Broken Age (prev. DF Adventure) - Out Now For Backers

I backed this on Kickstarter, and haven't paid much attention to it since. Can I ask, now that it's been split into multiple games, do backers just get the first act or do we get everything?

Everything Broken Age, last I checked.

It's not multiple games, it's just in multiple parts.

Yoshimi wrote:I backed this on Kickstarter, and haven't paid much attention to it since. Can I ask, now that it's been split into multiple games, do backers just get the first act or do we get everything?

we get everything but the backers get act 1 to start with on january 14th.

As hard as it'll be to hold off, I think I'll wait until the final release.

Update expected today for backers about tomorrows 'beta' release.

Can't wait to start playing.

Lots of information will be breaking tomorrow on this.

Have to say the game looks absolutely amazing.

I am glad to see it looks to be developing into something good. I did not actually fund the project as they did not release any assets or concept details beforehand and, IMO buying sight unseen is massive disincentive for any type of work. Fortunately they seem to have have held true, although it still does not seem to justify the budget.

Meep wrote:I am glad to see it looks to be developing into something good. I did not actually fund the project as they did not release any assets or concept details beforehand and, IMO buying sight unseen is massive disincentive for any type of work. Fortunately they seem to have have held true, although it still does not seem to justify the budget.

How so? A couple of million is nothing. I'd say they've done very well to make what it appears they have for that amount.

Crimson wrote:
Meep wrote:I am glad to see it looks to be developing into something good. I did not actually fund the project as they did not release any assets or concept details beforehand and, IMO buying sight unseen is massive disincentive for any type of work. Fortunately they seem to have have held true, although it still does not seem to justify the budget.

How so? A couple of million is nothing. I'd say they've done very well to make what it appears they have for that amount.

Yeah on their original budget they were making a very small game, because it was so successful they've managed to produce what is basically a AAA point and click adventure game.

The amount of work that goes into a game like this is probably not obvious to most people, having watched the excellent documentaries on the game it gives you a whole new perspective on the challenges developers face.

On top of that...what you might also ask yourself is why does it matter what the budget for the game was? The majority of the backers getting the game have spent either a little under £10 or £20 for their copies of this game. Surely what you'd normally be asking is does the game justify a £10-£20 price tag. Obviously we don't yet know how good the game is, but I don't think you'll get much argument from the backers on that front.

Oh yeah and as for 'buying sight unseen', you've got to be joking. A Tim Schafer point and click adventure title is all you ever needed to know, its like saying you wouldn't back a Miyamoto platformer without seeing it.

I backed it purely for the documentary videos. If the game is good that is a bonus.

Check your Humble libraries, should be there now. :mrgreen:

Nope, the update yesterday said you had to wait for an email then you could add it to your Humble library.

HSH28 wrote:Nope, the update yesterday said you had to wait for an email then you could add it to your Humble library.

Just click 'claim past purchases' in your library and it should be there, no need to wait for an email.

Download is done for me. So much hype. :shock:

Ah, claim past purchases, obvious.

Anyway downloading this now along with The Banner Saga. Looking forward to playing it later on.

What you have to understand is that the amount of money they got form backers is before they even got around to selling the game to anyone else, so the total revenue going to DF for this venture is going to seriously beyond what they have already been funded with. It seems like the studio have gotten a seriously, possibly unreasonably, good deal out of using kickstarter. Of course, most most developers won't do anywhere near that well which is why I think it's kind of unfair. The site seems to be a platform of getting stuff made that otherwise would not yet DF are an established studio who do not need that kind of support and in doing so have probably reduced backing that might have gone to other devs who are genuinely struggling to raise enough money for their goals.

Meep wrote:What you have to understand is that the amount of money they got form backers is before they even got around to selling the game to anyone else, so the total revenue going to DF for this venture is going to seriously beyond what they have already been funded with. It seems like the studio have gotten a seriously, possibly unreasonably, good deal out of using kickstarter. Of course, most most developers won't do anywhere near that well which is why I think it's kind of unfair. The site seems to be a platform of getting stuff made that otherwise would not yet DF are an established studio who do not need that kind of support and in doing so have probably reduced backing that might have gone to other devs who are genuinely struggling to raise enough money for their goals.

I still don't think you actually have a clue what you are talking about.

Without Kickstarter this game would not have got made, what you don't seem to quite understand is that games take money to make that even an established developer like Double Fine need to be able to raise in order to get made. Normally this money would come from a publisher, but its quite clear publishers don't want to fund games like this.

The idea this took money away from other developers is quite frankly ludicrous, I'd be willing to guess that the high profile nature of the game actually brought more money in to Kickstarter projects if you could actually look at the data.

Meep wrote:What you have to understand is that the amount of money they got form backers is before they even got around to selling the game to anyone else, so the total revenue going to DF for this venture is going to seriously beyond what they have already been funded with.

The money they got from backers was used to CREATE the game. None of that is profit. They're depending on sales over and above what they gained from kickstarter backers to actually turn any kind of profit.

TheTurnipKing wrote:
Meep wrote:What you have to understand is that the amount of money they got form backers is before they even got around to selling the game to anyone else, so the total revenue going to DF for this venture is going to seriously beyond what they have already been funded with.

The money they got from backers was used to CREATE the game. None of that is profit. They're depending on sales over and above what they gained from kickstarter backers to actually turn any kind of profit.

In fact the game will have ended up costing more to create than the backers put in.

Meep I have to agree with HSH and turnip here anyway you didn't back it so you shouldn't be bothered ,for me on the other hand I did so I'll be downloading it

They've dropped the review embargo so expect reviews up sooner than expected.

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