I can certainly see the value of Realm Works to me, however this kickstarter is like the PF Online one. It is very wishy washy, give us some money to make the product better. There is no concrete stuff that I have seen that they are going to do with the money. So can anyone explain:
1. What exactly the money from this KS is going to be used for?
2. The benefits to me for supporting, as in what I won't get by just waiting for this to be released.
Thanks
I've just copied this from the kickstarter home page for Realm Works:
"What We Will Do With Your Support
As we indicated above, initial Realm Works development is nearly complete, with release slated for July, 2013. This Kickstarter will allow us to accelerate our current development efforts and pack more features into the product for its public release.
The key capabilities to benefit most from this Kickstarter are the cloud server and community repository components. Critical features of these two components include:
Full player access to revealed aspects of the world and the ability to download or review anything they've learned about the world. Our Fog of World technology governs the information that players can access, limiting them to only what they've learned through play.
GMs can share their creations through the cloud for use by others.
GMs can browse the work of others and integrate it into their own worlds. Imagine being able to find a pre-made encounter, or a tavern, or an entire region with adventures and NPCs. Drop it into your own world, change a few names, hook it into locations in your world, and it’s fully integrated for use. No scribbled notes. No Post-Its. No juggling between PDFs, books, and your own files. Realm Works is built from the ground up for exactly this purpose.
Secure cloud backup of all material for GMs.
Synchronization of different computers to the cloud, with automatic change detection and resolution.
We’ll also leverage your support to further refine the overall user experience and enhance the feature set offered by Realm Works.
Of course, if we exceed our funding goal, we'll be able to accomplish even more through stretch goals to be announced. There are many additional major features we want to add that will make Realm Works invaluable to virtually all GMs."
It seems as though many people have had a similar question, more details are presented in the FAQ the Lone Wolf guys have added to the kickstarter home page.
As for the rewards, I don't know that there is anything you couldn't get just by waiting, honestly. Some of the bits to do with the cloud service aren't quantitatively spelled out enough just yet to be able to definitively say that you'd miss out on something great by not backing. I'm very hopeful this kickstarter succeeds for purely selfish reasons, namely getting my hands on the software as soon as possible!