Planetary Annihilation - Kickstarter Project
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Do it Evil!
Do it for me! (And the fact that the game looks to be awesome)
Just a shame it needs $500K in 7 days for that, I don't think it will make it
It's possible, the project is currently trending to finish at ~$1.7M but it is also gaining more support as well as lots of backers upping their pledges. So IMO $1.8M is attainable.
Kinda want to see what the final stretch goal is, probably not reachable but I'm curious
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If the $1.8m target is that awesome I wonder what the $2.1m target is 
When the time runs out on the kickstarter, so in a week. Then they they take the pledge amount
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Updated the OP but can't seem to embed Video link?
Any idea what I need to add to the code, please?
Any idea what I need to add to the code, please?
Hmm, what happens if the company fails to deliver?
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That's the risk you take when funding a kickstarter.
If you're not willing to take it and not convinced by the proposition, you should wait for release and buy it then.
Instead of a publisher sitting there going "well, I like the concept, but will it work?", it's the fans.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is responsible for fulfilling the promises of this project?
Kickstarter does not investigate a creator's ability to complete their project. The claims and responsibilities of this project are solely its creator's.
When is my credit card charged?
If this project is successfully funded, your credit card will be charged on Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT, along with all the other backers of this project.
So I'm only charged if funding succeeds?
Yes! That's part of what makes Kickstarter special. If a project isn't successfully funded, no one pays anything.
What if I want to change my pledge?
You can change or cancel your pledge anytime before Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT.
If this project is funded, how do I get my reward?
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Really want to help with this but can't afford to! would be $150 if i did
Who is responsible for fulfilling the promises of this project?
Kickstarter does not investigate a creator's ability to complete their project. The claims and responsibilities of this project are solely its creator's.
When is my credit card charged?
If this project is successfully funded, your credit card will be charged on Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT, along with all the other backers of this project.
So I'm only charged if funding succeeds?
Yes! That's part of what makes Kickstarter special. If a project isn't successfully funded, no one pays anything.
What if I want to change my pledge?
You can change or cancel your pledge anytime before Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT.
If this project is funded, how do I get my reward?
When your reward is ready, Uber Entertainment Inc will send you a survey via email to request any info needed to deliver your reward (mailing address, T-shirt size, etc).
Really want to help with this but can't afford to!
would be $150 if i did
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is responsible for fulfilling the promises of this project?
Kickstarter does not investigate a creator's ability to complete their project. The claims and responsibilities of this project are solely its creator's.
When is my credit card charged?
If this project is successfully funded, your credit card will be charged on Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT, along with all the other backers of this project.
So I'm only charged if funding succeeds?
Yes! That's part of what makes Kickstarter special. If a project isn't successfully funded, no one pays anything.
What if I want to change my pledge?
You can change or cancel your pledge anytime before Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT.
If this project is funded, how do I get my reward?
When your reward is ready, Uber Entertainment Inc will send you a survey via email to request any info needed to deliver your reward (mailing address, T-shirt size, etc).
Really want to help with this but can't afford to!
Seems strange and dare I say mad for people pledging $150 for a game that doesn't even exist.
I am right in saying that most of these games end up being indie titles? If so would you pay $150 for an indie game when complete?
Really trying to get my head around what the attraction is with Kickstarter.
The point is a game like this just wouldn't get made without kickstarter and if you enjoy classic RTS titles then this is one of the only ways it will ever get done.
Sure it isn't a certainty that it will see the light of day, but the team is made up of industry vets that know what they are doing. Personally I think for a game like this that is a risk worth taking, but it is down to each backer to make that decision and ultimately it is there money to do with as they wish. These days in the game industry titles like this just don't get made, RTS games rarely work on consoles which is usually where the bulk of funding goes and unless they are part of a big franchise or have a big studio behind them they generally don't sell well. So this is a chance to get in on the ground floor with a classic style title trying to break new ground and help a game like this get made where it never would otherwise.
I guess that right there is the "attraction" with kickstarter, you could have the best idea in the world, but without knowing how to fund a project which many people struggle with it will just never happen. This way customers who would ultimately buy the project anyways are the people who help fund it, getting it off the ground, seems like the best of both worlds to me.
