I think we're a bit off topic but the discussion is interesting anyway and I was mentioned, so let me add my thoughts.
KS is primarily a site where you can get the funds you need to do something new. Doing something new means that there is a possibility of a mistake (or more). Unless you plan to screw your backers and run away with their money, mistakes and delays are in the program.
Ideally, I agree that experiments should be held in the shadow and only the successful ones should be announced and sold.
But: During the past 2 years I have acquired a huge amount of knowledge regarding offset printing and what I can say is that what you imagine or envision is far from the reality. You cannot experiment with printing unless your dad is running a big printing company. And you cannot "print a few sheets", simply because you pay the same money whether you're printing 10 sheets or 1000. And sometimes unexpected things can happen even when you're not experimenting and you're just doing an ordinary printing.
I think that a creative mind cannot be imprisoned within the limits of ordinary decks. I cannot stop myself from inventing but really, I wish I could. It's very stressful and financially exhausting but I guess it's a sort of addiction. Some people are addicted to collecting, others are addicted to getting in trouble with their innovations
However, I have taken some steps in creating in a more safe manner, both for my backers and for me. LITURGY Treasure is an example. It was prepared long ago, quietly executed with the knowledge I acquired over time, ALWAYS with fingers crossed and thankfully without problems, apart from the hard personal work.
Personally I like learning from my mistakes and not repeating them too much (I can always go for new ones!!).
I'm soon to announce big changes in all aspects of my playing card designing/producing that will be for the better, both for my backers and for me.
I begin with arresting Victor Jose
KS as a platform has nothing to do with how projects are executed and if there was no KS at all, there would have been no such diversity in playing card design. One has to decide if they'll fund a project that will probably be delayed -sometimes considerably- or wait when the deck is available later at a higher price. In some creators' cases usually double or triple.