JonnyDBrit
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230k, 20 days to go.
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Prey for the Gods |KS| Survival against giant creatures, PC/PS4/XB1
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Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Backed. Looks amazing.
JonnyDBrit
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Over 240k with 18 days remaining. Momentum's slowed, so harder to say when they'll cross the baseline.
Kerotan Frog
Member
Backed this on day 1. Looks amazing and I'm so down for something similar to SotC. One of my GOAT games. Hoping it goes to 1 mil for the full game, but unlikely. That gameplay footage they released was exactly what we needed to see.
JonnyDBrit
Member
Yeah, one million probably won't happen unless there's a major swing in the game's favour, like if a large youtuber put the spotlight on the game. The real toss up is on whether or not it makes 600k. While on the one hand console porting would be a challenge, especially given that this is Unity and a three man team, that greater customer base would probably be useful. Especially the PS4's, since when a game is basically selling itself on the idea of being a spiritual successor to Shadow of the Colossus, being on the system family that actually had that game is probably a good idea.
martino
Member
this.
with what is on paper this would have been already founded but it seems ueda hype is mostly forum/showfloor ones with niche public to really back it...
If Unity is in the mix, its going to be a problem for any hypothetical console releases without a doubt. A shame.
JonnyDBrit
Member
In fairness, outside of Nintendo (and even then, rarely), specific figures in game dev and direction are rarely given much hype or wider awareness, nevermind their particular styles. People might know of Shadow of the Colossus but I would bet that the vast majority of people who played it wouldn't know a single name from among the people involved.
Then again, the fact this game really doesn't have any kind of big name - whether specific staff or a company - behind it doesn't really help.
JonnyDBrit
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Double posting, but the game now stands at 250k with 17 days to go. Things swung back again yesterday.
afternoon delight
Member
Via last update where they discussed the addition of a physical art book and more partnered games-
Wonder what it will be?
More_Badass
Member
Probably shifting the stretch goals around to make the console version easier to achieve
afternoon delight
Member
That'd be smart for sure, I hope so.
ultrazilla
Gold Member
Too bad about them using Unity. 
It just doesn't play well with consoles and even gives pc players nagging problems. Mainly the stutter/micro stutter.
I wish developers would go with Unreal Engine, Cry Engine or their own engines if they can.
Heck, even Insomniac used Unity for "Song of the Deep" and it gave them quite a bit of troubles(they're still actively patching the game!). That's a AAA developer having issues with the engine!
So, no go from me on this. I really am at a point now that I actively seek out what engine a game is using if I like the looks/concept of it. Any mention of Unity and I'm out now.
It just doesn't play well with consoles and even gives pc players nagging problems. Mainly the stutter/micro stutter.
I wish developers would go with Unreal Engine, Cry Engine or their own engines if they can.
Heck, even Insomniac used Unity for "Song of the Deep" and it gave them quite a bit of troubles(they're still actively patching the game!). That's a AAA developer having issues with the engine!
So, no go from me on this. I really am at a point now that I actively seek out what engine a game is using if I like the looks/concept of it. Any mention of Unity and I'm out now.
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Deleted member 80556
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I'm not sure if I'm wrong to think that it's an unwise decision for Kickstarters to leave console stretch goals so far out from the initial goal, or maybe it's just frustration.
More_Badass
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Developers of games like Inside and Ori get rock-solid performance out of Unity. And so many games are made on Unity that you're going to cut out a huge chunk of games.Too bad about them using Unity.
It just doesn't play well with consoles and even gives pc players nagging problems. Mainly the stutter/micro stutter.
I wish developers would go with Unreal Engine, Cry Engine or their own engines if they can.
Heck, even Insomniac used Unity for "Song of the Deep" and it gave them quite a bit of troubles(they're still actively patching the game!). That's a AAA developer having issues with the engine!
So, no go from me on this. I really am at a point now that I actively seek out what engine a game is using if I like the looks/concept of it. Any mention of Unity and I'm out now.
