I'm more interested in what you think of the process at this point.  Does seeing all these late projects affect what you'll choose to fund in the future?  Have you seen any improvements as creators have (hopefully) learned over time?  I've backed about 1/10 of the projects you have, and I know I've become much more selective.

TheHistorian wrote in Bretts rpg Crowd funding (kickstarter/indigo etc):I'm more interested in what you think of the process at this point.  Does seeing all these late projects affect what you'll choose to fund in the future?  Have you seen any improvements as creators have (hopefully) learned over time?  I've backed about 1/10 of the projects you have, and I know I've become much more selective.

It will improve.. but sometimes its all about perceptions.. I've listed projects as late when they have listed a delivery date and they have gone over it.. I'm reminded a few years back of a story I heard.. seagate (pretty sure) was having a lot of warranty claims on their new hard drives, they apparently had, say, a 2 year warranty and a lot were failing.. they fixed the problem by reducing the warranty to 1 year.. what will prob happen is a lot more crowd funding projects will increase their delivery dates and hence the problem of being late is somewhat fixed...

It seems (due to the comments anyway compared to the numbers of backers etc) that a lot of people are prepared to wait for a product to be delivered.. there aren't that many public posts that are negative, sure there are some and I expect that a lot more in private emails etc.. but, as with myself I haven't followed up these at all till now.. I'm more concerned with the quality (and even if its delivered).. if you are just writing it how much time are they taking to playtest etc it? New Systems take years to properly playtest IMHO..

A very successful crowdfunding campaign can ruin your reputation .. I think they should stick to the basics.. they want money for 1 book.. then do that.. deliver on that and then worry about the next 5 books.. a lot of these people can't get 1 book out on time let alone 5+.. the same with "lifetime" pds/ products.. these "stretch" goals are just a minefield me thinks.. I think the true test is what (and in some case when) product gets delivered.. if a product is delivered then its a success, if not its a failure.. that will be the factor that will effect the long term viability of crowdfunding..

Brette:)

Thanks for posting this Brette. I joined Kickstarter to fund Bill's project but am hooked as well. I have supported just 19 projects at this stage. You point out some interesting pitfalls here - which will be useful to me.

beasterbrook wrote in Bretts rpg Crowd funding (kickstarter/indigo etc):

JasonZavoda wrote in Bretts rpg Crowd funding (kickstarter/indigo etc):Swords of Almuric sounds very cool. What are the details on that one? Do they have a webpage?

came in today..

Brette:)

A review of it would be cool!

Watching this thread with interest Brette.

My stats. I have now backed 50 projects, 34 of them of them games. The number of projects completed is 7 (only two are games). Of the seven complete, 6 were on time, 1 was late. Of the projects I am backing 6 (all games) are now overdue.

The coolest non-game items I have backed are the Space Telescope (where you get a space selfie taken orbiting the earth) and a short SciFi film (quite a laugh to see ones name role down in the acknowledgements!)