We had a similar thread a few years back, but it's worth a fresh one I think.
I have three currently:
Call of Saregnar: an RPG inspired by Betrayal at Krondor and Realms of Atlantis (Star Trail). It's been in development for a while, and has a long way to go, but a demo came out last week that was fun. I enjoy reading the project updates from the dev, who posts here occasionally as well. I put in $3 a month.
Fusion Magazine: a retro mag that covers movies, computer games, and other types of games from yesteryear. Its well researched and interesting - the latest edition had a fun article on the 1979 Disney movie the Black Hole (which I mainly remember for its weirdly disturbing ending), including the action figures etc. There's also a piece on Baldurs Gate II and a range of older games. I put in £1.50 a month for the PDF, but I'm thinking of upgrading to the printed edition.
Oleg Dolya: a guy that designs procedurally generated tools, like a city builder and a dungeon creator. I backed it when I was thinking of building some mods and thought I might use the dungeon generator for some random floorplans, but this never happened really. The products are great, but I might pull this one given I'm not currently using it. I'm currently chipping in $5 a month.
Is anyone else backing anything? Any interesting hidden gems? Or do you avoid it like the plague?
I have three currently:
Call of Saregnar: an RPG inspired by Betrayal at Krondor and Realms of Atlantis (Star Trail). It's been in development for a while, and has a long way to go, but a demo came out last week that was fun. I enjoy reading the project updates from the dev, who posts here occasionally as well. I put in $3 a month.
Fusion Magazine: a retro mag that covers movies, computer games, and other types of games from yesteryear. Its well researched and interesting - the latest edition had a fun article on the 1979 Disney movie the Black Hole (which I mainly remember for its weirdly disturbing ending), including the action figures etc. There's also a piece on Baldurs Gate II and a range of older games. I put in £1.50 a month for the PDF, but I'm thinking of upgrading to the printed edition.
Oleg Dolya: a guy that designs procedurally generated tools, like a city builder and a dungeon creator. I backed it when I was thinking of building some mods and thought I might use the dungeon generator for some random floorplans, but this never happened really. The products are great, but I might pull this one given I'm not currently using it. I'm currently chipping in $5 a month.
Is anyone else backing anything? Any interesting hidden gems? Or do you avoid it like the plague?