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Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter by Uber Entertainment [Ended, $2.33M funded]
- Thread starter crimsonheadGCN
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Yup. Well on the way to gas giants now.Yay, so we have naval now?
I love playing around with naval units.
Danne-Danger
Member
My first thought is LAVA HOSE!!! My first rational thought is lava power plants.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Think we'll hit the metal planet stretch goal?
I'm not so sure myself, and there's definitely no chance of hitting stretch goal 4 and 5 at this rate.
I'm not so sure myself, and there's definitely no chance of hitting stretch goal 4 and 5 at this rate.
I'm actually kind of confident that we will. We need about 30k a day to make it happen, and we seem to be leveling out at about that. Keep in mind there are also PayPal donations to add to the total, as well as the final couple days which historically beat averages. The Kicktraq low-end prediction puts us at just above 1.5m as well, and it's been getting more and more accurate of late.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Sorry, but that just makes me think of this:
You should have seen Kicktraq at the beginning...projecting 4m
New stretch goal announced!
1.8 Million = The Galactic War
I think I prefer this over a standard singleplayer campaign. Seriously considering upping my pledge to help achieve this goal
1.8 Million = The Galactic War
I think I prefer this over a standard singleplayer campaign. Seriously considering upping my pledge to help achieve this goal
MasterOfPastures
Banned
The best we can hope for now is that they use the profit from the sales to include the un-achieved goals as an expansion pack. 700000 production costs for an old school expansion pack?
DO IT.
Oh gawd. I said I wanted a ChromeHounds style MP mode....and that is what they announce.
Guess I am pledging now then!
I'm hoping there is a boatload who pledged via PayPal and we are not seeing the full picture yet... but they haven't mentioned anything about the PayPal pledges so I am doubtful.
Wouldn't mind to see this (and other ideas they had) in a expansion/DLC
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Yeah, that galactic war thing is expansion material (along with death moons and lava planet), so hopefully they'll drop that as DLC if it doesn't get funded.
Yeah I've bumped up my pledge twice by now heh.
Personally I know of two people who can't wait for the game, but neither of them believes in kickstarter, so will only 'buy' it once it comes out.
I would LOVE if they did the old cavedog approach and release a new units via patches (stand alone on the website). That shit was my weekly crack back then (and the Dungeon Keeper 2 units/ patches)
Personally I know of two people who can't wait for the game, but neither of them believes in kickstarter, so will only 'buy' it once it comes out.
I would LOVE if they did the old cavedog approach and release a new units via patches (stand alone on the website). That shit was my weekly crack back then (and the Dungeon Keeper 2 units/ patches)
universalmind
Member
Stretch goal 5 - multicore support so it all becomes playable.
TheQueen'sOwn
insert blank space here
:lol
Really hope we make galactic war. If we can maintain the pledge rate from yesterday, we'll have a great chance!
makingmusic476
Member
Glad to see things are going well!
I always liked RTS-games the most but nowadays i rather command small groups of units and not those uber-hyper-mega-armies they speak about. Big armies in RTS games always mean you need the economy to build them, so its shifting from micro-orientated to macro-orientated gameplay (speaking in SC2-terms). As a lover of TA:K and WC3 I rather have small armies including units with special abilities or heroes.
Besides that, I think I would give this game a try but at the moment this doesnt blow me away enough to help them funding it.
Edit: Im primarily speaking of the multiplayer-gameplay
Besides that, I think I would give this game a try but at the moment this doesnt blow me away enough to help them funding it.
Edit: Im primarily speaking of the multiplayer-gameplay
If we continue at about the rate we've been going the past few days we'll hit almost exactly $1.8m. I'm hesitant to be too optimistic, but with PayPal sales added on top, as well as the traditional final day boost, it's quite possible we'll make it. The last goal is definitely out of the question, though.
Also, your avatar is fucking amazing.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
$1,534,237
pledged of $900,000 goal
4
days to go
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We got like $265,763 to go, which comes down to a daily average of $66,440.75.
