Funding για τη δημιουργία του Wasteland 2!

[Iaspis]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2

 

[billy]

Ωραία νέα Iaspis !!

Αααααχχχ, Wasteland...

Ηθελα τόσο πολύ να παίξω αυτό το παιχνίδι απο τον καιρό που είχα διαβάσει το review στο Sprite, αλλά δυστυχώς κυκλοφόρησε μόνο σε "best seller" μηχανήματα της αμερικάνικης αγοράς (Apple II & C64 στα 8 bit, και PC στα 16/32 bit).

Ούτε κουβέντα για μηχανήματα όπως ο Amstrad, ενώ και η Αmiga έμεινε "απ' έξω".

Το δυσάρεστο σε τέτοιες περιπτώσεις είναι πως τα παιχνίδια αυτά χρειάζονται χρόνο για να τα προχωρήσεις, οπότε αν και είναι εύκολο να τα δείς να τρέχουν σε κάποιο φίλο με το ανάλογο μηχάνημα, σπάνια θα έχεις την ευκαιρία να "εμβαθύνεις" - ειδικά αν ο φίλος σου δεν "πορώνεται" με τέτοιου είδους games !!

Tέλος πάντων, το παιχνίδι το αγόρασα τελικά όταν πήρα "τιμής ένεκεν" το πακέτο Ultimate RPG Archives για το pc μου, το '98.

Το project είναι σίγουρα πολύ ενθαρρυντικό, αλλά και φιλόδοξο. Το Fountain of Dreams της ΕΑ δεν είχε "πιάσει", αλλά εφόσον τώρα θα δουλέψει το αρχικό team, βαδίζουμε σε καλύτερα μονοπάτια.

Στην προκειμένη περίπτωση λοιπόν, οι δημιουργοί δηλώνουν πως θα πράξουν ως εξής:

Weʼre going back to the original and building from there. No first person shooter, weʼre going top down so you get a tactical feel for the situation. And weʼre not ditching the party play to turn it into some hack-and-slash bloodfest. Itʼs turn based, tactical, with a storyline that will be deeper and broader.

Weʼre determined to keep the gritty, grim and satirical writing. Weʼre going to pitch those moral dilemmas at you. Youʼre going to be faced with the consequences of your actions.

Μετά απο τα παραπάνω (και ειδικά με την μέθοδο της "δημόσιας" χρηματοδότησης), το παιχνίδι αναμένεται να βρεί την ανάλογη ανταπόκριση απο την μερίδα των purists (οι οποίοι αποτελούν πλέον "niche" market), χωρίς τον "βραχνά" του μεγάλου publisher ο οποίος δεν τολμά να ρισκάρει την κυκλοφορία ενός παιχνιδιού που δεν αναμένεται να πουλήσει στις μάζες (επί μαζών) των mainstreamάδων που επιμένουν να ασχολούνται μόνο με FPS (τα οποία έχουν αρχίσει να καταντούν τόσο κοινότυπα, που προσωπικά μου προκαλούν εμετό).

Αnyhow, ας παρακολουθούμε τις εξελίξεις, και ας ελπίσουμε για το καλύτερο !!

 

[Iaspis]

Συμφωνώ με όλα όσα είπες Billy! Τα καλά νέα: με $730.000 ήδη στο σακί και 33 μέρες να απομένουν, την έχουμε σίγουρη την κυκλοφορία του! Το ρετρο-sequel της χρονιάς;

 

[billy]

Το ρετρο-sequel της χρονιάς;

Aμήν !!

 

[Captain Kal]

Πρόσφερα πάντως τον οβολό μου, για το Wasteland 2.

 

[Iaspis]

Όπως φαίνεται, το kickstarter fund project είχε απόλυτη επιτυχία, από τις πρώτες μέρες κιόλας:

Sorry we are late. We honestly thought we had another week to write this update…
YOU DID IT! We are funded and Wasteland 2 is a reality. A dream that began more than 20 years ago has actually come true. After years of attempting to get Wasteland 2 kicked off and countless pitch meetings to every major publisher out there, we had almost given up. Even six months ago we didnʼt see any way that Wasteland 2 was ever going to happen. Then the world suddenly changed.

This is a paradigm shift that is way bigger than Wasteland 2. This is the beginning of a new era in gaming where the developer gets to work directly with the fans to build the type of product that the fans want. No focus groups, no pitches to the marketing team, no trying to get an executive committee to group-think their way to a project green-light. Now we just have a developer with a creative idea that resonates and a group of dedicated fans who are willing to lay down their money to buy it.

We knew we were taking a risk by asking for the most money anyone had ever asked for on Kickstarter, but we did it because every time we have interacted with the gaming community for the last decade they have asked about getting this sequel done. Even while we have been on press tours for other products, doing press interviews and presentations all over the planet, it always comes up. When are we getting Wasteland? Well, I finally have an answer for everyone. You all get a Wasteland Sequel in October of next year! Not only did we meet the highest funding goal ever on Kickstarter, we did it in 2 days! I know… we canʼt believe it either.

So thank you all for making this happen, and please donʼt stop spreading the word. If the entire community continues to help spread this through social media, there is no telling how much money we can raise. Every time you get someone else to participate, you are working to make the game bigger and better. We will be making some announcements very soon about what we will be adding to the development if we hit even higher levels.

Right now we want to be clear on a few things people are asking about:

Through the support of our amazing fan community we will be localizing the game into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Polish. For anyone in those territories that want to help with this, please look for information on our Forums.

At the $1.5 Million level we will be adding a Linux version along with the Mac OS X version. We know that the Linux community is a very dedicated and internet-active group, so we hope their support will help us make that goal.

For those of you in Europe who want to support us but don't have a credit card, please check out our FAQ for some help.

Check out the Wasteland 2 Facebook page for Wasteland updates and links to a lot of the great press we have been getting in the last few days. There are some really neat articles to read.

Thanks again,

Your friends at inXile

 

[billy]

When are we getting Wasteland? Well, I finally have an answer for everyone. You all get a Wasteland Sequel in October of next year!

Wow.

Ηδη με τρώει η ανυπομονησία !!