As I have mentioned quite a few times on this blog, I like games. As I have also mentioned, albeit not that recently, I have tried my hand at designing and creating some as well. This desire has been most evident in my twenty or so year quest to create a role-playing game where one is in the role of a dragon that has somehow been forced into a human body. I even posted an "elevator pitch" version of my plan a few years ago. Now, as the post mentions, this game would be in the same universe as other games with the same basic structures and gameplay found in those games. Well, guess what. Some of the same people involved in those game lines have developed a game for one of their other universes with a similar conceit as mine would have. Now, this is in a totally different type of game universe, so the basic premise and plot lines are not the same. However, they might have things in common. The game was just presented for Kickstarter last week. It, and another game in the same line, were funded in just over an hour. I went to look at the site a little late, and by the time I had finished reading about the project, it was funded and the stretch goals were being assigned. As of this writing, they are somewhere over 300% funded with over fifteen stretch goals achieved. As of yet, I have not funded the project, as I am leery of it. One of the perks of funding this campaign is getting to read and suggest edits for the manuscript. I am afraid of just how close to my ideas theirs are. I listened to two different podcasts just to get a leg up on the background for this game. Yes. I actually listened to my first podcasts just to see what was going on. Personally, I was hoping for a transcript, as I can read much faster than I can listen. One podcast had the option of being played at an increased speed, while the other didn't. I was halfway through it before I realized that my podcast app had a function to speed function built in. Anyway, I already knew that the project was moving forward for a few months now. It had been featured on the company's project list for awhile. I wasn't interested in the line, but now I think I need to fund the project just to see how close their ideas are to mine. Now, I'm not saying anyone could have somehow borrowed an idea here or there, but I am afraid just the same. It has been a longtime dream to work in this field, but I could never figure out a way in. This dream game of mine looked like it had a shot, but the odds drop if this game is too similar, even if I came up with some of the ideas first. I will probably fund this, at a level just high enough that I get the preview so I can compare ideas. I'm just scared about what is out there.
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