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What do you do if your Kickstarter project looking for $45,000 CAD fails? Try again but ask for almost twice as much. Ashen Rift is now looking for $85,000 CAD via the crowdfunding service to make its man-with-beard-and-dog first-person shooter a reality, but despite a shorter pitch video and a higher target, there’s still reasons to be intrigued by the game that piqued John’s interest earlier this year. (Read More)

Ashen Rift is a first person shooter in an apocalyptic world that features a man and his loyal dog companion. (Read More)

For every Kickstarter project that finds its funding, there’s one that can’t quite get the support that it needs. Often, the reasons behind a failed Kickstarter campaign can be very obvious, but there are also times that the failure of a project is rather perplexing. Barry Collins’ Ashen Rift is one such project, seemingly doing everything right but still not managing to meet its funding goal. (Read More)

Hey Everyone!The Final 48 Hours are uppon us!  To go out with a bang (one way or another) I've got a Reddit AMA going on! Join me, Upvote the post for some extra exposure and find out anything you'd like to know about me and the game!Click the... (Read More)

Ashen Rift: A man and his dog on Kickstarter has 4 days to go and is just under $25,000 Canadian away from its funding goal. ($22,600 USD).   An other way to look at it is that Ashen Rift needs 2500 backers at $10.  Or 1250 Backers at $20. Or 715... (Read More)

The earth is a cold, grey husk. For the past ten years, a mysterious Rift has ravaged the world with monstrous beings, rumored to be the result of irresponsible scientific endeavors undertaken by the US military. One man and his dog remain, unaware of what other life has survived among the twisted, subhuman mutations that wander the face of the American Midwest. Their only hope in a decade is to trek across the dusty wasteland in search of the Rift, not knowing what exactly they will do to stop it once they arrive. (Read More)

Greetings! Barry here, In the main kickstarter video I mention "Terrain Destruction", and how that can be used in the game, But I don't really take the time to showcase that until now.  As you can see in the update video, you can break almost... (Read More)

Hello everyone!You'll have to excuse the crude update, I don't have my usual editing tools with me while I'm away in SF enjoying the GDC. For starters I would like to show the latest video, filmed just before I left! now ready for your viewing... (Read More)

Ashen Rift is designed as a 3D first person shooter, horror, survival game, which is a bit of a mouthful. It’s not giving you an easy ride though, your resources and ammunition is quite limited. (Read More)

Hey everyone!I just wanted to clarify some potential confusion before any issues arise. Having added 9 pledge packages since the launch of the kickstarter, The term "Previous pledge packages" does not apply like it use to.   For exact clarification... (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 interesting new game ideas, and new projects are going up on a weekly basis that deserve your attention. (Read More)

 So, It’s that time again! GDC 2014 here I come! I'll be there all week, feel free to tweet at me or email me to meet up!  If you’re press, I’ll buy you a drink, and if you’re a fan, buy me one! Look for this guy at the GDC! I shouldn't be... (Read More)

Cross Promotion Program!  Heart & Slash Cross promotion The first of hopefully many for Ashen Rift, Perhaps first ever on kickstarter? Ashen Rift and Heart & Slash will be teaming up to provide a reward to people who back both projects! If... (Read More)

Hey everyone!  Great news, We've surpassed 200 backers! And as a reward for doing so I've updated the Pledge packages with 6 new options! Here is an updated pledge package chart with the new options highlighted! Feel free to update your pledge to... (Read More)

Ashen Rift: A Man and His Dog is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on Kickstarter. I mean ever. This survival horror game has been in development for less than 5 months, with just a small development team working in their free time, and the current gameplay footage they have of their Alpha looks better than most AAA games. It’s truly gorgeous, and the gameplay is something unique, only touched upon in the past. (Read More)

This is so inspiring, I would like to thank all of you for the support so far, from the bottom of my heart. THANK YOU!I've got a lot riding on this and really do hope it comes to fruition.6% funded and over 100 backers, I am confident this will keep... (Read More)

It's not every day you get to witness the genius of creativity from the beginning. (Read More)

Ashen Rift developer Barry Collins Discusses His Work In Progress Game (Read More)