Make My MMO: Occupy White Walls, Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff, and Saga of Lucimia

This week in MMO crowdfunding, we’ve actually got two new relevant-to-us Kickstarters to linger over. Art-curation MMO Occupy White Walls, which has been in early access since 2018, seeks over $100,000 on the platform to add a slew of major features. And then there’s Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff, an adorable co-op RPG that’s already blazed past its KS goal.

Meanwhile, Ship of Heroes launched a surprise beta, City of Titans posted an art demo, Trials of Ascension’s latest Kickstarter is almost to its halfway mark, Saga of Lucimia went in-depth on its alpha, Valiance Online posted new internal patchnotes, and Chronicles of Elyria released a pre-alpha obstacle course.

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!

Swords n Magic and Stuff Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kindredgames/swords-n-magic-and-stuff

Occupy White Walls Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stikipixels/occupy-white-walls

Recent MMO crowdfunding news

Ship of Heroes just announced a ‘surprise beta’ for everyone during the pandemic - So here's a fun Friday surprise: Ship of Heroes boss Casey McGeever asked fans what the team - all working from home - could do to help them. "Let us…

Art-curation MMO Occupy White Walls is running a $120K Kickstarter - Almost two years ago, we learned about a new game we called "the most bizarre new MMORPG we’ve seen in years" - and it's still true. It's the MMO called…

Fractured’s next round of alpha testing adds social features, new abilities, and stealth gameplay - In what's likely a happy surprise for backers of the sandbox MMORPG Fractured, the next round of alpha testing is going to introduce a whole lot more features than what…

Star Citizen shows off a new contextual UI element, new weapons, and more of its prison - Even though the novel coronavirus has caused most of the folks at CIG to work from home, the Star Citizen devs are still kicking out their regular update pieces, such…

Co-op RPG Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff is too much stuff for you to handle - Besides having a name that is giving our editor conniptions, Swords 'n Magic and Stuff is charming fans into opening their wallets for this adorable co-op open-world title. Slated to…

Book of Travels’ skills aren’t the same-old, same-old - When you think of skills in MMORPGs, you most likely envision combat abilities. Fighting, after all, is 90% of what MMO design seems to be. But this won't be the…

Choose My Adventure: The end of the breadcrumb trail in Albion Online - Well, that didn’t take long. This week was all about following the rest of the breadcrumb trail in Albion Online to see where it led, and I recall one of…

Camelot Unchained’s latest mini-update is all about incoming testing and Devout classes - There's still work being done on Camelot Unchained right now, and it's the sort of work that requires some devotion. See, one of the major points of focus right now…

Star Citizen celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by selling things and holding a limerick contest - There once was a game called Star Citizen Whose St. Patrick's Day pride had just bitten 'em. They dressed up in green And made a whole scene About limericks and…

Shroud of the Avatar lets players pick Mistrendur locations, unveils new town size - The latest Avatar's Update newsletter from Shroud of the Avatar is all about land ownership, for the most part. Whether you're among those players who are clamoring for some land…

Ship of Heroes drops new Street Fighting powerset video and pics - Hey, it's been a bit since we've checked in on Ship of Heroes, but the team is back in action with a brand-new video, focused specifically on the Street Fighting…

SEGS moves its engine and client to City of Heroes Issue 2 assets - Good news for the people following SEGS, as the emulation project is moving both its custom engine and client over to the City of Heroes Issue 2 assets, rather than…

Chronicles of Elyria releases a playable pre-alpha obstacle course - Chronicles of Elyria has a lot of aspirations, like creating a persistent world where everyone plays a role in an epic, ongoing storyline. Up to now, though, none of that…

City of Titans

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) – 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) – 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) – 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): 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.
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.
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.
Trials of Ascension (Dragonfire) – Again! Kickstarter ends April 1st.
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.

Star Citizen

Saga of Lucimia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2wMdEJFbJs

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?