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Stonehearth Kickstarter by the Shoryuken.com founders [Complete; ~$800K funded]
- Thread starter Oichi
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I hadn't even heard of the game before it was mentioned in this thread.
SneakySneaks
Member
Looks like it will be a fun game. Backed for 30.
transience
Member
This looks rad. I had some Actraiser memories unburied by their trailer. I don't know why, but that's a good thing! Hope they make it.
commanderpepper
Member
This game looks incredible. The Cannons really are doing something great.
I would love to back this, but after that parent+daughter RPG stuff with KickStarter, I vowed to not use it anymore.
...aka, please open up a place to do PayPal backing.
Sad to hear that. But should that really stop you from backing what you think will be a good game? I dont get it.
Passive Assassin
Member
Not sure if real pond3r
I would love to back this, but after that parent+daughter RPG stuff with KickStarter, I vowed to not use it anymore.
...aka, please open up a place to do PayPal backing.
Why would you let something like that stop you...
Anyways this is the first time the dev messaged me after I backed something and asked me for some of my opinion. Just thought I'd put it down as a nice note.
Because I no longer agree with the way KickStarter runs their service. No qualms with putting my money where my heart is though: I will donate immediately once an alternative route is available. Tends to happen to a lot of these anyway!
This is one of the kickstarter where you just watch 1min of the video and already know they will reach the goal without any problem.
And the modding tools are extremly cool too. I bet the community will create hundreds of cool new looking stuff with it
Hope they will add the option to walk in first person through your own town ^^
And the modding tools are extremly cool too. I bet the community will create hundreds of cool new looking stuff with it
Hope they will add the option to walk in first person through your own town ^^
Get down on that pledge button.
There's also Castle Story.
It's important to note that there is no co-op guaranteed yet. That's one of their stretch goals.
I know but it seems this one takes it a bit further with the RTS elements. Hopefully both turn out great.
I betcha anything they reach that stretch goal (even though we don't know the amount yet). It already looks like this game is going to raise a ton of money.
Thinking about upping my pledge to $30. Early access to the beta would be awesome.
yeahe, just one video from TotalBiscuit or AngryJoe and they would get alot of new suporters
Someone should message the Devs behind the game about this ^^
ShinobiFist
Banned
First Kickstarter I'm going to back up.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
looks cool im down for it
br0ken_shad0w
Member
A more aesthetically pleasing Dwarf Fortress? Day 1 for me.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Looks pretty good. I'm backing like, 3 games at the moment, but this deserves keeping an eye on.
Huw_Dawson
Member
I was going to make a joke about how this will be the first ever non-fighting game to get to Evo, and then I remembered that Smash will be there this year.
Nice, 25% funded already!
Last night I showed my son the video and he spent the next hour talking non-stop about the modules he wanted to make.
Game Informer just put up an article about it, though it's largely the same information from the Kickstarter page.
And here's an article at IndieGames that has some nice information from Tom and Tony:
Last night I showed my son the video and he spent the next hour talking non-stop about the modules he wanted to make.
Game Informer just put up an article about it, though it's largely the same information from the Kickstarter page.
And here's an article at IndieGames that has some nice information from Tom and Tony:
Its the real guy lol.
I asked the devs some quesions on reddit, here are the answers
Will you add a paypal option after you reached the first goal?
Yup
Looks like its already a little playable. Already thought about contacting people like TotalBiscuit or AngryJoe for a LetsPlay? That should create massive amount of advertising, like it was for the Divinity Kickstarter.
It's playable...but there's not a lot to do just yet...pretty much just chopping, hauling, and building.
Modding tools looking strong. Are they that strong that the community could even create a sci-fi Version of the Game? You know with Flying Cars, Future Houses, Roboter Workers etc. (Just an example to see what are the limits)
So here's our approach to modding: We build the whole fricken game as if we were modders. All the major game features like building, farming, the classes, AIs, etc are built and ship as "mods" that we just happened to write. So modding will be VERY powerful. It would be a huge effort to do a total conversion to sci-fi or whatever, but it will be possible.
