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* ''JohnnyWander'': To finance the printing of the third paperback volume.
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* "The Last Days of Coney Island" - An animated film by ''Creator/RalphBakshi'' a crime drama set in the 60's, his first in 21 years, it had been in development since the mid 90's.
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* NoExportForYou: While you can pledge to any project, regardless to your nationality, if you want to create a project, you need to be American resident with an American-issued credit card, possibly for preventing foreign frauds, unless you have an American strawman.

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* NoExportForYou: While you can pledge to any project, regardless to your nationality, if you want to create a project, you need to be American resident with an American-issued credit card, possibly for preventing foreign frauds, unless you have an American strawman. Other nations usually host their own crowd-funding separate from Kickstarter to get around this limitation, or they have an American third party sponsor their effort.
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While the site has enjoyed a reasonable success beforehand, in February 2012 everything changed: not only did an iPhone dock become the first project to raise a million dollars, but legendary game developer Creator/TimSchafer announced he was going to raise money for a new adventure game. Said project ended up raising over ''3 million'', with 1 million raised ''in a single day''. ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Reprint Drive also joined the +1 million club the same month.

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While the site has enjoyed a reasonable success beforehand, in February 2012 everything changed: not only did an iPhone dock become the first project to raise a million dollars, but legendary game developer Creator/TimSchafer announced he was going to raise money for a new adventure game.game, and Double Fine was only asking for $400,000 as its goal. Said project ended up raising over ''3 million'', with 1 million raised ''in a single day''. ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Reprint Drive also joined the +1 million club the same month.
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* ''[[VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin Divinity: Original Sin]]'', a prequel to ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/Divinty2''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin Divinity: Original Sin]]'', a prequel to ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/Divinty2''.''VideoGame/{{Divinity 2}}''.
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* ''[[VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin Divinity: Original Sin]]'', a prequel to ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/Divinty2''.
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* ''Dreadball'' - A sci-fi sport board game from Mantic Games. Like the Reaper Miniatures one further down this page, they used Kickstarter to fund and release the game and expansions far faster than they would have through traditional means. It also influenced development at points - the community's response to one MVP, [[PunnyName Mee-Ken Judwan]], led to the creation of the Judwan species as a team for the Season 2 expansion, for example. And much to the backers' delight; the game is far from being merely BloodBowl In Space.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Returns''

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* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight''''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': One of the first games from the site to actually release.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Numenera}}''



* ''[[VideoGame/ShroudOfTheAvatarForsakenVirtues Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues]]'', the SpiritualSuccessor to both the classic single-player ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/ShroudOfTheAvatarForsakenVirtues Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues]]'', ''VideoGame/ShroudOfTheAvatarForsakenVirtues'', the SpiritualSuccessor to both the classic single-player ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.



* ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully funded in just ''six hours'' and went on to become the most funded video game to date on Kickstarter, having surpassed ''Project Eternity'' by $200k on its final day.

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* ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' based on ''TabletopGame/{{Numenera}}''--fully funded in just ''six hours'' and went on to become the most funded video game to date on Kickstarter, having surpassed ''Project Eternity'' by $200k on its final day.
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* DavidBraben, one half of the team behind the groundbreaking ''Videogame/{{Elite}}'' space trading combat sim, succesfully reached his £1.25 million goal for [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live ''Elite:Dangerous'']].

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* DavidBraben, one half of the team behind the groundbreaking ''Videogame/{{Elite}}'' space trading combat trading/combat sim, succesfully reached his £1.25 million goal for [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live ''Elite:Dangerous'']].



* ''VideoGame/ProjectEternity'', started by ObsidianEntertainment, which managed to reach it's $1.1 million goal within roughly 27 hours, and ended up making almost 4 times its original goal, beating the Double Fine Adventure as the most supported game kickstarter on its final day.

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* ''VideoGame/ProjectEternity'', started by ObsidianEntertainment, Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, which managed to reach it's $1.1 million goal within roughly 27 hours, and ended up making almost 4 times its original goal, beating the Double Fine Adventure as the most supported game kickstarter on its final day.



* ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' wants to live-Riff ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' in August 2013. They asked Kickstarter users for $55,000 so they could get the rights from Lionsgate. At this edit, with the drive ending tomorrow, they're just short of $250,000.

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* ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' wants to live-Riff ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' in August 2013. They asked Kickstarter users for $55,000 so they could get the rights from Lionsgate. At this edit, They ended up with the drive ending tomorrow, they're just short of $250,000.$264,860.
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* ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully funded in just ''six hours''.

