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    ROBOTA: Vengeance by SiXiTS

    A cool high-end mobile/tablet game, with Awesome Customizable Ass Kicking Robots versus Genetically Modified Dinosaurs & More !

    • 16% funded
    • $16,715 pledged
    • 18
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    A hi-end mobile and tablet game filled with action and amazing visuals, designed by Academy Award Winner: Doug Chiang !

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    We're bringing NYC's best indie games to SF for a night! by Kill Screen

    Indie games? Check. World class DJ's? Check. A night of unforgettable entertainment celebrating NYC's vibrant indie game community.

    • 91% funded
    • $7,341 pledged
    • 9
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    We're bringing NYC's best indie games to SF for a night!
    by Kill Screen
    Indie games? Check. World class DJ's? Check. A night of unforgettable entertainment celebrating NYC's vibrant indie gaming scene during GDC

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    Code Hero: A Game That Teaches You To Make Games by Alex Peake

    Code Hero: a game that teaches you how to make games! Your Code Ray shoots Javascript in Unity 3D. Hack the planet: Become a code hero!

    • 123% funded
    • $123,244 pledged
    • 34
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    Learn how to make games using your special Javascript and Unityscript Code Gun! Traverse the world with mechanics you learn to code yourself, and explore the history of the craft in a fresh and vibrant way.

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    Party of Sin by Liz Hollerman

    Play as the 7 Deadly Sins in this coop adventure. Fight your way from Hell to Heaven, solve puzzles and battle legions of angels.

    • 113% funded
    • $9,066 pledged
    • 9
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    Ever had that itching desire to tear out of the depths of hell and into the highest reaches of heaven, unleashing all of your pent up sin against demons, angels, and friends alike? Party of Sin is a coopetitive puzzle-platformer for 1-4 players on PC and Xbox 360.

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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 516% funded
    • $2,065,474 pledged
    • 20
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    Help Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and the wizards at Double Fine revisit their roots by pre-ordering this classic point and click adventure game! The whole process will be documented by our friends at 2 Player Productions. Don't leave your pledge in your other pants, donate today!

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    Monster Guru by Gimo Games

    Explore a hand drawn world as you navigate your community. Capture and battle over 100 different, unique monsters.

    • 37% funded
    • $1,693 pledged
    • 22
      days left

    Visually stunning and what appears to be a great story as well.

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    Guns of Icarus Online by Muse Games

    Captain a steampunk airship and fly with your friends in this thrilling MMO air combat game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

    Successful!
    • 352% funded
    • $35,237 pledged
    • Funded Feb 21, 2012

    Take to the skies in this first person multiplayer steampunk gunship combat game. With great visuals inspired by the early days of cinema, Guns of Icarus Online is shaping up to be an incredibly promising title. Look for more from Muse Games out of New York, NY.

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    Puzzle Me! - A Family-Friendly Board Game by Brainstormers_CL

    Puzzle Me! is a game that can be enjoyed by anyone 6 years old and up. Build the biggest puzzle you can, but watch out for Karma!

    Successful!
    • 130% funded
    • $6,501 pledged
    • Funded Jan 31, 2012

    A great way to build good karma is to support this new fun family board game from IGDA Chile!

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    UFHO2 - A Turn-based Strategy Game by Tiny Colossus

    UFHO2 is a turn-based strategy game that will bend your mind while you're trying to outwit your opponent in an hexagonal maze.

    Successful!
    • 108% funded
    • $10,872 pledged
    • Funded Feb 11, 2012

    English, Spanish, Italian. . .there are many ways and many languages to enjoy and support UFHO2. This puzzle game is being created from our European development community and no matter how you say it, UFHO2 sounds like lots of fun.

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    Organ Trail: Director's Cut by The Men Who Wear Many Hats

    Organ Trail: Directors Cut. The popular edutainment game about the impending zombie apocalypse, for iOS, Android, PC & Mac.

    Successful!
    • 544% funded
    • $16,339 pledged
    • Funded Jan 19, 2012

    Help the Organ Trail make it to Android and iPad!

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    LangGuini a Card Game! by Ryan Morrison

    LangGuini is a card game for 3 or more players. Take word parts on the cards and CREATE A NEW WORD and DEFINE it, with a twist.

    Successful!
    • 245% funded
    • $5,397 pledged
    • Funded Jan 16, 2012

    Started at the world's largest game creation event the IGDA Global Game Jam, members from IGDA Philadelphia present. . .LangGuini.

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    Puzzle Clubhouse: Crowd Designed Episodic Game Dev by Schell Games

    Ready to be a Game Designer? At Puzzle Clubhouse, people who PLAY games help MAKE games! Design, Submit, Vote and Play!

