Two cute little people named Becca and Burton want to make a videogame called Robots Love Ice Cream. They took the summer off to work on it, but they need more than time to get the project done. They also need money -- your money. The Robots Love Ice Cream team set a goal to raise $18,000 by July 31st to help fund the game, and as of this writing, they're at over $10,000. Sure, they're giving away some pretty cool bonuses to those who donate to the game, but it's still pretty amazing that most of that money was put forward with nothing given in return but good faith.
Regardless of whether they make their goal or not, raising $10,000 for a game with nothing but a mission statement, a promotional video, and some production art is pretty amazing. It makes me wonder how much money more high profile developers, like Capcom and Nintendo, could raise for their projects if they put their proverbial tip jars and started asking for donations. Do you think Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype, Darkstalkers, and the Operation Rainfall games could get a second chance at life if we just threw money at the people holding them back?
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Hoooo shit. Someone already pledged $2500! They get:
All Root Beer Float rewards + Development team phone updates + Your very own 16GB WiFi iPad2 that you can use to play Robots Love Ice Cream + We'll take you out to lunch at our favorite place the next time you're in Atlanta!
Actually, that's not a terrible idea - I wonder how many people would pony up to see their favorite game get a sequel or maybe some cool new IP. I'd only worry about the nerd rage fallout...
"I donated my $5, and this game sucks! They owe me $5!"
Hey guys, thanks for your interest in our game! We really appreciate all of the comments and support.
@EnigmaEmu - We'll be looking at the iPhone right after we finish the initial iPad version. I just want to make sure that the gameplay works with the limited screen space and how we can tweak the game to use that space the best.
@Nobunaga Oda - Even if you don't have the iPad, I encourage you guys to still consider supporting us. We want this game on a lot of handheld devices, but we can't afford to target multiple ones right now. If we can get this project snowballing downhill, it will create a lot of momentum and opportunities for us to get this on any platforms you guys might have! The game is being made in Unity, so we have a lot of options for platforms. We just don't want to get ahead of ourselves on our first big indie release.
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9:30 PM on 07.28.2011 | 
All Root Beer Float rewards + Development team phone updates + Your very own 16GB WiFi iPad2 that you can use to play Robots Love Ice Cream + We'll take you out to lunch at our favorite place the next time you're in Atlanta!
Cool!
"I donated my $5, and this game sucks! They owe me $5!"
Come on. You can see it happening.
@EnigmaEmu - We'll be looking at the iPhone right after we finish the initial iPad version. I just want to make sure that the gameplay works with the limited screen space and how we can tweak the game to use that space the best.
@Nobunaga Oda - Even if you don't have the iPad, I encourage you guys to still consider supporting us. We want this game on a lot of handheld devices, but we can't afford to target multiple ones right now. If we can get this project snowballing downhill, it will create a lot of momentum and opportunities for us to get this on any platforms you guys might have! The game is being made in Unity, so we have a lot of options for platforms. We just don't want to get ahead of ourselves on our first big indie release.
Thanks!