Elite on Kickstarter...

[broomey]

It amazes me how little some developers are looking for a game and yet how cool some of the more pricey perks can be

and other people seem to want a load of cash and all you get is one star system (out of thousands maybe?) named after you

£20 seems a bit steep.

Id much rather support a small development team and see something a bit less ambitious but more personal. I loved FTL.

[Quaker]

I'm surprised by how shit his pitch is. Where are the pictures, concept art and videos etc? Just seems like he is jumping on the bandwagon. Hope it gets made but I'm not prepared to pay anything at the moment.

I would pay for ANY Llamasoft kick starter project though.

[Misfit]

I'm surprised by how shit his pitch is. Where are the pictures, concept art and videos etc? Just seems like he is jumping on the bandwagon. Hope it gets made but I'm not prepared to pay anything at the moment.

I would pay for ANY Llamasoft kick starter project though.

Yes. I'm not paying anything yet on this. If it comes I may buy it.

And agree would fund the llama twins.

So how long has kickstarter allowed Brits to play legitimately? That's the second one on here this week after pound notes rather than dollars.

[adam]

we had a discussion on here, i emailed them to suggest accepting uk projects and discussed it with someone, then a month or two later the announcement was made

has been possible to put projects up for a while, but only to accept payment in the last 2 weeks

[skip]

I would pay for ANY Llamasoft kick starter project though.

This.

[Stuart B]

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.

I dunno - Chris Roberts has gone through his £2M goal I think - the question is will there now be space-sim kikcstarter fatigue?

[Quaker]

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.

I dunno - Chris Roberts has gone through his £2M goal I think - the question is will there now be space-sim kikcstarter fatigue?

His presentation was fantastic though, Braben's is shit.

[Istar]

Hey, it's worth a punt; I recently chose not to renew my WoW sub, so £20 on the possibility of Elite in 2014 is no loss.

[adam]

you only have to pay if they hit the target too, so it's not a major risk

[DeanoC]

Its no risk with kickstarter which is why its a good system unlike some of the others (indiegogo)

I have a (much smaller) kickstarter game currently running, i'm still asking a lot of money (in my eyes anyway) £70K and without the name or classic IP is going to be very hard going.

Having worked at Frontier and even seen and worked on the next Elite as it gets started then mothballed every few years, its seems a reasonable approach. BUT that amount of money and with tbh almost no attempt to make it a good kickstarter seems odd. I with almost no budget knew I need a video, blurb, screen shots etc. seems a bit much to rely on nostalgia alone especially asking for so much.

Perhaps its a bit of the green eyed monster showing, but it does seem a little unfair to the smaller kickstarters who want to make something new, don't have a name that gets them a bbc article and are asking for much less to be completely over looked with a big fish in the same water.

However thats life, Elite was awesome and for example my game has no proof it will be any good. The days where you got famous making a game are gone, as now you're probably way done the food chain.

Good luck to them, have good friends at Frontier, just hope it doesn't overshadow other great kickstarter games that need funding.

And i'd back Mr Yak and Mr Giles for a kickstarter anyday!

[gravy]

I would pay for ANY Llamasoft kick starter project though.

This.

I don't think they're interested in this approach.

The idea of fan funded dev was suggested pretty strongly years ago, pretty much based on Marillion's amazing experience going down that path. It doesn't gel with the way the guys want to work though.

[merman]

£20 is a good entry level, but I agree it's terrible to pitch with so few concrete details.

[adam]

up past £200k now

[Dio]

If it doesn't get very close in the next day or two, it won't get it, given that today it's effectively being advertised by the BBC (and Slashdot, etc.)

[skip]

Fair call, but things have changed with the whole crowd funding thing really kicking in over he last six months. It's worth a looksie IMHO. Sure, not everyone can be an Amanda Palmer, Ouya or Braben (at least currently....do people really remember how tedious Elite could be? ), but it's potentially way more viable these days.

Hell, a wee liitle FB & email campaign recently netted $10k+ in about 2 weeks for a certain unknown band that I have dealings with in about 2 weeks. A few silly rewards + an achievable goal and it all came together really well.

To think how 'easy' this is going compared to David Crane's. .