Scraps: Customisable vehicle combat for Windows/Mac/Linux

A project in Auckland, New Zealand by Bill Borman
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Build a combat vehicle from parts. Components have real functions, and realistic physics support your horrible design decisions.
Backers: 928
Average Pledge Per Backer: $32

Funded: $29,639 of $23,000
Dates: Nov 22nd -> Dec 18th (26 days)
Project By: Bill Borman
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Latest News

Scraps Kickstarter Postmortem - $24,000USD and Greenlit in 3½ weeks

January 9th - via: gamasutra.com
I recently successfully ran Kickstarter and Greenlight campaigns for my in-development game Scraps, as an unknown games creator without a prior following. I'm a solo developer and I ran everything myself. (Read More)

Scraps Kickstarter Postmortem – $24,000USD and Greenlit in 3½ weeks

January 7th - via: indiedb.com
I can't tell you how to raise massive amounts like Night In The Woods or Hyper Light Drifter have, but maybe I can give a bit of insight into how I raised a modest amount and got Greenlit on Steam at the same time. Yes, there was a lot of work involved and yes, there was still a fair amount of luck involved as well. (Read More)

Kickstarter 2013: Broken records, broken hearts

December 31st - via: gameplanet.com.au
Matt takes a look back at the year that was on Kickstarter: what got funded, what missed out, what was released, and what ran out of cash. (Read More)

Success!

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks so much for all your support. The Kickstarter is a great success! Now I can keep working full-time on the game. Right now though, it's time for a short Christmas break. The total including PayPal donations is over $30,000! I'll contact... (Read More)

FINAL 48 HOURS. And an actual game update

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Yeah, so you might have noticed that the Kickstarter didn't make a ton of money today. That's partly because some people are now donating via PayPal, but it's also partly because I finally had a short break from Kickstartery promotiony stuff to work... (Read More)

PayPal option now available. Oh, and we're across the line.

December 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey yeah, so, we made it. I can keep working on this full-time, money is coming in, general good times are to be had. You get to play games, I get to make them. And I couldn't have asked for better supporters. People complain about the negativity on... (Read More)

Final Week!

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Actually more like final six days because I've been super busy this week. Had a friend's wedding to attend as well. Things have been going well and it looks like the project will easily reach the goal. Awesome! Thanks everyone. I'm not going to have... (Read More)

Nine Days Remaining

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Getting there. Still, it's going to be close. Thanks again for all the support so far. Could you guys maybe upvote this lame GIF I just submitted on Reddit? I haven't had a lot of time to work on the game itself (and won't until this Kickstarter is... (Read More)

Bill Borman on car combat Kickstarter Scraps

December 6th - via: gameplanet.com.au
Scraps is a New Zealand Kickstarter hopeful that allows players to construct a weaponised vehicle, then pit their design against those of other players. With a dozen days of fundraising to go and its goal not yet reached, we speak with Scraps creator, Bill Borman. (Read More)

Oh hey, Scraps got Greenlit

December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
So Scraps got accepted onto Steam yesterday after being on Steam Greenlight for a whole week and a half, which means that everyone who's backed for $20 or more will be able to get a Steam key for the game. This might have something to do with it:... (Read More)

User vehicle design showcase

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
I should have known that if I gave people unlimited funds, I'd end up with stuff like this. Users are already making some incredible designs with the free builder release. By Daniel A By Chris J By The_N By brendonsmall By DarkKenji By CaseyJay I got... (Read More)

Kiwi Kickstarter Wants You to Get Into A Scrap

December 2nd - via: nzgamer.com
Bill Borman of Auckland-based Moment Studio has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a game called Scraps. Described as a "customizable vehicle combat" game, the title's development was inspired by Interstate '76 and LEGO. (Read More)

Scraps Kickstarter Campaign Underway and Screens/Demo

December 2nd - via: gamershell.com
Build a combat vehicle from parts and drive it in a fight with other players (Read More)

Halfway! Plus multiplayer prototype footage

December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Halfway to the goal, and less than half the project time has passed. Thanks heaps to everyone who's backed so far. It's going well but support is dropping off now that the big news sites have done their pieces. I have some people to follow up with... (Read More)

Building A Vehicle

November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Remember that you can download a free early builder demo here: http://www.scrapsgame.com/download There isn't really an in-game tutorial yet, just some information scattered around. Mostly people work it out but sometimes they don't know they can... (Read More)

If you build it, you can race - and shoot! - it, in Scraps

November 27th - via: pcauthority.com.au
A New Zealand-based developer has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his vehicle-based shooter, Scraps. (Read More)

Welcome, and thanks for your support so far

November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks so much to everyone who's supported Scraps so far. New people and especially those few of you who've been following the game for ages already. It's been a very busy first few days. Early on Saturday morning I got the email that the project was... (Read More)

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