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* ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully funded in just ''six hours''.hours'' and went on to become the most funded video game to date on Kickstarter, having surpassed ''Project Eternity'' by $200k on its final day.
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* NoExportForYou: While you can pledge to any project, regardless to your nationality, if you want to create a project, you need to be American resident with an American-issued credit card, possibly for preventing foreign frauds, unless you have an American strawman.
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The game\'s over its funding goal, so might as well redlink it.


* ''Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues'', the SpiritualSuccessor to both the classic single-player ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.

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* ''Shroud ''[[VideoGame/ShroudOfTheAvatarForsakenVirtues Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues'', Virtues]]'', the SpiritualSuccessor to both the classic single-player ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.
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* ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' wants to live-Riff ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' in August 2013. They asked Kickstarter users for $55,000 so they could get the rights from Lionsgate. At this edit, with the drive ending tomorrow, they're just short of $250,000.
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[[http://kickstarter.com Kickstarter]] is probably the most well known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding crowd funding]] website in existence. Basically, here you can obtain money for any creative project[[hottip:*:stuff like businesses, charities, etc, are not allowed]] you have by submitting a description of your project (usually alongside a shot video) and promising rewards to people who "pledge" different amounts.

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[[http://kickstarter.com Kickstarter]] is probably the most well known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding crowd funding]] website in existence. Basically, here you can obtain money for any creative project[[hottip:*:stuff project[[note]]stuff like businesses, charities, etc, are not allowed]] allowed[[/note]] you have by submitting a description of your project (usually alongside a shot video) and promising rewards to people who "pledge" different amounts.



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* FollowTheLeader: While Kickstarter had hosted hundreds of gaming projects before Tim Schafer, ''DoubleFine Adventure'' caused several high profile developers to join in. It also paved the way for much more expensive projects: before DFA getting over 100k on Kickstarter was a bit of a stretch, now several projects have tried and succeeded getting money around and over the 500k range.

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* FollowTheLeader: While Kickstarter had hosted hundreds of gaming projects before Tim Schafer, ''DoubleFine ''Creator/DoubleFine Adventure'' caused several high profile developers to join in. It also paved the way for much more expensive projects: before DFA getting over 100k on Kickstarter was a bit of a stretch, now several projects have tried and succeeded getting money around and over the 500k range.
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* ''Series/VeronicaMars: TheMovie''TheMovie'' - Is the fastest funded film project on Kickstarter after being fully funded in ''under 11 hours.''
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* ''VideoGame/BootHillHeroes''
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* ''Series/VeronicaMars: TheMovie''
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* ''[[VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera Torment: Tides of Numenera]]'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully funded in just ''six hours''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera Torment: Tides of Numenera]]'', ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully funded in just ''six hours''.
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* VideoGame/ProjectEternity, started by ObsidianEntertainment, which managed to reach it's $1.1 million goal within roughly 27 hours, and ended up making almost 4 times its original goal, beating the Double Fine Adventure as the most supported game kickstarter on its final day.

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* VideoGame/ProjectEternity, ''VideoGame/ProjectEternity'', started by ObsidianEntertainment, which managed to reach it's $1.1 million goal within roughly 27 hours, and ended up making almost 4 times its original goal, beating the Double Fine Adventure as the most supported game kickstarter on its final day.



* Initially Chris Roberts tried to crowdsource ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'' through his own [[http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com website]], but so many people tried to pledge that the server couldn't handle it and crashed. To address the site's instability and make up for lost time, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen he started a Kickstarter project as well]].

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* ''Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues'', the SpiritualSuccessor to both the classic single-player ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.
* Initially Chris Roberts tried to crowdsource crowd-fund ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'' through his own [[http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com website]], but so many people tried to pledge that the server couldn't handle it and crashed. To address the site's instability and make up for lost time, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen he started a Kickstarter project as well]].



* ''Torment: Tides of Numenera'' - funded in only ''six hours.''

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* ''Torment: ''[[VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera Torment: Tides of Numenera'' - Numenera]]'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''--fully funded in only just ''six hours.''hours''.



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* ''Torment: Tides of Numenera'' - funded in only ''six hours.''
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* ''VideoGame/ProjectAwakened''
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[[http://kickstarter.com Kickstarter]] is probably the most well known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding crowd funding]] website in existence. Basically, here you can obtain money for any creative project[[hottip:*:stuff like businesses, charities, etc, are not allowed]] you have by submitting a description of your project (usually alongside a shot video) and promising rewards to people who "pledge" different amounts.

