David Maletz’s attempt to Kickstart Rhythos–an open source RPGMaker-like tool–failed, but apparently Maletz is not letting that stop him, telling IndieRPGs.com,
Right now, my plan is to continue expanding the community and keeping the current backers interested, and continue working on Rhythos on the side until I have a runnable demo people can try (hopefully by early next year). Then, my plan is to start another campaign next year, and hope with the expanded community, the demo, and more interesting backer rewards, it’ll have a higher chance of success.
I hope he succeeds–the more tools like this that allow people to make their own games, the better.
Here’s the video that Maletz put together for his Kickstarter.