Check out the kickstarter for TUG, an indie open-world-sandbox/multiplayer RPG -- they're still a ways off from their goal and the kickstarter closes at the end of the month, and they're trying to do such cool things. I want to play this game so much.

Like -- here's a post on how exploring the world and discovering fragments of history is intended to be a key part of the experience. A+ nerd lure.

And then here's a post on creating diversity of character type and refusing to go the route of "a white male muscle-bound lunkhead or a scantily clad woman." Hell yes.

...Then just because the designs are adorable check out the posts on companion creatures and the local wildlife. I want one of those surly ram-bears so much.

Funding tiers start at only $10, and you get a playable copy of the game for that pledge. This team is trying to do so many neat things, and as I post this they still need another $40k to reach their goal. Please pledge if you can, and signal boost if you know people who'd be interested!

I will be over here trying to decide if I can afford to up my pledge to $45 and get the BABY SABRE TOOTH TIGER PET omg