How to make it on kickstarter, with a video game project

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The presentation was given at the GameIS 2013 conference in Israel, by Ziv Kitaro and Ohad Barzilay. It is based on a research conducted by David Zvilichovsky, Yael Inbar and Ohad Barzilay from the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University. The presentation covers statistics information about successful and failed game projects, alongs side strategies and interesting tidbits that will raise your chances of making it on Kickstarter. The presentation is bareboned and is explored on a blog post on my blog at: http://www.zivkitaro.com/last-call-version-4/ (permalink to be added once the post is published)

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