TylerBetable

Not to plug my own post here, but seriously go read this: http://blog.betable.com/how-to-succeed-on-kickstarter/

There's a lot of tips there that are applicable to your project. I agree with the above comments as well that the story needs work. When writing a pitch, try the following format:

• Attention
• Interest
• Desire
• Action

So it would be like

• What if Mars was not always a desert?
• The fact is: it wasn't Mars was destroyed 50,000 years ago when it's human population destroyed the ecosystem and stripped it of resources.
• Now you have the chance to go back in time and save the planet and it's people from extinction in a massive, open MMORPG.
• Act now to make this game a reality.

See how that defines the pitch? That's going to be a much stronger sell than the simple story, but doesn't leave the story out of it.

I agree with what was said above, incentivizing clicks or trying to "tweak" the advertising model in some way will usually get you kicked off of those services. The weeded out all of those arbitrage scenarios a while ago. Instead, I'd recommend looking at new monetization methods, such as:

• Kiip - real rewards for virtual achievements
• Betable - add real-money gambling into your game

Shameless plug, I know, but our goal is to help solve this problem

While I commend you for trying to be creative, this sounds like a scam. I would proceed extremely cautiously

If you want to pay for players, I think you're much better off purchasing incentivized installs from big companies such as TapJoy. These are reputable companies with significant publisher networks that can push out your game, so while you may be paying a fair amount, you know they're legit. At that point, if you've made a good game, the people they drive to your game will play it

These are questions a lot of game devs have. Frankly, it's all about the kind of game you want to create. There are some ways that are more "true" to the love of gaming, while others are explicitly set up to make money at the behest of gameplay. I'd highly recommend checking out the video below to get a laundry list of game mechanics from Roger Dickey, the creator of Mafia Wars of Zynga fame. Then you can pick the mechanics that you're comfortable with.



Hope this helps!