[besson3c]

Hey guys, do any of you have experience creating Kickstarter projects, or monitor Kickstarter fairly regularly? If you do, I'd love to pick your brains a little, please let me know! Some of this may make the most sense to do privately, but it might be cool to post some information to this thread too, for those who might contemplate posting a project to Kickstarter.

[Waragainstsleep]

Question: Does this project have anything to do with poop?

[besson3c]

No, it is not pooh related.

[mattyb]

Modern motorcycles don't have kickstarters.

[Salty]

I've funded a few bands I like on Kickstarter. Five Iron Frenzy, Classic Crime, OC Supertones, recently We Shot the Moon.

I've had a few people say I should try and get money from Kickstarter for my graphic novel. But I think Kickstarter works better to actually fund existing projects that didn't have mainstream success, not the other way around.

[andi*pandi]

I've kicked in a few times. But I think it's now become overused.

[mduell]

Most of the projects seem naieve and I doubt they work. Is there a showcase of successful kickstarter projects? What's their success rate? 0.001%?

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by mduell 

Most of the projects seem naieve and I doubt they work. Is there a showcase of successful kickstarter projects? What's their success rate? 0.001%?

I have no idea, but there are definitely some cool things up there. What do you think of this?

Arctic Flight (iPad stand/cover fits airline tray-table) by Arctic Innovations — Kickstarter

[andi*pandi]

That looks pretty cool, if I flew a lot. Raising the height for movie watching would be more ergonomic.

[Mrjinglesusa]

Saw this recently:

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter

WOW. Over $10,000,000 pledged. Yes, that is 10 MILLION.

[mduell]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

I have no idea, but there are definitely some cool things up there. What do you think of this?

Arctic Flight (iPad stand/cover fits airline tray-table) by Arctic Innovations — Kickstarter

- Does not appear to be up to the rigor of even moderate travel.
- At less than 80% of the pace they need to hit their fundraising goal after massive press.

More half baked hype, not the past successes I asked about.

[Waragainstsleep]

Here is a success story for you:

Detroit Needs A Statue of Robocop! by Imagination Station Detroit — Kickstarter

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by mduell 

- Does not appear to be up to the rigor of even moderate travel.
- At less than 80% of the pace they need to hit their fundraising goal after massive press.

More half baked hype, not the past successes I asked about.

Like this wouldn't sell at least as much as a myriad of other semi-useless iPad accessories currently on the market?

[Spheric Harlot]

Hey, they got a Carmageddon sequel financed.

Carmageddon: Reincarnation by Stainless Games — Kickstarter

No complaints from me.

[mduell]

Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep 

Here is a success story for you:

Detroit Needs A Statue of Robocop! by Imagination Station Detroit — Kickstarter

So the big success story took $60k more than a year ago and has nothing to show for it except a few computer generated renderings?

This is why I roll my eyes at Kickstarter.

[andi*pandi]

There's this one that rolled in the dough, and appears to be building their game on schedule:

Yogventures! by The Yogscast and Winterkewl Games LLC — Kickstarter

[Laminar]