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Too Beautiful to Live
12 years ago
One of the heartbreaking things of being an indie fan now days is watching a favored project not land the funding it needs to go. Due to the remarkable effect DoubleFine Adventure had on the marketplace, a large amount of funding poured in to other projects. That is the good.
The sad, is that some of those smaller projects are still unseen and unfunded. République was one of the those projects that just barely landed, due to the heroic efforts of fans, Penny Arcade, and RockPaperShotgun. I write this, because one of my personal favorites is slowly languishing on its way to missing funding. That is Ghost of a Tale.
Ghost of a Tale has much going against it. It is relegated to IndieGoGo due to the creator being a non-American. -- Kickstarter only works with US or UK creators. -- It is an action adventure game, which is passé to the indie community. But worst is that it stars a little mouse.
Ghost of a Tale: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/g.....2905681?c=home
The creator is a former studio animator, Lionel Gallat, who worked on The Prince Of Egypt, The Road to Eldorado, and Flushed Away with Dreamworks before moving onto Universal as their Director of Animation for both Despicable Me and The Lorax. He moved into game development to help improve the quality of game animation, and this is his personal project. I hope it gets seen. I hope it gets funded. I hope it gets made. I fear that, as Jerry Holkins said of République; simply too beautiful to live.
The sad, is that some of those smaller projects are still unseen and unfunded. République was one of the those projects that just barely landed, due to the heroic efforts of fans, Penny Arcade, and RockPaperShotgun. I write this, because one of my personal favorites is slowly languishing on its way to missing funding. That is Ghost of a Tale.
Ghost of a Tale has much going against it. It is relegated to IndieGoGo due to the creator being a non-American. -- Kickstarter only works with US or UK creators. -- It is an action adventure game, which is passé to the indie community. But worst is that it stars a little mouse.
Ghost of a Tale: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/g.....2905681?c=home
The creator is a former studio animator, Lionel Gallat, who worked on The Prince Of Egypt, The Road to Eldorado, and Flushed Away with Dreamworks before moving onto Universal as their Director of Animation for both Despicable Me and The Lorax. He moved into game development to help improve the quality of game animation, and this is his personal project. I hope it gets seen. I hope it gets funded. I hope it gets made. I fear that, as Jerry Holkins said of République; simply too beautiful to live.
Dolt
~dolt
Figures this would end right before I get any real money :Y Well, I'll throw a little at it. There's still plenty of time, though, DON'T GIVE UP HOPE
