[dftaylor]

Here's your chance... share it with everyone you know who loves boxing.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1214672368/ring-kings-boxing-manager-game

 

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@Danny may be interested

 

[Lunny]

Looks quality

 

[Vano-irons]

Here's your chance... share it with everyone you know who loves boxing.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1214672368/ring-kings-boxing-manager-game

Are you involved with this mate? I see it on twitter a few weeks back

 

[faz]

I think it looks absolutely brilliant and if it was available to buy now then I would definitely do so.

My reservation as a student with minimal disposable income is paying out for a game which isn't expected to be released until 2014.

I will be following its progress closely. Does anybody know of any similar games out there which are worth getting?

 

[Post Box]

I really hope this gets funded, but hope is as far as my involvement will go I'm afraid

 

[Danny]

Saw a few screenshots for this a couple of months ago or so and it looked like it had amazing potential, but like a kind of makeshift FM that had been quickly adapted to a boxing game. Now it looks like a proper standalone title. Graphics look superb.

Hopefully this gets made. I can't see it though unfortunately if they need £300k in the next month or so. It has 2 backers so far...

 

[Frank Warren]

Someone should've bought Eddie this before he fucked around in the real world.

 

[adamcanavan]

Yeah, constantly tweeted by them but it looks fantastic. Its football manager for boxing, which is exactly what i've wanted for years

 

[Danny]

Erm also, aren't they going to need a shit-tonne to get this licensed?

 

[faz]

Erm also, aren't they going to need a shit-tonne to get this licensed?

I can see this being an issue, they have Floyd Mayweather in the rankings in a screenshot and EA refused to pay up for his name and likeness for Fight Night Champion, so I'm not sure an independent could afford that..

 

[tdw]

Erm also, aren't they going to need a shit-tonne to get this licensed?

I can't imagine the finish game will use real names but hopefully will have an editor. In 30 days or so I may donate if they are close to the target but seems unlikely. I know there is Ultimate Boxing Manager or something like that out there but this looks a whole other level. There are such good quality MMA and pro wrestling versions of these types of games, we surely have to get a boxing one at some point

 

[Roe]

Sounds awesome. I'd definitely buy this if it gets made but not sure about helping to fund it like this. It's a quality idea so I'll definitely keep an eye on the progress and might help out in future. Cheers for this.

 

[Noonaldinho]

Looks class, but would need to be licensed, no good going in and beating Boyd Krayweather.

Get CHB as the news outlet oike Sky sports is on Fifa etc

 

[davez]

it does look good in theory... can't see them making the £300,000 target in 34 days.

 

[Twelvey]

Looks class, but would need to be licensed, no good going in and beating Boyd Krayweather.

Get CHB as the news outlet oike Sky sports is on Fifa etc

That would be epic, get on it @Jay

 

[dkos]

When I saw that they the developers of Ring Kings were doing a Kickstarter, I was excited. But I expected the target to be around the £5k mark - £300k is going to put people off from donating straight away because the target is way too ambitious, unfortunately.

For example, Broken Sword did a Kickstarter and raised about £500k for their project. As well as being a very popular gaming series, they offered great incentives for backing:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/165500047/broken-sword-the-serpents-curse-adventure

As also mentioned, licencing issues would stop the game from ever being released I feel. Open-source would be the way to go, but they're not going to do that when the game apparently costs so much to make!

 

[Nyanners :sad5]

Oh shit, another Broken Sword? Nice, will play that with the new Planescape.

Licensing doesn't bother me, really. Someone always released a mod to auto-correct everyone anyway, so I don't mind if the two best fighters in the world are Fred Merryway and Manson Pourquoi.

 

[Bryn]

Will I get my money back if it goes tits up? Might chuck them a few squids if so.

 

[Nyanners :sad5]

Will I get my money back if it goes tits up? Might chuck them a few squids if so.

I think they only get the money if it reaches the target by the date, so yeah you will I think.