I’m a programmer who loves vidya games. More than anything, I love to work on interface and system design. There seems to be an endless number of business apps that I could apply my skills to but I enjoy myself the most when working on a game. Currently, I’m working on 2 titles:

Mobile Football Animation Editor

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Crowed Funding Web Tool.Funders pledge money to support a project and in return and awarded with all kinds of loot from a “thank you” to a finished product.Kickstarter gets their cut of the money raised.Creators keep 100% ownership of their work along with the money they raise.

To be clear, Kickstarter has nothing to do with

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Awesome Photoshop Gradient!

When a project is created the creator sets a funding goal that they will strive to meet.If they meet the goal they will receive the money donatedBut, if the pledges fail to reach the set goal all contributions are returned to the backers.

According to Kickstarter’s Statistics Page:Games have raised more money than any other category on Kickstarter.34% of game projects submitted are successfully funded.The average dollars raised per game project is about $70,000.

Source: http://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats

Well after some inspection these numbers are fairly inflated. The top 5% of games funded account for about 66% of the total dollars awarded.

After factoring out the top 100 we get a more realistic average.

You have a team of 3 people.Your release date is 1 year from now.You create a campaign and raise $25,000!

Hopefully your family and friends have nice couches.

NotorietyFor your team and your gameThis should also increase the sales you make outside of Kickstarter.

Increased AudienceProof that you can promote a product, then follow through and deliver a final that your customers enjoy.

After analyzing the risks and rewards I decided to run a Kickstarter campaign.

Select a ProjectPick a Goal AmountChoose a Funding PeriodWrite About SectionShow Gameplay DemoCreate RewardsBuild a TeamThink of Stretch GoalsShow Budget

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Game of Inches is about the details in every inch. The idea has incredible depth and fills a huge void in the application market. As the user you are a god of football and have the power to command your team to a championship. Tell your players exactly how to run then get ready to command the quarterback. Save your successful plays and use them in similar situations for the best results. As you progress through a season you’ll continue to make a well-rounded play book. Finally, when you’re ready you’ll be able to test it against your friends to see whose is better.

Game of Inches is about the details in every inch. The idea has incredible depth and fills a huge void in the application market. As the user you are a god of football and have the power to command your team to a championship. Tell your players exactly how to run then get ready to command the quarterback. Save your successful plays and use them in similar situations for the best results. As you progress through a season you’ll continue to make a well-rounded play book. Finally, when you’re ready you’ll be able to test it against your friends to see whose is better.

Decked out with a completely original passing system, Game of Inches is intelligently designed and addictively fun. As the player you are a god of football and have the power to command your team from above! Play against the computer in your free time or get together with a friend and duke it out. Advanced Features•Design your own playbook with up to 1000 plays•Battle for Grid Iron supremacy with your buddies in on-line multiplayer•Post your Top plays online and get rated by other usersGames against the computer will be properly saved so you can play a little bit at a time. Playing a few minutes will provide a lot of fun, a bit of progression, and maybe a new play or two!

Decked out with a completely original passing system, Game of Inches is intelligently designed and addictively fun. As the player you are a god of football and have the power to command your team from above! Play against the computer in your free time or get together with a friend and duke it out. Advanced Features•Design your own playbook with up to 1000 plays•Battle for Grid Iron supremacy with your buddies in on-line multiplayer•Post your Top plays online and get rated by other usersGames against the computer will be properly saved so you can play a little bit at a time. Playing a few minutes will provide a lot of fun, a bit of progression, and maybe a new play or two!

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At a rate of 20$/hour, $200.00 got me a logo and 8 sprite animations

Spend the money on vital services that better the projectUse the countless free means of getting publicity

A campaing isn’t the best time to see if people like you.Everyone wants to be a critic but you will get less of these critics if they see you already have fans.Use Kickstarter to give your followers that extra push they need to contribute to what they love.

Do your best to avoid taking criticism personally. To clarify you should still take criticism into consideration.You are wrong more than you want to admit.

Creating and managing a Kickstarter project is very time consumingPlan to have less time to put towards development