Former CoD dev's 2D platformer fails on Kickstarter

Game sounds terrible but even if it was good I don't recall reading an article about this kickstarter as I have with the other bigger names. Guess they get the free advertising which is needed if you want to succeed, but when the guy fails, you're quick to write an article, shameless. I hope the people get their money back and not just a soundtrack cause that is outright fraud.

game doesn't look like he needs 400k to produce.

The game sounds pretty interesting and I like the name Dash.

The funny thing is that this game seemed so much more creative than the COD games lol

Checked the video and read the comments section on kickstarter. Found this:

"also adding DLC for higher backers half way through the kickstarter campaign was a bad idea"

Indeed there it is in the reward section at $45 "Free downloads of all future DLC and Expansions".

So $400000 and pre planned DLC for a simplistic 2D platformer that any sane person would have asked $4000 or so for. It's a wonder he got any backers at all.

I'm sure he could finish this game without any donors if he hasn't already.

This whole thing stinks of greed.

For a fairly good idea of how a modern 2D platformer should be done, play Rayman Origins.

I love that the creators of the most popular game ever don't have real fans. A testament to the type of empty losers who play CoD.

Talk about delusional...

400k for a 2D indie platformer? These people need a reality check.

It failed because it was an unoriginal idea from a developer synonymous with no originality. Working for CoD does have consequences

400k for a 2D platformer is a lot to ask

It probably failed because it's another fucking 2D platformer and not because "COD" was mentioned.

Nelson Munz: 'Ha ha!'

Unlucky.

There are far more superior indie titles in the market.

And as for the "Dash" it looks mediocre. Even under the mediocre. Not to mention they need 400.000$ for that crap. Seriously?

Also this project is the proof what kind of mediocre talent is developed CoD!

That game looks pretty awesome. I'm surprised it failed.

El Oh El.

Also, Karma.

Yeah actually if you make a solid game its okay if the art style is not unique or that the graphics are not that great. Why cant we see retro games with HD 2d graphics like rpg games like chrono trigger or final fantasy? 2D games can look better and be much larger then any snes game was.

Yeah this game actually looks like it could be good just never knew about it. Its a lot more creative then most of the other garbage they make now

lol

I see some of these games as scams to give themselves a job for the time being. And others as works of art that are made by people who ask for sensible amounts because they want to have the opportunity to finish there creation.

This unsuccessful Kickstarter is a prime example of everything that is wrong with the current state of the industry. It looks incredibly charming! I wish I knew about it before.

Why is every other independent game is one of these multiple art styles things? All it means is that you have a handful of screen filters the game switches between for no real reason. It has no baring on anything.

And why is every indie platformer a "retro inspired" puzzle thing that's made to look like an 8 or 16 bit game, but actually plays like a shitty flash game? They're always hyper simplistic games with extremely limited/generic mechanics and repetitive bland level design. Half the time these games boil down to a bunch of crate pushing puzzles! Have any of these people actually ever played a really good old 2d platformer?

If Robert Bowling's idea for a gameplay mechanic consists of "sometimes the game has a crappy notebook scribble screen filter and sometimes it has a crappy new grounds flash animation filter for no particularly good reason" then I guess that explains a lot about call of duty.

@ABEzilla116 @MooncalfReviews @Gravity_Slave

Not everyone enjoys platformers - I personally can't stand them, finding them tedious and boring. Also never cared for the NES or SNES, and before you go off and start saying I'm one of those "12 year olds", I'll get it out there that I am probably old enough to be your father. I grew up with the Atari VCS and Magnavox Odyssey then went straight over to the Apple II+ after that before going back to consoles with the Turbo Graphx 16 and Sega Genesis (but did have an Atari 5200 in between as well). A music composer sure isn't enough to get me (or most people for that matter) excited about a game, and sure wouldn't get me interested in a platformer - even if Marty O'Donnell made the music for the game.

You have to remember Robert needs his award winning salary. $40,000 for the game is probably spot on but you are going to need to pay Rob's $360,000 salary on top of that.

In all seriousness though a huge chunk of that price goes to graphic artists. Did you see that Kickstarter for that 2D fighting game?? They asked for $160,000 for one character design but they broke it down as to why it costs so much and it made total sense. The graphic design alone was like half the cost.

This game has a bunch of different art styles from a bunch of different artists.

The game didn't look all that great and I think people are starting to get burnt out with these 'retro' side scroller games now.

modern warfare games suck, and 400,000 for a platform game is way out of the ballpark. 40.000 should be more reasonable and usually successful.

I'm sorry, but 400k for a fucking platformer is ridiculous. Indie platformers are usually something that a dev makes in their spare time and THEN sells, not gets money for first.

Of course $400.000 looks like spare change when you work at the biggest cash machine in the history of gaming (Disclaimer: this may not be and probably isn't true, I don't care), but when you have indie developers pulling masterpieces off their arses with nothing but $5.000 worth of coffee, you can't just pretend to get $400.000 for funding a "meh, looks good" game...

Honestly, the game just seems "meh". I mean FTL asked for only 10.000 dollars if i recall corectly and it is 2D, but a very good one. And they ask 400.000? Way too much IMO.

@ABEzilla116 @msfan1289 You act like it's surprising that quite a few people have no idea how expensive development costs can be.

they should just stick to CoD.