Storium — The Online Storytelling Game

A project in San Jose, CA by Storium / Stephen Hood
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Storium is a new kind of online game where you and your friends tell any story you can imagine, together.
Backers: 6674
Average Pledge Per Backer: $38

Funded: $251,332 of $25,000
Dates: Apr 8th -> May 8th (31 days)
Project By: Storium / Stephen Hood
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Latest News

Only 3 hours left to lock-in nearly SIXTY worlds for you and your friends to play in!

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
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Only 3 hours left to get THE DEAL — and nearly SIXTY worlds to play in!

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
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New stretch goal: CHAMPIONS UNIVERSE from Cryptic Studios and Hero Games

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
As we surge towards the final hours of this incredible campaign, we have at least one more trick up our sleeve! And this one? It’s pretty special to me. When I was a kid, my love of gaming and storytelling was originally ignited by tabletop... (Read More)

New stretch goal: J.C. Hutchins’ 7TH SON!

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday afternoon, we reached the huge funding milestone of $200,000 and unlocked STORIUM FOR SCHOOLS. Thanks to your incredible support and generosity, we will now be able to create a version of Storium for teachers and students to use in the... (Read More)

New stretch goals: N. K. Jemisin and Sanditon, CA!

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re racing towards a stunning finish. As of this writing, we are mere hours away from reaching $200,000 in funding and unlocking STORIUM FOR SCHOOLS. And it looks like many people are just discovering our campaign today, so these last 24 hours... (Read More)

New stretch goals: Ramez Naam and Charles Stross!

May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
As of this writing, there are just 56 hours left in our campaign. That's less than two and a half days to raise $32,000. If we can do it, we'll unlock STORIUM FOR SCHOOLS and bring our online storytelling game into the classroom. We think it's an... (Read More)

New stretch goal: Mutants & Masterminds from Green Ronin!

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
There’s just three days left in our campaign. Will we make it to $200,000 and unlock our worthy, final goal of STORIUM FOR SCHOOLS? If we push hard enough, I believe we can! But we’re also not leaving it to chance. You know what that means:... (Read More)

New stretch goals: Maureen McHugh and James Patrick Kelly! And Storium for Schools is less than $59K away...

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The wondrous madness of this campaign continues: just two days ago we announced three stretch goals, and you've already blown past them all. Yesterday we unlocked Steven Sanders' SYMBIOSIS, Steven P. Long's THE HEROES RETURN. and Lilith Saintcrow's... (Read More)

New stretch goal: a world from Steve Jackson Games! Plus, a new backer reward of epic value

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
This one is big, folks. Today we’re announcing a world from legendary game company Steve Jackson Games. Steve Jackson Games is one of the most respected names in gaming. With famous titles such as Munchkin, GURPS, Ogre, and Car Wars, the company... (Read More)

Even more stretch goals: Steven Sanders, Steven S. Long, and Lilith Saintcrow! Plus, new blog posts

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
This morning we announced three new stretch goals, and you've already unlocked two of them! Sam Sykes' CITY OF FOG AND SALT and Tracy Barnett's IRON EDDA are both coming to Storium. We've also unlocked STORIUM LOCALIZED, which means we're committing... (Read More)

New stretch goals from Tracy Barnett, Sam Sykes, and Robin Laws! Plus, an interview w/ our creators

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday we unlocked a major milestone: an original world from the mind of famed game designer Jordan Weisman, creator of Shadowrun, BattleTech, and many of the most influential games of the last thirty years. Meanwhile, we're less than $6,000 away... (Read More)

New stretch goal: Storium for Schools!

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Last night our campaign blew past the $100,000 funding mark. That's an incredible achievement and it speaks volumes about the passion and commitment of our backers. Josh, Will, J.C., Mur, Chuck, and I are all deeply humbled by your support for... (Read More)

New stretch goal: an original world from game designer Jordan Weisman!

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we have a very special treat to share with you: a surprise stretch goal world from the mind of famed game designer Jordan Weisman. Unlocks at $115,000 1802: EMPIRE OF THE TOMBS — It's Indiana Jones meets Lawrence of Arabia in a strange,... (Read More)

Roleplaying Storium Kickstarter Game

April 28th - via: themarysue.com
I’m no stranger to group storytelling. In high school, I wrote fanfic with a friend, swapping a spiral-bound notebook back and forth. During that same time I was working at a renaissance faire and my inbox overflowed with email threads of in-character letters. When I was in college, I was an active participant in a Star Trek sim. My World of Warcraft guild forums had a section dedicated to roleplaying. And in recent years, after I moved countries, my previously-local friends and I went through a short period of playing Parsely and Dungeons & Dragons via Google Hangouts. (Read More)

New stretch goals: STORIUM SOCIALIZED, plus worlds from Logan Bonner, Nathan Ballingrud, and Matt Forbeck!

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow. You've blown past three more stretch goals: Brian Engard's GARGANTUAN, Jocelyn Koehler and Nicholas Tulach's DIREMOON, and Matt Wallace's THE UNKNOWING WORLD. That brings the total number of funded Storium worlds to 40! That's forty worlds... (Read More)

New stretch goals: worlds from Brian Engard, Jocelyn Koehler, Nicholas Tulach, and Matt Wallace!