It is doable, but we shall see.
Kicktraq projections:
Trend:
pledged of $900,000 goal
4
days to go
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We got like $265,763 to go, which comes down to a daily average of $66,440.75.
It is doable, but we shall see.
Kicktraq projections:
Trend:
I honestly don't think we're going to make it to Galactic War (and I don't think Paypal donations will be significant at all, considering the amount of countries from which you can't pledge is minimal), but I'm going to guess they might seek additional funding after the project is done and get to the $180K that way.
After all, nothing prevents them from continuing with the preorder campaign after the KS has finished. I really don't see them giving up on Galactic War and letting everyone down as soon as the KS is done. It's a double edged sword, previewing big KS stretch rewards like that, you get a significant boost, but if you don't make it, you let everyone down.
After all, nothing prevents them from continuing with the preorder campaign after the KS has finished. I really don't see them giving up on Galactic War and letting everyone down as soon as the KS is done. It's a double edged sword, previewing big KS stretch rewards like that, you get a significant boost, but if you don't make it, you let everyone down.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
So glad we got metal planets. Unlimited metal deposits on the Core TA homeworld was lots of fun.
MachoSuave
Neo Member
Upped my pledge twice already via paypal, I am going to NEED access to that alpha.
Also I wouldn't count Galactic War a lost cause just yet, you'd be surprised the amount of people (read: students) who prefer to have their cash on the table the second they pledge it.
Also I wouldn't count Galactic War a lost cause just yet, you'd be surprised the amount of people (read: students) who prefer to have their cash on the table the second they pledge it.
Wow, now I wish I had a lot more money...
"Last" stretchgoal is out.
The final mile of the Kickstarter marathon!
"Last" stretchgoal is out.
The final mile of the Kickstarter marathon!
They aren't going to make 2 million on kickstarter. They'd need 124k/24 hours remaining and last I heard they were only around 70k/day. I think they'll make the galactic war milestone though.
The thing to look out for is how much extra was donated over paypal instead of through kickstarter. That could put them over the 2 million.
Also, a documentary at 2.1 million.
The thing to look out for is how much extra was donated over paypal instead of through kickstarter. That could put them over the 2 million.
Also, a documentary at 2.1 million.
Bloody crap, they found out my weakness. Unfortunately, it looks like it might be slightly out of reach. I'll wait until the last day and bump up if it looks possible. Need that real orchestra!
Come on, people, this is the Northwest Sinfonia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CBTZqO83WQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WulGs5aDCb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP2spT0TwCw
Come on, people, this is the Northwest Sinfonia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CBTZqO83WQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WulGs5aDCb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP2spT0TwCw
Well, guess I gotta eat my own words because they sure are going to make it to 1.8 millon
I wouldn't be particularly surprised if they made it to 2 million even, but I'm going to say the same thing I said before; there's nothing preventing them from still attempting to gather the rest of the funds after the KS has ended, which is what I bet is going to happen.
Anyway, the game's shaping up nicely, can't wait to get my hands on it!
Anyway, the game's shaping up nicely, can't wait to get my hands on it!
They will after the Kickstarter finishes, and it will count toward stretch goals. Usually about 3-5% of the total Kickstarter value is donated via PayPal. That means we'll see anywhere from 50k to 100k in additional pledges after the Kickstarter is over.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Orchestral score is great and all, but I'm just glad we'll probably get all of the gameplay related stretch goals.
I definitely agree with this sentiment and am glad to see it looks like Galactic War is a lock. I am extremely excited for Galactic War and won't lose any sleep if the last stretch goals aren't hit.
Today's gonna end up having the second-biggest income for the whole campaign to date. If it keeps accelerating into tomorrow and the hours remaining after that, then we just might hit $2M after all. Hell of a far cry from when we weren't sure if it could reach any of the stretch goals to begin with. Gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.