Make My MMO: Wagadu and Ilysia breeze past Kickstarter goals

It’s been a positively packed couple of weeks for crowdfunded MMOs new and old. A few of the highlights:

• Afrofantasy MMO The Wagadu Chronicles entered our lists; it’s already fully funded and pushing on with stretch goals.
• Crowfall patched guild alliances and mounts into its beta.
• Ashes of Creation showed off underwater mounts.
• Elite Dangerous made Horizons free for base game players.
• Book of Travels delayed its early access and posted gameplay footage.
• Camelot Unchained talked up its Dragon’s Web feature.
• Pantheon showed off its Dire Lord class.
• Albion Online offered a teensy patch and brought back the harvest challenge.
• Titan Reach is still falling short of its $400K Kickstarter goal.
• But Ilysia should sail easily and successfully to the end of its Kickstarter tomorrow morning.

And we’ve got some sad news to share too: One of the original Kickstarted MMOTCGs, HEX, is sunsetting at the end of the year, capping off its long-running legal dispute with WOTC. The game was Kickstarted in 2013 for over $2M.

Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last couple of weeks, plus our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following!

Wagadu Chronicles

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wagadu/the-wagadu-chronicles/description

Ilysia

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/team21studio/ilysia-experience-the-glory-days-of-mmorpgs-again-in-vr/

Recent MMO crowdfunding news

Kickstarted MMO card game HEX is closing at the end of the year

Elite: Dangerous’ latest community goal has players siding with Eurybia Blue Mafia or the Keltim Empire

Frozen Flame adds a new skeletal monster, lets players rent servers, and changes no-building areas

The Stream Team: Friday fishing before AQ3D’s Taco Day

Book of Travels posts a video full of in-game moments on a single-player shard

Camelot Unchained’s latest news dispatches cover Dragon’s Web, giants, and art

Ashes of Creation previews mounts and underwater content in latest livestream

Today’s Crowfall patch adds guild alliances, mounts, and performance boosts

Elite: Dangerous elaborates on how Odyssey moves careers and missions to NPCs, stations, and settlements

Shroud of the Avatar adds Lord British’s castle, details food updates, player dungeon creature spawners, and even bigger player towns

City of Heroes: Homecoming previews Page 6 content, preps for Halloween, and shares the cost of operations

Elite: Dangerous makes the Horizons expansion part of its base edition in October

Fractured AMA covers questions about fast travel, PvP, pricing, and testing plans

The Wagadu Chronicles outlines its newly achieved navigation stretch goal, looks to Swala sub-lineages next

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offers a look at the Dire Lord class in a livestream

Occupy White Walls now allows artists to upload their own creations with the Open update — for a fee

VR MMORPG Ilysia releases an updated trailer and a final list of Kickstarter stretch goals as it preps for alpha

Afrofantasy MMO The Wagadu Chronicles hits Kickstarter target, adds navigation stretch goal

Inside Star Citizen closes its summer broadcasts with a close look at 3.11’s cargo decks and feature set

City of Heroes rebuild project SEGS expects to have an alpha by the end of the year

Book of Travels promises gameplay footage this fall, delays early access to Q2 2021

Legends of Aria looks back at the summer PvP arena season and notes adjustments due for next season

Shroud of the Avatar offers a sneak peek at a new adventure scene and crafting station surface decorations

Star Citizen devs offer alpha 3.10 postmortem, consider nerfs and ‘power triangle’ tweaks

Riot Games-backed afrofantasy MMO The Wagadu Chronicles just went live on Kickstarter

TitanReach patches in combat stances and a map as its crowdfunding continues

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts says the game’s economy simulation tech is still a ways off

Titan Reach

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sqrt-studios/titanreach-a-modern-take-on-old-school-mmorpgs/

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. Closed beta.
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, Indiegogo. Beta.
Chronicles of Elyria (Soulbound) – Kickstarter. Abandoned March 2020.
City of Heroes Homecoming (Homecoming) – Monthly donation rounds.
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media) – Successful KS; Issue 0 delayed into 2019.
Dawngate (Studio Wayfinder). Kickstarter successful.
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. Paid beta.
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.
Frozen Flame (Dreamside) – Fig campaign successful. In founder alpha.
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) – KS canceled; Indiegogo. Canceled w/ refunds.
Infinity: Battlescape (I-Novae Studios)
HEX (HEX Entertainment) – Funded and launched and now sunsetting Dec 31.
Ilysia (Team 21) – Kickstarter ends October 4.
Legends of Aria (Citadel Studios) – Kickstarted as Shards Online. Launched 2020.
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) – Open donations, no end date.
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Oath (Ready-Up) – Kickstarter funded. Seemingly abandoned.
Occupy White Walls (Stikipixels) – Kickstarter unsuccessful.
OrbusVR (Ad Alternum) – KS funded March 2017. In early access.
Overpower (Hydrant Games) – Kickstarter unfunded; heading to early access.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms) – Open donations. Pre-alpha.
Pantropy (Brain Stone GmbH): First Kickstarter canceled, second funded.
Past Fate (Icy North): First Kickstarter unsuccessful, second successful.
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.
ROKH (Darewise) – Kickstarter canceled; in  early access but not active dev.
RUiN (Tarhead Studio) – Kickstarter successful.
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.
Starfighter Infinity (Ben Olding) – Kickstarter funded. Early access.
Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff (Kindred) – Kickstarter funded.
Temtem (Crema) – Kickstarter fully funded; now in early access.
The Exiled (Fairytale Distillery) – fka Das Tal; KS 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.
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora) – Abandoned.
The Wagadu Chronicles (Twin Drums) – Kickstarter ends Oct 30.
Titan Reach (Square Root) – Kickstarter ends October 15.
Trials of Ascension (Dragonfire) – Latest Kickstarter failed.
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; now in alpha.

Ashes of Creation

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?