Goblinworks Announces the Pathfinder Online Technology Demo Kickstarter Project - Polidicks

[quote][B]Thornkeep RPG book by Rich Baker is part of the Kickstarter [/B] Goblinworks Inc. is proud to announce our first Kickstarter project for the Pathfinder Online MMORPG. The Pathfinder Online Technology Demo Kickstarter will help Goblinworks finance the creation of a Technology Demo that we can use to show investors what Pathfinder Online will look like. Successful funding of this Kickstarter will also demonstrate the community's desire and excitement for Pathfinder Online. In addition to an exclusive long video of the Technology Demo, the main reward for the Kickstarter Project is a 64-page book called Thornkeep. The first 32 pages comprise a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game sourcebook for Thornkeep, one of the three starting locations in the Pathfinder Online MMO. This section is written by veteran RPG designer Rich Baker. The second 32 pages are written by the Goblinworks staff and will provide readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Pathfinder Online. There are a variety of rewards available to backers who pledge from $5 to $5,000, ensuring that there is a reward level suitable for any pocketbook. "With the recent success of Kickstarters funding several computer game projects, our team felt that it was the ideal medium to provide funding for our Pathfinder Online Technology Demo," said Goblinworks CEO Ryan S. Dancey. "Through the success of this Kickstarter, we will be able to prove to the world that there is a pent-up demand for a fantasy sandbox MMO set in the Pathfinder world of Golarion. Our community is our strongest asset, and we plan to show the world just how great the Pathfinder community really is." The Pathfinder Online Technology Demo Kickstarter will run for 30 days, from May 9 to June 8, 2012. [B]About Paizo Publishing [/B] Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry. Paizo Publishing, LLC, the Paizo golem logo and Pathfinder are registered trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC, and Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, and Pathfinder Society are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC. [B]About Goblinworks [/B] Goblinworks is the developer and publisher of Pathfinder Online, a next-generation fantasy sandbox MMO. The company is located in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. It was founded in 2011 by a dedicated group of creative professionals with backgrounds in tabletop hobby gaming and online videogame development. Goblinworks is dedicated to creating a fun, immersive online gaming experience for the fantasy roleplaying enthusiast. Its goal is to deliver the best sword & sorcery massively multiplayer game on the market by starting with a carefully designed core of features and iterating on the content continuously after launch, with the input and feedback of the player community. [/quote] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/pathfinder-online-technology-demo]Kickstarter campaign[/url] Text from Paizo.com newsletter

What the fuck is with all these sudden kickstarter projects?

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;35899285]What the fuck is with all these sudden kickstarter projects?[/QUOTE] 1960: "What the fuck is with all this rock music?" 1980: "What the fuck is with all these videogames?" 1990: "What the fuck is with the internet?" 2000: "What the fuck is with social media?" When a boulder beings rolling, it gathers momentium.

I'm pretty sure Kickstarter opened up for international projects (before you needed to reside in the US, have a US drivers license or something alike) so that might justify it.

[QUOTE=1239the;35899298]1960: "What the fuck is with all this rock music?" 1980: "What the fuck is with all these videogames?" 1990: "What the fuck is with the internet?" 2000: "What the fuck is with social media?" When a boulder beings rolling, it gathers momentium.[/QUOTE] So by that logic, 2010 begins the decade of asking others for donations to start a project, rather than a form of entertainment or way to connect with others?

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;35899285]What the fuck is with all these sudden kickstarter projects?[/QUOTE] Tim Schafer made megabux, everyone else wants a piece of it.

Anyone who's annoyed at kickstarter is an idiot. Kickstarter is great for all your great indie games and other projects. It's the best thing to happen for gaming in a while. Now indies can get funding they need to develop great games and no longer require a publisher. Well known people can now develop games independently without having to bend to publisher's will. Kickstarter is AMAZING!

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;35900167]Anyone who's annoyed at kickstarter is an idiot. Kickstarter is great for all your great indie games and other projects. It's the best thing to happen for gaming in a while. Now indies can get funding they need to develop great games and no longer require a publisher. Well known people can now develop games independently without having to bend to publisher's will. Kickstarter is AMAZING![/QUOTE] It's also a bad thing in that developers who think they know better than their publisher go there and try to get money for a game. Except they have no idea of the actual costs behind making their game, they pull an arbritary number out.of their ass and think its enough. Publishers didn't get to where they are today by fucking around. Don't get me wrong, its great that they can make a developer can get money to make games though.

As a pathfinder GM, I am extremely excited about this.