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The Cyntopia Kickstarter looks like an interesting board game. I'm a fan of the novel Snow Crash and the Cyberpunk RPG so I backed the game. The Kickstarter has a pretty high initial funding goal, but the designers explain the reason for it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyclub/cyntopia-the-future-is-now

This would get better visibility in the news and rumors section.

Looks like a cool game, but "38-45mm" scale and $125k funding goal seems to ensure a flop, sadly.

The first update is a poll to vote on the size of the figures. A number of backers have commented that the game should be done in a more mainstream scale.

It has no chance of getting funded at $125K. Not a chance.

I'm skeptical too, I'd like to see it funded....
Honestly though, I'd rather see a high funding target than one that is too low and then faces tons of problems because the funding goal was not necessarily realistic.

Thank you for the post over here Edgewalker Fireflyjmh.

We understand that many people are sceptical, because kickstarter developed into a preorder platform with unrealistic low initial fundinggoals.
For the moment we try our best to make this game a reality, with the help of our backer.

If you have questions regarding the fundinggoal, please go ahead, I will answer them for you.

Would you like to know more?

Cynthia-freie-KI wrote:
Thank you for the post over here Edgewalker Fireflyjmh.

We understand that many people are sceptical, because kickstarter developed into a preorder platform with unrealistic low initial fundinggoals.
For the moment we try our best to make this game a reality, with the help of our backer.

If you have questions regarding the fundinggoal, please go ahead, I will answer them for you.

Would you like to know more?

I hear you about the "pre-order platform," I've pre-ordered my fair share of games.

As I said in the previous post, I'd rather see a higher initial funding goal and a game delivered on time (or close) than a low, unrealistic goal that leads to problems down the road for either backers or the developers. The KS page is very transparent about the plan and I'm totally fine with it, I wouldn't have backed the project if I thought it was doomed.

Also, very happy to see adjustments are being made based on the input from backers. The new "miniature only" backer levels are great!

Jeremey

Cynthia-freie-KI wrote:


We understand that many people are sceptical, because kickstarter developed into a preorder platform with unrealistic low initial fundinggoals.

Yeah, or not. The best way to make people disinterested in your product is to criticize how other (successful) companies run their KS projects.

If you have questions regarding the fundinggoal, please go ahead, I will answer them for you.

Nope. No questions. I'm just saying it's not going to get funded because it's laughably high and the content to support it doesn't even remotely justify it at this point. The gameplay is pretty simplistic and the game content seems pretty hard to justify at $100 a pop.

 cincydooley wrote:

Cynthia-freie-KI wrote:


We understand that many people are sceptical, because kickstarter developed into a preorder platform with unrealistic low initial fundinggoals.

Yeah, or not. The best way to make people disinterested in your product is to criticize how other (successful) companies run their KS projects.

He is just speaking the truth... At least he is honest about his projections, sure pre-orders are successful but they are not what Kickstarter was designed for. Your opinion on what disinterests people from kickstarters varies a lot more than mine.

Personally I hope it funds. There are far too many generic Sci-Fi (Power Armor & Killer Bugz / Generic Aliens) and Fantasy games these day, Cyberpunk is an area not explored very often and when it is the models are normally bland. Their renders are really nice and remind me of my Shadowrun days, no need to be bitter and negative toward a game designer who is trying to bring the gamer more variety.

I do agree the initial funding goal is high but it is not unrealistic, I have been designing a game for years and it is not cheap. I would prefer the base game to be 75.00 like everyone else and the funding level to be 50k but it is not to build a quality game for that price.

I still want to thank you for your feedback cincydooley. No matter how harsh it may sound, every bit of feedback helps.
Also we've designed Cyntopia to be simplistic, the idea was a game you could play with your friends right out of the box within 5 minutes - no need to spend hours learning or discussing the rules, just simple forward gameplay.
And of course you could also use the parts for your P&P sessions.

primalexile you hit the nail on the head.
The biggest price spot are the miniatures, or well the molds for them, those alone make a big part of the goal.

We will see how the campaign will work out during the next month and maybe we see us on the Grid.