While the site has enjoyed a reasonable success beforehand, in February 2012 everything changed: not only did an iPhone dock become the first project to raise a million dollars, but legendary game developer Creator/TimSchafer announced he was going to raise money for a new adventure game. Said project ended up raising over ''3 million'', with 1 million raised ''in a single day''. ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Reprint Drive also joined the +1 million club the same month.

Schaefer's success then caused a [[FollowTheLeader large number of game developers to turn to Kickstarter]]. Said developers included Brian Fargo, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2?ref=live who raised over 2.7 million for]] ''[[VideoGame/{{Wasteland}} Wasteland 2]]''; Al Lowe who is [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leisuresuitlarry/make-leisure-suit-larry-come-again?ref=live seeking]] to remake VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry in HD; Jane Jensen, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005365109/jane-jensens-pinkerton-road-2012-2013-csg?ref=live seeking funding]] for her adventure game studio and others.

!!!Notable Kickstarter projects include:

* ''Music/{{Animusic}} 3''.
* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie: Volume One''
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily: Volume One''
* ''Cans Without Labels'' - A short from JohnKricfalusi tributing the frugality of his father through George Liquor.
* ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}: Reincarnation''
* ''Videogame/DefenseGridTheAwakening 2''.
* ''WebAnimation/DickFigures: TheMovie''
* ''Distance'', SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[VideoGame/NitronicRush Nitronic Rush]].''
* ''DoubleFine Adventure''
* ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', a sequel to the traditionally-funded ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' and ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' adventure classics.
* DavidBraben, one half of the team behind the groundbreaking ''Videogame/{{Elite}}'' space trading combat sim, succesfully reached his £1.25 million goal for [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live ''Elite:Dangerous'']].
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight''
* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoWouldBeKing''
* The storyboard animatic for a CG feature film adaptation of ''TheGoon''.
* ''{{Homestuck}}'' Adventure game: Reached it's goal within ''two days'', and ultimately raised over 350% of its $700,000 goal. It is to be set within the universe but not following the main canon.
* ''I Am Big Bird'' - A documentary about Carol Spinney, the last original Muppet puppeteer, who has played [[SesameStreet Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch]] since 1969.
* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry [[UpdatedRerelease Reloaded]]''
* ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate HD Restoration''
* ''VideoGame/PlanetaryAnnihilation''
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade Sells Out'' - Rather than one specific project, PA is looking to get the fans to pick up the site's operating expenses for a year. If successful, then they can work on projects for the fans instead of for advertisers.
* VideoGame/ProjectEternity, started by ObsidianEntertainment, which managed to reach it's $1.1 million goal within roughly 27 hours, and ended up making almost 4 times its original goal, beating the Double Fine Adventure as the most supported game kickstarter on its final day.
* ''PuzzleClubhouse''
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Reprint Drive''
* The Ouya -- an open, hackable console based off the Android OS which will retail for $99. Its controller features two analog sticks, eight buttons, and a touchpad screen.
* ''Reaper Miniatures'' - Rather than expand their Bones range over several years, they used Kickstarter to try and expand the range a bit faster, with the newer models from the range being the rewards. They originally asked for $30,000 with a rather nice selection of models for a $100 pledge. As of this edit, they have nearly reached the $2.15 million mark and by expanding the $100 level reward with each stretch goal, those backers are now getting somewhere in the ballpark of 200 minis. As [[PennyArcade Tycho]] [[http://penny-arcade.com/2012/08/22/a-proprietary-blend put it]]; "It’s a good thing that the Bones line being funded consists of plastic minis, because if they fulfilled this order in pewter or white metal it would influence the tilt of the earth, killing billions."
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Returns''
* Initially Chris Roberts tried to crowdsource ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'' through his own [[http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com website]], but so many people tried to pledge that the server couldn't handle it and crashed. To address the site's instability and make up for lost time, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen he started a Kickstarter project as well]].
* ''[[VideoGAME/SuperMarioBrosCrossover Super Retro Squad]]''
* ''Film/ThanksKilling 3''
* ''[[FeministFrequency Tropes vs. Women in Videogames]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}} 2''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Yogventures}}''
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesRun''

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* FollowTheLeader: While Kickstarter had hosted hundreds of gaming projects before Tim Schafer, ''DoubleFine Adventure'' caused several high profile developers to join in. It also paved the way for much more expensive projects: before DFA getting over 100k on Kickstarter was a bit of a stretch, now several projects have tried and succeeded getting money around and over the 500k range.
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