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Chroma Squad dev discussing ultimatum with Power Rangers owner [Update]
Chroma Squad developer Behold Games added a backers-only update to its Kickstarter page yesterday informing the game's funders that it is negotiating a royalty-share deal with Power Rangers owner Saban. According to the update, Saban contacted Behold Games about Chroma Squad and found the game was too similar to the Power Rangers brand, agreeing to either split the game's royalties or go to court to ensure the game would not launch. As Behold Games told Joystiq via email, the developer opted to "make a win-win negotiation" by discussing terms with Saban, though it did not note how royalties from the game's sales would split between the two parties, should they come to an agreement. The developer also stressed in its Kickstarter update that Chroma Squad "is inspired by something much broader than Power Rangers. We're talking about an amazing Sentai culture that is mostly Japanese, but got even bigger with fans from around the world."
Chroma Squad trailer shows mighty-morphin gameplay
If you miss after-school action shows, you can manage your own series in Chroma Squad, an upcoming tactical strategy game for PC, Mac and Linux. This mock set of Japanese commercials details the gameplay behind making a show, sans killer guitar intro. [Image: Behold Studios]
Crowdfund Bookie August 2013: Extreme samples
The Crowdfund Bookie crunches data from select successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns that ended during the week and produces pretty charts for you to look at. Crowdfunding is full of extreme samples. For every handful of projects that earn a few thousand dollars, games like Hex, Massive Chalice and Torment: Tides of Numenera count their earnings in the millions. These games are rare, and not only can they color our perception of crowdfunding, but can also have a major impact on the numbers behind it. Last month's data compiled for successfully-funded projects says as much. August's 29 successful projects raised $2,976,550, but after taking away the month's biggest earner in turn-based strategy game Warmachine: Tactics, the other 28 projects that ended during the month hauled in just $1,397,600. Warmachine: Tactics received $1,028,950 over its funding goal as well. While the month's total amount raised is 53.19 percent over the projects' combined goals, the rate is just 39.66 percent without the top earner. Additionally, the month's average pledge per person drops from $46.57 to $31.70 without Warmachine. Warmachine: Tactics was the only strategy game that was successfully funded among the group in August. While July saw a boost in RPGs, with 11 games in the genre getting funded, August had 12 successful adventure game projects, the most of any genre. Adventure games earned a total of $286,098 thanks to 10,425 people. By comparison, the two shooters funded during the month earned $508,767 from 13,926 backers. While there's no way to discern whether the release of popular retail games like Saints Row 4 or funders' tendency to gravitate to a few extreme samples such as Warmachine had a bigger an impact on crowdfunding for the month, the latter seems pretty clear in August's data. You'll find the month's breakdown by genre after the break, as well as a list of August's top five projects.
Crowdfund Bookie, August 18 - 24: Chroma Squad, Monochroma, DwarfCorp
The Crowdfund Bookie crunches data from select successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns that ended during the week and produces pretty charts for you to look at. This week in crowdfunding, the Kickstarter campaigns for Chroma Squad, Monochroma, DwarfCorp, Insignificant, Alum, Labyrinthine Dreams and Batz ended. Chroma Squad , a management-style game in which players run a "sentai" TV studio with actors and stuntmen, earned the most money this week ($97,148), and had the most backers of the group (3,964). Nowhere Studios' Monochroma , a puzzle platformer described as "Limbo meets Ico," boasted the highest average pledge per person, with each funder averaging a $55.07. Check out the week's crowdfunding results and our pretty charts after the break.
Knights of Pen and Paper dev's new game Chroma Squad hits Kickstarter goal
Knights of Pen and Paper developer Behold Studios has successfully Kickstarted its new project, Chroma Squad. The game follows a group of stuntmen who open their own "sentai" TV studio, a base to film stories about costumed heroes teaming up to defeat big beasts a la Power Rangers or Captain Planet. Chroma Squad passed its $55,000 goal with 16 days to go, and (as of this writing) has 2,505 backers who've pledged $60,870. Player must manage the entire studio by purchasing equipment, hiring actors and enduring an inability to tell what is reality and what is part of the show. The game also features various role-playing game elements and tactical turn-based combat. Chroma Squad is scheduled to combine its powers, connect the lions, and call upon Zordon in late 2013 on PC, Mac and Linux. While the game has a stint on Steam Greenlight, Behold Studios is planning a tablet version for iOS and Android in mid-2014, as well as potential console ports for PS4 and Xbox One in late 2014.
