DHGF: Cognition is a point and click adventure game being developed by Phoenix Online Studios. POS is best known for their King’s Quest tribute game, The Silver Lining, so of course I knew I was going to try and help them out financially. Then I say that not only was Phoenix Online Studios involved, but so was Jane Jansen of Gabriel Knight and Gray Matter fame. This game suddenly became a no-brainer and I quickly put in the dollar amount I was willing to pay towards the funding. Now the catch with Kickstarter is that you have to get backers to pledge a specific amount (decided by the start up) in a certain amount of time. If they don’t reach the threshold, the company making the product gets nothing and none of the backers have to pay. In the case of Cognition, they are currently at $18,000. They need $25,000, but they have nearly a month to go.
No one has disabled our HyperJump, so players can expect new games delivered to them at lightspeed this May. Landing on Jump this month are a competitive multiplayer dungeon arcade thriller, another episode of a Game-of-the-Year Winner, a jaunt into a new retro dimension, and more.
Serena Nelson writes: "Love it or hate it, episodic games are here to stay. Especially with regards to crowdfunding games. We've seen a fair number recently have to split their game into two or more parts for one reason or another and there's been a decent amount of backlash against cutting a game up into bite-sized chunks. With the recent announcement of Celestial Tear: Demon's Revenge getting an episodic release I thought now would be a good time to go over the pros and cons for doing this."
Ryan Johnson | GoozerNation
Cognition has been closely followed by Ryan at GoozerNation since its inception. Now that it reaches it's close, it is available as a full package deal on Steam, complete with achievements and the whole works. Is it worth picking up for someone who has yet to experience the universe?
