$50k to develop something like STALKER? Yeah right... I'm pretty sure it takes a lot more money than that.

Also, I've never heard of West Games, and AFAIK most STALKER devs went on to make the Metro games at 4A Games.

Most of the comments talk about how its probably a scam. A lot of the artwork is supposed to be pulled from other sites.

A high-profile scam? Are those guys dumb?

Dwarvesssssss! And that says it all.

Story-driven real-time tactical action game about the three dwarven astronauts in the Stone Universe. Developing for PC and Mac.

The game is about a trio of dwarves in the Universe of the Eternal Stone. Depending on player's tactics, characters can either fight or hide from their enemies. The hostile creatures have real “senses”. They can hear you, they can see you, they can even track your scent. Our world has so many mysteries, that you just NEED to be part of it all.

Key Features:
Singleplayer control of one to three characters;
Real-time tactical combat in a unique fantasy setting;
Stealth or slasher mode - depending on player;
Active game pause and sequence of moves (stack of commands);
Environment interactions, natural traps, battlefield alteration.

2D Metroidvania about a young woman who travels through time to destroy an empire:
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Boy, I sure like the sounds / looks of that one. The art looks great. The story sounds good. DRM free with Linux support from the get go. I'm just not sure I can see it happening enough to back it.

First impression is that it looks interesting. Thanks for the link!

For My Brother:
"A story of becoming a monster to protect someone you love."

Based on what I've seen on the page, this seems to be a platform game that centres around the main character--the sister of the eponymous brother--taking on monstrous traits in order to traverse the world and combat its monsters; losing her humanity in order to save her brother.

I find the concept rather interesting, and the artwork is unusual and attractive to my eye (the latter is apparently inspired by the Insular style).

With the "Kickstarter Scam" thread in mind, towards the bottom of the page there is a simple layout of the intended use for the money raised.

The Pit and the Pendulum:
"Adventure game based on the classic works of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum". "

As the above quote indicates, this is, well, an adventure game inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe story "The Pit and the Pendulum", with a first half similar to the original story and a second half continuing the plot.

The artwork posted thus far looks rather impressive, and--while admitting that I'm not greatly familiar with Poe's work beyond popcultural osmosis (I think that I've read one or two of his stories)--quite fitting to the dark, macabre, slightly grotesque tone that I associate with Poe.

It seems really interesting to me as well, they have a really ambitious goal though and It seems unlikely that they will reach it.

Should have four of each.
(I'm serious.)

So the techies' Stalker involvement claims are as real as their writer's spetsnaz past? Why am I not surprised.

Without knowing their starting date (I don't seem to be finding it anywhere) it's hard to evaluate their donation track record thus far; as of time of writing they have a little over ten percent of their goal, with twenty-four days yet to go, and their earliest update was about eight days ago, I believe.

So... It seems that if they do manage to reach their goal it'll likely be close. :/

The default time slots on KS are 30 days and 45 days. Being optimistic, that means they've raised 10% of their goal in 20% of their time. Unfortunately, the beginning of a campaign is usually the fastest period of funding growth, with a long period of stagnation in the middle before another rally at the end. I don't really see this making it. :/

Just thought I would update everyone on this silly project I have taken a shine to. They are funded! With 14 days to go, it's now time to reach some of their awesome stretch goals. Let's take it to the top!

New theme music for interfaith voices radio
A wonderful independent radio station that I (as an atheist) really like to listen. :-) And now they want to record a new theme song.

Eh, that last push can sometimes be quite impressive.

... A guy can hope, can't he? ^^;