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Distance = Wipeout + San Francisco Rush + Tron. ...and CliffyB (KICKSTART IT PLS)

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Shaneus

Member
superbank said:
I played Nitronic Rush for the first time just now for an hour. It's pretty fun. The freedom of movement is nice. I breezed through the story mode, I want to say it's too easy but I haven't played the hardcore levels or community levels. It reminds me of a dreamcast game I played once at a friends house. I forgot what it was called but what I played was like NRs stunt mode, can't remember if the cars had wings.
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I'm guessing the game you're thinking of is San Francisco Rush 2049 (maybe?), the arcade developer of which was one of the guys making a statement in the KS video (the guy before Cliff B).

Or it could've been the DC release of pod, I think that was a thing.

Edit: So they're just shy of $100,000 now. I do hope they make it. As much as I thought the guy in the glasses was annoying in the video, that was only for the first few seconds before I realised that they're all really young guys and saw what they'd accomplished with Nitronic Rush.
 
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Noisepurge

Member
the first game i thought of was DethKarz :D

dethkarz_2.jpg


it's prettymuch a Wipeout clone but just on wheels. Don't let the silly name prevent you from trying it out! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3zWhWvw6Q
 
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superbank

The definition of front-butt.
Shaneus said:
I'm guessing the game you're thinking of is San Francisco Rush 2049 (maybe?), the arcade developer of which was one of the guys making a statement in the KS video (the guy before Cliff B).

Or it could've been the DC release of pod, I think that was a thing
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I think it was Rush 2049.

So it just passed $106,000. Now they just need less than $5000 a day for 4 days to meet their goal of $125,000, and pledges for today aren't even done yet. Seems doable. I should check out the kickstarter thread and see if there's any more interesting projects to follow. It's kinda fun.
 
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epmode

Member
Shaneus said:
You look meh at best.
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Confirmed.

I'm glad that this is going to make it! Now Nintendo has to make a non-Nintendoland F-Zero. It's in our contract.

Next stop is that Quest For Glory successor! ..which may be awful. But the creators are so excited about it that I just want to see what they'll do!
 
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KevinCow

Banned
About $2600 left, with 70 hours to go.

It would be a damn shame if it didn't make it at this point. I just bumped my pledge up to $25 for the soundtrack edition.
 
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superbank

The definition of front-butt.
They'll make it. Even if that $10,000 donation was fake (probably not but someone was worried about it in this thread) they'll still make. The past 2 days went over $10,000 each. It's interesting if you look at the kicktraq, something happened on Sunday that boosted sales from then on.
 
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superbank

The definition of front-butt.
JDSN said:
Im gonna asume that this thread is the reason why this game is gonna reach its goal.
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Nah, this thread is moving at snails pace and half the posters think the sense of speed isn't there. My guess is the $10,000 donation brought attention to the projects lack of support.

edit: Also on Monday they put out an update for Nitronic Rush that takes you to a Distance ad, so that probably helps.
 
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epmode

Member
JDSN said:
Im gonna asume that this thread is the reason why this game is gonna reach its goal.
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Obviously. CliffyB helped too.

ari said:
This kickstarting shit is getting out of hand.
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For serious. Publishers were already drowning us in futuristic racers but I guess these money-grubbing fools really wanted a piece of the pie. It's too bad that so many people are tricked by such a transparent ploy!
 
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Atomski

Member
ari said:
This kickstarting shit is getting out of hand.
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If by out of hand you mean awesome... sure.

Anyways almost there, I just booted up the original game and am really looking forward to this now :).

JDSN said:
Im gonna asume that this thread is the reason why this game is gonna reach its goal.
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rockpapershotgun.com posted about it which I am sure gave them a good boost.

Edit:

Its funded :)
 
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vazel

Banned
I'm happy to see this game is going to meet its goal. Regretfully I had to retract my pledge because I just couldn't resist putting more money into Star Citizen.
ari said:
This kickstarting shit is getting out of hand.
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You're just jealous PC gamers are getting a whole lotta good games now. Kickstarter is the best thing that has happened to PC gaming since Steam.
 
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Shaneus

Member
Happy. I was watching the progress of this this late afternoon, and it was only a few hundo short when I last saw it.

They're young guys, but look incredibly talented and enthusiastic. This makes me feel good.
 
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RionaaM

Unconfirmed Member
I'm so glad they made it. Now the hard part will be waiting a whole year to play it. Maybe if the game gets Greenlighted they'll hand out Steam keys to every $15+ backer?
 
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subversus

I've done nothing with my life except eat and fap
RANDOM TRACK GENERATION AS A STRETCH GOAL

up your pledges people!! only 6 hours left.
 
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epmode

Member
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal 4 minutes ago.
$161,981
pledged of $125,000 goal


You saved futuristic racers, GAF. Good work.
 
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TheExecutive

Member
Love the music and graphics but hate the car models... Why not have them more futuristic like wipeout? The aesthetics lend themselves to that.
 
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Vilam

Maxis Redwood
Ah damn, I wish I'd seen this thread earlier. This is exactly the type of project I'd love to back.

Edit: Decided to back it via Paypal since I missed the Kickstarter. I have to say though, looking at it reminds me way more of PoD than Wipeout... and that only makes me even more interested.

...and reading the rest of the thread I see I'm not the only one nostalgic for PoD. Loved that f'ing game, my favorite racing game of all time. Such incredible tracks and atmosphere, even today.
 
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