Kickstarter Project Analysis: Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star & Backers

This assignment analyzes the Kickstarter project 'Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star' and 'Xia: Missions and Powers', a board game. It examines the role of backers in reaching the funding goal, highlighting their significance in providing support and incentives. The project's funding status, including the number of backers and pledged amount, is presented along with the need for additional funds due to evolving expectations. The assignment discusses the game's rules, uniqueness, and reward schemes, emphasizing the clear and concise reward levels and the benefits for backers. The analysis also covers the importance of the project video in helping backers understand the project's components, and how the project addresses the assignment brief's requirements, including what is in the box, what is unique, the explanatory video, why pledge now, and rewards, while also mentioning risks and challenges.

Running head: KICK STARTER ASSIGNMENT
Transcript

1KICK STARTER ASSIGNMENT
Introduction: This transcript will be very much useful for the readers to understand
the components of the Kick Starter project in a detailed modus. In this assignment, one of the
project was chosen from Kick Starter which is the Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star and Xia:
Missions and Powers. This is a type of boarding game which can be played by different
sections of the society. The role of the backers is very much significant to reach the funding
goal of this project.
Role of the backers in the project: In order to keep this project updated, the role of a
backer is very much significant to complete this project. The project is very much useful for
he backers as they can get huge amount of incentives if the project resumes with the
modifications requires. Collection of funds can be very much easier due to the help coming
from the backer community. The backer of this project must be very much supportive in this
project as it can help to reach its funding goal. The backers of this project must be working in
collaboration with the creator of this boarding game so that this project finishes off in a
systemized modus.
Need for funds: This game has more than 8882 supporters, and the total pledged
amount of this boarding game is USD $613522 and the funding percentage of this project is
1115%. This boarding game already had 12 updates. However, the needs and expectations of
the board gamers keep on changing every moment which is the prime reason behind the need
for additional funds in this project.
Rules of the game: The rules of this game is very much simple and it is very much
user friendly as compared with the other interactive games which are there in Kick Starter.
Uniqueness of the game: This game is very much unique in nature and it is different
from the other interactive games. This game is very much useful to improve the cognitive
ability of the gamers.

2KICK STARTER ASSIGNMENT
Reward Scheme: Every backer who will be actively involved in this project shall be
selecting their reward levels. The difference between the reward levels has to be understood
by the backers of this project. The reward scheme of this project is very much clear and
concise and it is very much easier for any backer who is actively involved in this project to
select the appropriate reward category. There are no real repetitive reward schemes for the
backers of this project. The reward scheme depends upon the facilities which the backers
enjoys during the proceedings of the project.
The creator of this project shall be very much benefited with the help coming from the
backers. This video presentation is very much beneficial for the readers as it helps them to
understand the role of a backer in the kick starter project such as the Xia: Embers of a
Forsaken Star and Xia: Missions and Powers. It can be concluded that the backers can play a
huge role to reach the funding goal of this project as well.