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Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter by Uber Entertainment [Ended, $2.33M funded]
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mysteriousmage09
Member
Kickstarter is fucking awesome. That is all.
Kickstarter is like an on-going E3 conference targeting the sensibilities of older gamers.
makingmusic476
Member
Awesome. I kicked in $40. Loved Supreme Commander and I can't wait for this to come out.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Hello again Backers!
The fulfillment site is making good progress, and the first test mails have gone out to make sure that everything is working smoothly. Over the coming weeks, everyone will start to get their emails to go to the website. This site will facilitate fulfillment of keys and physical goods over the duration of the project.
There will be a chance to add additional keys when you go through the fulfillment website, and for people in the physical goods level of backing, additional t-shirts and USB key-fobs. Until that time, you can still go to www.planetaryannihilation.com and add to your backer level if there were other rewards you want that you didnt get initially. Shortly after the fulfillment site goes live, those PayPal backing tiers will no longer be available, so dont wait!
Why a fulfillment site? Glad you asked, and here are the main reasons:
We have two additional updates to provide about the game and backing as well! First off, Jon and Steve talked about the progress of the game during the Super Monday Night Combat live stream, and you can watch that here if you missed it the first time: http://www.twitch.tv/uberchannel/b/334446805
Finally, were pleased to announce that well be working with Reaper Miniatures to create the commander miniatures that are part of the $100 backer level and up (excluding the digital only levels)! We are incredibly excited to be working with such a talented and passionate crew as Reaper, and look forward to sharing the progress on the minis in the coming months as we get real life (miniature) commanders! This backer level is still available for a little while longer through PayPal at www.planetaryannihilation.com, but when its gone, its gone. These miniatures are exclusive to the Kickstarter/PayPal backers.
Some ways to stay connected, in addition to these updates:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetaryannihilation
The forums: http://forums.uberent.com/forums
Thanks again for all your support. Its hard to express in words how excited we are about building this game that you all have made possible.
Stay tuned, more coming soon!
The fulfillment site is making good progress, and the first test mails have gone out to make sure that everything is working smoothly. Over the coming weeks, everyone will start to get their emails to go to the website. This site will facilitate fulfillment of keys and physical goods over the duration of the project.
There will be a chance to add additional keys when you go through the fulfillment website, and for people in the physical goods level of backing, additional t-shirts and USB key-fobs. Until that time, you can still go to www.planetaryannihilation.com and add to your backer level if there were other rewards you want that you didnt get initially. Shortly after the fulfillment site goes live, those PayPal backing tiers will no longer be available, so dont wait!
Why a fulfillment site? Glad you asked, and here are the main reasons:
- Kickstarter and PayPal: A Kickstarter survey wont allow us to get all the important information from the PayPal backers. And there are a lot of PayPal backers in the mix!
- A year is a long time! What if your address changes before the game is about to launch and final backer rewards are about to ship? A fulfillment site means, before were about to ship anything, we can send out a mail to everyone to make sure your shipping information is up to date, and that the cool items youre waiting for dont get sent to Kalamazoo. Unless you live in Kalamazoo, of course.
- Linked to your UberNet account. So even if your email address changes, youre still able to update your information.
We have two additional updates to provide about the game and backing as well! First off, Jon and Steve talked about the progress of the game during the Super Monday Night Combat live stream, and you can watch that here if you missed it the first time: http://www.twitch.tv/uberchannel/b/334446805
Finally, were pleased to announce that well be working with Reaper Miniatures to create the commander miniatures that are part of the $100 backer level and up (excluding the digital only levels)! We are incredibly excited to be working with such a talented and passionate crew as Reaper, and look forward to sharing the progress on the minis in the coming months as we get real life (miniature) commanders! This backer level is still available for a little while longer through PayPal at www.planetaryannihilation.com, but when its gone, its gone. These miniatures are exclusive to the Kickstarter/PayPal backers.
Some ways to stay connected, in addition to these updates:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetaryannihilation
The forums: http://forums.uberent.com/forums
Thanks again for all your support. Its hard to express in words how excited we are about building this game that you all have made possible.
Stay tuned, more coming soon!
