http://www.kickstarter.com/ Kickstarter is a fund riser site where you can post for people to help fund a project. You can submit a project and if excepted they will post it. You have to set a money goal and a time deadline to raise it. If you do not meet both you get nothing (as I understand it). Your "backers" do not own any part of your project and get no money from it. They are funding to get you start not inventing in the project. (The site say something about offering then gifts or prizes.) The site also doesn't own any part of your project and is not involved in any form with the creation of your project. An Overview here -
http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav I first heard about it a year or so back when a mid-sized comicbook company used it to rise the cash to relaunch a popular comic series and give the first 5 issue to the public for free. I've never really give it a good look. There is a push of well-known and connected people trying to use this site to their advantage. But in recent months(or more) a backlash has been risen, calling for the need to keep Kickstarter the place for the small guys,fire-timers, and hopeful dreamers.
I've been thinking about trying to use this to get the money I would need for a project. In the end I will always have to hire outside help for art and coding above my skills and other things.
http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/games?ref=sidebar I was wondering if anyone would try this or already has tried this to fund their project.
Please +1 if you would try it.
Please tell the rests of us what we need to know if you've already done it.
Please also give any info you think I person should have on-hand before submitting a project - Budgets - GDocs - Team member signed contract - prototype - whatever you think.
Something like this is my only real shot at pulling something out off my "Where project go to sleep the deep sleep, till zombie day -NOTEBOOKS " and turning it into a reality.
http://www.kickstarter.com/start?ref=nav http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines Feedback - if just for fun.
Mal
