#58 Remembering the mixed era of Kickstarter games

Crowdfunded games still happen, but there was a surge of them in the 2010's. For better or worse, many, many notable games were enthusiastically funded by fans. Yooka-Laylee, Shovel Knight, Shenmue 3, Star Citizen. We wanted to look back and remember that turbulent time of high hopes and occasional unmet expectations.MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBird App ► https://twitter.com/crubofficialPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgSHOW NOTESLinks for some of the games we mention, in case you wanna look and go "Huh"Lobodestroyo: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lefthanded/lobodestroyo-3d-action-platformer-gameClive n Wrench: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094720/Clive_N_Wrench/Godus: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/22cans/project-godusTODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSBrody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROXJustin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycoolSean: https://www.youtube.com/@WolfkaosaunCHAPTERS00:00 How Yooka-Laylee bankrupted Sean (real)11:26 Issues with early access / dripfeeding the content updates26:20 Why are we willing to pay for unfinished games?35:54 Game development isn't a respected process42:20 The upsides to crowdfunding games55:35 TheCrazyEven's Crubscriber Question of the Week ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★