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STAR CITIZEN, Chris Roberts' (Wing Commander) New Game [$25 million funded]
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No idea. I'm only going from the official project updates and it's not specific.
Oh man, we really need Eve-like music for the game. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3l3w1X8LCg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3l3w1X8LCg&feature=related
Knowing this I just put down $40 to get my foot in before the door closes. I'll upgrade to the Hornet package next year.
Oh man, we really need Eve-like music for the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3l3w1X8LCg&feature=related
Surplus of Rare Artifacts is the BEST space song ever composed, goosebumps each time I hear it. Sometimes I think that I subscribed to Eve thanks to it.
I was thinking in doing a moderate backing, I have already three 100+ backed projects from 22 in total, and is weird for someone like me that doesn't preorder and is not very into collector's editions to put that kind of money.
But you know that?
Fuck that.
Nice. Good work.
Dictator93
Member
I was thinking in doing a moderate backing, I have already three 100+ backed projects from 22 in total, and is weird for someone like me that doesn't preorder and is not very into collector's editions to put that kind of money.
But you know what?
Fuck that.
This post made my heart flutter.
I bow to you
Yes the $6 million is combined kickstarter and his site pledges.
Hari Seldon
Member
So I pledged $40. I have been kind of on blackout. What higher tier is worth it? They are all just differentiated based on the ship type you get but I'm not sure which ship is worth getting.
Cool details gleaned from chat-cast...
Their aim is to create very fine grained damage and targeting for all ships.
I imagine this means that every part that is modelled will also have corresponding visually damaged part(s) with equivalent game effect.
Like with the Bengal Carrier - they won't be doing the old the cap ship has 400 hit points thing, just hit it from anyway and it'll blow up eventually.
They want it more like WC2 where you'll need special cap ship bombers to take down a cap ship (I guess they're equipped with bombs that are geared towards destorying capital ships; slow, high explosive, wide area of effect).
But if you have a bunch of fighters, you can still hack at parts of the ship - turrets, engines, shield generators, landing bay doors, etc. Eventually, if you concentrate enough fire, you'll start gouging holes into the ship - I imagine you'll start to compromise parts of the ship as they become de-oxygenated.
On a smaller scale, this is true for small ships as well - except they'll probably have an overall hull that can be damaged and blown apart, ending the ship. Larger ships like the constellation might have additional hull parts (left engine, right engine, central body, cockpit) that are blown apart independently... but the central part could be the critical hull point that would destroy the ship once compromised.
The idea is to let you disable strategic parts and then board the enemy ship, but it should be difficult and rare enough that when it happens it's a cool boon.
Otherwise, I guess the ability to specifically target your shots preferentially may allow for better salvage from ships that you destroy.
Their aim is to create very fine grained damage and targeting for all ships.
I imagine this means that every part that is modelled will also have corresponding visually damaged part(s) with equivalent game effect.
Like with the Bengal Carrier - they won't be doing the old the cap ship has 400 hit points thing, just hit it from anyway and it'll blow up eventually.
They want it more like WC2 where you'll need special cap ship bombers to take down a cap ship (I guess they're equipped with bombs that are geared towards destorying capital ships; slow, high explosive, wide area of effect).
But if you have a bunch of fighters, you can still hack at parts of the ship - turrets, engines, shield generators, landing bay doors, etc. Eventually, if you concentrate enough fire, you'll start gouging holes into the ship - I imagine you'll start to compromise parts of the ship as they become de-oxygenated.
On a smaller scale, this is true for small ships as well - except they'll probably have an overall hull that can be damaged and blown apart, ending the ship. Larger ships like the constellation might have additional hull parts (left engine, right engine, central body, cockpit) that are blown apart independently... but the central part could be the critical hull point that would destroy the ship once compromised.
The idea is to let you disable strategic parts and then board the enemy ship, but it should be difficult and rare enough that when it happens it's a cool boon.
Otherwise, I guess the ability to specifically target your shots preferentially may allow for better salvage from ships that you destroy.
Depends what kind of role you want to play.
@ 60, you get the Origin 300i... which is a second tier ship (one step above the starter Aurora ship), faster, more guns, more improvement points. Basically a better ship all around.
@ 125, you choose between the Hornet and the Freelancer...
Hornet gives you an advanced fighter frame... if the Aurora is the Y-Wing, the Origin 300i the A-Wing, the Hornet is the X-Wing; prototypical space superiority fighter.
While the Freelancer is a frame more geared towards trading, it'll likely have the fighting capacity of an aurora (more firepower, but less mobility), but with much more cargo space, room for a co-pilot and more upgrade space.
@ 100 as an add on, you get the Drake Cutlass, which is a ship that specializes in piracy - i.e. disabling and boarding other ships.
@ 250, you get the Constellation, which is the equivalent of flying a Millenium Falcon around... but better, because you get a drone/mini fighter to help you out.
It's a larger ship with more weapons than everything else (below it in price point), but naturally slower and less agile as a result. But it's made up for with the inclusion of the snub nose fighter, and a great deal of add-ons which can improve performance in various ways (if you want to gear it up for fighter performance, it'll be extremely potent in combat, or if you want to gear it up as a trading ship, it'll do well in that role too).
Beyond that, there are things like Heavy Bombers (I imagine the thing that's used to take out Cap ships), and cruisers (small/Medium scale capital ship).
