![]() Ed Baraf of Pencil First Games has a great video about some of those improvements. And perhaps decentralizing their platform will allow developers to offer apps and extensions to any creator–I have a dozen extensions running on Google Chrome right now that might not exist if Chrome didn’t offer that option to developers.īut in the meantime, Kickstarter has plenty of user-facing improvements they could make that would immediately help both backers and creators. Sometimes that’s a good thing–“slow” also means “intentional.” I really do think that Kickstarter listens to users and deliberates carefully instead of jumping on trends. Over the years, Kickstarter has been slow to make user-facing changes. Even putting aside the blockchain debate ( listen here to Jason Perez and Geoff Engelstein or read Board Game Quest here), Kickstarter seems to be focused on a problem that users don’t have (and won’t even notice after Kickstarter “solves” it). That said, though, as a former crowdfunding creator and a current crowdfunding backer, I’m significantly more interested in Gamefound’s vision of the future. Second, Kickstarter released their vision article first, so Gamefound’s statement was at least partially an indirect response to Kickstarter. They’re at very different stages of their platform lifecycles. This distinction comes with a few caveats: First, Kickstarter has been around for 12 years now, while Gamefound as a crowdfunding platform launched almost exactly 1 year ago. Kickstarter seems focused on underlying technological infrastructure while Gamefound is focused on providing a better experience for backers and creators. Just to give a few examples of what’s on our roadmap: notifications and mentions in comments, following other backers, prioritization of updates, and better ways to interact back and forth with the creator.” We want the backers to discover games they’ll love and let them keep up with the growth of those projects…. We want to create tools that will help you plan and execute logistics, automate invoices and create modules that will simplify worldwide tax settlements. We want to make sure backers know what they are backing, when to expect their product, what are the risks, and so on…. Gamefound ( full article): “Our mission is to accelerate the creation and delivery of great games by providing automation and tools…. This will live on a public blockchain, and be available for collaborators, independent contributors, and even Kickstarter competitors, from all over the world to build upon, connect to, or use.” Kickstarter ( full article): “As a first step, we’re supporting the development of an open source protocol that will essentially create a decentralized version of Kickstarter’s core functionality. Here are some key excerpts from the articles: ![]() I was struck by the fascinating difference in purpose between the two visions. Recently, both Kickstarter and Gamefound released statements regarding their visions of the future of their crowdfunding platforms.
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