Make My MMO: January 4 - 10, 2015

This week was a busy one in MMO crowdfunding land. Divergence Online released its first new build in over a year while music-focused Anthymn rebranded itself as Maestros of the Anthym and insisted that it's still going to be an MMO. We also said hello to new Kickstarters for Isles of Eventide -- which lets you play as an animal -- and Identity, an open world MMO set in the modern era. More MMO crowdfunding news awaits you beyond the break.

Dream a little dream, get a little green, and before long you'll have your very own MMO... at least that's what these developers are hoping! Games seeking funding to make their plans a reality are listed in this section.

Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.): Open donations, no end date

• A vast, dynamic world where nothing is set in stone and each player will experience the game in very different ways
• Massively interview

Contested Space (Zon): Kickstarter coming soon

• Player-design spaceships and stations
• Action-oriented combat, territory expansion and defense

Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games): Open donations, no end date

• Fantasy medieval setting with a classless system and unrestricted character development
• Realistic weather system
• Greenlit on Steam
• Latest news: March 30 -- PvP raid and new screens

Identity (Asylum Entertainment): Kickstarter ends February 4th

• Modern setting
• Open world with player-driven economy, housing
• Minigames like paintball and karaoke
• Open PvP with police, gangs, cartels

Isles of Eventide (Leanne Froc): Kickstarter ends February 8th

• Play as a canine, feline, or equine living on a magical archipelago
• Survive against predators, the elements, and hunger
• Crafting and companions
• Personal island with customized decor and utilities

Neo's Land (NeoJac Entertainment): Open donations, no end date

• A sandbox where the community decides development by round table discussions
• Massively interview
• Massively news: Voxel-based building demo available

• Old school fantasy MMO with focus on group content
• Shaman class, Gnome race unveiled
• The return of corpse runs
• Race/class combos revealed
• back in "full development mode"

Trials of Ascension (Forged Chaos): Open donations, raised $60,000 so far

• Skill-based sandbox MMORPG
• Dynamic spawning
• Player structures, settlements, kingdoms, playable dragons

Success has its privileges, including a spot in this section! Games that have reached their crowdfunding goals and that are currently being developed are listed here. Once a game reaches the closed testing stage, it will move to the hallowed halls of Betawatch.

• Camelot Unchained (City State): Official site
• City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media): Official site
• Divergence: Online (Ethan Casner): New build is live, Official site
• Elite Dangerous (Frontier): Recent news: Official site
• Epic Space (EpicSpace.net): Official site
• Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions): Official site
• Greed Monger: Official site
• Guns of Icarus: Official site
• The Mandate (Perihelion Interactive LLC): Official site
• The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies): Official site
• MyDream (MyDream): Official site
• Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios): Official site
• Pathfinder Online (Goblinworks):Recent news: Dancey interviewed, Official site
• Pumpkin Online (Monique): Official site
• Shadowrun Online: (Cliffhanger Productions) Official site
• Shards Online: (Citadel Studios): Official site
• Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Portalarium): Official site
• Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium): Official site
• Stash (Frogdice): Official site
• Tales From The Strange Universe: Official site
• The Stomping Land: Official site
• TUG (Nerd Kingdom): Official site

Kickstarter puts the the fate of fledgling MMOs in the hands of gamers. Which will live and which will die? Check the pulse of MMO crowdfunding with Massively's Jef Reahard every Wednesday in Make My MMO. And for a look at non-MMO crowdfunding, don't forget Joystiq's Crowdfund Bookie.