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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter by InXile [Complete; $4.3 million funded]
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20$ has been sold out for half the day now.
This is exactly the stage of development that any game company needs to look into securing funding for their next project. They simply can't wait.
Welp, that's what I get for assuming they updated how many jumped on tiers like they updated the money count.
Though I think that makes the $35 tier yet more appealing, kind of like why I jumped at similar for Project Eternity.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
How many hours we got before 24h has passed?
Can this do 1.5 million in less than a day?
Maybe 2 million even?
I think we are at the 12 or 13 hour mark right now.
It's a person who dengles a steve.
Wonder how they will handle stretch goals. Will they post them as real goals that seemed logical for that amount and mark them off as complete, will they just say 'we're going to use the extra money to make the game better' and present stretch goals from 2.0 million and up? (assuming they do it tomorrow morning and it hits around that).
Guess we will see. If they make them too simple, will seem kind of douchey, but stretch goals in retrospect are kind of a waste of everyone's time anyways..
Yeah, 13 hour mark in about 15 minutes, started 9 AM EST. 200% by 24 hour mark seems reasonable.
Guess we will see. If they make them too simple, will seem kind of douchey, but stretch goals in retrospect are kind of a waste of everyone's time anyways..
Yeah, 13 hour mark in about 15 minutes, started 9 AM EST. 200% by 24 hour mark seems reasonable.
10 million dollars stretch goal.
They're getting so much money so quickly that they're going to retrofit some stretch goals, I believe.
The Return of
Banned
Hopefully the devs do succeed at having better gameplay. Exciting news
"We will pay Chris Avellone to move to inXile and be head writer for this game".
Well, I am guessing that with Wasteland 2 experience it'd be trivial to do the same again, and Steambox (despite being tentative on that page) means it's even more worthwhile to pursue Linux as that'd probably make running on that easy.
Didn't that happen hours ago? Must have been a reopened slot.
I went for the $110 tier. It's juicy. Saddened that I missed out on the $95 early bird special. That's quite the offer.
Clearly, they need a large image, with a giant naked women, except it is mostly covered up, and each million will unlock a new layer down, revealing the naughty bits. That is a fresh and original idea.
Also i was looking at the kicktraqs for the other big games and this obliterates it. Either this will be hugely front loaded compared to others or it will come in at around 5-6 million at the final.
Also i was looking at the kicktraqs for the other big games and this obliterates it. Either this will be hugely front loaded compared to others or it will come in at around 5-6 million at the final.
I was going to say 5 million is the absolute high end, but it has kept the momentum longer than I was expecting. Though obviously within first few days, majority are likely to pledge, than a final push at the end. 5-6 million seems to be a reasonable expectation, though we shall see.
Will pledge more for large image of naked woman for stretch goals.
Also, wonder if games like this will finally get some developers to shut up about single player games being dead..
NeededSleep
Member
backed. but only a small amount this time.
Way too many kickstarter projects going and nothing to show for them yet. I think i need to wait a few of them out to see if they even produce any quality products.
Way too many kickstarter projects going and nothing to show for them yet. I think i need to wait a few of them out to see if they even produce any quality products.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Telling you guys, this will happen.
Probably 2 millions pulled in just in the first day, the last two days will probably pull in 2 millions, leaving 28 days to pull in 3 million dollars.
They can draw upon inspiration of the great, great designs of 90's CGI:
By the way, this made me realize why PS:T bombed financially.
I think 6 is tops. Maybe 5.5 mil.
Depends on the creativity of the stretch goals though. Project Eternity was handled perfectly with the little progress images for the dungeon and everything.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
"But by then, I've seen everything."
SquiddyCracker
Banned
SerArthurDayne
Member
Ooh. That would be something. But I assume TNO is probably tied up with the Planescape license? Or since he was an independent creation within the universe, is he and the other original NPCs part of the Torment license? Anyways, his story is done, but I wouldn't mind a cameo.
