Invitation to list game development projects on International Game Developer's Association (IGDA) Kickstarter page, along with status of current projects.
"Kickstarter Game Watch is an occasional feature calling attention to some of the most interesting and/or high-profile games currently seeking funds on the service."
"About this Project:
I love playing video games but I'm regularly disappointed in the limited and limiting ways women are represented. This video project will explore, analyze and deconstruct some of the most common tropes and stereotypes of female characters in games. The series will highlight the larger reoccurring patterns and conventions used within the gaming industry rather than just focusing on the worst offenders. I'm going to need your help to make it happen!"
An announcement from Convergence Technologies about a Kickstarter crowdfunding for "The Bridge, an all-in-one wireless keyboard, mouse and universal remote for computers, Smart TVs and home entertainment systems." Described as combining a smart phone keyboard with common video game controller.
interesting incorporation of literature and art into video game design. "The "Road to Canterbury" takes its influence from Chaucer and also Hieronymous Bosch's Seven Deadly Sins and Four Last Things. Attracted significant interest on Kickstarter investment site.
Scheduled for MIT Stratton Student Center
84 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
Saturday, September 14, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM (EDT)
Contributions accepted via Kickstarter
"Roll20 is an online tabletop gaming platform with a focus on storytelling as opposed to game mechanics. This is NOT a video game, but instead a virtual "table" to gather around with friends in order to play any number of role playing games."
Game that teaches you how to code games, among other uses. Received significant Kickstarter funding. "Code Hero is a co-op first-person science shooter where you use the code gun to manipulate code. Your code gun can copy code like new items and fire it like ammunition to do new things. You can edit new code to do anything you can imagine."
"Move over Kickstarter. Gambitious is launching a crowdfunding platform to allow game developers to raise money from fans to create ambitious indie games. The Amsterdam-based Gambitious team includes the founders of Gathering of Developers, the head of Mastertronic, and a Dutch equity-based crowdfunding platform."