-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Starlight Inception (PC/Vita) Kickstarter project [Ended, $158K funded]
- Thread starter Oppo
- Start date
Damn cache, fooled me yet again! Now showing 23 hrs.
19 here, man this sucks... Im not sure if its going to get funded in time, really wanted this for the vita.
Sidewinder
Member
19 hours here. Space Shooters am cry, so little love for such a fine genre ;(
Guess I'll go back to harassing Yoshida on Twitter to make a new Colony Wars.
Then again, if some guys from the X-Wing or Wing Commander teams would Kickstart something similar it'd do well, right guys??
DrAndonuts
Member
Just found out about this on the Vita thread. Pledged $30.
michaelius
Banned
12 hours and still 32 552 $ to go - there's still hope 
Sentenza
Gold Member
On a side note, I don't think that the problem with this Kickstarter is the lack of interest for the genre; it's more about the fact that honestly their concept video was quite ugly.
Well, that and the very unfortunate idea to talk about day one DLCs in a Kickstarter pitch.
Well, that and the very unfortunate idea to talk about day one DLCs in a Kickstarter pitch.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
So, come on! Just 30K in about 9 hours.
Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam!
I hope they get it but it doesn't sound like it'll be possible. Why not they make a deal with Sony for a PC/Vita release? By God, we all know Vita is craving for games.
test_account
XP-39C²
The first-planned day 1 DLC is now included in the main game. Unless you talk about how it was before.
"NOTE: We apologize for the confusion, but we are folding all launch DLC (two fighters and one mission) into the product, and not offering launch DLC.. We've also created a new $30 tier that includes all future DLC since Kickstarter doesn't allow us to change descriptions once we have backers. Our apologies for the inconvenience."
Noisepurge
Member
pledged 30$, highly doubt it will get 30k in just 8 hours unless they dump the rest in themselves.
Sentenza
Gold Member
The latter.
They changed it later, sure, but judging by some reactions I read it was more than enough to put off many people.
test_account
XP-39C²
I understand. I dont know when they changed it, but it shouldnt be a factor now. If people didnt want to back this project simply because of the day 1 DLC stuff, this reason is removed now. I just hope for the developer's sake that people know about this change.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Oh wow, they did that? Very unfortunate indeed.
DLC talk in general keeps me away from anything but the lowest tier. In this case, it killed all interest.
The Hermit
Member
I was craving for a game like this thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
It might be hard to find a match these days, when I last tried it wasn't too bad, but if it appears to be bad now you should probably check their forums and see if there are scheduled community meet ups or whatever to get populated matches going. Space GAF could maybe spark some interest and get more people playing it if anyone cared to try doing that.
test_account
XP-39C²
I pledged $15, but at this rate i'm guessing that it will be about $10k short of the goal.
the_korben
Member
To me this just shows that they didn't quite understand what Kickstarter for games was about. Same with the Vita port. Kickstarter seems to work great as a way to develop for your audience (if you can get the project funded). The Double Fine, Shadowrun, Larry and other kickstarters all provided the following reason for investment: "Publishers don't want to fund this. Do you want us to make something that you'll like but that isn't for a mass audience?"
So there's no need for a multi-platform release, unless you think your audience wants it. Also, there's no need for paid DLC - day 1 or day 100. If you think something should be included in the game, just put it in there (or release it later as a free extension). The Kickstarter money is supposed to finance the complete development. There is no publisher who imposes a deadline and says "You can't include that in the release candidate. Do it as a DLC instead."
Someone at Sony should. A Vita game shouldn't be something they could ignore.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I'm in. but 5 hours to go?
that $25k is gonna be tough.
that $25k is gonna be tough.
Phanatic8390
Member
I upped my pledge to $45. I hope this one makes it. I would love playing something like this on my Vita
That's expressly forbidden with kickstarters, something to do with credit card payments and cash advances iirc.
I wonder if Sony already pitched in some money, doesn't seem like they're asking nearly enough. And I thought they couldn't pitch potential games to Sony, it's one of the big problems Victor Ireland had with his kickstarter.
darkblade77
Member
in for $30; hope the goal is reached.
