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2 unusual facts about crowdfunding


Frontier: First Encounters

Another sequel, Elite: Dangerous, was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign, and is now in development, after languishing since 1998 under the title Elite 4.

Playtest

Crowdfunding has a big impact on board and card games and Got Game Testers were the first to bring video footage of games they playtest to demonstrate what people look for in board games.


Classified: The Edward Snowden Story

Classified: The Edward Snowden Story is being financed via crowdfunding on the popular website Kickstarter and is scheduled to be released under the creative commons licence for free on September 19 2014 via The Pirate Bay.

How to Start a Revolution

Several high profile figures are credited by the producers with supporting the crowdfunding project, including director Richard Linklater and actress Miriam Margoyles.

Iliad House

Roma Downey, an Irish filmmaker and executive producer of The Bible miniseries, endorsed Iliad House and its crowdfunding campaign.

Jeffrey Baldwin

On 22 November 2013 Todd Boyce, 44-years old Canadian unrelated to Jeffrey Baldwin, started a 60-days long crowdfunding campaign at indiegogo (ending on 21 January 2014), with a $25,000 goal, to rise money to erect a bronze statue in Greenwood Park, Toronto depicting Jeffrey dressed as Man of Steel.

Jolkona

Similar to Kickstarter and DonorsChoose, Jolkona sets up online crowdfunding campaigns for specific programs, with donors receiving impact reports that detail how their contributions were used.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse

On 2 July 2012 3 AM Games has started crowdfunding campaign in collaboration with GamesPlanet, digital European gaming platform and Ulule, European crowdfunding site, aiming to gather 100 000 € in order to finish the game and to add Player vs Player mode to the game and 5 additional maps for the PVP gameplay.

Moller M400 Skycar

On November 5, 2013 Moller kicked off a crowdfunding campaign with an official announcement on the Happening Now program on Fox News Channel in the US.

Rock The Post

Alejandro Cremades was also cited in an article in Fast Company stating that money raised through crowdfunding is going towards businesses that are built to last.

Tobuscus Adventures: Wizards!

On May 21, 2013, Toby Turner started a fundraiser on crowdfunding website Indiegogo, explaining that he wished for $240,000 to create Tobuscus Adventures: Wizards!.


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