Make My MMO: Crowdfunding March 9 - March 15, 2014
This week we say goodbye to Terrayn's Kickstarter campaign, which came up short of its $300,000 goal. We say hello to MyDream, though, which has already raked in over a quarter of its $100,000 goal with more than 20 days left to go!
MyDream bills itself as an open-world sandbox based on creativity and collaboration. Player-constructed adventures, environments, and structures are also in the mix. Click past the cut for more of this week's choicest MMO crowdfunding news.
Dream a little dream, get a little green, and before long you'll have your very own MMO... at least that's what these developers are hoping! Games seeking funding to make their plans a reality are listed in this section.
The Chosen (Fair Games Productions): Open donations, end date April 25
A sci-fi space exploration MMOFPS touting ship design and a player-driven economy.
Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.): Open donations, no end date
A vast, dynamic world where nothing is set in stone and each player will experience the game in very different ways
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games): Open donations, no end date
Fantasy medieval setting with a classless system and unrestricted character development
Realistic weather system
Greenlit on Steam
MyDream (MyDream): Kickstarter, end date April 12
3-D open-world sandbox focused on creativity and collaboration
Player-created adventures, environments, structures
Rewards for cooperation and teamwork
Neo's Land (NeoJac Entertainment): Open donations, no end date
A sandbox where the community decides development by round table discussions
Massively news: Voxel-based building demo available
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms): Open donations, no end date
Old school fantasy MMO with focus on group content
The return of corpse runs
Race/class combos revealed
Trials of Ascension (Forged Chaos): Light the Forge, ends at $40,000 raised
Skill-based sandbox MMORPG
Success has its privileges, including a spot in this section! Games that have reached their crowdfunding goals and that are currently being developed are listed here. Once a game reaches the closed testing stage, it will move to the hallowed halls of Betawatch.
Camelot Unchained (City State): Official site - Recent news: Massively's exclusive dev diary series with Mark Jacobs
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media): Official site - Recent news: New concept art
Divergence: Online (Ethan Casner): Official site
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier): Official site - Recent news: Alpha 3.0 and docking video
Embers of Caerus (Forsaken Studios): Official site
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net): Official site
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions): Official site
The Mandate (Perihelion Interactive LLC): Official site
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios): Official site
Pathfinder Online (Goblinworks): Official site - Recent news: Video dev blog and a new store front
Shadowrun Online: (Cliffhanger Productions) Official site
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Portalarium): Official site - Recent news: Anniversary, giveaways, and events
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium): Official site - Recent news: Kythera AI announcement
Kickstarter puts the the fate of fledgling MMOs in the hands of gamers. Which will live and which will die? Check the pulse of MMO crowdfunding with Massively's Jef Reahard every Wednesday in Make My MMO. And for a look at non-MMO crowdfunding, don't forget Joystiq's Crowdfund Bookie.