For those who haven't heard about it yet, this site allows for fans to fund a developer of different projects including video games. It made headlines in gaming community when Double Fine (the maker of Psychonauts, Stacking and other adventures) whose founder Tim Schafer created for his previous company (LucasArts) such games as Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and (half of) Day of the Tentacle raised $3,336,371 for their next game when they were only asking for $400,000. It shows that fans of adventure games are underserved by game publishers who are unwilling to fund certain less popular genres.
The way the site works is that people can choose to donate with a credit card to a project. If the project meets its funding goal by its set deadline, then it is fully funded. But if it does not meet its goal, noone is charged. Depending on how much you donate, you can received the finished game when it's completed, or other items or limited edition products as well.
Here's some current projects that still need your support and their status as of June 19:
*NEW* http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260 ... f=category
62% funded
$310,351 pledged
19 days to go (CLANG - scifi author Neal Stephenson wants to revolutionize sword fighting video games)
*NEW* http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cad ... f=category
9% funded
$7,433 pledged
17 days to go (Retrovirus - retro, Descent-inspired six-axis shooter)
*NEW* http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/707 ... f=category
90% funded
$136,007 pledged
15 days to go (Dead State: The Zombie Survival RPG)
*NEW* http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/935 ... f=category
17% funded
$12,811 pledged
20 days to go (HeXit - point and click sci-fi adventure game)
*NEW* http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/670 ... f=category
13% funded
$57,175 pledged
16 days to go (Ground Branch by BlackFoot Studios - Mature Classic Tactical FPS)
*NEW* http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dig ... f=category
32% funded
$65,791 pledged
33 days to go (Skyjacker - open-world, full-throttle space combat game)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/178 ... f=category
2% funded
$12,817 pledged
25 days to go (Sam Suede based upon an original game design by Ken Wegrzyn & Al Lowe - creator of Leisure Suit Larry)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/187 ... f=category
48% funded
$7,204 pledged
23 days to go (retail game of Reincarnation series of flash games)