I don't see why it wouldn't follow the pattern of Project Eternity. I would just extrapolate based on that. Sure this one starter better, so it will end better. But it also had a better initial pitch, while PE had good stretch goals (hard to compare these yet).
The only reason I got one of the early bird basic is for the possibility of one of the bigger tier getting a better names involved, Avellone is out of the picture since I guess it would bring tons of rage to the Eternity backers. Maybe they could borrow Chris Jones.
ambientmystic
Member
They can draw upon inspiration of the great, great designs of 90's CGI:
By the way, this made me realize why PS:T bombed financially.
Ahh, they don't make 'em like they used to in the 90s anymore. I had forgotten that the West was capable of creating gorgeous, buxom, women in games due to the deluge of dudebro brown and grey shooters in the past decade.
What happened to you, Western gaming? Why do we have to turn to Japan (and perhaps Eastern Europe) for such wholesome goodness in this 21st century?
SerArthurDayne
Member
I could get behind a single Avellone written NPC or the like.
They can draw upon inspiration of the great, great designs of 90's CGI:
By the way, this made me realize why PS:T bombed financially.
Planescape Torment was actually profitable, just not especially profitable: http://www.webcitation.org/5iqx3F0ot
A Black Falcon
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PS:T didn't bomb. It didn't sell as well as the Baldur's Gate games, certainly, but it didn't bomb.
I assume they are part of the Torment license, since they are Avellone's creation and not an intrinsic part of Planescape.
Though I doubt we're going to see cameos, especially from someone as significant as TNO, since they're two completely different settings. Maybe a subtle Morte easter egg :>
I was actually being sarcastic. They look terrible.
Sorry, I misued the word "bomb". What I meant was "not financially successful". In anyway I stand corrected.
I stealth edited the interview into my post, which kind of explains why Obsidian was going on about Project Eternity's setting having to be something "more normal".
Time to get creative, Fargo.
SerArthurDayne
Member
Yeah, I guess I meant cameo more in the sense of an easter egg. Like a story about the characters, or you see someone who likes like one of them in an area or something. But Planescape would lend itself well to an actual cameo, even if that cameo had (legally speaking) absolutely nothing to do with Planescape.
Yup. Mathematically speaking, of course. 1mn goal becomes 1.2, 1.2 becomes 1.5. Gives them time to think up something really good!
$1 pledge + $8 soundtrack addon?
Ah I didn't see this section of the page, I was only looking at the tier things. Sounds like a plan.
Yes, good point. It explains the conservative approach to PE. Nevertheless, I can't shake the feeling that Avellone & Co. have concluded incorrectly on the reasons why people might have been off-put by Planescape: Torment's setting - I wouldn't say it's the world or theme, but rather the not-good character designs as evidenced in the CGI marketing materials of the Nameless One or the female characters listed above. That's just a personal opinion of course.
Oh I definitely agree with you.
So, one thought percolating around my mind: What *else* could have this level of huge success right from the outset?
The only thing that springs to mind for me would be a bunch of the old Looking Glass team having somehow managed to get hold of the rights to System Shock and are able to produce their own independent SS3.
The only thing that springs to mind for me would be a bunch of the old Looking Glass team having somehow managed to get hold of the rights to System Shock and are able to produce their own independent SS3.
They definitely need to get good stretch goals going. Eternity was exceptional in this regard having big and interesting stretch goals for both dollar amount and backer amount, and constantly being ready with the next goal, and its the reason why it continued to hold strong in pledges, as well have a much bigger home stretch than Wasteland 2 did.
Brother None
Member
Nah, I was kidding around with that tweet, we have a modular design plan set up for Torment anyway, in areas, followers, graphics (2D) or not, depending on funding and WL2 profitability. We won't run out of possible ways to expand it, that's all been outlined ahead of time, only problem now was finalizing one or two things and getting a nice writeup ready. We might hit or pass the first two stretch goals before we announce our stretch goals, but that's fine, it'd be dickish to shift them up, so on to the next stretch goal!