initial backers rushed in at the higher reward levels with the $1000 CAD quickly being sold out…. Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded feature film Wish I Was Here premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Reviews were mixed, of course… And to those who thought Braff was out of line asking for a hand-out, be satisfied in knowing that his second directorial effort — which… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Snooperscope “night vision for your iPhone” just closed their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter this past December 25, 2013.  The project raised over £79,000 on a £40,000 goal.  Therefore I was a bit surprised to see the campaign pop up on competitor Indiegogo’s platform.  The pretail… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 1:47 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A Kickstarter campaign for an officially-licensed Mega Man board game has ended. The campaign and Lubbock, Texas-based creator Jasco Games netted $415,041 on a goal of just $70,000. Over 11,000 backers chipped into the campaign. It is a bit of a disappointment considering over half… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 1:40 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kung Fury is a campy movie done in classic 80’s over-the-top action style that is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and the campaign is about to come to an end. Crowdfunding for the film will cease this Sunday, January 25th at about 11 AM EST. Will Kung Fury… Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 10:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Double Fine Adventure was a bit of a turning point in crowdfunded video games. When Double Fine Productions launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter seeking $400,000 in funding from the crowd, they couldn’t have imagined netting over $3 million. The road wasn’t easy from there… Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 9:53 am By Charles Luzar  |  

What do you do when you’ve raised almost $500,000 on a goal of just $200,000? Lumo BodyTech wants to pay it forward to a few of their favorite charities. A self-hosted crowdfunding campaign for the Lumo Lift launched earlier this month amidst the Consumer Electronics… Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 4:52 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Greenlight is essentially a crowdsourcing platform where any of Steam’s 75,000,000 active users can help to determine what games get launched on Steam, the Valve-owned video game marketplace. It’s step one in a game development funnel Valve has used to empower smaller developers and studios…. Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 1:39 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Veronica Mars is on the comeback trail, and not just because of the forthcoming Kickstarter-funded feature-length film. Producer Rob Thomas has just struck an agreement that will result in a Veronica Mars-themed web spinoff… The CW web series: a comedy featuring @HiRyanHansen attempting to put together… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunded on Kickstarter where the film raised $126,020 on a $100,000 goal this past March, The Square has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This is the first Academy Award Nomination for creators Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer. The documentary film follows the events… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 9:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yasumi Matsuno has teamed with California-based Playdek on a tactical RPG entitled Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians. It’s kind of a big deal. Matsuno is a huge name in video games with titles like Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII under his belt. He has… Read More

January 16, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter Project Creator Marc Barros Shares his Feedback at Campaigns Incredible Success. Moment, “Amazing Lenses for Mobile Photography” was a crowdfunding campaign we covered yesterday on their first day on Kickstarter.  The campaign set a targeted raise of $50,000.  As of today the campaign has… Read More

January 16, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Y Combinator-backed Apigy created Lockitron just as the connected home movement was really taking off. The company promised some pretty slick features. The device integrated with your home’s deadbolt and promised to allow things like remote unlocking from a smartphone. It was even said to have… Read More