This week in MMO crowdfunding, Saga of Lucimia, which spent most of last year with its head down working and popped up last month to announce a tentative launch date in 2021, released a video dev blog all about challenge. Stormhaven Studios notes that people have different ideas of what challenge means, but in Lucimia, it’s all about group gameplay.
Camelot Unchained also offered up a full apology for last week’s weirdly handled reveal of a second game that set the playerbase on fire; CSE’s Mark Jacobs sat down to demo the game’s current state for the public yesterday, providing a roadmap for future development.
Meanwhile, Star Citizen fans scuffled over a security breach, Book of Travels announced plans for a spring beta, Temtem banned cheaters, Albion Online dropped a guide to zerging, Valiance Online posted a brief internal update, Shroud of the Avatar began a player town directory, and OrbusVR updated players on its mini-story pack.
Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last week, plus our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following!
Camelot Unchained
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
The Expanse author blasts Star Citizen for privacy breach - This is probably not how you want to get noticed by another major name in the sci-fi industry, but Star Citizen seems to have severely irked the writer of the…
Here are the highlights from Camelot Unchained’s siege warfare demo and roadmap reveal - Note: We liveblogged the stream; scroll down to the end of the post for the latest. The past week has been a whirlwhind for MMO players and watchers of Kickstarted…
Dual Universe casts a spotlight on alpha 3’s new info button and surface harvesting features - Yep, Dual Universe is still kicking out informational alpha 3 dev blogs well after its latest alpha build went online. Still, this particular showcase is about a couple of features…
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating Colossus and Camelot Unchained - You had to know we were going to talk about Camelot Unchained in this edition of Massively Overthinking, right? Last week, City State Entertainment announced that it's started work on…
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs apologizes for Colossus reveal, promises roadmap and siege video tomorrow - A week ago, Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment stunned MMORPG players - and its own Kickstarter backers - with the news that it was working on a second game,…
Pantheon promises Faerthale gameplay look ‘soon’ - Due to the passing of Brad McQuaid, the future of Pantheon may feel uncertain to some players who were hoping that this PvE MMO will go the distance. Perhaps this…
Albion Online patches in some gentle nudges to the Queen update - The Queen update for Albion Online was a big one, and so it makes sense that the latest patch has a few things in it to nudge the game's balance around.…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 258: Camelot Unchained and Colossus - Justin and Bree discuss Camelot Unchained and Colossus, Star Trek Online, Guild Wars 2, Astellia Online, and Warcraft III Reforged, with adventures in Neverwinter, The Sims 4, and SWGL, and…
Dual Universe offers a look at the new global 3-D navigation feature coming in alpha 3 - Yep, it's another alpha 3 preview from Dual Universe! This time, it's a peek at the global 3-D navigation feature, which isn't exactly a mind-blowing feature in the grand scheme…
Star Citizen Live discusses the Theaters of War multiplayer FPS mode - One of the more surprising reveals to come out of last year's CitizenCon was Theaters of War, a 20v20 mode arriving to Star Citizen that sees players fighting it out…
Legends of Aria showcases new capture-the-flag mechanics and upcoming features for Point Release 9 - Citadel Studios founder/CEO Derek Brinkmann, lead producer Jeffrey Edwards, community manager Liz Finnegan, and lead game designer Ben Phelps took to Twitch a couple of days ago to hold a…
Temtem banned 900 cheaters, then changed its mind on granting appeals - Apparently, Temtem has borrowed a bit more from Pokemon than just its overall vibe: It's also borrowing the elder franchise's reputation for attracting the cheaty cheatersons of the world. Early…
Book of Travels plans beta for late spring, early access in October - We had two games tie for our "most anticipated" award in 2019, but since of them was demoted to merely multiplayer with offline components last week, that means there's much…
City of Heroes’ Homecoming buffs tanks and Masterminds, begins the Spring Fling - I hate pet classes. Always have, always will. I'm barely able to stand them save for the Railmaster's pet train in Torchlight Fro--, er, Torchlight III. I still don't think…
Saga of Lucimia
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Campaigns and crowdfunded MMOs we’re watching
3001SQ (Société des Mondes Virtuels) – Kickstarter unsuccessful, dev halted in 2018.
AdventureQuest 3D (Artix Entertainment) – Raised 368k; beta began Oct 2016.
Albion Online (Sandbox) – Launched July 2017, hit Steam May 2018.
Antraxx (Team Antraxx) – Kickstarter canceled.
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios) – Successful KS. Fully launched 2016.
Ashes of Creation (Intrepid Studios) – Successful KS. Alpha zero.
Book of Travels (Might and Delight) – Kickstarted successfully.
Broke Protocol (Cylinder) – Unsuccessful KS. In free early access.
Camelot Unchained (City State) – Kickstarter successful; open donations/packages.
Caribbean Conquest (Invenio) – First KS canceled, second ended unsuccessfully.
Codename Reality (Orode) – Kickstarter unsuccessful.
Contested Space (Zon)
Crowfall (ArtCraft) – Kickstarter win, open packages, Indiegogo crowdfunding ongoing.
Chronicles of Elyria (Soulbound) – Kickstarter successful, open packages.
City of Heroes Homecoming (Homecoming) – Monthly donation rounds.
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media) – Successful KS; Issue 0 delayed into 2019.
