But he's loaded - why does he need Kickstarter? If we went above that I'd be thrilled.' And there's a good chance Shroud will, taking into account the typical upswing in funding towards the end of Kickstarter projects. 'Hopefully we'll get at least close to $2 million. 'We're hoping, of course, to go well beyond the minimum target,' Garriott told me about a week ago.
Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Kickstarter funding drive has passed its $1 million funding target with 12 days to go (current total: $1.17 million). He's not everyone's cup of tea, especially when he says things like 'most game designers just suck' (even if there was a reasonable point buried underneath).īut clearly he does have a talent worth shouting about, because people are willing to listen to him shouting and even respond with large sums of money. Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima, the space man.