    Successful!
    • 114% funded
    • $11,403 pledged
    • Funded Jan 08, 2012

    Ok this is sorta meta, contribute to a game that you get to contribute to. We think IGDA Pittsburgh members Schell Games are onto something. Get on board now! and later.

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    Against the Wall by Michael P. Consoli

    Journey through a dangerous and strange world where everything exists on the side of an infinite brick wall.

    Successful!
    • 129% funded
    • $8,416 pledged
    • Funded Dec 04, 2011

    Against the Wall is a stark, eerie experience defined by solitude and isolation. Help Michael from New Jersey put the final bit of polish on this very promising indie puzzle platformer!

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    12 for '12 (1.0): BNW Novels by Matt Forbeck

    I plan to write 12 novels in 2012. The first three of them will be based on my Brave New World dystopian superheroes RPG.

    Successful!
    • 442% funded
    • $13,276 pledged
    • Funded Dec 04, 2011

    And very ambitious writing project from a veteran in our IGDA Madison Chapter

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    Crowman & Wolfboy - iOS Adventure by Wither Studios, LLC

    Join this unlikely pair of Shadow Creatures, on an epic metaphysical journey to escape their own nature and find a greater meaning.

    Successful!
    • 153% funded
    • $6,124 pledged
    • Funded Dec 01, 2011

    Wither Studios highlights what iOS can do in a mini-RPG genre.

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    Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller by Phoenix Online Studios

    A supernatural adventure game featuring FBI Agent Erica Reed on the hunt for a serial killer who knows her secret: post-cognition.

    Successful!
    • 136% funded
    • $34,247 pledged
    • Funded Dec 11, 2011

    10 years in the making, Phoenix Online Studios hopes to make a splash with this episodic thriller.

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    Bhaloidam: An Indie Tabletop Storytelling Game by Corvus Elrod

    Accessible and intuitive tabletop game platform for the spinning of collaborative, character-driven stories.

    Successful!
    • 112% funded
    • $31,346 pledged
    • Funded Nov 01, 2011

    Come together with your friends and family to spin tales from pure imagination! Bhaloidam is a character based tabletop storytelling system with endless possibilities. Look for this one out of Portland, OR!

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    STAR COMMAND: Sci-Fi meets GameDev Story for iOS and Android by Star Command

    Star Command is a game for iOS and Android where players can build their own ship, recruit their crew and explore the universe.

    Successful!
    • 184% funded
    • $36,967 pledged
    • Funded Oct 06, 2011

    Build a ship, hire a crew, research new alien technologies, and explore the stars in this RPG adventure spanning the universe! Good luck to War Balloon Games out of Boulder, CO. and their friendly computer AI.

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    VENUS PATROL: charting a new course for videogame culture by Brandon Boyer

    Venus Patrol is a new videogame website in search of beautiful things, from former Offworld.com editor and IGF Chairman Brandon Boyer.

    Successful!
    • 210% funded
    • $105,398 pledged
    • Funded Oct 07, 2011

    Help support Venus Patrol's mission to capture and celebrate videogame and development culture while exploring where our medium can go!

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    Project Stormos by Rob Storm

    Project Stormos is a hardcore, high speed platformer. Take Robo and try to dash through entire levels without ever touching the ground.

    Successful!
    • 101% funded
    • $7,631 pledged
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011

    Control Robo the robot on his quest to free his friends in this high speed action platformer! Put your aerial dash skills to the test with new combos and stack up your best times in online leaderboards. Create your own levels and challenge the community!

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    Borogove - A Wonderland Card Game! by KoryBing

    Wabe the gimbles, friend! A unique card game based off the nonsense words and imagery of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland series.

    Successful!
    • 546% funded
    • $30,033 pledged
    • Funded Sep 19, 2011

    Korby Bing's colorful Lewis Carroll inspired card game features fancy art, fun gameplay, and a magical vocabulary. Try not to fall down the rabbit hole up in Portland, OR!

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    Oh My God! There's An Axe In My Head - The Board Game by Game Company No. 3

    "Oh My God! There's An Axe In My Head." The Game of International Diplomacy is a board game of strategy, diplomacy, and absurd humor.

    Successful!
    • 143% funded
    • $22,995 pledged
    • Funded Sep 12, 2011

    'Oh My God! There's An Axe In My Head ' takes absurdist satire to the League of Nations in this board game of strategy, diplomacy and risk management! Don't let this title from Game Company No. 3 in Seattle, WA get the axe!

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    Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond, The NASA MMO Online Game by Khal Shariff

    Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond™, the official NASA MMO video game depicts the year 2035, with realistic environments and missions!

    Successful!
    • 186% funded
    • $46,719 pledged
    • Funded Oct 11, 2011

    Astronaut: Moon Mars & Beyond is a video game about the future of space travel, packed with decades of NASA knowledge to bring the discovery and wonder of space to a new generation. Godspeed, Project Whitecard, WisdomTools & Virtual Heroes!

