Comments on: Kickstarter http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/ A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective Mon, 20 May 2013 17:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Laird http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266917 Laird Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:31:30 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266917 Back to the topic at hand, I like Kickstarter: they provide a mechanism for crowdfunding all sorts of unusual projects.

]]> By: Alisa http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266821 Alisa Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:04:55 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266821

As a defender of creators’ rights, I naturally take a pretty dim view of unauthorised modifications

I like you.

]]> By: guy herbert http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266785 guy herbert Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:11:42 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266785 I worked with David Braben & Frontier Developments Ltd, his company for many years, and still have an indirect interest in this story.

Frontier: First Encounters was re-released by Frontier Developments as shareware. It was first developed as boxed commercial games software for the PC (gosh – remember that?), but prematurely released by the original publishers (the now departed GameTek) leading to a long dispute, and the rights in the games eventually variously reverted to Frontier and to David himself. There’s a page on the Frontier site which is a starting point for official info.

As a defender of creators’ rights, I naturally take a pretty dim view of unauthorised modifications, but a game with so big a fanbase is bound to evolve them, as well as lots and lots of imitations motivated by rip-off.

]]> By: The Sanity Inspector http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266381 The Sanity Inspector Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:09:52 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266381 A similar concept is followed by micro-lending aggregators like Kiva.

]]> By: Runcie Balspune http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266313 Runcie Balspune Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:55:18 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266313 but a top computer game needs a large team of programmers and artists – O Rly?

The final version of Elite, called Frontier: First Encounters, was, AFAIK, released as shareware. It was then rewritten to use OpenGL so it could run outside DOS, and then modded further by a Russian Elite Fan site to improve the graphics further.

]]> By: The Last Toryboy http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266306 The Last Toryboy Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:24:52 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266306 If you liked Elite, have a look at Evochron Mercenary – good game in the same traditions.

Also made mostly by one guy in his bedroom!

]]> By: Dale Amon http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266295 Dale Amon Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:53:43 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266295 It also helps books that need to be published, get published. Rand Simberg’s book, Safety is Not an Option, is being marketed under funds he raised in a Kickstarter. Anyone interested in space, or just interested in how damaging the Safety Uber Alles philosophy is, should get his book when it becomes available.

]]> By: Alisa http://www.samizdata.net/2012/12/kickstarter/#comment-266276 Alisa Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:23:34 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=15800#comment-266276 Follow.

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