Make My MMO: November 30 - December 6, 2014
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shards Online talked up its permadeath plans as well as how it intends to balance crafting vs. loot. TUG's devs revealed that they're hoping for an investor, while Star Citizen continued to make a lot of money and a lot of commenter rage.
Finally, Pantheon previewed a dungeon with a single screenshot and continued taking donations via Patreon. The rest of this week's MMO crowdfunding news roundup is after the break.
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.
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
Contested Space (Zon): Kickstarter coming soon
Player-design spaceships and stations
Action-oriented combat, territory expansion and defense
Descendants (Insense Arts): Kickstarter ends December 24
Sci-fi sandbox
20 playable races, 50 base and 20 prestige classes
Crafting
Land ownership
Political system
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
Latest news: March 30 -- PvP raid and new screens
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
back in "full development mode"
Shards Online (Citadel Studios): Kickstarter ends December 12
Player-run servers connected to one multiverse
Skill-based gameplay, unlimited number of combinations
Taming, hirelings
Player housing in an instance-free world
Live content creation tools
Official dev-run server with regular live events
SKIES (EFORB, LLC): Kickstarter ends December 23
Post-apocalyptic sandbox
MMO/FPS/RPG hybrid
NPC dialogue
Trials of Ascension (Forged Chaos): Open donations, raised $60,000 so far
Skill-based sandbox MMORPG
Dynamic spawning
Player structures, settlements, kingdoms, playable dragons
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): Recent news: Pre-alpha 3, Systems and crafting, Official site
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media): Official site
Divergence: Online (Ethan Casner): Official site
Elite Dangerous (Frontier): Recent news: Gamma play, Newsletter 52, Official site
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net): Official site
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions): Official site
The Mandate (Perihelion Interactive LLC): Official site
The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies): Recent news: Alpha expansion, Official site
MyDream (MyDream): Official site
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios): Official site
Pathfinder Online (Goblinworks): Official site
Pumpkin Online (Monique): Official site
Shadowrun Online: (Cliffhanger Productions) Official site
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Portalarium): Official site, Recent news: Community update
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium): Official site Recent news: Nov. report, Anvil Carrack
Stash (Frogdice): Official site
TUG (Nerd Kingdom): Recent news: Hoping for an investor, Official site
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.