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Mike Nowak

Toronto, Canada

Nomadic freelance front-end web nerd with an interest in interactive, games (and game design and game making and game writing), music, film and not staying put.

  1. on May 17
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    backed a project

    Diamond Trust of London by Jason Rohrer

    A turn-based strategy game for two players about spying, bribing, and loyalty. A boxed-copy cartridge release for the Nintendo DS.

    • 114% funded $90,118 pledged
    • 1,305 backers
    • Funded May 26, 2012
  2. on April 4
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    Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes LLC

    Shadowrun Returns brings back one of our most original & cherished game settings as a 2D turn-based RPG for tablets & PC.

    • 459% funded $1,836,447 pledged
    • 36,276 backers
    • Funded Apr 29, 2012
  3. on February 20
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    Idle Thumbs Video Game Podcast by Idle Thumbs

    Idle Thumbs was a podcast that ran for two years. People liked it, and we liked doing it. We want to bring it back, better than before.

    • 456% funded $136,924 pledged
    • 2,602 backers
    • Funded Mar 21, 2012
  4. on February 8
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

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

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
  5. on March 25, 2011
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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.

    • 140% funded $210,297 pledged
    • 3,631 backers
    • Funded Mar 26, 2011
  6. on February 15, 2011
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    Detroit Needs A Statue of Robocop! by Imagination Station Detroit

    Build a life-size monument of Robocop in Detroit! Part man, part machine, all crowd funded!

    • 134% funded $67,436 pledged
    • 2,718 backers
    • Funded Mar 26, 2011
  7. on May 11, 2010
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    commented on a project update

    As already mentioned, without actually playing the game it's hard to tell how functional the changes are but I do prefer the clarity of the first one. The extra text on the planet is probably not needed, I'd imagine, if the rules are clear. Might be useful for first timers but just looks worse overall.
  8. on May 6, 2010
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    Alien Frontiers: Retro-Future Sci Fi Board Game by Clever Mojo Games

    Deploy your space fleet to the orbital facilities, master alien technologies, and colonize a barren planet in this new board game project.

    • 297% funded $14,885 pledged
    • 228 backers
    • Funded Jun 26, 2010
  9. on May 6, 2010
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    EXP. Video Game Art & Culture magazine: mass production & second book: The Controller by Cory Schmitz

    Mass production of my Video Game Art & Culture book, EXP = lower price, higher availability. This would also fund a second book, The Controller.

    • 171% funded $5,488 pledged
    • 142 backers
    • Funded Jul 05, 2010
  10. on April 17, 2010
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    Triumvirate Pre-Orders by Travis

    An Indie board game looking to make it big. In 2009 I sold 350 hand-made copies, in 2010 I will re-release the game with new art at Essen (mid-Oct)

    • 7,750% funded $1,550 pledged
    • 59 backers
    • Funded Jul 04, 2010