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Please forgive us for sending out two updates on the same day, but we have a little more news to share with you before the weekend starts! In addition to the STORIUM LOCALIZED stretch goal we announced earlier, we have three exciting new worlds to... (Read More)

New stretch goal: Storium in other languages!

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
The Storium World Train keeps on rolling. We've unlocked Karen Lord's ZAHEL, Shoshana Kessock's THE RAISING, Quinn Murphy's OGOUN'S ARMY, and Jay Bushman's MURDER ON THE ZEPPELIN EXPRESS. We've also unlocked an exciting new goal: the commissioning of... (Read More)

New stretch goals: Shoshana Kessock, Quinn Murphy, Jay Bushman... and Seanan McGuire!

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks, backers! Two more stretch goals have been hit in just the past couple of days: TERRIBLE PRAYERS from Dungeon World co-creator Sage LaTorra, and the sci-fi frontier world of BOOMTOWN from Mike Lee. And STILL the worlds keep coming. Today we... (Read More)

Can you help us spread the word about Storium?

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
As of today we’re halfway through our Kickstarter campaign and have raised over $75,000, or 300% of our original goal. It’s an astounding accomplishment, and we're deeply grateful to all of you for making it possible. In this second half of the... (Read More)

New stretch goals... including art and features!

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Since our last update you’ve unlocked four more worlds: Lillian Cohen-Moore’s spooky VILLAGE BY THE SEA, Eberron-creator Keith Baker’s DREAMSPACE: ENDYMION LOST, Campbell-nominee Max Gladstone’s CLOUD SOMERSAULT, and New York Times... (Read More)

New stretch goals: worlds from Lillian Cohen-Moore, Keith Baker, Max Gladstone, and Scott Sigler!

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Since our last update — just yesterday! — we've unlocked three more goals: Magdalen Braden's Jane Austen-inspired THE STYLISH ASSEMBLY, Ursula Vernon's whimsical WEIRD FRUIT, and Tobias Buckell's XENOWEALTH. And we're on track to fund YOUNG... (Read More)

New stretch goal: “Young Centurions” from Evil Hat Productions

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
This campaign is on a tear. Our last update went out yesterday, and yet we’ve already blown past three more stretch goals! Our amazing backers have now unlocked Lauren Roy’s haunted world of THE HOLLOW, Hugo-winner Elizabeth Bear’s dieselpunk... (Read More)

'Storium' Online Storytelling Game Gets Funded via Kickstarter, Beta Available Now

April 17th - via: gamenguide.com
Despite its many critics, there's no denying that Kickstarter can be a tremendous force for a unique project. Storium is the perfect example- it's the kind of game you never would have even heard about before, but now it's got thousands of people already signed on, ready to be a part of the community. Designer Stephen Hood managed to successfully fund the game in less than a day! (Read More)

New stretch goals: Ryan Macklin, Magdalen Braden, Ursula Vernon... and Tobias Buckell!

April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow. Since our last update, you've already unlocked two new stretch goals: Richard Dansky's Alien Nation-inspired SQUATCHTOWN, and Adam Koebel's Renaissance fantasy world DOWN AND OUT IN THE KINGDOM OF COINS. Thank you! This campaign is speeding up,... (Read More)

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April 16th - via: indiehaven.com
Think Spelunky mixed with Mega Man X and you’ll have something pretty close to Echoes of Eridu. It’s an action platformer which apparently plays similar to the Mega Man X games, but comes with a lot of roguelike inspired features, including permadeath and procedurally generated levels. One of the core ideals behind the game is to make it as replayable as possible – you get new stages and challenges thrown at you in each playthrough, and you have multiple very different characters to choose from. (Read More)

New stretch goals: Richard Dansky, Adam Koebel, Lauren Roy... and Elizabeth Bear!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We're less than $500 away from unlocking Kenneth Hite's post-apocalyptic setting THE DAY AFTER RAGNAROK. That means it's time to announce our next set of stretch goals. Since our campaign is moving faster than expected, and since we have so many... (Read More)

Stretch goal #2 unlocked; #3 is just hours away!

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you!Yesterday we unlocked our second stretch goal: an original space opera setting called STATE LIMINAL, from upcoming Tor author Fran Wilde. The moment she first described it to me as "Casablanca in space," I was hooked. I think you will be,... (Read More)

First stretch goal reached — now on to #2

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Stretch goal #1 has been unlocked!Wow. Last night we reached our first stretch goal of $35,000, just one day after hitting our initial funding target. That means we just unlocked four new Storium worlds: a re-imagining of One Thousand And One... (Read More)

Announcing three new stretch goals!

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Our campaign is scarcely 48 hours old and we’ve nearly reached our first stretch goal, which will bring new worlds to Storium from Hugo nominee Saladin Ahmed, Campbell winner Mur Lafferty, transmedia storyteller Andrea Phillips, and ENnie winning... (Read More)

Funded in less than 24 hours — thank you!

April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
With your generous backing, we did it: we reached our first funding goal for Storium on our first full day! We're deeply grateful for the support you’ve shown us, both by your contributions and in your vocal support for Storium on blogs, Twitter,... (Read More)

Beta access for $10 backers and up

April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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