Developing a campaign is expensive. What exactly would you expect it to cost?
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Battletech |KS| Turn-based tactical mech combat, Harebrained Schemes, Summer 2017
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Developing a campaign is expensive. What exactly would you expect it to cost?
Mechcommander Gold was the superior game though. I prefer the sprites, the mechwarriors, the mission designs, and the campaign in general. Salvaging Clan mechs were such a huge reward.
Yea I agree. Mechcommander 2 isn't a bad game, but it's worse in pretty much every regard to the first.
mcz117chief
Member
"welcome to Karver V, Commander."
That blissful moment when you hear "MechWarrior promoted to regular..to veteran...to elite...to ace"
GrandHarrier
Member
I'd expect it to be the goal of the kickstarter itself? Like, I want this if it has a campaign. I don't want it if its just a skirmish simulator. So should I support it and hope it hits the goal? Or wait until it hits the goal and then support it when it's actually what I want? It's just goofy.
Lots of kickstarters have interesting features behind stretch goals, *shrug*.
Considering backing at $125 or $275 for the awesome feelies, but I haven't immersed myself in enough lore to know which house I'd want. Inner Sphere/first world problems.
No harm in waiting, it'll be there within a few days at the very longest.
No harm in waiting, it'll be there within a few days at the very longest.
Kickstarter doesn't charge you until the end, so you can make a pledge now if you wish. Every developer assumes that there will be some loss right before the end, so it is of little consequence if the goal you are personally interested in is not met and you remove your pledge before you are charged.
Pillars of Eternity would also just be a toolset if it didn't have a high goal. You have to understand that game development works with a solid base from which you then expand and create the bigger experiences, like campaigns or complex multiplayer. It is this 'solid foundation' that the Kickstarter's initial goal was. HBS already have the funds ($1M) that they themselves injected into the project. All they're asking for is more funds to create something from that ground level into a more wholesome singleplayer experience.
ColonelSkills
Member
The Inner Sphere is basically shorthand for "Assholes in Space". Every house is full of huge ones. You've just got to decide which particular KIND of asshole you identify with the most. Space Americans? Space Japanese? Space Scandinavians? There's also Space Russians and Space Generic Western Europeans.
Or you can just do what my friend does and go with your favorite colour and logo and give precisely zero fucks.
Here is a good start and intro blurb for everyone.
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Successor_States
At this point, we're pretty much guaranteed to hit 1 mil.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Backed it, hopefully it hits that 1.85 million stretch goal, but we'll see. At least it should hit the 1 million one for a full single player campaign.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Oh, I dunno, Davion/Federated Suns aren't so bad. Relative to most of the others, I mean. From what I remember from Mechwarrior/commander, at any rate.
Its guaranteed 1 million, but the 1.8 is gonna be the push. 2.5 wont make it unless something else happens. 1.8 is the main one i want anyway.
True, but I don't know. I wanted to battle on Karver V again.
Probable that I'll play MechCommander Gold after.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Turn Based? That will be interesting.
I really like Mech Commander though. I'd rather have a real-time/pause gameplay.
I really like Mech Commander though. I'd rather have a real-time/pause gameplay.
More_Badass
Member
$726k and it's not even 12 hours yet. That's already a better day one than Divinity 2, Wasteland 2, Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous, Kingdom Come: Deliverance...
BrokenFiction
Member
Man, I want that Grayson Death Carlyle cameo.
More_Badass
Member
Looking at Kickstarter's most funded video game campaigns and Kicktraq's daily data, Battletech is having an amazing start compared to some of most funded Kickstarters.
Wow is that really? For some reason i thought divinity did better.
More_Badass
Member
Divinity 2's day one was 534k and day two was $254k (so $788k in two days)
Oculus Rift Battlemech VR is a go.
$100,000 Tier will be a fully functional physical cockpit.
BrokenFiction
Member
Awwwww yesss. Almost got that second novella for the $50 and up tier. I'm so excited to read a bunch of Battletech fiction again. I want to go try and find all the books I had from when I was a kid, but I'm sure they have been sold off or donated to the library by now.
BrokenFiction
Member
I was just thinking the same thing. Loved those first Stackpole books.
StrangeTaco
Member
Damn this is getting backed FAST! Makes me cautiously optimistic about getting the multiplayer addition.
More_Badass
Member
Here's a by-amount list. Mostly Day 1 amounts, some Day 1 + 2 (going by Kicktraq)
Battletech - $741k and counting
Pillars of Eternity - $705k
Divinity 2 - $534k
Elite Dangerous - $438k
Wasteland 2 - $470k
Battle Chasers - $313k
Planetary Annihilation - $279k
Kingdom Come - $256k
Star Citizen - $224k
Battletech - $741k and counting
Pillars of Eternity - $705k
Divinity 2 - $534k
Elite Dangerous - $438k
Wasteland 2 - $470k
Battle Chasers - $313k
Planetary Annihilation - $279k
Kingdom Come - $256k
Star Citizen - $224k
BrokenFiction
Member
DAAAAMN. Battletech fans coming out of the woodwork!
I feel like these numbers are subject to when the day began. Some campaigns started at different times so its hard to judge what the first 24 hours really made. I mean i really feel like other KS campaigns grew a lot more quicker, such as Pillars for example. I could be wrong i guess.
More_Badass
Member
Some are Day 1 & 2 because they had low Day 1 amounts with the bulk of the early momentum coming on Day 2
More_Badass
Member
Yeah, but the KS was first, right? Didn't SC dev site crowdfunding come after the Kickstarter finished? I wasn't into Kickstarter back then
I thought it came before the Kickstarter. I remember them saying something about doing a Kickstarter because it made people feel more comfortable, and the additional exposure. I could be remembering this incorrectly, but I believe that's right.
It doesn't really matter, Battletech is off to a great start. I hope it keeps up.
Seriously, actual game industry economics and gamer expectations are completely out of sync.
BrokenFiction
Member
Hey, how about that $750K in less than 12 hours?
I'm pretty sure you're right about the kickstarter going first. I did back Star Citizen, too.
More_Badass
Member
Can you ask about destructible environments? Not terrain, but buildings and structures. Would be cool if a falling mech would crash though a building or city blocks would be leveled by missile barrages, stuff like that
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Mech Warrior....combined with an SRPG-grid?
hooooooooly fuuuuuuuck.
Sign me the hell up.
hooooooooly fuuuuuuuck.
Sign me the hell up.
Doesn't mean much yet. TToN and Eternity were close ($200k difference) but Torment made almost $1.5 million in its first 24 hours.
What's definitely a good sign is the average pledge per backer. Dropped from $74 to $71 already, but that's still very high. Means Battletech fans are willing to spend a lot, even though HBS isn't giving them a lot of options without spending 2,3 or 4 times their original pledge.
Nope, their own site was first and some time later they've also started a KS campaign mainly because their site was getting hammered and thus mostly offline.
In October 2012, the developers of the game started a crowdfunding campaign on their own website using IgnitionDeck, a crowdfunding plugin for WordPress. Just over a week into the campaign, they also started raising funds via a supplemental Kickstarter campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Citizen
