{"id":47780,"date":"2012-11-27T10:03:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=47780"},"modified":"2012-11-27T10:04:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T08:04:43","slug":"5-kickstarter-games-you-should-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/47780-5-kickstarter-games-you-should-know-about","title":{"rendered":"5 Kickstarter games you should know about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we know which <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/47474-5-kickstarter-game-projects-doomed-to-fail.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter projects are doomed to fail<\/a>, what about those projects that are sure to reach dizzying heights of success? Remember, it only matters if you liked it <em>before<\/em> it was cool, so make sure you know about these before everybody else finds out.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Legend of Dungeon<\/h3>\n<p>If the totally adorable neo-retro graphics aren&#8217;t enough to win your heart, Legend of Dungeon is a four-player, co-op, side-scrolling beat-&#8217;em-up with rogue-like gameplay elements. Add in pizza, and it&#8217;s everything you&#8217;ve <em>ever<\/em> wanted. You&#8217;ll have to supply your own pizza, though.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ElS7X3U8YpY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/robotloveskitty\/legend-of-dungeon?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\">Legend of Dungeon Kickstarter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Maia<\/h3>\n<p>As a gamer, I don&#8217;t ask for much, really &#8211; maybe just my own private colony on a hostile alien world among the stars to rule with a tyrant&#8217;s ultraviolent radiation-resistant, temperature-controlled and pressurised glove. What happens in space, stays in space &#8211; and my orbital weapons platforms will shoot down anybody who attempts to demonstrate otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>According to creator Simon Roth, the game is inspired by 70s pulp sci-fi and Bullfrog-era god games, so you know it&#8217;s going to be something pretty special.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47782\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maia-by-Simon-Roth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47782\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47782\" title=\"Maia by Simon Roth\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maia-by-Simon-Roth.jpg\" alt=\"Maia by Simon Roth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maia-by-Simon-Roth.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maia-by-Simon-Roth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maia-by-Simon-Roth-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What do you mean somebody threw up on the oxygen scrubbers? THROW THEM INTO THE LAVA.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1438429768\/maia?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\">Maia Kickstarter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">GODUS<\/h3>\n<p>And speaking of Bullfrog-era god games, it&#8217;s GODUS &#8211; a god game from original Bullfrog man, Peter Molyneux and his new studio, 22cans. I know what you&#8217;re thinking &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s Peter Molyneux&#8221; &#8211; but let&#8217;s not forget this is the same man who gave us Populous, Black &amp; White, and Dungeon Keeper. Coincidentally enough, these are the same three games cited as major influences for GODUS on the Kickstarter page.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll go ahead and be the first to confess it &#8211; I&#8217;m interested. Your turn.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q8dvLnuHVkI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/22cans\/project-godus?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\">GODUS Kickstarter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Sui Generis<\/h3>\n<p>According to its promo blurb, Sui Generis is basically &#8220;Grand Theft Auto meets Morrowind in an original open world RPG&#8221;, which when you think about it sounds almost exactly like &#8220;something I definitely want to play&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Bare Mettle Entertainment doesn&#8217;t confirm if you&#8217;ll be able to hijack wagons and murder the local sausage vendors, but the game&#8217;s description touts a non-linear narrative that&#8217;s &#8220;not written, it&#8217;s up to you&#8221; so I&#8217;d guess anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PvZchE30StQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1473965863\/sui-generis?ref=category\" target=\"_blank\">Sui Generis Kickstarter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Combat Kitchenware<\/h3>\n<p>Okay, so technically this isn&#8217;t even a game, but these battle-ready frying pans will turn your entire <em>life<\/em> into a Skyrim expansion, only with much more bacon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1901693996\/combat-kitchenware\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1901693996\/combat-kitchenware\" target=\"_blank\">Combat Kitchenware Kickstarter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/47605-best-explosions-in-gaming.html\">Best explosions in gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/47474-5-kickstarter-game-projects-doomed-to-fail.html\">5 Kickstarter game projects doomed to fail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/47415-movember-best-moustaches-in-gaming.html\">Movember \u2013 best moustaches in gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47618-toxic-bunny-help-sa-devs-on-steam-greenlight.html\">Toxic Bunny: help SA devs on Steam Greenlight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47680-stripper-upset-at-hitman-absolution.html\">Stripper upset at Hitman: Absolution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next big things<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":47783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[7864,6009,7843,21,2366,7865,7866,7867],"class_list":["post-47780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-combat-kitchenware","tag-cool-stuff","tag-godus","tag-headline","tag-kickstarter","tag-legend-of-dungeon","tag-maia","tag-sui-generis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47854,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47780\/revisions\/47854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}