Okay so for the past few months I've been sitting on my first P&C Adventure game but beyond writing the script and fleshing out the story/characters I haven't been able to complete the rest mainly due to budget constraints. I desperately want to start completing the graphical assets for the game but without any funds to do so I pretty much have to abandon the project entirely. I can spare the limited free time I do have to muster up a glossy mockup/prototype for a Kickstarter campaign but without raising some money I'm pretty much screwed. I've seen several successful campaigns in this particular game genre do amazingly well and achieving goals of 60k, 200k, to 400k+ which is crazy ridiculous to even fathom XD I wouldn't need nearly that much yet I feel awful even asking for a few hundred bucks.
So my question is should I suck it up and put one together anyway even if I'm afraid people will bash me for it and hope for the best because what do I have to lose? Should I wait until a mysterious dead uncle leaves me his wealthy estate? Or are there any other possible alternatives to crowdfunding that I can pursue to obtain the needed funds? eg. an indie game publisher that will grant me a modest advance if I present my "currently in progress" game?
I'm all really new to this and I'm excited to pursue it on a serious level but no clue as to how to go about affording to do so =X How do you guys do it? I'd love to hear some personal experiences from others in the community.
So my question is should I suck it up and put one together anyway even if I'm afraid people will bash me for it and hope for the best because what do I have to lose? Should I wait until a mysterious dead uncle leaves me his wealthy estate? Or are there any other possible alternatives to crowdfunding that I can pursue to obtain the needed funds? eg. an indie game publisher that will grant me a modest advance if I present my "currently in progress" game?
I'm all really new to this and I'm excited to pursue it on a serious level but no clue as to how to go about affording to do so =X How do you guys do it? I'd love to hear some personal experiences from others in the community.