Elite on Kickstarter...

[Loada]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... -dangerous?

Had to happen really, didn't it?

[The Caffeine Kid]

They want over a million pounds? Really?

I thought they had been working on this stuff for years. I'm sure giving it a coat of paint and multiplayer (which I'm pretty sure they must have the code for already after all this time) wouldn't cost even a fraction of that.

[defsdoor]

Seriously tempted to go for the 300 quid option with a vain hope that it could become the game I have always wanted to play.


Wife says no

[venusian]

"Design decision forum member"? <chuckles>

[noodles]

Surely there should a profit-sharing scheme if they're going to ask that much money from investors ?
Having your name in the game as only potential reward for a serious contribution is somewhat delusional on their part to say the least, if not outright greedy.

[Misfit]

Surely there should a profit-sharing scheme if they're going to ask that much money from investors ?
Having your name in the game as only potential reward for a serious contribution is somewhat delusional on their part to say the least, if not outright greedy.

Ahh the beauty of kickstarter. Get all the cash from 'investers' and just deliver them the product (or not). No strings and you still own the company.

[adam]

the thing thats struck me about game projects is that they ask for a fair bit of money.

i know games are expensive but it's normally a fair bit compared to other kickstarters, there was someone whinging on a forum "why oh why is this kickstarter not being supported? this is why we can't have nice things"... it'd raised £80k already but they wanted £500k

if you don't deliver a project you are still open to legal proceedings from funders, it's never "give us some money and we'll do what we like"

[skip]

I think they're asking a bit much (especially for a successful company with 200 odd people) but the initial demand is obviously there I guess. The rewards, however, are shit for the money. Probably will put in for the game if Mac release is going to happen.

I mean, people would buy this anyway right? Good on them I guess. I hope for an iOS version...

[adam]

it's round £4200-£5000 per employee, which might be 2-3 months salary each if they're cheap

i know thats a simplistic way of looking at it, but it's probably not an unrealistic amount to ask for- given that he has to pay them

i'm interested to see how he does with this, £100k on the first day nearly, what strikes me is that this is a v popular game from the 80's, a lot of the fans may be doing quite well for themselves by now & a few obsessives may not be bothered about paying £5k to have lunch with braben, i'd want one of the expensive subs for that much

but whether they can raise a million, i don't know, it is in the upper range of money thats been raised on there i think, ooh no it isn't

http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/cat ... -funded#p1

looks like $2m is achievable for him, i don't know how his rewards stack up against the others

[merman]

I think they're asking a bit much (especially for a successful company with 200 odd people) but the initial demand is obviously there I guess. The rewards, however, are shit for the money. Probably will put in for the game if Mac release is going to happen.

I mean, people would buy this anyway right? Good on them I guess. I hope for an iOS version...

They are going to need more than just nostalgia to get people to fund this.

The fact that Braben has failed to get a traditional publisher to back a new Elite game repeatedly is a bad sign.

[Barney]

I think they're asking a bit much (especially for a successful company with 200 odd people) but the initial demand is obviously there I guess. The rewards, however, are shit for the money. Probably will put in for the game if Mac release is going to happen.

I mean, people would buy this anyway right? Good on them I guess. I hope for an iOS version...

They are going to need more than just nostalgia to get people to fund this.

The fact that Braben has failed to get a traditional publisher to back a new Elite game repeatedly is a bad sign.

Indeed. I've lost count of the times he's said that his own company would be working on Elite IV "any time now" throughout the last 15 years (he even came out with a statement to the tune of "just you lot wait until you see what our next project is!" which turned out to be Dog's Life on PS2 - not funny).

I'll not be backing this, as I don't think he'll deliver.

[Mqark]

I'd rather throw money at Yak and Giles.

[sack]

I think he'll pretty much have to deliver if he gets the backing.

The question is *what*?

[venusian]

They won't get the backing. It's a cult thing; all the fans will be in there within a couple of days then it'll dry up and miss the target.

[adam]

has raised another £50k in the last 90-100 minutes