That Which Sleeps

A project in Boston, MA by King Dinosaur Games
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That Which Sleeps is a re-imagining of the God Game. Take the role of an awakened evil and manipulate a living, reactive world.
Backers: 4689
Average Pledge Per Backer: $18

Funded: $85,593 of $12,000
Dates: Sep 22nd -> Oct 22nd (30 days)
Project By: King Dinosaur Games
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Latest News

Update #14 - Digital Atlas Revealed & Beta Testing Schedule

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to our over 3,600 backers!  Thanks to all of your continued support we are capable of continuing to increase both the sophistication and polish of That Which Sleeps.   We wanted to extend our gratitude by providing more rewards for our... (Read More)

Update 13 - Final Stretch Goals & Old Ones Revealed!

October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Final Stretch Goals Revealed! Thanks to our extremely supportive backers we continue to surpass our stretch goals, so it's time to talk about our THIRD Community Vote which is by far the most insidious - an additional playable Old One.  Each of the... (Read More)

King Dinosaur Games on That Which Sleeps and Being Evil

October 15th - via: cliqist.com
That Which Sleeps is a turn-based strategy game that’s been on Kickstarter for a few weeks now. While strategy games are a dime a dozen, the plans for That Which Sleeps makes it stand out from the pack. Sure, it’s got the “not spectacular” you’d expect from a game in the genre, but instead of controlling armies of heroes looking to crush the forces of evil, you control a Cthulian monster looking to take over the world. As the That Which Sleeps Kickstarter enters its final days we decided to have a chat with the delopvers at King Dinosaur Games to see how things are going, and what the future holds. (Read More)

Update 12 - Milestones Breached & New Races Revealed

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank You to our Backers!At the time of this writing we've surpassed some major milestones for our campaign and have over 3,000 backers! Not only has the Procedural Generation stretch goal been reached, but we are well onto our way to unlocking our... (Read More)

Kickstarter Pick: That Which Sleeps (King Dinosaur Games)

October 14th - via: indiegames.com
Fleeing an awakened evil is one thing. Being one is an entirely different matter and King Dinosaur Games have taken to Kickstarter to get funding for their Great Old Ones sim That Which Sleeps. A game that will allow us malevolent people to wield hordes of cultists against human heroes. To plot, corrupt and strategize in order to conquer a dynamic, living Earth. (Read More)

Stretch Goals Revealed!

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
At the time of this writing That Which Sleeps is over 400% funded and the procedural generation stretch goal is a mere $4,000 away from coming to fruition.   That means That Which Sleeps is going to be released with even more polish and gameplay... (Read More)

Procedural Generation, Minions, and Greenlight

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Procedural Generation Stretch GoalThat magic number is coming ever closer, and as part of our consideration in adding Procedural Generation we had created a Proof of Concept to ensure that not only was it possible to add in a reasonable time frame... (Read More)

Huge Update on Lore, Survey Results & Stretch Goals

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Mark Yohalem of Primordia Fame will be Creating Lore for That Which Sleeps!Now this is exciting!   Co-founder of Wormwood Studios, Mark Yohalem has written stories for numerous computer games, most recently the award-winning adventure game... (Read More)

Mod Support, Featured Project & A Survey for Backers

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Dev Log 4 Part 1/3 - Introduction to Modding We have a very large development log stemming from the Official Community Create-an-Event contest which we will be slowly revealing over the next week. We ended up having 25 submissions and the voting was... (Read More)

Halfway Done! 300% Funded & onto Endless Mode

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Halfway Point!We are a little bit past the halfway point with this Kickstarter campaign and the response so far continues to be better than we could have dreamed of.  At the time of this writing we have already surpassed the Rival Old Ones stretch... (Read More)

Introducing Rival Old Ones, 2 New Agents, Contest Deadline & Beta Schedule

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
At the time of this writing we are more than 250% funded!  We send our heart-felt gratitude to our over 1,800 backers, and with 19 days to go we think that realizing some or all of our stretch goals is a distinct possibility.  With that being said... (Read More)

A Really Cool Contest, More Preview Art, Paypal, & More.

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to our friends, fans, and backers!  Today we are proud to announce that we have over 1,600 people backing our project.  Thank you all for the support, kind words, and feedback.  In honor of the incredible amount of interaction we've had with... (Read More)

The Guildmaster, Staff Picked, and Onward to Rival Old Ones

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Challenges, Politics, and the Guildmaster's Steps to Success You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 I hope this video gave a little more insight into the process of using an Agent, from recruitment to overall... (Read More)

Weekly Launchpad. What Videogame Kickstarters Launched Sep 21 – 27?

September 28th - 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)

Stretch Goal #2 Reached - Gods & Religion System Unlocked! Hallelujah!

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank You to Our 1,300+ Backers!The feedback & support we are receiving from backers and fans continues to be amazing.  We are so happy to announce that we have reached and surpassed our second stretch goal within our first week on Kickstarter!... (Read More)

That Which Sleeps Is An Evil God Game On Kickstarter

September 25th - via: rockpapershotgun.com
That Which Sleeps is a great idea for a strategy game: you’re an ‘awakening evil’, an old god long forgotten who is now trying to regain control of the world. To do so, you must send your disciples out to spread famine, plague and corruption, all while deceiving everyone into thinking that this is the status quo. (Read More)

Be the Bad Guy in That Which Sleeps

September 25th - via: cliqist.com
Looking for a turn-based strategy game with bite? Perhaps That Which Sleeps will be up your alley. This God game takes a very different approach from most of the genre. Instead of being pervasively good, you take on the role of absolute evil. After awakening, it must reclaim its control over the world and all who inhabit it. As a recently-awoken ancient evil you can’t yet utilize all the powers that were once in your possession. Instead, Agents can be sent out to do your bidding. Of course, heroes will do their best to thwart these minions. (Read More)

Funded! A Huge Thank You. Goodbye Poorly Drawn Heroes & Hello Minions!

September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 Thank You! We are incredibly humbled and honored to receive so much support & encouragement from over 700 backers and countless other friends and fans. We read and... (Read More)

Great Start, Team Bios & FAQ Added

September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all for your incredibly generous support! Within our first 24 hours That Which Sleeps has reached 40% of our funding goal.  We still have a long way to go but we are really encouraged with the feedback we've received so far. We took the... (Read More)

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