None of the higher tiers are worth the money.
Regardless, I have spent far too much on this.
tamaster92
Member
So I'm having money issues and haven't been able to pledge to this. Is there any way to after the campaign finished?
Well thanks to this thread and the Robert Space Industries site I've just put up for the $40.00 pledge. Wierd thing is because I had to pay in Euro's (I'm actually in the UK) this ended up equating to over $51.00 according to my account info.
Anyone able to confirm payment should have gone to Twin Bros GMBH? The entire affair was a mish-mash of time outs and broken links.
Anyone able to confirm payment should have gone to Twin Bros GMBH? The entire affair was a mish-mash of time outs and broken links.
Majukun
Member
well,let's see the results first...until now we got FTL (one hell of a game),and one project canceled if i remember correctly..most of the founded projects are still in development
probably they are checking only the kickstarter page,and not tha main site that has the big part of the donations
Yes. They're keeping things open after the kickstarter drive ends - but we won't be unlocking anymore goals with more crowd funding (not least because after 6 million there are no more goals planned).
Chivalry, FTL and Gianna are all finished and excellent, and a bunch of other recent games are in beta. The funding method is fine.
I also think Kickstarter is the best thing to happen to videogames in years. Even if we have an occasional total failure.
tamaster92
Member
Teleporter
Junior Member
Hey guys i went for the bounty hunter kit and im happy woth it. since my friend is gettin a constellation so we can play together! thing is i wanna help the game more so i tought on gettin some small addons like the skin kits but i have no idea what they will look like and if i can use it on my ships! Can someone get more info on this pls!
awesome thread lets rock on!
awesome thread lets rock on!
With the additional private investor funding, I don't think that there's a doubt that they've got a bigger budget than Witcher 2.
But the upside of getting such an awesome response from crowdfunding is
1. it's a complete vindication of Chris' vision - the vision that people are funding.
2. It reduces any power than independent investors might have on shaping the outcome of the game. Of course if those investors have good ideas, I'd expect that they'd be used, if they're congruent with the original vision. But it means that they don't have to bend over backwards to cater to anyone other than the vision that everyone is excited about.
Keep saying this after me:
The Witcher 2 was made in Poland.
The Witcher 2 was made in Poland.
The Witcher 2 was made in Poland.
We've been waiting for someone to make this type of game for just under a decade, so there's gonna be some pent up demand
To be fair, he didn't say it wasn't.
Sentenza
Member
As I said in another thread, you people waving around this argument so insistently are *way* overstating how cheaper developers' salaries are supposed to be in Poland.
blahblah...blah
Member
Is there a video showing the scale not of the hangars but of the space itself? Can you fly to planets or is it just battles in 'maps'?
Whats the +15? Delivery cost?
maquiladora
Member
Is the stream video running at about 2fps for anyone else?
Plus 20 million in private investor cash. They've got a full-fledged bordering on AAA budget for this title.
Dictator93
Member
Did you read that in an interview? The amount of private investor money that is...
FlyingTeacup
Member
i don't really get it, 30-35-37 backs have the same reward.
timed-exclusive from 30 crawling up to 37?
timed-exclusive from 30 crawling up to 37?
Correct.
Yeah. I can't find the link, but he said the investor money would scale based on the crowd funding reaction with 20 million at the top, and since the reaction has been great I assume he's roped it all of them.
FlyingTeacup
Member
wow, i only backed 3 projects, ouya, doublefine and this, so it's close to 200.
Dictator93
Member
Woh
140k to 6 mln.
When this funding starter there wasn't even single sould who said 6mln is doable. Everyone was like 2-3 max.
And now here we are almost 6 mln $
Now there is not question if kickstarters will reach 10mln$ question is when.
I will say at the end of 2013 we will see first 10mln game kickstarter. Which is amazing.
but 2014 will be most crucial. If games which are currently developed will be blast then sky is only the limit.
edit:
lol site is down again.
edit2:
lmao. This is GAF we buy games and talk about them but we don't play them
So Oculus Rift + 7.1 Phones + Fly stick that will be glourious. It would be even more amazing if they could do Freespace 2 copilot videos with your own lipsynced voice and head movement.
When this funding starter there wasn't even single sould who said 6mln is doable. Everyone was like 2-3 max.
And now here we are almost 6 mln $
Now there is not question if kickstarters will reach 10mln$ question is when.
I will say at the end of 2013 we will see first 10mln game kickstarter. Which is amazing.
but 2014 will be most crucial. If games which are currently developed will be blast then sky is only the limit.
edit:
lol site is down again.
edit2:
lmao. This is GAF we buy games and talk about them but we don't play them
So Oculus Rift + 7.1 Phones + Fly stick that will be glourious. It would be even more amazing if they could do Freespace 2 copilot videos with your own lipsynced voice and head movement.
I hate you for making me think how much I have spent on KS this year...
No regrets, it has be kind of special too, I doubt KS can keep offering the kind of projects I have backed the most this year. Next year it will be more moderated.
Given we are doing confessions: 941$ adding this one, 22 projects (FTL was one so it was a good start!).
Haha... when you put it like that... I'm sitting at $710 too! Holy crap
Oh well... I'd gladly do it again!
To be fair, they haven't gotten the money yet, and they've been way too busy doing this whole crowd funding thing to actually actively recruit new people.