Elite: Dangerous

[Raapys]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

How awesome is that?

 

[Blaine]

The return of Elite?

Bring it.

 

[Mortmal]

That was promised so long ago already.. Kickstarter money making wonders? Also no video, nothing, why arent they putting slighlty more effort into this. I know its david braben and all but still.

 

[Zed]

"£1,250,000 goal"

That's two million dollars.

They don't even have a presentation video.

 

[Blaine]

It's perfect. It has one title image and a nice block of explanatory text. Do you really need a 1080p Cinematic Internet Experience™ interspersed with expensive commissioned art? For Elite?

Now, I agree that without some kind of impressive presentation, he may not be able to attract enough casual gamers to meet his goal.

 

[Zed]

Now, I agree that without some kind of impressive presentation, he may not be able to attract enough casual gamers to meet his goal.

That was what I was getting at.

 

[Excidium]

That's a whole lotta money.

 

[Blaine]

It's time to start placing bets before we know how this Kickstarter will pan out.

I bet a $100 donation to the Codex that he'll at least meet his goal, meaning if he doesn't meet it, I'll donate $100 to the Codex... in addition to an undisclosed amount I already planned on donating at some point whenever I got around to it.

You saw it here folks, right on the first page!

 

[Excidium]

Well I hope you enjoy your lifetime patron or whatever you get for $100 because I doubt he'll get even half of what he's asking.

 

[Raapys]

Didn't even notice it was pounds. That does change things a bit. The new wing commander stuff wasn't even close to that amount, was it?

 

[Blaine]

Didn't even notice it was pounds. That does change things a bit. The new wing commander stuff wasn't even close to that amount, was it?

The new Wing Commander's goal was $2m and currently stands at $2,823,721 raised, with 13 days remaining. However, that's not the only funding RSI will be relying upon.

 

[Raapys]

Ah yeah, forgot they did both KS and their own donation run.

Still though, look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165344

 

[Blaine]

There will never be another year quite like 2012. Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Shadowrun, Project Eternity, Wing Commander, Elite, Grimoire, and more coming out of the woodwork wanting my money. Every single last one of these beggars is the sequel or spiritual sequel or furtherance of some game I enjoyed from the 1980s or 1990s.

Well, better to get while the getting's good, though I can't help but think they're stretching the old-school (and general) gaming populace's funds a bit thin at this rate.

 

[Raapys]

Yeah, been wondering that myself. Seems like everyone decided to jump the bandwagon at the same time, which could end up losing us some potential titles if devs get the impression that their game isn't raising any interest, not realizing people's spent their entire gaming budget on previous kickstarter titles.

 

[felipepepe]

"£1,250,000 goal"

That's two million dollars.

They don't even have a presentation video.

Looks like even the developer doesn't care.

 

[mikaelis]

That is a joke.

And it shows in the amount of pledges so far.

Seriously, it must be a joke, or?....

EDIT::
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165344

 

[Zed]

That BBC video was quite nice actually. Why didn't they do something like that themselves and put up on the Kickstarter page?

 

[mikaelis]

Oh, fuck, horrible, horrible pitch. And also horrible bbc interview. It is almost like he has nothing to say besides "Elite was cool, and first and 3D" and "here is a kickstarter - a new way of funding projects " (like no one new it till now). Also MMO, MMO, MMO!!!! Fuck yeah! No...

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

i stopped reading at "multiplayer".
then i tried to continue, i went on and i read "multiplayer" again in the next sentence.
then i stopped reading once and for all.

and i played frontier for 7 years straight.

 

[circ]

"£1,250,000 goal"

That's two million dollars.

They don't even have a presentation video.

Hey? Braben is on board. That'll do.

 

[commie]

Still waiting for the Gold Box team to reunite for a KS...

 

[Metro]

As nice as it sounds asking for $2 million with pretty much zero to show in the way of a tech demo, art assets, UI, or... hell... anything is not going to make me just blindly pledge.

 

[Haba]

Hey? Braben is on board. That'll do.

That'll do shit. What has Braben been doing for the past 20 years? If not threatening to sue Ian Bell?

 

[Metro]

Making iOS and kinect games it would seem. Next up: Warren Spector asks for $100 million to buy the rights to Deus Ex!

http://kinectimals.frontier.co.uk/

http://lostwinds.frontier.co.uk/

http://disneyland.frontier.co.uk/


Yep, my confidence level in this guy is through the roof!

 

[Trash]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

How awesome is that?

That's fucking awesome. Shit presentation and lethargic recent past excluded, the original Elite was a defining title. And I still got Frontier installed.

Pledged.