There’s a new way to help out the indie gaming community: fundraising website Kickstarter. Built around the idea of the community supporting artists, Kickstarter lets you contribute to projects by donating any amount of money you see fit. Most projects offer rewards for your donations, which is usually incentive enough for me to part with a few bucks. Available projects range from books to CDs, films, events, technological pushes, and yes, video games.
A handful of indie game developers have seized the opportunity and posted their in-progress games on Kickstarter. Thanks to a recently-introduced tagging system, you can check out all game projects with a single click. I’ve supported a few games so far and have also lent a few bucks to a little thing called KILL SCREEN. I love the idea of Kickstarter, the site pulls the concept off much better than the competition, and I hope more indie devs successfully use it in the future.
