Elite on Kickstarter...

[Darkflame]

True. I already upped my bit though to what I can afford, so its all up top others now.

[Gooey]

Well I wouldn't be too worried. 14 people out of circa 200 isn't that much, especially when there are another 7 jobs advertised on their site at the mo.

[Darkflame]

New teaser:



Update:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... f=activity

They are also pushing related kickstarter Elite book projects:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tja ... s?ref=live
(if successful thats 4500 towards Elite)

[axel000]

Looking good

[onomatapedalo]

They are also pushing related kickstarter Elite book projects:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tja ... s?ref=live
(if successful thats 4500 towards Elite)

What's also pretty cool (if you can afford such luxury) is that if you pledge £2500 you get all their rewards from the book project, PLUS all the stuff at the £3000 pledge level for Elite Dangerous (so the star system, the 'Commander Jameson naming rights', the boxed copy, the alpha test etc. etc.) - £500 less for more stuff!

[Surfr]

Nice Chrimbo bonus in the paypacket today so I've upped my pledge to 60 notes. C'mon Elite. That last vid has me salivating.

[TFO]

So if they don't get the target, does the project just fail?

[Stuart B]

Pretty much - if they're under the target, even by a tiny amount, then they don't get any of the KS cash and it isn't debited from the backers.

The second Alpha Colony kickstarter missed its goal by $28, for example.

[Darkflame]

I think that was semi-deliberate on their part, they really needed to go over their goal significantly. Scrapping though with a last minute extra grand might have been worse for them in the long run.

[Darkflame]

[rowan]

Must say every video they release it looks nicer & nicer - that latest is lovely.
I'm finding myself more excited & caught up in it all than I expected to, and having to be careful not to up my pledge to something silly after I've had a couple of beers.

[Xstreme]

Looking awesome. Actually looking as good as the original did on my spectrum back in the 80's. In my mind. I'm sold!

[Darkflame]

900,000 now, 12 days left.

They put a few more rewards up, but they seem to be mostly in game starting bonus's (ie, paying to make the game easier I think *yawn*)

Also TwoThree of the books made it, so they are pushing the others now.

http://www.indiegogo.com/EliteDangerous ... -the-wheel
http://www.indiegogo.com/EliteDangerousTSFT
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/141 ... working-ti

[Darkflame]

oh, and this fighting fantasy style elite gamebook:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/232 ... k?ref=live

More importantly, I am only asking for partial funding. If Survivor reaches its £3,000 funding target, I will pledge £4,500 to Elite: Dangerous. So for every £1 you're pledging, Frontier Developments will get £1.50- a 50% bonus! Plus, you will get the benefit of the reward tier that you choose... anything from a simple e-book, to the opportunity to include your own encounters in the book.

[Misfit]

oh, and this fighting fantasy style elite gamebook:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/232 ... k?ref=live

More importantly, I am only asking for partial funding. If Survivor reaches its £3,000 funding target, I will pledge £4,500 to Elite: Dangerous. So for every £1 you're pledging, Frontier Developments will get £1.50- a 50% bonus! Plus, you will get the benefit of the reward tier that you choose... anything from a simple e-book, to the opportunity to include your own encounters in the book.

Oddly I find that this more appealing than directly supporting the game at the moment. So I've backed it, which I guess makes it more likely I'll back the game too.