What makes you desire to invest IN something in progress?

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What makes you desire to invest IN something in progress? Feb 4, 2014 3:04:18 GMT

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Post by JaredG on Feb 4, 2014 3:04:18 GMT

Dear Imagination Vent Team,

This month I have been painstakingly looking over Kickstarter projects and putting into my mind, what works and what doesn't.

What brings your attention to the haul-t, when you see something worthwhile to invest in?

There was a terrifically well done mobile game about toy soldiers that had an amazing video, but feel flat on Kickstarter's website. Now, here is another odd example of a game that doesn't meet the eye->> Cradle Link The game cradle linked here had a boring/ alright video at best. They page was well written, but the lack of finished art assets mystifies me and yet they have already raised $85,000 which I feel is a lot when their demonstration video has little to show in the way of progress besides some randomly generated content in the CryEngine software...

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What makes you desire to invest IN something in progress? Feb 4, 2014 5:08:40 GMT mike likes this

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Post by bryant on Feb 4, 2014 5:08:40 GMT

1. Innovation - New ideas and concepts usually grab my attention, not rehashed copies of other things.
2. Passion - I love it when the creators care more about what they are doing instead of caring about the money.
3. Community interaction - The creators really care if they interact with the community that they are creating. I enjoy being part of those communities.

Some examples of in-progress projects that I have invested money in: Virtuix Omni, Limit Theory, Stonehearth, Starbound, Minecraft (when it was in Beta)
Other projects that I would have invested money in if I could have: Oculus Rift, Delta Six

That Cradle game that you linked actually looks pretty good. It has innovation (the combat system is quite nice), passion (a 43 minute interview? The creators must be really passionate in order to be able to talk for that long about their game!), and community interaction (the creators are replying to comments on their Kickstarter page).

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What makes you desire to invest IN something in progress? Feb 4, 2014 5:18:26 GMT

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Post by JaredG on Feb 4, 2014 5:18:26 GMT

Hmm very interesting points there Bryan.

Innovation is definitely a necessity in a video game, to make it feel like new, unless its something that is genuinely fun like if a game ripped straight off Borderlands 2. The clone game would be amazing to play, maybe not as original in respect to the story and atmosphere of its inspiration, Borderlands 2.

Definitely, you can truly see it in projects when people are driven to make a great game, and when people just want money or conjure up the lucid idea that they have this grand idea and if they can just get 200K this idea in their mind will become a reality.

For sure!!!! Community engagement is huge as witness in the successful relationship Comcept USA LLC had with its fans of the Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter project

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