Elite on Kickstarter...

[defsdoor]

Can't imagine they would be writing it in a way that would make porting to Mac possible without porting to Linux being trivial there on.

I've not booted Windows all Xmas Started Grimrock from scratch on Linux

[Darkflame]

Probably mostly for game testing, setups and such rather then just the code porting itself.

[Portland]

Getting there £1.08m

[Misfit]

Think they'll do it easily now.

Last week or two have been ramping up and the last two days are usually where the real action is, so I'd still say there is still some hope of a Mac version too.

[Mqark]

Bumped up my bid now by a little just to help it get made. I've now bid much more than I would have paid for the game on a store shelf, however I belive the point of Kickstarter isn't just to be a consumer who plays it safe, but to be a backer.

I think it'll still be very close, so stretch goals aren't likely to be met (guessing).

[PaulEMoz]

£170,000 to go in five days... I think they're going to do it.

[t0ne]

Bumped up my bid now by a little just to help it get made. I've now bid much more than I would have paid for the game on a store shelf, however I belive the point of Kickstarter isn't just to be a consumer who plays it safe, but to be a backer.

I think it'll still be very close, so stretch goals aren't likely to be met (guessing).

Yea I agree, I pledged more than I would pay for it from a shop too, but I'm hoping the Mac version gets done otherwise it's going to cost me a lot more to put together a gamer pc again for it

[Darkflame]

I might raise my bid very slightly tomorrow too, but its pushing it for me.

[Surfr]

Upped mine again. This will be the first and probably only time I pay three figures for a computer game!

[Portland]

Upped mine again. This will be the first and probably only time I pay three figures for a computer game!

Steel Battalion?

[Darkflame]

Q&A On reddit right now!
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1 ... reator_of/

[Darkflame]

Can we have a full blown orchestral version of The Blue Danube for docking? Or perhaps we can rename our own MP3 to "docking-music.mp3" (bypassing royalty issues!)

Very good question!

[Dio]

Well, there's no danger of copyright trouble...

[dom]

The AMA/Q&A thread on reddit does indeed pose some excellent questions, including some about how the multiplayer aspect will work and how they expect to fund the servers without a subscription model. It seems you'll be able to buy things in-game, which sounds a little like Guild Wars 2. I guess we'll see in time whether they've pitched it right in terms of the realism/physics against being able to play in real-time with others online.

I just pledged - even a single player version that's anywhere near as good as the original BBC Micro Elite would keep me happy.

[Portland]

Price of a well specced R8 ragtop away now.

Had to up my backing to get a physical copy (to go with my other ones, flogged FFE though, as I preferred the Newtonian physics)