Brilliant article, guys, sorry I couldn't help out with this one! A little, cynical demon on my shoulder suspects that The Funding Crowd might not have "impacted" the funding rate as much as the stats would suggest, however. Instead, I think our articles act as an awesome filter of what will succeed.

I mean, we tend to only feature the projects we think look amazing, so I think that naturally slants the results towards success.

And while I've only helped with the last 12 articles (which surprised me - feels like longer :P) I know there have been a couple of cases where I've said "that looks great, but with one week to run, it's doomed to fail, so let's drop it". Usually when it's utterly doomed though, like $2000/$150k with 5 days left, but it does happen.

Great stats though guys. Fantastic work.

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Happy to get added, Liam, but suspect that the curse of Flexible Funding will strike here. You never know though.

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Quoting: AnonymousIf you buy this you are all bunch of ***ers

...said the anonymous guy. Uh huh.

I'll wait a day or two after release to see what kind of state the Linux version is in. But since they've hired Terry Hendrix, one of the original Icculus crew, things are looking pretty positive for the Linux version to run parallel with the main development.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/05/10/john-gibson-interview/

Very excited for this one.

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Having spent more time on Killing Floor than any other game in my library by a factor of probably around 3... this is the greatest news I've heard all year.

KF1 has severe texture issues on Linux but I've been lucky to avoid all the resolution issues that plague some.

Fantastic news. Gonna have my wallet ready for this.

I mean, I was playing this last night! :-)

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We covered this on the Funding Crowd #18 article too - http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-funding-crowd-18-sep-3rd11th.2409
I remember that I was absolutely gutted to discover that it was a Canadian dollar project and I have trust issues with my credit card, so I couldn't/wouldn't pledge. Damn.

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I haven't played a worthwhile racing game on any platform since Forza 2. The follow ups were ruined by 3 minute load screens - made ironic by the fact that the race was frequently two laps of around a minute each.

So, yep, this is great news. They'll be tapping into a starved market too, at least for the racing genre.

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Quoting: lucius.corneliusWhat a list! I've never heard of any of them.
When are they going to start allowing Windows games, that work perfectly on WINE, in the Linux Steam client?
When they wake up sufficiently to do that I'll be interested.

That's an interesting stance. I'd prefer they never did so. It may incur apathy from future devs to support Linux directly, resulting in a sub-par experience.

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Looks like the beta is now fully open:
https://twitter.com/DJ_Link/status/460331847978090496
Might give this one a go...

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Quoting: geminiWhat about The Universim? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crytivogames/the-universim

Looks fantastic! I've added it to the [url=www.gamingonlinux.com/crowdfunding/index.php5/List_of_crowdfunding_games]WIKI[/url] and will nominate it as a Biggie. Thanks!

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Quoting: GuestLegends of Persia funding goal seems to low... The "Why help" section does not give enough details. It also says it will help "produce quality game mechanics" when they say at the top the game is scheduled for release in June of 2014... And why no demo if they are this close to a release?

Reading the "Risks" section, it would appear that their main focus is recoding the scripting engine for "FIGS", which will allow simpler translations. However, I agree, the funding goal is oddly low and I did note that in my write up. I can't bring myself to pledge to this one not because of the low goal, but because they only vaguely mention that Linux is on the radar. These days, I'll only pledge to projects that specify that Linux is part of their plans from day one and will launch simultaneously.

To be honest, these days I'm also wanting assurances that any alphas or betas will also launch simultaneously. You can blame the Fun Pimps and their "7 Days to Die" title for my new-found scepticism.

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