Gambitious
| Web address | www.gambitious.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Crowd funding |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Launched | 25 September 2012 |
Gambitious is a Dutch website for crowdfunding game development. Its legal framework is a cooperative. Members join and purchase credits. These are invested in game projects in exchange for a share of future profits. Projects must reach a funding goal in order to get funds.
Gambitious was founded by Paul Hanraets in 2012. He was inspired by the success of the game funding project for Double Fine Adventure on Kickstarter. The site is primarily for independent game developers. The site has a “crowdfunding accreditation” from crowdsourcing.org.[1][2][3][4][5]
On March 20, 2013, Train Fever was the first project crowdfunded via Gambitious.[6] Subsequently, an announcement appeared on www.gambitious.com announcing a revision and reforming of the investment structure, setting itself up for a relaunch in May 2013.
See also
References
- ↑ Gambitious legal framework. Mike Rose, “Equity-based crowdfunding platform Gambitious launching next month”, Gamasutra, 14 February 2012
- ↑
- ↑ Mruqe, “Gambitious platform will allow us to be producers of games”, GryOnline.pl, 20 February 2012.
- ↑ Sebastian Hunter, “Gambitious: Crowdfunding platform for games starts next month”, Gamona, 15 February 2012.
- ↑ Crowdfunding Accreditation for Platform Standards, crowdsourcing.org.
- ↑ Train Fever project plan on Gambitious