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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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85k as of a few hours ago.
SerArthurDayne
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Somebody posted 75k earlier, probably end somewhere around 100k.
Edit: yeah, 85 is correct. So final will probably be slightly higher than 100.
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Deleted member 102362
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I wonder if that "crazy" stretch goal is 4 million?
What crazy stretch goal? I thought it was a reward tier or something...
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Awesome. Yeah, I also asked them to post here and they said that they'll drop by soon. All according to Keikaku.
Well, I hope it's soon. It's very late here and I have a class tomorrow!
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
Actually on second thought, they'll probably easily hit that last stretch goal; the previous mega popular Kickstarters - Wasteland 2, Shadowrun Returns and Double Fine all had big jumps at the end. Double Fine somehow got $400,000 it's final day and Wasteland 2 got just under $300,000 in it's final two days.
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Eh, im still not gonna get my hopes up. Enough is up in the air for it not to happen. I'd chances are over 50% though. You never know. When they announced the 3.5 i didnt think it had much of a chance.
3 levels of schlong incoming.
Now that they set their own deadlines, I'd say early 2015 is optimistic.
I fully expect a delay giving the crazy scope that this game will be, but more than 3 years in development would worry me about burning through the KS money.
I'd be surprised if the development cycle went longer than 18 months, honestly.
Well, that would be taking for granted that design on a game like this, to make the 2d backgrounds appealing will take a lot of time im sure. Its sometimes easier to rely on a 3d space to make up for having bad designs.
Everything they've said so far is that they don't intend to push the release date out any farther than it already is. Extra money would go towards having more stuff working on the project to allow them to get more work done faster rather than have the same number of people work longer.
superdeluxe
Member
At 4 million we get 'dog'. As a companion
Oh and let me just say we are going to hit 3.5. This thing got like 20k raised in the last 2 hours on a Sunday night
If Paypal donations are at $85k (and those count towards stretch goals), then $3.5M is definitely happening. We are already past $150k for today with 1.5 hours left before 12am EST. There's no way that the last two days will be lower than today (even if Tuesday will be 3 hours shorter due to the 9pm EST finish). There's probably a decent chance that the Kickstarter hits $3.5M without the extra Paypal money. Either way, this is blowing past Double Fine to set a new record for a (non-hardware) gaming Kickstarter.
The fourth floor was too iirc, and then the fifth floor revealed the head. I think there might be something similar happening here. Gotta wait for the ninth floor!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
$3.5 million is the last goal, right? I don't want no more or we'll have that "fuck, we missed a goal" phase! Save it all for expansion! 
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I love that this is doing so well. It's like a big, fuzzy blanket for my gaming soul.
That's kind of surprising considering there's around 20k less backers on this project, it should highlight that convincing current backers to up their pledge is just as important as attracting new ones.
terrisus
Member
Knew I was going to be putting into this from when it was first announced, but, finally got around to tossing my $25 into the pile the other day.
Being a huge fan of the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games, I'm really excited about this. And glad to see that it's gotten so much support and funding as well. It's great to see games like this being given the chance through something like this, when seemingly things had been shifting away from them otherwise.
Being a huge fan of the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games, I'm really excited about this. And glad to see that it's gotten so much support and funding as well. It's great to see games like this being given the chance through something like this, when seemingly things had been shifting away from them otherwise.
CrunchyFrog
Member
It's interesting seeing the economics involved in this sort of fundraising medium. Would love to see some kind of economic/statistical analysis on kickstarter strategies.
Not that surprising actually, as the lowest pledge to get you a game from double fine was only $15, here it's $25 (was $20 for early birds.)
demosthenes
Member
I would rob banks to fund us the remaining 500k =)
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
$3,207,100 by my math.
So that means check it twice.
So that means check it twice.
I didn't even know the game was going to feature pets at all till last page.
SerArthurDayne
Member
Pretty sure it is a completely useless Kickstarter only pet.
That's a pretty good read. I liked most of the questions and the answers. Pretty informative. Thanks.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
The doc is an awesome addition, and they are right, in ten years they've never doc'ed a project, so they need to.
I really like that health/stamina idea.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This sounds very interesting