Damn that looks nice.
doctorcdcs
Member
bumping this
http://store.steampowered.com/app/233250/
it's now up for early access on steam and should unlock in a day and a half!
edit: alpha requires 64-bit OS
http://store.steampowered.com/app/233250/
it's now up for early access on steam and should unlock in a day and a half!
edit: alpha requires 64-bit OS
!!!
I've been terribly excited for this game ever since I first saw the kickstarter campaign. Unfortunately I've not had the money to spare for a preorder until recently. However, I noticed that it had early access forthcoming on Steam so I decided to place it on my wishlist and hold out. Well today's the day, only it's £67.99... Wow. After some digging I do appreciate why it priced the way it is, as one of the devs put it over on Uber Entertainment's forums:
IMO they shouldn't have used alpha and beta access as tiered pre-order incentives in the first place. Surely they could offer extra bonus content to the people that have put down more money to make up for exclusive early access and then deflate the ridiculous price on steam? They should hold a community vote, I can see many benefits from adapting the steam version to a more competitive price.
IMO they shouldn't have used alpha and beta access as tiered pre-order incentives in the first place. Surely they could offer extra bonus content to the people that have put down more money to make up for exclusive early access and then deflate the ridiculous price on steam? They should hold a community vote, I can see many benefits from adapting the steam version to a more competitive price.
Teknopathetic
Member
"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
Why are you not on a 64-bit OS already.
Why are you not on a 64-bit OS already.
That's for beta access, same as that level tier in the Kickstarter.
Holy crap the Steam community is just a bunch of spoiled assholes. The forums are overflowing with people who for some absolutely wacked out reasons thinks this is a "scam", "a grab for cash" and so forth.
I am just angry now. In the same shoes I would have perhaps been sad that the entry is so expensive but at least the reasoning is clear and the price will get lowered closer to the release.
I am just angry now. In the same shoes I would have perhaps been sad that the entry is so expensive but at least the reasoning is clear and the price will get lowered closer to the release.
Yeah, saw that.
The price is cool! Nothing wrong with it since they would slap their kickstarters in the face otherwise.
But I can't afford it now though.
Anyone have any impressions?
Looking at some of the first looks of the alpha and it looks amazing, especially for an alpha. Very SupCom1 with added planets and whatnot.
Judging from a gameplay video it is like TA - I saw a robot, vehicle and plane and advanced levels for the non-commander construction units
That's good, I really didn't like that they were changed in SupCom.
Also, the amount of outrage being generated by the Steam Early Access prices being set to match the Kickstarter prices is quite interesting.
It looks like a case of 'Entitled Gamers' that journalists seem to write about.
Yes. In SupCom you only have hover engineers. PA currently has tech 1 and 2 ground, air and naval engineers. There's even a engineer sub I believe. This game is absolutely incredible and it's not anywhere near done yet. Trust me when I say that this is the game you've been wanting if you are an RTS fan.
They should be adding the requirement for building me's on mineral fields this week. Right now you can build them anywhere.
I played a 2 v 2 v 2 v 2 v 2 over the weekend with shared economy and two commanders per team. It was ridiculously fun. If anyone has any questions about this game let me know. I'm really loving it so far.
so... I dropped 90$ into the Kickstarter, got the digital outfit rewards for doing so in Super Monday Night Combat, but never got an email to either an UberEnt page or direct link to where I can download Planetary Annihilation.
I was sure the KS entitled me to a download into Alpha and Beta as well as a couple retail copies. I receive the email updates about the project, but have not seen anything where I can get access to the beta - only links to places to purchase it.
Anyone have info for backers?
EDIT:
Their site is a clusterfuck. Had to google uberent login to just login in (no menu options on uberent.com) then googled uberent store. There there's a tab (once you're logged in) called My Keys. I see an Alpha key there, which I hope and assume is also the Beta access.
They could have fucking emailed me and the other backers with direct links to this garbage. This is probably the main reason no one is talking about this - they don't know how to fucking even get the download.
EDIT EDIT:
Yes, this download is also the Beta access. I guess I'll try this out once everything is downloaded.
TheQueen'sOwn
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Getting hammered on the planet I started on...
*bails out to another planet*
So good.
EDIT: I love watching the transport ship slingshot around the solar system to get to where it needs to go.
*bails out to another planet*
So good.
EDIT: I love watching the transport ship slingshot around the solar system to get to where it needs to go.