afternoon delight
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They mention this has been an ongoing project propped up by each of their savings accounts and that what's being asked is what's needed to finish. The initial investment (licenses, time, assets) have been made.
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Prey for the Gods |KS| Survival against giant creatures, PC/PS4/XB1
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More_Badass
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Crossed $100k, a third of the way there
The devs were doing nicely detailed newsletter updates over this year and last. Listing stuff like the aspects they were working on
Breakdowns of the status of different gameplay elements
Details on how long they work on the game every night and of their workspace
http://www.preyforthegods.com/prey-for-the-gods-newsletter-4/
The devs were doing nicely detailed newsletter updates over this year and last. Listing stuff like the aspects they were working on
Breakdowns of the status of different gameplay elements
Details on how long they work on the game every night and of their workspace
http://www.preyforthegods.com/prey-for-the-gods-newsletter-4/
Prior to our reveal trailer, we worked 10pm-2am every night. It was tough but manageable. However, after our trailer was released we quickly were dealing with a lot more than we could handle part time.
It's a team of 3, not 6. So about 30k per month, the base funding level will give them 10 months, if they live lean or are working from home and not working out of an office then they can stretch that out a lot further.
More_Badass
Member
They're working from home and already have two years of part-time development funded by their savings
More_Badass
Member
Some comments from the devs
Triggerhappytel
Member
That snow mechanic sounds great, although crazily complex to implement.
NoFaceNico
Member
The snow mechanics sound pretty annoying. The way they describe it it's like those air combat games that try to include blackouts. They do it in the name of a more "realistic" or "immersive" experience but it just becomes a pain in the ass to juggle that part of the game while you're trying to accomplish objectives.
There's a lot of cool ways to improve SotC, but playing Oregon Trail every time you're just trying to get from point A to point B is only taking the player away from the open and free environment people loved in that game.
There's a lot of cool ways to improve SotC, but playing Oregon Trail every time you're just trying to get from point A to point B is only taking the player away from the open and free environment people loved in that game.
Sparrowhawk
Member
I like the fact that they're practically ripping off SotC in the best way possible, but I'm not so sure about some of the survival elements since that's not really my thing.
A warning for backers interested in the console versions: the game is made in Unity, which is known to have significant performance issues on both PS4 and Xbox One (when you learn that a critically acclaimed mobile game is having problems being ported to the PS4 you know things are bad).
Considering the scope of the game and the team size, I expect it to run terribly unless Unity 5.4 (which has been in beta for over 6 months now) truly delivers on the promise of actually using more than a single CPU core on consoles (and does so without requiring games to be reworked around it).
Considering the scope of the game and the team size, I expect it to run terribly unless Unity 5.4 (which has been in beta for over 6 months now) truly delivers on the promise of actually using more than a single CPU core on consoles (and does so without requiring games to be reworked around it).
Triggerhappytel
Member
That's an interesting point.
Messofanego
Banned
Wow. Backed.
Aztechnology
Member
Is this all pre-rendered mock footage or is this actual in engine? It looks incredibly good.
NeoRaider
Member
Unity is really horrible, on both PC and consoles, tho. it's much worse on consoles. For some reason i thought that this is UE3 or UE4, when they confirmed that it's Unity i was disappointed.
Triggerhappytel
Member
It's real footage. They've been developing it using their own funding for two years.
More_Badass
Member
It's legit. They already put two years of (part-time) development into the project
akidnamededdy
Banned
It's so weird, for the longest time after SotC came out I was dreaming up new colossi fights that could be done in a sequel and one of them was a giant bird flying down the side of a frozen mountain. These guys stole my brainwaves confirmed.
As a rule I don't contribute to Kickstarters but I will definitely snap this up when it's released.
As a rule I don't contribute to Kickstarters but I will definitely snap this up when it's released.
Aztechnology
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thehillissilent
Member
I really hope that they can make it to $1 million stretch goal. This game needs more bosses before I could commit to it. The survival mechanics are interesting especially the snow.
afternoon delight
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What a perplexing sentiment.
More_Badass
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I'd prefer to root for the game to reach its base goal before thinking about $500k and million dollar goals
Garrett Hawke
Member
It looks pretty cool but that amount does seem super low, even with their reasoning, for a game like this. Still, will keep my eye on it 
Not really.
jacksepticeye
Member
Backed it as soon as it went live. Looks awesome! Hopefully it's not as janky as I fear
Yangshouwen
Banned
So at $600K it's likely to be a console game?
comshoplesce
Member
pledge now and see till the end....you can cancel 1 day before pledge if you're not satisfied with ps4 not pledged.
AndyMoogle
Member
It really is. If this was only concept art or something that was extremely early, I would definitely understand why someone would be hesitant. But considering the state the game is in right now, why wouldn't you want to make it even better by giving them money now instead of after it's already done?
Anyway, I'm definitely backing this one. It looks incredible.
Your taking a bit far. As a whole not buying into a KS isn't really a perplexing complicated thing as say as GoG vs Steam or something.
