KickTraq

Kickstarter is now an inescapable force in gaming -- for good, usually -- and its brought some creative projects to life at E3. (Read More)

Cliqist looks at the case of Tale of Tales, a niche game developer that funded their game Sunset on Kickstarter, but may have cannibalized thier own sales. (Read More)

Tale of Tales, the developers of critical darling Sunset, have announced that they're stepping away from developing game any longer. (Read More)

Cliqist reviews Sunset from Tale of Tales, a just released Kickstarter funded adventure game that takes place in the 70's. (Read More)

Sunset is an adventure videogame that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter. (Read More)

Sunset is a narrative focused adventure game from Tale of Tales. (Read More)

VRFocus reports on the completion of the Kickstarter campaign for Tale of Tale's upcoming virtual reality (VR) videogame, Sunset, ending in success. (Read More)

These are the final hours of the fantastic Sunset Kickstarter campaign. We're immensely grateful for your support. Please invite everyone before the campaign ends! Perhaps you can show them this little story teaser. It's a short introduction to the... (Read More)

Sunset is a first-person exploration of a single penthouse apartment in a fictional tropical republic suffering under an oppressive regime. (Read More)

Hello all, Would you like a Sunset poster?Add $15.00 to the price of the reward you selected and we will send you this poster, soon after the Kickstarter closes. Unlike many of the rewards you won't have to wait till the game is done to get this!... (Read More)

Today is Argentina's Independence Day. To honor the occasion, here's the description of Sunset in Spanish (thanks to Agustín Cordes): Sunset es un videojuego narrativo en primera persona que transcurre en un único apartamento en una ciudad... (Read More)

Just seven days remain for Sunset, a first person point and click adventure game that allows you to indirectly influence a revolution. (Read More)

Dear amazing supporters! Thanks to your help, we have achieved our One Big Stretch Goal of double the original target with 11 more days to go! Things are going so well that we don't want to give up dreaming. But first of all, as a token of our... (Read More)

Here's a few paragraphs that were removed from the original Kickstarter page for reasons of brevity. They explain the story before Sunset and introduce the main characters.            Angela Burnes is an African American citizen deeply... (Read More)

Sunset is the first Tale of Tales game for which we invent a story. To highlight that aspect, we are introducing two new reward tiers that feature the diary that Angela Burnes keeps, over the course of almost a year, while working in Gabriel Ortega's... (Read More)

There's a little fragment in the main Kickstarter video of the re-enactment we performed to explain how we got the idea of Sunset. We thought you might be amused by seeing this longer version. Though the re-enactment is obviously tongue-in-cheek,... (Read More)

Welcome to the Kickstarter Compendium, a gathering of games and game-related projects that we’ve come across that deserve your attention. The crowd-funding model for video games has resulted in some fascinating new game ideas, and new projects are going up on a weekly basis that deserve your attention. (Read More)

The Sunset campaign is going very well thanks to your help. But today is my birthday and I'd like to direct your attention to a few other projects on Kickstarter that could use your help as well. Shake Your Power is a project by Sudha, percussionist... (Read More)

TL;DR: With $25,000 extra, we can hire an animator, a programmer and a concept artist to add more Angela, more technology and more art to SUNSET. One stretch goal for all! Can we get to $50,000?Sunset is a first person game. But you still play a... (Read More)

The Kickstarter campaign for Sunset, Tale of Tales' first-person exploration game set in a fictional tropical republic in 1972, will only have one stretch goal. It's double the campaign's original goal of $25,000, and it grants a seemingly simple addition: more Angela Burnes. (Read More)

Another update from Austin Wintory: Last night we added a tier that involved me collaborating with backers to create original works in-game. Well… it sold out rather instantly! So… we've decided to add a new tier: For $80, you will receive all... (Read More)

TerraTech is basically the Robot Wars game you’ve always wanted – you construct massive, ludicrous vehicles and set them out to battle other vehicles. (Read More)

Based on the popularity of the sold out ¡NARCISISTA! tier which got 20 of your names on a book or record sleeve in the game. We tried to think of something more we could do... Ever wanted your music in a videogame? Now is your chance! Composer... (Read More)

Tale of Tales has never been a conventional developer with such experimental titles as Luxuria Superbia, Bientôt l'été's, Salome, and The Path under its belt, but that hasn't stopped over a thousand backers from funding its upcoming noir adventure Sunset on Kickstarter. (Read More)

We have been making videogames for over 10 years now but you'd be forgiven if you hadn't heard of us before. Our work tends to be a bit controversial for its time and, apart from The Path, hasn't found a big audience yet. Of course Sunset will change... (Read More)

Tale of Tales are known for their artistic, genre-defying interactive experiences, and while that continues to be true of their next project, the Belgian team of Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn (Graveyard, The Path) are going a little more mainstream with Sunset, a new "narrative-driven first-person videogame" currently raising funds through Kickstarter. (Read More)

Hello fellow Sunset travelers! Austin Wintory here, delighted to be sharing some exciting music-related updates with you. I have long-admired Tale of Tales' work and was THRILLED when they called me and extended the offer to work on Sunset. Obviously... (Read More)

Sunset has achieved its Kickstarter goal after 41 hours and 24 minutes. Thank you all for backing and spreading the word. Stay tuned for a fantastic stretch goal and wonderful new music awards, soon! Obrigado! Gracias! Grazie! Danke! Dank u wel!... (Read More)

A new wave of experiences is looking at conflict from a different perspective (Read More)

Sunset is the second biggest project Tale of Tales has been involved in (after The Path) (Read More)

Sunset is a fascinating idea for a game. It's a war game, it's about a revolution in a fictional '70s South American metropolis and you never get to hold a gun. You get to be the maid instead. You get to be Angela Burns; Gabriel Ortega's housekeeper who is sucked into her mysterious employer's attempt at overthrowing hated dictator Generalísimo Ricardo Miraflores. (Read More)

It might seem ridiculous today but there was actually a time when a majority of gamers would freak out over titles that prioritized narrative over standard types of “gameplay”. Seriously. Tale of Tales had to deal with confusion and hatred over games such as The Graveyard but times have changed. Now they’re looking to create another game named Sunset. (Read More)

Tale of Tales, the American-Belgian duo who recently won the Nuovo award at the Independent Games Festival with Luxuria Superbia, removed the covers on their new game, Sunset, with a Kickstarter campaign that broke down development costs and gave an insight into the funding levels and options of an indie studio. (Read More)

For a studio which makes such quiet and contemplative games, Tale of Tales have been bafflingly controversial. Along with the likes of Phil Fish and Jonathan Blow, the team behind Bientôt l’été and The Path have been Two Minutes Hate figures for people incensed that anyone might suggest video games aren’t perfect just the way they are. Tale of Tales have also become more video game-y, though. Luxuria Superbia had scores and all, and now they’re making a “first-person thriller” with influences including such–gasp–video games as Gone Home and Dear Esther. (Read More)

Forget Call of Duty--it seems like the era of unique, fascinating games about war is underway. Case-in-point: Sunset, an exploration game that puts you in the role of a nosy housekeeper. As the housekeeper, you look after an apartment belonging to someone involved in the war that has broken out around you. (Read More)

Sunset is a narrative-driven game set during a violent revolution in 1970s South America that hit Kickstarter today. (Read More)