Welcome back to Make My MMO, a recurring column from Massively-that-was which covers crowdsourced MMOs of both the fully funded and the not-so-much variety. Each week we’ll round up the most relevant crowdfunding news stories in case you missed them, and we’ll also keep a running tab on active funding drives.
And speaking of that, for the next two weeks we get to write about ourselves in this space, as our Kickstarter is ongoing through March 6th and you lovely backers continue to stick it to the man while humbling us with your support.
Click past the cut for the rest of this week’s crowdfunding news. And don’t forget to tip us if you see something we missed (especially this week and next as we’re still scrambling to get our new house in order!).
Current Campaigns
Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.): Open donations, no end date
– A vast, dynamic world
– “Nothing is set in stone; 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
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
Neo’s Land (NeoJac Entertainment): Open donations, no end date
– A voxel-based sandbox where the community decides development by roundtable discussions
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
– Back in “full development mode”
Trials of Ascension (Forged Chaos): Kickstarter closes March 21st
– Skill-based sandbox MMORPG
– Dynamic spawning, permadeath, corpse-looting
– Player structures, settlements, kingdoms, playable dragons
Fully Funded
Camelot Unchained (City State): Recent news – Feature tease, alpha start
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media)
Divergence Online (Ethan Casner)
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions): Recent news – Judy Tryer interview
Greed Monger (Greed Monger)
The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies)
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks): Recent news – Territory control design roadmap
Pumpkin Online (Monique)
Shards Online (Citadel Studios)
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium): Recent news – Long interview, Necropolis preview
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium): Recent news – AC progression, REC feedback
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora): Recent news – Project abandoned
TUG (Nerd Kingdom)
Launched
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments): Recent news – Deadly trademark, Wings in 1.2
Guns of Icarus (Muse)
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 Saturday in Make My MMO.
