Tumblr Rulz: Shitstarter - The Graveyard For Failed Kickstarters

Last night, I had the opportunity to speak about games on Kickstarter for the Philadelphia IGDA monthly meeting. We discussed personal success (LangGuini - 245% funded) as well as local success (Auditorium Duet - 118% funded, Velociraptor Cannibalism - 916% funded and still going), and we also discussed personal failure (my project Famous Missions that died at 10% of it's goal).

I've learned so much from that failure, and started looking at what people do right, and what people do wrong with their project campaigns. But you may notice that Kickstarter does a great job of keeping the unsuccessful / poorly made projects hidden away. You won't find any of them by looking at the curated Kickstarter favorites pages, or at the front of any of the category pages. You'll need to search by name or dig deep into the archives of thousands of projects.

Luckily, now we have Shitstarter, a fairly new tumblr site that showcases failed Kickstarter projects. They do all of the hard (and torturous) work for you, by finding the best of the worst.

Here's a gem:

“WE DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY FOR A MICROPHONE BECAUSE WE SPENT IT ALL ON THIS TERRIBLE THEME SONG”

GOAL: $5,000
BACKERS: 6
TOTAL PLEDGED: $335

“Think of it as This Old House meets Ghostbusters.”

Source: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1279009184/seekers-of-the-paranormal

More over at http://shit-starter.tumblr.com/