Root Double- Before Crime * After Days - Kickstarter launched!

[kingdomcome]

I actually think it should make it no problem, 25 days to go, already has around 30%.

[Dark_blade64]

9 hours ago, kingdomcome said:

I actually think it should make it no problem, 25 days to go, already has around 30%.

Yeah the amount funded right now is not that low like most people try to make it look like. Who knows how it campaign will go later but it should be fine for now.

[LightBladeNova]

10 hours ago, kingdomcome said:

I actually think it should make it no problem, 25 days to go, already has around 30%.

 

8 minutes ago, Dark_blade64 said:

Yeah the amount funded right now is not that low like most people try to make it look like. Who knows how it campaign will go later but it should be fine for now.

 

The pledges-per-day and backers-per-day charts look pretty depressing though...

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/#chart-daily

[VirginSmasher]

1 hour ago, LightBladeNova said:

 

 

The pledges-per-day and backers-per-day charts look pretty depressing though...

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/#chart-daily

That does look pretty depressing. Hopefully it gets funded because it looks amazing. Then again, there could be a burst of backers or the other way around. We can't really tell at this point.

[XReaper]

though i would feel pretty bad if this ks-campaign of theirs might face some serious trouble, resulting in non getting, or only its base goal getting funded, i cant & wont agree with how they´ve worked it out tier-wise. i mean those higher ones do almost have a surreal flair to them, so in case i´ve missed something and backers are indeed only abunch of retarded goldnugget shitting donkeys, this campaign regrettably is getting the treatment it deserves, which is a darn shame.

edit: not to mention alot of their backers are probably also the same ones, who´ve already spend awhole lot of money on the last few campaigns aka muvluv & whatsnot, resulting in narcissu etc going at snail pace afterwards. so yeah NOT everyone has a billionair daddy, or decides on robbing abank to help bringing his most favourite waifus to the west. ><

[Crayten]

The campaing is missing backer rewards and otakus likes us love buying stuff. Also the pricing from the existing higher tiers is extremly overpriced (750$ for a signed copy...).

If they dont fix these problems it wont end well with this ks.

[grim_tales1]

The prices of the higher tiers is insane. It would too better if there were some lower rewards in between.

[LightBladeNova]

Omg, these charts are so depressing... the downward trend continues

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/#chart-daily

[Deep Blue]

kickstarter is like that, once the first week (sometimes the first 2 weeks) are gone it goes down sometimes even stops then it picks up the pace again,  see the trend? how that "U" is formed in every single campaign?

https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/sekaiproject/narcissu-10th-anniversary-anthology-project/#chart-daily
https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/18824204/vision-of-aurora-borealis-visual-novel/#chart-daily
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/sekaiproject/clannad-official-english-release/#chart-daily
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/#chart-daily
https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/#chart-daily

[Minoru]

I backed this the other day cause I thought plot and characters were promising. I like mystery elements and hope this will be good.

[Decay]

A lotta people here and elsewhere are freaking out over the most basic of kickstarter trends. The downward trend in progress is perfectly normal and expected. Granted, it's still a low amount overall, and that's why people were pessimistic even though it got 30% in 5 or so days.

But it seems like Sekai Project listened! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/posts/1464485?ref=backer_project_update

New update includes additional goods to the tiers, they're now throwing in a stainless steel mug, a t-shirt, a messenger bag, and a blanket. I feel like a HSN salesman here. 

[Funyarinpa]

26 minutes ago, Decay said:

A lotta people here and elsewhere are freaking out over the most basic of kickstarter trends. The downward trend in progress is perfectly normal and expected. Granted, it's still a low amount overall, and that's why people were pessimistic even though it got 30% in 5 or so days.

But it seems like Sekai Project listened! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/posts/1464485?ref=backer_project_update

New update includes additional goods to the tiers, they're now throwing in a stainless steel mug, a t-shirt, a messenger bag, and a blanket. I feel like a HSN salesman here. 

holy shit " (pending testing on Windows 10) "

GG Sekai

[Decay]

??

This is the time they should be testing it on windows 10. And they're going to. I don't get what you're mad about.

edit: Like seriously, I'm really confused here.

[Funyarinpa]

2 minutes ago, Decay said:

??

This is the time they should be testing it on windows 10. And they're going to. I don't get what you're mad about.

I find it weird that W10's the only OS that's "pending testing" here

I thought that the other OSes were ready but W10 was neglected until now

In retrospect it's p. stupid

But it feels like something they should've taken care of already

[Decay]

I find it weird that you find that weird. I guess it's weird that they say it instead of keeping that fact hidden like everyone else does, but it's pretty normal that things aren't fully tested months before launch!

