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Elite - it is coming back, MMO style
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BobFenner
Black Hole Runners
#41 - 2012-12-16 20:07:14 UTC
Anyone who loves space games - and I am assuming thats all of us Big smile - REALLY ought to make a pledge and get this game made. Braben is the Grandfather of space games and without him I really don't think EvE would be here.

So, spare a few dollars, rubles or pounds and lets get this game funded.
My missus thinks of EvE as 'the other woman'. :)
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#42 - 2012-12-16 20:11:26 UTC
BobFenner wrote:
Anyone who loves space games - and I am assuming thats all of us Big smile - REALLY ought to make a pledge and get this game made. Braben is the Grandfather of space games and without him I really don't think EvE would be here.


I think CCP have said it was their primary influence.

So many space games coming out now i can't possibly fund them all. But i'm looking forward to seeing what all the competition brings out. The era of the medieval fantasy WoW clones is thankfully over.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
BobFenner
Black Hole Runners
#43 - 2012-12-16 20:36:53 UTC
Tell me about it,

I have pledged to Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen and Limit Theory.

Guess I am a sucker for space games. Roll

My missus thinks of EvE as 'the other woman'. :)
Zalifer Esepula
State War Academy
Caldari State
#44 - 2012-12-18 19:38:21 UTC
Looks like space sims are coming back!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

Support it! Over half way done!
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#45 - 2012-12-19 10:03:50 UTC
Zalifer Esepula wrote:
Looks like space sims are coming back!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

Support it! Over half way done!


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-17-layoffs-at-elite-dangerous-developer-frontier

Needless to say, I am not sure if I want to support the kickstarter when people are being laid off.

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.
Elite Dangerous
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#46 - 2012-12-19 20:42:53 UTC
Pledge what you can on Kickstarter, Eve would not have been made without the original Elite. Here’s a taster of Elite Dangerous which absolutely *must* be made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHM6wu1WY4&feature=youtu.be

Kickstarter page can be found here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous.

£815000 pledged so far, come and be part if it Cool
Elite Dangerous
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#47 - 2012-12-21 10:10:02 UTC
Elite Dangerous: £843000 now pledged and 14 days of the Kickstarter campaign left.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
BobFenner
Black Hole Runners
#48 - 2012-12-24 14:33:38 UTC
Bump for a game that must be made....
My missus thinks of EvE as 'the other woman'. :)
Gothikia
Le Goobers
#49 - 2012-12-24 22:25:00 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:
Tempted to lay £5k on this, just to meet David.



Then you'd be wasting your money, I met him a few years back. Was left rather unimpressed with his arrogance, not to mention his complete ignorance of what it would take to make this a reality the way he wants it to be.

Sorry but 850 grand just isn't going to cut it for this kind of project and neither is 1 and a quarter mil.

Merry Christmas?

<3 Gothie
Etherealclams
#50 - 2012-12-25 05:19:41 UTC
Enraged Stoat wrote:

Take a ship and 5000 credits to make money legally or illegally - trade, bounty-hunt, pirate, assassinate your way across the galaxy.


I fixed it for you. I do believe I play a game like this already.

http://aclamthatrants.blogspot.com/ Read up on my adventures.
Elite Dangerous
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#51 - 2012-12-27 17:12:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Elite Dangerous
Just under £1m pledged to date (i.e. 80% of the goal).

Pledge just £20 to reserve a digital copy of the game.

Pledge just £80 to receive all future expansions free of charge.

Only 8 days left on the Kickstarter campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
Elite Dangerous
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#52 - 2012-12-28 09:31:45 UTC
7 days left to pledge, over £1m pledged so far: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

New pledge levels added recently at lower tiers.

Stretch goal of Mac version of game added recently too.
Thomas Gore
Blackfyre Enterprise
#53 - 2012-12-28 12:21:32 UTC
I really, really hope E:D and SC will be great games that will seriously threaten to take big chunks of EVEs playerbase.

It's the only way CCP will get off their butts and actually add something to EVE for a change.
leoplusma
Delfus Inc.
#54 - 2012-12-28 19:39:59 UTC
come on!
7 days to go, still 220k missing
Gavin Nordoff
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#55 - 2012-12-29 02:41:21 UTC
In for £100.
Elite Dangerous
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#56 - 2012-12-29 10:01:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Elite Dangerous
6 days to go and about £200K still needed for the main goal.

Elite will be very different to Eve:

Eve only has about 5000 star systems and is multiplayer only.

Elite will have BILLIONS of star systems (via procedural generation) and players can alternate between the following modes:
  • Single player
  • Multiplayer locked to just people you choose
  • Multiplayer open to all players

    • Pledge via Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
    Plenty of £20 pledge slots available, which gets you a digital copy of the game on release.
    Elite Dangerous
    Hedion University
    Amarr Empire
    #57 - 2012-12-30 16:44:12 UTC
    5 days and £159K to go...
    Elite Dangerous
    Hedion University
    Amarr Empire
    #58 - 2012-12-31 09:02:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Elite Dangerous
    Almost 90% funded now and only 4 days left to get a cheap copy of the game (will cost more than £20 retail).

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

    AMA with David Braben can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/i_am_david_braben_cocreator_of_elite_creator_of/
    Reiisha
    #59 - 2012-12-31 09:54:34 UTC
    Pledged 20 quid on this myself. Wonder if it'll make the deadline.

    On a related tangent, there's a 'sort of' freeware procedural generation thing being developed, though there's no game attached: en.spaceengine.org . It can generate a couple billion galaxies, each containing 100+ billion stars and almost every star having planets, moons and asteroids with surfaces you can approach... The todo list for that thing is pretty ambitious but exploring it as it is is pretty enjoyable aswell. I wonder if Elite can improve on this.

    If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
    Thomas Gore
    Blackfyre Enterprise
    #60 - 2012-12-31 12:48:51 UTC
    Elite Dangerous wrote:
    Elite will have BILLIONS of star systems (via procedural generation) and players can alternate between the following modes:
  • Single player
  • Multiplayer locked to just people you choose
  • Multiplayer open to all players


    • Billions of star systems, most with no function whatsoever.

    Are you able to use the same character and jump between multiplayer and single player? If yes, that's bad game design.