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    The Videogame History Museum by Videogame History Museum

    The Videogame History Museum will house the world's most comprehensive videogame archive in the Silicon Valley area of California.

    Successful!
    • 167% funded
    • $50,266 pledged
    • Funded Sep 01, 2011

    Game Preservation is our shared responsibility! Support The Video Game History Museum in Sunnyvale, CA and other great preservation efforts.

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    Fara: A New Action RPG by Pixel and Texel

    An action RPG for the iPhone/iPod touch featuring innovative physics, fast paced combat, and a quirky story in a hand painted world

    Successful!
    • 118% funded
    • $5,930 pledged
    • Funded Aug 25, 2011

    With a subtle blend of both action RPG & puzzle elements, hand drawn & pixel art styles plus chiptunes & symphonic score, we can't wait to see how this iOS game out of Dallas, TX turns out! Good luck Pixel & Texel!

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    NM Game Jam: New Mexico's 48-Hour Game Development Challenge by Jon Whetzel

    The NM Game Jam brings together game developers across the state to build awesome board/video games over the span of a weekend.

    Successful!
    • 105% funded
    • $1,580 pledged
    • Funded Aug 08, 2011

    With sites in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, & Las Cruces, get ready to jam across New Mexico with IGDA Rio Grande on August 19th!

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    Lyssan by Sam Brown

    Lyssan is a board game of strategy, intrigue, and betrayal for two to four players.

    Successful!
    • 158% funded
    • $31,632 pledged
    • Funded Aug 17, 2011

    Lyssan features intense strategy harkening back to Risk, but putting a chess like twist on gameplay. With fantastic art and a clear vision, we look forward to playing this promising board game!

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    Robots Love Ice Cream game for the iPad by Burton Posey

    Play the role of an ice cream truck driver defending the galaxy from robotic invaders in this fun, fast-paced, beautiful iPad game.

    Successful!
    • 105% funded
    • $18,950 pledged
    • Funded Jul 31, 2011

    With a fantastic touch friendly mechanic, great art, and music collaboration with Disasterpiece + MisfitChris, Robots Love Ice Cream by Addo Games out of Altanta, GA looks to be a treat!

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    Indie Game: The Movie - The Final Push by BlinkWorks

    Indie Game: The Movie is a feature documentary that follows video game developers as they create and release their games to the world.

    Successful!
    • 203% funded
    • $71,335 pledged
    • Funded Jul 23, 2011

    We are totally behind the final push for Indie Game: The Movie!

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    Safe Zone - Survive a Zombie-Infested Odyssey Across the USA by Blind Eye Games

    Safe Zone - Travel across a zombie-infested USA to a safe zone on the West coast.

    Successful!
    • 109% funded
    • $6,047 pledged
    • Funded Jul 21, 2011

    When The Zombie Apocalypse meets The Oregon Trail, dysentery is the least of your problems. Can't wait for more polish out of NYC on Blind Eye Games' Safe Zone!

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    Tinkatolli! The unbelievably creative virtual world for kids by Tinkatolli

    The online world that inspires kids to leave the computer and do what they ought to be doing - moving, thinking, giving and creating!

    Successful!
    • 100% funded
    • $30,218 pledged
    • Funded Jul 08, 2011

    An MMO for Kids, Tinkatolli makes recycling and offline play fun! Encouraging kids to build real world objects out of recycled goods, we can't wait to see this game out of Copenhagen, Denmark!

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    Air Guitar Move for iPhone by Ronald Mannak

    Have you ever secretly played air guitar to a song? With the Air Guitar Move and an iPhone you finally can play air guitar for real.

    Successful!
    • 127% funded
    • $31,776 pledged
    • Funded Jul 10, 2011

    A whole new take on iPhone rhythm games from experienced designers Colin Karpfinger and Rondald Mannak. Rock out with an accelerometer equipped guitar pick and use the front of your iPhone to play chords and learn fingerings!

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    White Elephant Card Game by Brian Kelley

    The retro-style White Elephant Card Game simulates the classic holiday gift exchange game. Give White Elephant as a White Elephant!

    Successful!
    • 115% funded
    • $6,917 pledged
    • Funded Jul 24, 2011

    A quick card game, White Elephant has you trading up tacky chotchkies to fulfill the wants defined by your 'Gift List'. With a classy retro art style, and a fun group mechanic, we look forward to picking this family game out of Salt Lake City up!

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    Thunderbeam! for the iPad by Wiley Wiggins

    Thunderbeam is a retro-futuristic adventure game for the iPad, with an original score and sound design by The Octopus Project.

