Hero U Kickstarter, from the creators of Quest for Glory series

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Does the assistant to the key grip (a tiny near insignificant role) that worked on Star Wars not have the right to claim he worked on Star Wars?  Of course he does because he, you know, worked on Star Wars.

I agree with this but only insofar as the credit relates to the job at hand and is clearly specified.  For instance, I don't think anyone cares that you produced an episode of Survivor if you're applying for a job as a customer service rep, so certainly any previous experience you plug should be relevant.  Otherwise you're just showboating unnecessary resume tidbits to draw attention to yourself.  If the game design credits are related to the position you intend to fill in a kickstarter then by all means list it, but if all you did was hand some money to Lord British in 1982 and now you want to write and direct your own game I don't see any work-related experience there other than 'look at me, I funded a game in ye olde Brittania!  Give me your money!'.  Note that I'm not specifying anyone has done this, it was just an example.

[Anian]

...but if all you did was hand some money to Lord British in 1982 and now you want to write and direct your own game I don't see any work-related experience there other than 'look at me, I funded a game in ye olde Brittania!  Give me your money!'.  Note that I'm not specifying anyone has done this, it was just an example.

"My new kickstarter is a game project I was meaning to do for a long time. I am very experienced in giving money on game kickstarter campaigns, thus this qualifies me perfectly to lead this project. I've given money to a lot of projects and a lot of them were successful, some of them are pretty famous - Double fine KS, Broken sword 5 KS and many more.
Also my mate Dave gave some money to that new Starfighter sim thingy KS thing and my neighbour makes really good coffee, so that'll make me productive and super effective. So as you can see we are all very good and experienced at kickstarters and brewing coffee.
Now give me money!

p.s. almost forgot to say that the name of this game will be "Game" (working title). We plan to expand it to "PC game" if we don't manage to make ports for OS or Android."

[OG]

Some people are stupid, some are smart and some people are creative and smart. It's that simple.

The stupid ones hopefully get phased out. The smart one's who know they are smart, annoyingly so, get some backers but often don't reach the target (unless most of them ie 80% or so are their pals! (or just devout followers)).

Where-as the creative type is talented and a good salesman, often even a nice person (This helps)! That is what generates followers. And that is what should generate followers.

I don't see any point in going on one of these sites and actively looking for something to invest in while having a preconception/ prejudice about everything. Go in with an open mind and if something you think deserves "your credit" hits you, bam! You just know. It's kind of like being on Dragons Den. At least that is my opinion.

If people build up a following, said following will back them. Perhaps even 'mind-numbingly' so. But that is just the human condition. To quote a few cliches' at you:

"Safety in numbers!"

"It's not what you know, it's who you know!"

It's also about a friend/ community mentality. And the rest is history.

[Blake00]

Well there's 12hours left on the Hero-U Kickstarter and they've aaaaalmost got there.. I keep refreshing every hour.. this is gonna be a close finish lol!

I've been broke lately plus Im not sure if I'm gonna like Hero-U but I threw in a nice $90 for 3 reasons:

1- My way of saying a big thankyou and showing loyalty to the Coles for the 5 QFG games that I’ve love so dearly since my childhood. To me the money is really a payment to the Coles, not HeroU.

2- The Coles have hinted that if Hero-U is successful then there's a good chance of more QFG games in the future. If it’s not then we can probably forget about any more QFG. So I consider the money a future investment for QFG!

3- Ya never know, maybe HeroU will be good. It is being made by the Coles after all!

Hope they get there!!!!!

[Radiant]

2- The Coles have said several times if Hero-U is successful then there's a good chance of more QFG games in the future. If it’s not then we can probably forget about any more QFG.

I beg to differ on that.

[dactylopus]

They made their funding, and I am very excited about it.  It actually looks like it's going to be a great game.

They stumbled on a few points when presenting their campaign, but in the end they managed to raise the money they needed.  I think they had a much better pitch than some of their contemporaries.

I believe that part of the reason we saw so much success from DoubleFine and Jane Jensen was because there hadn't been Kickstarter campaigns run by any of the old-school sdventure developers before.  At that time, we couldn't have predicted that so many others would try.  By the time the Coles came around, people were expecting a lot more.  They also had less money to spend.

Anyways, I'm very eager to see how Hero-U turns out.  It really looks great, and I think it will feel a lot like the QfG series.  I actually believe it will become the successor to that series.

[Chicky]

So this isn't actually a Wii-U title? Pretty dumb choice of name The art assets are all over the place, some nice background concepts but not a lot else? It's a shame Kickstarter has been flooded with this kind of thing, i'd much rather support someone who has already finished half the project on their own. Bah, i'm just bitter because i've wanted to make a kickstarter page for years.