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Too bad about them using Unity.
stop blaming unity and start blaming the devs for these issues. unity is not the problem here.
afternoon delight
Member
No matter how many times you say it, they will repeat their concerns- much like any Kickstarter thread it seems.
"Won't back but will definitely buy, looks awesome!"
"Would back it but I don't trust Kickstarter."
"Where's the money coming from? Has this been bought out by my rival console manufacturer?"
"This little team can't possibly be so kawaii!"
JonnyDBrit
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Also on the funding front, they're coming up to 265k. Four out of the last five days haven't really been great, but the campaign is still chugging along.
afternoon delight
Member
Skipping the stretch goal and instead going to release for XBO and PS4 regardless.
Sweet butter cakes let's make this happen!
Sweet butter cakes let's make this happen!
JonnyDBrit
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Basically they thought it would take additional staff to port the game, hence they set it so high. After actually trying out though, they've got some ports working, but they're currently unoptimised, so load times are long and some shaders aren't working properly.
Yangshouwen
Banned
Awesome to hear it's coming to consoles.
Day one for me
Day one for me
paragonpro
Banned
Consoles confirmed? Consider me backed! Game looks astonishing
afternoon delight
Member
If there is a day one?
As far as funding goes, it's pretty much inevitable. The curve of Kickstarters (with similar finding in the first 3 and last 3 days) is very consistent.
More_Badass
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JonnyDBrit
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As far as funding goes, it's pretty much inevitable. The curve of Kickstarters (with similar finding in the first 3 and last 3 days) is very consistent.
Speaking of, it seems confirmation of consoles no matter what has given them a small boost again, currently at 272k.
They basically swing between 5k and 10k a day at this point, so they could meet their main funding goal before the last ten days, or might just miss it.
afternoon delight
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afternoon delight
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95% of the way there with 8000+ backers!
JonnyDBrit
Member
They've also stated that once they hit the main funding goal they'll open up to paypal donations, for anyone who's had that as their main restriction to backing.
Still, glad to see them almost funded, and with a fair amount of time left in the campaign.
Still, glad to see them almost funded, and with a fair amount of time left in the campaign.
Tntnico
Member
Ohhh greattt ! I was just sitting here, waiting for the console stretch goal !
I'm in ! The games looks so great !
ChosenPredator
Banned
I asked the DEVs if they had ever played dragon dogma (I really enjoy the monster battles in that, mounting things, watching certain ones hunt cows) and unfortunately the person who replied never tried it..they could get a few good battle ideas with that one, oh well.
game still looks fantastic.
SecretMoblin
Member
It's really tough to reconcile my appreciation for the concept with the knowledge that stuff like this that checks a lot of boxes usually ends up underwhelming :/
I'll plunk down some money but I'll reserve any actual hype for when we get future updates that look promising. 300k is not a lot of resources, especially for an ambitious, 3D game.
I'll plunk down some money but I'll reserve any actual hype for when we get future updates that look promising. 300k is not a lot of resources, especially for an ambitious, 3D game.
Ori had plenty of hitching when loading new areas and effects. Playing forcing DX9 soothed the problem a bit. They need to rework lots of things working in collaboration with Unity Team and finally the game is smooth ONLY in the second release (definitive edition) one full year after the first game. There are threads in steam discussion forums where a dev talks about how hard is to fix those hitches because of how the engine works.
Pillars of Eternity has lots of performance problems and hitches too.
Enter The Gungeon... this game can't be played with really smooth framerate no matter what you do. Is not full smooth.
I did not played the rest.
Even in this tiny and low quality gif I can see a hitch in the running animation produced by the engine.
afternoon delight
Member
Goddamn their forty minutes of effort to port! Goddamn them to hell.
This is early stuff, man.
I'm helping out on a third-person game which is being developed in Unity, and is nearing completion. The animations are absolutely seamless and the game rarely has any hitches. The environments are also pretty large.
Screaming Meat
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This looks so good!