DRM Free? Steam? Would love a Steam version with Steam Workshop integration
We will require some form of one-time authentication, like through email. Not sure if you consider that DRM...I don't but other people are more sensitive. As for Stream, I'm putting together our Greenlight page soon. Wow, Workshop integration would be a dream, wouldn't it?
The modding stuff sounds super awesome
edit: greenlight page online
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=142375476 VOTE NOW!
Will you add a paypal option after you reached the first goal?
Yup
Looks like its already a little playable. Already thought about contacting people like TotalBiscuit or AngryJoe for a LetsPlay? That should create massive amount of advertising, like it was for the Divinity Kickstarter.
It's playable...but there's not a lot to do just yet...pretty much just chopping, hauling, and building.
Modding tools looking strong. Are they that strong that the community could even create a sci-fi Version of the Game? You know with Flying Cars, Future Houses, Roboter Workers etc.
(Just an example to see what are the limits)So here's our approach to modding: We build the whole fricken game as if we were modders. All the major game features like building, farming, the classes, AIs, etc are built and ship as "mods" that we just happened to write. So modding will be VERY powerful. It would be a huge effort to do a total conversion to sci-fi or whatever, but it will be possible.
DRM Free? Steam? Would love a Steam version with Steam Workshop integration
We will require some form of one-time authentication, like through email. Not sure if you consider that DRM...I don't but other people are more sensitive. As for Stream, I'm putting together our Greenlight page soon. Wow, Workshop integration would be a dream, wouldn't it?
The modding stuff sounds super awesome
edit: greenlight page online
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=142375476 VOTE NOW!
Black Door
Banned
I would love to back this, but after that parent+daughter RPG stuff with KickStarter, I vowed to not use it anymore.
...aka, please open up a place to do PayPal backing.
All charities/moneymaking ventures are capable of being gamed by hucksters, so that's not a good excuse to punish other people seeking financial support
be prepared, a storm is coming.
Just posted on /r/gaming again (better timed) - vote it up! Lots of people there downvote competing submissions regardless of content.
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1dffm1/stonehearth_kickstarter_sandboxrtsrpg_with_town/
It did well on /r/indiegaming (link) but that isn't one of the default subreddits so it could never hit front page. This one has better potential.
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1dffm1/stonehearth_kickstarter_sandboxrtsrpg_with_town/
It did well on /r/indiegaming (link) but that isn't one of the default subreddits so it could never hit front page. This one has better potential.
commanderpepper
Member
I voted for the game on Steam Greenlight.
Same.
I am becoming unreasonably excited at the potential for this game. Like how much fun it will be to design a murderous Tomb of Horrors style module and send my little guys to their doom.
Schobeleth
Member
This game really looks awesome, I just can't get over how much I want a game like this. I'll be funding it when I have some spare cash.
Lol, seems like they really don't like kickstarters in that subreddit. The rules say posting new kickstarters is ok, but people are still putting it down. It's plowing along but it's pretty much equal up/down votes.
Late edit: Woo, +7. Go little thread go
2 hours after: Hmm, getting there, +18 and at #74 in gaming.
Late edit: Woo, +7. Go little thread go
2 hours after: Hmm, getting there, +18 and at #74 in gaming.
commanderpepper
Member
The devs have a Youtube page where they post videos of the game. http://www.youtube.com/user/RadEntVideos
Another new article, longest yet - this one from Kotaku. More from Tom and Tony plus a huge shout out from Seth Killian for people unfamiliar with their accomplishments.
I learned that we were fellow 800XL owners. (Though I never got past messing around with BASIC and trying to put in the sample programs from Electronic Games.
I learned that we were fellow 800XL owners.
(Though I never got past messing around with BASIC and trying to put in the sample programs from Electronic Games.