The first product of Austin-based Karakasa Games, Thunderbeam! looks to bring retro-styled sci-fi action (and some moral dilemmas) to the iPad, but the developers need your donations to make that happen. As per standard “>Kickstarter procedure, there are some neat giveaways involved at varying levels of contribution (T-shirts, silk-screened posters, a limited-edition Playbutton mp3 preloaded with The Octopus Project’s soundtrack)—but the real prize is knowing that you helped get an innovative, challenging, and (assumedly) fun video game off the ground and onto your iPad.

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