    Successful!
    • 121% funded
    • $24,221 pledged
    • Funded Jun 08, 2011

    Thunderbeam! by Karakasa Games in Austin, TX brings retro cool to the iPad in an ambitious passion project developed with great artistic partners. Watch the full length video describing the team and goals at http://www.karakasagames.com

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    Arcade: The Last Night At Chinatown Fair documentary by Kurt Vincent

    Help us tell the inspiring story of New York's last arcade, Chinatown Fair, and the community that called it home.

    Successful!
    • 146% funded
    • $29,288 pledged
    • Funded May 31, 2011

    Preservation of our game culture is imperative for future generations to see how games have evolved. Support this effort to chronicle the NYC gaming scene and the last days of Chinatown Fair.

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    Chip Maestro - An NES MIDI Synthesizer Cartridge by Jarek Lupinski

    I've developed a special Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge that turns your NES into a true 8-bit MIDI synthesizer.

    Successful!
    • 1,308% funded
    • $15,045 pledged
    • Funded Jun 07, 2011

    The Chip Maestro by Jarek Lupinski turns your NES into a full Midi Synthesizer! Get your chiptunes on and support game audio!

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    No Time To Explain indie game by tinyBuild

    I am you from the future. There is No Time To Explain. Follow m-- AAAUAUUGHHH!!!! Be part of an indie game with a sense of humor.

    Successful!
    • 372% funded
    • $26,068 pledged
    • Funded May 26, 2011

    No Time To Explain from tinyBuildGAMES' talented team of two looks like a polished platformer with a bundle of attitude. As fans of time travel, all we ask is that you don't break the space time continuum!

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    Tweet Land - The first set of games that play with reality! by Villalobos, Espinoza, Vasquez, Cartin(s)

    Help us redifine real-time gaming! Tweet Land is the 1st set of games that play with reality, turning world's tweets into real stuff.

    Successful!
    • 123% funded
    • $8,613 pledged
    • Funded May 04, 2011

    Tweet Land out of Costa Rica blends the social and virtual worlds by augmenting genre staples with real time information from your social networks! Support a new twist on interaction and South American development.

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    Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple - A Storytelling Game by Daniel Solis

    Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple is a storytelling game about helping people and getting into trouble. For 3-5 players, ages 12+.

    Successful!
    • 609% funded
    • $24,383 pledged
    • Funded May 24, 2011

    Create your own 'coming of age' story in Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple! With great talent in the team and a strong positive message, support this pen and paper project based in Oklahoma City.

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    The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment by The Made

    The MADE will be a fully interactive videogame museum in San Francisco, in the United States. Help us secure a space.

    Successful!
    • 106% funded
    • $21,329 pledged
    • Funded Apr 19, 2011

    Game Preservation is our shared responsibility! Support the MADE in San Francisco and other great preservation efforts.

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    The Metagame by Local No.12 by Colleen M, John S, & Eric Z

    The Metagame is a card game where you debate and argue about your favorite videogames.

    Successful!
    • 201% funded
    • $20,183 pledged
    • Funded Apr 09, 2011

    The IGDA was proud to host this project from Local No. 12 at our GDC booth this year. Players had a fantastic time, and the debates were truly heated!

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    Minecraft: The Story of Mojang by 2 Player Productions

    A feature-length documentary on the first year of Mojang, the studio built upon the runaway success of indie computer game Minecraft.

    Successful!
    • 140% funded
    • $210,297 pledged
    • Funded Mar 26, 2011

    2 Player Productions' documentary work cements their leadership in the preservation of our game culture. Support this effort to chronicle the origins of Minecraft.

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    A Choir for Twilight Symphony by The Twilight Symphony Team

    For the first time in Legend of Zelda music history, we want to record an epic, full-sized choir to accompany the music on our album.

    Successful!
    • 134% funded
    • $24,194 pledged
    • Funded Mar 20, 2011

    We look for projects that boldly venture to elevate our craft. Please join us in supporting ZREO as they celebrate, honor and transcribe the soundtracks of the Zelda universe.

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    Babycastles & Showpaper: New Indie Games Arcade in Manhattan by babycastles

    Babycastles is an effort to provide a social home for the game development culture that has long been part of New York City.

    Successful!
    • 150% funded
    • $9,008 pledged
    • Funded Oct 04, 2010

    Baby Castles is an excellent initiative in NYC. Be sure to visit the venue so that is can continue to thrive and kudos to IGN for their matching funds.

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    Videogame Music in Context: DVD Interview Series by Jeriaska ジェリアスカ

    An interview series on the creative context of videogame music: in Japan, for independent games, and at live chiptune events.

    Successful!
    • 117% funded
    • $5,875 pledged
    • Funded Dec 18, 2010

    Projects like 'Videogame Music in Context' shine an important spotlight on the game audio community.