Elegy for a Dead World: A Game About Writing Fiction

A project in Boston, MA by Dejobaan Games
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Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.
Backers: 3666
Average Pledge Per Backer: $20

Funded: $72,339 of $48,000
Dates: Sep 30th -> Oct 21st (21 days)
Project By: Dejobaan Games
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Latest News

Why We Need Experimental Crowdfunded Games

January 27th - via: cliqist.com
Why We Need Experimental Games Crowdfunded Games (Read More)

Elegy for a Dead World Reviewed

December 19th - via: cliqist.com
Elegy for a Dead World is a video game where you write the narrative and share it with others. (Read More)

Update #11: Less Than 24 Hours Left

October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
With less than 24 hours to go, we are still hopeful that Lord Byron will help us reach our $90k goal to create prompt writing tools. Here's our final update before the campaign ends: Educators, if you would like to receive some of the 1,000... (Read More)

Update #12: Stretch Goal #1 ACHIEVED!

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
With 32 hours left to go we are at 132% of our funding goal! At $58,000, we hit our first Stretch Goal, DRM-Free Elegy for a Dead World: At $63,491 raised, we're just shy of hitting the 1000 Stories goal, which means we'll be giving a thousand... (Read More)

Update #11: SUCCESS... and Stretch Goals

October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached our funding goal! To everyone who has pledged, tweeted, written about us, or told a friend: THANK YOU! So, what's next? By popular request, here are our stretch goals: $58,000: DRM-Free ElegyWe'll create an offline, DRM-free version of... (Read More)

Update #10: What Players Think About the Game

October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
With just over 3 days to go, we are at 100%! Thank you to everyone who helped us get here!  We are close to having those beta keys so expect them soon after the Kickstarter ends. We are also setting up some backer widgets for those who were unable... (Read More)

Update #9: The Three Romantic Poems

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
5 DAYS TO GO! We are at 89% to funding, and can almost taste it! Today we'd like to share with you the basis for Elegy's three worlds -- three British Romantic era poems: I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of... (Read More)

Update #8: The Evolution of Elegy's Art

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
With just days to go before the Kickstarter ends (and you get those beta keys), we are at 81% of the way to our goal! Today, we asked Luigi to share his early sketches, many of which you will see in the digital and print art books. Let's start with... (Read More)

Update #7: Turning Poetry into Art

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
We are 70% of the way towards reaching our funding goal! Our chances of success are looking good, so a big thanks to all of you for getting us this far. Many of you have been drawn to Elegy by its visuals. In today's video, art lead Luigi Guatieri... (Read More)

Update #6: How does one start making video games?

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We have just crossed $30k, and have less than $18k to go! Today, we have two topics and 2 blazing hot Kickstarter campaigns to highlight: 1. Do you teach creative writing at the K-12 or university levels? If you do, we want to talk to you about... (Read More)

Update #5: How Programming and Art Connect to Make Games

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
For about 3 years, Elegy team members Ziba and Luigi have married design, programming, and art to make beautiful games. In today's update video, they talk about how they started working together, and how their working relationship has evolved since... (Read More)

Update #4: Romantic Era Poetry

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
With your support, we've hit 54% of our funding goal on Day 7. Thank you! In today's update, we wanted to show you the connection between Elegy and British Romantic Era poetry. Let's start with an excerpt from John Keats poem, "When I have fears... (Read More)

Weekly Launchpad. What Videogame Kickstarters Launched Sep 28 – Oct 4th?

October 6th - via: cliqist.com
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place will make it easier to educate yourself on the projects you’d like to back, and which ones to run from. You’ll find two types of campaigns listed, “featured” and “the rest“. Featured campaigns are those that contain a significant amount of game information, are from known developers, or are significant in some other way. The rest of the games are usually smaller campaigns that are lacking in information, are from unknowns, have unanswered questions, or have not yet stood out for one reason or another. (Read More)

Writing Prompts in Elergy [sic] for a Dead World at KickStarter

October 4th - via: gamerheadlines.com
Writing Prompts in Elergy [sic] for a Dead World at KickStarter (10/4/14) As a writer, players will record their thoughts in books after exploring dead worlds. (Read More)

Update #3: On the Evolution of Elegy

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Day 5, and we're about to hit 50% of our funding goal -- a huge thanks to all our backers! In today's update, Elegy co-designer Ziba Scott shares his perspective on how the game has evolved from a simple prototype about exploration to a full game... (Read More)

Update #2: Rewards and The Art of Elegy

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Day 3, and we're 37% of the way to reaching our goal! We have two items for you today: 1. Rewards: There has been some confusion about some of the reward tiers so we just put together this handy dandy table. The $160 tier gets everything, no... (Read More)

Dejobaan’s fiction writing adventure is a true $48,000 fact

October 2nd - via: thebitpulse.com
Dejobaan Games, the creators of Drunken Robot Pornography, have launched a Kickstarter for Elegy of the Dead World, an adventure game about writing fiction. (Read More)

Update #1: How Elegy Began

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Backers, It's been a exciting couple of days, and we wanted to tell you a bit more about how Elegy for a Dead World got its start as a week-long palate cleanser project. The Dejobaan team had been working on Drunken Robot Pornography for... (Read More)

Elegy for a Dead World Asks You to Control the Story

October 1st - via: cliqist.com
Video games have brought us nearly infinite experiences and stories over the years. More recently, we’ve even seen titles that attempt to get players pushing the narrative in different directions via choices made in said games. However, have we seen games that ask you to tell the story yourself? Elegy for a Dead World hopes to turn its players into writers as they create a storyline while exploring vast, beautiful landscapes. (Read More)

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