In KS if it goes through (meets the goals) one can buy it elsewhere after the KS is over on your store of choice, even platform (if lucky maybe).
Yes giving money now does benefit them more (I believe so as in less cut is taken? I haven't looked at KS cuts) then later.
But if the game passes it will be there later.
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Added note I don't have enough money in my bank in the states for this. I backed DD:OS2 though.
Itchy//Tasty
Member
Anyone know what they mean by Deus Ex, DayZ and BB being influences? Whole thing looks straight up SOTC to me (not a bad thing!)
blackMamba1187
Member
This looks and sounds great. Backed.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Maybe player choice/upgrades, survival aspects, and passive storytelling+creature design, respectively.
Buggy Loop
Member
Backed, give me a shadow of the colossus on PC ? Hell yeah!
More_Badass
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Four minutes of legit pre-alpha gameplay footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk7uzZG8HHU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk7uzZG8HHU
DangerMouse
Member
Continues to look really good.
Shit that looked really good.
Just backed at $35. I was a bit worried at the low goal for the kickstarter, but they seem to have everything in order and they've made a ton of progress so the low goal makes sense if they're just finishing it up.
Looks pretty awesome! This might be the very first Kickstarter campaign I'll back, actually. My only nitpick would be the weird sneak/stealth stance and walking animations. It looks like she walks normally at some points in the video but at others she does this really weird walk where her whole body is angled diagonally and that animation looks super weird IMO.
afternoon delight
Member
Thanks for the share! Looks wonderful, what an atmosphere.
darthkarki
Member
No, Unity is not "horrible". It's actually a pretty incredible offering, which has its own quirks and limitations that you have to take into account, just like any other engine. The fact that it's so easily accessible means that you have a lot of less skilled people putting out products without the polish and optimization you see from larger, more experienced teams.
Unreal isn't a magic bullet. If the devs of these games you're talking about that are so "horrible" had picked Unreal or something else instead of Unity, 1) the game probably wouldn't exist at all because those engines are too difficult, or 2) they would have had just as many issues, because it's still the same team.
Whenever you think "Unity is terrible, I don't see all these problems in Unreal Engine games", you have to realize you're comparing in your mind games made by entirely different people with most likely very different numbers of staff and probably different levels of experience. That's the difference.
More_Badass
Member
Interesting
And yes, Subnautica is awesome. It and The Long Dark are the best games in the genre IMO
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1197498
And yes, Subnautica is awesome. It and The Long Dark are the best games in the genre IMO
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1197498
As I imagine was the route for many others, I had gotten into the explore/craft/survive genre with Minecraft. That was a pretty revolutionary game for me, but as the years progressed and other games emerged, I grew bored of the genre. It felt like once you've played a few, you've played them all. Zombies, wolves, forests, islands, different veneers over the same structure. I was relatively done with the genre (The Long Dark is pretty damn good)
But it was Subnautica that rekindled my interest in that genre.
Subnautica's setting is easily its strongest element. There's a sense of wonder and mystery and beauty here that forest, cities, and other terrestrial places can't capture. Awakening in an escape pod after your larger spaceship crashes, you climb out and are welcomed with only an expanse of blue in all directions. The only way to survive is to plunge downwards into the aquatic landscape, catching sealife for food and gathering debris and materials to craft new gear and upgrades. What a world awaits you: kelp forests swaying in the current, bio-luminescent growths along the walls of dark deep caves, swarms of weird fish twisting through the water, coral tunnels and reefs, and more. But this beautiful environment is not void of danger.
Bone sharks swim among the kelp, the aggressive leviathan waits near the smoking crash site, and other aggressive lifeforms thrive throughout Subnautica's biomes. Luckily, with the right materials, you'll be well equipped to descend deeper and brave unexplored areas. Air tanks allow to stay underwater for longer, fins let you swim faster, knives and high-tech equipment like the stasis gun provide more effective means of defense. Lights, beacons, dive reels, air pipelines; the array of equipment to be constructed is varied and grows with each update.
It's an engaging cycle; new equipment allows you to explore more of the world (a reward by itself), thus acquiring new and better material and having access to better gear to explore deeper. In my opinion, the fact that every piece of equipment has a direct tangible effect, from faster movement or more air, makes crafting and collecting material more tolerable than in similar games. Once you're constructing bases on the sea floor or building submersibles, Subnautica really opens up, as you establish footholds in deeper terrain.
While the game is in Early Access, the developers frequently release significant content updates, introducing new biomes, new tech, new species, and more means to survive. The game is already solid, and only gets bigger and better with each new addition.
JonnyDBrit
Member
So the project currently stands at 210k with 21 days left to go. That really makes it seem like meeting its baseline funding goal should happen, possibly well before the deadline.
Yeah, this seems like a done deal with the expected boost that every kickstarter gets towards the end of its campaign.
I really hope they hit a couple of stretch goals at least. I'm sure a lot of people would love to have this on XBO and PS4, but all I really want is to get that orchestral score done.
afternoon delight
Member
Mmmph I really hope this succeeds, we're sorely missing a weird and wonderful game like this.