Sure it isn't a certainty that it will see the light of day, but the team is made up of industry vets that know what they are doing. Personally I think for a game like this that is a risk worth taking, but it is down to each backer to make that decision and ultimately it is there money to do with as they wish. These days in the game industry titles like this just don't get made, RTS games rarely work on consoles which is usually where the bulk of funding goes and unless they are part of a big franchise or have a big studio behind them they generally don't sell well. So this is a chance to get in on the ground floor with a classic style title trying to break new ground and help a game like this get made where it never would otherwise.
I guess that right there is the "attraction" with kickstarter, you could have the best idea in the world, but without knowing how to fund a project which many people struggle with it will just never happen. This way customers who would ultimately buy the project anyways are the people who help fund it, getting it off the ground, seems like the best of both worlds to me.
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The attraction of kickstarter is the ability of helping out a games company that would most likely fail without funding from people who love their previous titles. yes there is some risk involved but thats why you back companies that have a lot of presence and also projects that are spoken about lots and by lots of people so if the dont deliver there will be a lot of questions asked by a lot of people.
thats my thinking anyway
Edit - darn beaten to it!
thats my thinking anyway
Edit - darn beaten to it!
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Is the fact that it is an indie game relevant?
Thing is you can pay way over the odds - entirely at your discretion - in order to support the making of the game.
One Kickstarter project I backed was for a board game with 50 model figures in it. Buy supporting them for $100 during KS they got to tool up variant figures, make plastic counters rather than cardboard chits,e tc. This improved the game for everybody who bought it during the Kickstarter and it will improve it for those who buy it a year or two from now.
As a bonus I got roughly double the models included in the box and several that were only available to KS Backers- that was the company's way of thanking their 'investors'.
Not quite the same here but offering goodies is one of the attractions. Again, if those things don't appeal to you then the option to buy the bare-bones game is there. I can understand that not everybody has the cash or inclination to give strange people money just because they can get a planet in a game named after them, though. I would say that's actually pretty sensible
Thing is you can pay way over the odds - entirely at your discretion - in order to support the making of the game.
One Kickstarter project I backed was for a board game with 50 model figures in it. Buy supporting them for $100 during KS they got to tool up variant figures, make plastic counters rather than cardboard chits,e tc. This improved the game for everybody who bought it during the Kickstarter and it will improve it for those who buy it a year or two from now.
As a bonus I got roughly double the models included in the box and several that were only available to KS Backers- that was the company's way of thanking their 'investors'.
Not quite the same here but offering goodies is one of the attractions. Again, if those things don't appeal to you then the option to buy the bare-bones game is there. I can understand that not everybody has the cash or inclination to give strange people money just because they can get a planet in a game named after them, though. I would say that's actually pretty sensible
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The video is amazing and... Yeah...
It's going to happen. It's going to be awesome.
What other donation levels have people gone in for?
I wouldn't mind beta access, but I guess if I'm donating at all I'll be getting the finished product either way...
It's going to happen. It's going to be awesome.
What other donation levels have people gone in for?
I wouldn't mind beta access, but I guess if I'm donating at all I'll be getting the finished product either way...
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Only for the reason they are sold very cheap and sometimes given away unlike big budget titles.
Don't get me wrong I think it's great that you guys support the developers. Starting a company and being a software developer myself I know how hard this is. Not just initially but ongoing.
Thanks for your replys.
Also you're not just buying a game for $150, it includes a lot more merch.
I was not going to back it originally, I thought "meh, might not be any good so i'll wait till it's out". Then I figured this game has the potential to be awesome and RTS games of this kind are rare these days and in this type of project we're going to get as pure a game as possible without publishing houses deciding what will sell best.
Further to that, you get the feeling that uber really want to make a great RTS and they could have kickstarted any project, one which may have been more mainstream or developed something else outside of kickstarter.
I was not going to back it originally, I thought "meh, might not be any good so i'll wait till it's out". Then I figured this game has the potential to be awesome and RTS games of this kind are rare these days and in this type of project we're going to get as pure a game as possible without publishing houses deciding what will sell best.
Further to that, you get the feeling that uber really want to make a great RTS and they could have kickstarted any project, one which may have been more mainstream or developed something else outside of kickstarter.
I don't want to take anything away from what looks like it could be a great game but, the increments seem rather big, $150,000 for 'metal' planets.
And yet for $100,000 they gave water planets and naval units?
Really makes me wonder how much funding this game would have got using the traditional methods of investment.
And yet for $100,000 they gave water planets and naval units?
Really makes me wonder how much funding this game would have got using the traditional methods of investment.