Day of Dragons (Beawesome) – Kickstarter successful.
Descent Underground (Descendent Studios) – Successful KS.
Destiny’s Sword (2Dogs) – Kickstarter successful June 2019; demo avail now.
Divergence Online (Stained Glass Llama) – Abandoned in early access.
Dogma: Eternal Night (Prelude Games Factory): Kickstarter. Probably dead.
Dragon of Legends (Thrive Games) – Successful Kickstarter.
Dual Universe (Novaquark) – Kickstarter funded, donor platform. Backer alpha.
Eco (Strange Loop Games) – Funded, now in alpha.
Edengrad (Huckleberry Games) – Kickstarter funded. Abandoned, then not, then again.
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) – Funded and fully launched.
Empyrion Online (Eleon) – Kickstarter canceled; launched on Steam early access.
Endless Trials (Fire Hurts) – Kickstarter canceled.
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
EverFeud (PSB) – Kickstarter canceled.
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions) – Now in open beta.
Fractured (Dynamight) – Kickstarter successful. Alpha 2.
Global Adventures (SubaGames) – Kickstarter funded.
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games) – Open donations, no end date; in early access.
Greed Monger (Greed Monger) – Abandoned, now allegedly in refund process.
Grim Dawn (Crate Entertainment) – Funded and launched.
Guardians of Ember (Runewaker) – Funded and launched.
Guns of Icarus (Muse) – Funded and launched.
Hero’s Song (Pixelmage) –Â KS canceled; Indiegogo. Canceled w/ refunds.
Infinity: Battlescape (I-Novae Studios)
HEX (HEX Entertainment) – Funded and launched.
Legends of Aria (Citadel Studios) – Kickstarted as Shards Online. Early access.
Life is Feudal (Bitbox): Indiegogo ended. Currently in beta.
LUX (Chimera) – Kickstarter canceled.
Maestros of the Anthymn (String Theory) – Kickstarter canceled.
Maguss (Maguss) – Indiegogo successful; open beta.
Mekria (Infinity Online Studios) – Kickstarter canceled.
Midair (Archetype Studios) – Kickstarter successful.
Nebula Online (Mizar Games) Kickstarter canceled; launched in November.
Neo’s Land (NeoJac Entertainment) –Â Open donations, no end date.
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Oath (Ready-Up) – Kickstarter funded.
OrbusVR (Ad Alternum) – KS funded March 2017. In early access.
Overpower (Hydrant Games) –Â Kickstarter unfunded; heading to early access.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms) –Â Open donations. Pre-alpha.
Pantropy (Brain Stone GmbH): First Kickstarter canceled, second funded.
Past Fate (Icy North): Kickstarter unsuccessful.
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks) – Doom, mostly.
Path of Titans (Alderon) – Indiegogo.
Planet Nomads (Craneballs) – Kickstarted, early access launched sans multiplayer.
Playcraft (Bebop Games) – Kickstarter funded May 2019.
Pixel Starships (SavySoda)
Project Gorgon (Elder Game) – Kickstarted in three tries + Indiegogo. Early access.
Project Oasis World (POW) – Kickstarter unsuccessful.
Pumpkin Online (Monique) – Downgrading from MMORPG.
RAW (Killerwhale) – Kickstarter canceled by Kickstarter.
Starfighter Infinity (Ben Olding) – Kickstarter funded. Early access.
Temtem (Crema) – Kickstarter fully funded; now in early access.
The Exiled (Fairytale Distillery) – fka Das Tal;Â KSÂ unsuccessful. Early access.
The Flower of Knighthood – Kickstarter canceled.
The Realm: Reawakened (Stephen Nichols) – Ongoing GoFundMe.
The Repopulation (Idea Fabrik) – Kickstarted twice by A&B. Back in alpha.
ROKH (Darewise) – Kickstarter canceled; in early access but not active dev.
RUiN (Tarhead Studio) – Kickstarter successful.
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora) – Abandoned.
Sacrament (Ferocity Unbound) – Kickstarter failed; Patreon ongoing.
Saga of Lucimia (Stormhaven) – Indiegogo. Intermittent pre-alphas.
Seed (Klang Games) – Kickstarter launching in 2020.
Shadow’s Kiss (Clockwork Throne) – Ongoing Patreon, Kickstarter funded.
Ship of Heroes (Heroic) – Kickstarter canceled, beta expected before 2020.
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium) – Soft launch July 2016. Launch March 2018.
Spycursion (Defun) – Kickstarter unsuccessful.
Squadron 42 (Cloud Imperium) – Beta delayed until at least 2020.
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium) – Ongoing donations/packages. Backer alpha.
TUG (Nerd Kingdom) – Totally abandoned without a word. Now considered a scam.
Vigor Roads (NeuronHaze) – Kickstarter unsuccessful; early access planned for 2017.
War of Rights (Campfire Games) – Successful Kickstarter; in early access.
Zenith (Ramen) – Kickstarter successfully funded.
Pantheon
Yes, some crowdfunded MMOs most definitely do succeed. But others crash and burn, and you need to hear about the whole spectrum of games that sought your money early in exchange for the promise of input and transparency. And that’s exactly what Make My MMO does every Saturday. Help us keep ’em accountable, would ya?