[LightBladeNova]

32 minutes ago, Decay said:

A lotta people here and elsewhere are freaking out over the most basic of kickstarter trends. The downward trend in progress is perfectly normal and expected. Granted, it's still a low amount overall, and that's why people were pessimistic even though it got 30% in 5 or so days.

But it seems like Sekai Project listened! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/posts/1464485?ref=backer_project_update

New update includes additional goods to the tiers, they're now throwing in a stainless steel mug, a t-shirt, a messenger bag, and a blanket. I feel like a HSN salesman here. 

Well, it's nice to finally hear about some tier updates, hopefully that'll end up being significant (still needs a Vita stretch goal though).

Is the worrying unwarranted? Admittedly, I'm not too knowledgeable on how Kickstarter trends usually work out in the end, but at the rate this downward trend is going, I'm just concerned that even the last-day spike in funding (which some people seem to be using as an argument for why Root Double will still succeed) won't be enough to bring RD over its base goal.

[Darklord Rooke]

4 minutes ago, LightBladeNova said:

Is the worrying unwarranted? Admittedly, I'm not too knowledgeable on how Kickstarter trends usually work out in the end, but at the rate this downward trend is going, I'm just concerned that even the last-day spike in funding (which some people seem to be using as an argument for why Root Double will still succeed) won't be enough to bring RD over its base goal.

If nothing were to change, they will struggle. But they can always alter variables through the campaign - better reward tiers, more publicity and so on. So taking this into consideration while the worrying is justified it's not like nothing can be done to fix things.

[WinterfuryZX]

The initial spike of the first two days of funding was 29k usd, let's say the final Spike of the last two days of funding will be 50% more than that (like, for example, muv-luv campaign) that means around 45k, there's still 61k to be divided between the remaining 26 "low pledge" days, in other words 2,3k per days for 26 days, and we are WAY BELOW this.

[Basileus777]

10 minutes ago, WinterfuryZX said:

The initial spike of the first two days of funding was 29k usd, let's say the final Spike of the last two days of funding will be 50% more than that (like, for example, muv-luv campaign) that means around 45k, there's still 61k to be divided between the remaining 26 "low pledge" days, in other words 2,3k per days for 26 days, and we are WAY BELOW this.

Yep, and we haven't even found the project's baseline yet as daily funding continues to decrease every day. Hopefully these changes to the tiers give the project a boost because right now it's not doing enough to get to a place where the end of project surge will get it over the funding goal.  It's not doomed, but Sekai Project needs to make some moves.

[grim_tales1]

I'm worried it won't make its goal now

[LightBladeNova]

If there's extra money left over from the Libra kickstarter, could people consider throwing that money at Root Double instead...?

Oh, who am I kidding, they won't, since there are gonna be stretch goals they'll want to try and meet...

[kingdomcome]

Instead of worrying, go spread the word about it and/or pledge more $.

[Chuee]

2 hours ago, Zenophilious said:

People thought the Narcissu Kickstarter was going to fail.  I'm not saying it's doing well, but that's no reason to start ordering a Root Double Kickstarter gravestone or anything.  Cheer up

Try telling them on their Kickstarter comments section that their tiers are still pretty bad (in a nicer phrasing, of course), and that they need to market it more, aside from just their social media pages as per usual for them.  I'm sorry, but a mug, a t-shirt, a bag and a blanket will most likely not get that many peoples' wallets opening up (that really reminds me of the crappy Narcissu tiers that never really got much better), and relying on previous SP backers to give them most of the money they need for a VN that doesn't have the same reputation as the Grisaia trilogy or Clannad in the English VN scene is ridiculous.  Some people keep whining about Libra doing better, but it's pretty obvious why it is, and it's not because of "pissing lolis".

I'm sure they know that the tiers are pretty underwhelming. The problem is that a game like Root Double probably only had a limited amount of goods produced for it, so there's only a small selection when it comes to bonus items to include in the kickstarter. If they had better choices, then I doubt they'd be throwing in random shit like mugs. 

[kingdomcome]

1 minute ago, Chuee said:

I'm sure they know that the tiers are pretty underwhelming. The problem is that a game like Root Double probably only had a limited amount of goods produced for it, so there's only a small selection when it comes to bonus items to include in the kickstarter. If they had better choices, then I doubt they'd be throwing in random shit like mugs. 

Yes, they do know it's underwhelming. I'm positive they're reading this thread.

The bonus items are nice, but not something that would really make the deciding factor of picking a certain pledge tier. They need more unique and personalized rewards that are more affordable, they really should work closer with the company in Japan to get more involved.

[WinterfuryZX]

Upped my pledge to 275 usd.