Elerond Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I'm a bit surprised they announced the (one) final stretch goal (to rule them all) so early on when they could have easily done some smaller bait goals to try to get more money Those bait goals can often become burden during actual realization of project and in some cases can become cost more money than they bring, as many kickstarter projects have realized. So it can be much better for project and people running the project get bit less money than promise something that seem small but at end will make project much more complex and harder to realize. Same thing goes for the reward tiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyd Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 If they end up getting significantly more than $1million, I'm guessing they'll probably just decide to continue to add more missions and play time hours to the mini-campaign. Perhaps it will end up being more like a full fledged expansion, as it looks like they could end up with around $1.5 million (depending on the likely final day push is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkon Swiftblade Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Why did they get 35 days to run their funding? I always see 30 days for kickstarters with bigger and even much smaller budgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I've seen campaigns that run for 40 days. I am guessing that they have the option to decide the amount of days the campaign will run. I'd guess 45-50 days is the maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 60 days is the maximum as per their FAQ. They've reduced it a few times over the years, used to be quite a bit longer. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noviere Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The re-vamped Matrix goal has been reached :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hitting 1M seems very likely. Nice. My guess; the mini-expansion will get more content/companions & turn into 10h expansion at 1.2M or thereabouts... ... if the 1M is reached before the final rush. But that might not be the case, winding down. I'll probably up to $35 from $25 at some point. When I'm feeling gullible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyd Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Little over $130K to raise in 9 days. Things have slowed down, but there should be a pretty big boost in the last couple of days when reminder emails go out and people who are planning to upgrade their pledges do so. Also, RPGCodex has their own community fundraiser going for the Kickstarter... They've already raised over $3K and are keeping it going until the 14th. From what I understand, the admins will pledge once they have their final tally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Is there a PayPal option available yet? "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 There won't be a paypal option Are you going to have a Paypal option? Unfortunately, no. Paypal makes the customer service end of things super-difficult and we do not have the staff to support it. We really appreciate that you want to support the Kickstarter, though, and hope that you'll help us by spreading the word. Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Well, then they get my money not before it appears on GoG or Steam. Too lazy to recharge my credit card. Edited February 8, 2015 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hitting 1M seems very likely. Nice. My guess; the mini-expansion will get more content/companions & turn into 10h expansion at 1.2M or thereabouts... ... if the 1M is reached before the final rush. But that might not be the case, winding down. I'll probably up to $35 from $25 at some point. When I'm feeling gullible. Going a bit better than I , being a pessimist, assumed. At the current rate, they'll hit 1M even without the surge of the last days. Which means there'll probably be that a one more (reachable) goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyd Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hitting 1M seems very likely. Nice. My guess; the mini-expansion will get more content/companions & turn into 10h expansion at 1.2M or thereabouts... ... if the 1M is reached before the final rush. But that might not be the case, winding down. I'll probably up to $35 from $25 at some point. When I'm feeling gullible. Going a bit better than I , being a pessimist, assumed. At the current rate, they'll hit 1M even without the surge of the last days. Which means there'll probably be that a one more (reachable) goal. I think they'll end up around $1.2 million.. maybe even a bit more. But I'm not sure they'll announce anymore specific stretch goals. It seems HBS is being pretty careful not to over-promise and commit to oft requested features that could be very time consuming expensive (e.g., Astral Space, Co-op, etc.) That's the smart thing to do though and I applaud them for being honest. They seem set on getting the game released by the end of the year. Therefore I'm guessing they'll use any funds above $1 million to make the "mini-campaign" bigger. Perhaps if they get $1.5 million they'll turn it into more of full fledged expansion pack. I'd be very happy with that. All the missions in Dragonfall were great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Maybe get them confident enough to open voting on the next city! :D L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyd Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Well, they may just use the poll from the first Kickstarter campaign (which is how they arrived at Hong Kong). I believe the next choice was "More Seattle", followed closely by London and Chicago. Or they may just decide on their own (I know they've said in interviews they'd love to do a campaign in a more wilderness environment like Australia or perhaps Aztlan. My dream stretch goal would actually be for them to make a "Dead Man's Switch- Director's Cut" in the SR:HK editor. DMS with full fledged companions, new missions, narrative choices, and all the improvements that are in DF:DC and will be added to HK would make for an amazing game... But probably be really expensive... And with two days left, there probably isn't enough time to get enough funding for something like that... On the other hand, a new SR campaign in a different locale next year would be even better. Edited February 15, 2015 by daveyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupidSeep Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 1 Million Nuyen for SR: HK! (I must resist doling out for the bag/figurine ... ARGH!) ... and it took me a week of nothing but eating, gaming and sleeping to complete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I didn't make a personal pledge due to no PayPal option. Glad that rpgcodex had their fundraiser so I could use that option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Now if only we could get a campaign in Tenochtitlan... 2 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 https://shadowrun-hong-kong.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders# Is up if anyone missed the Kickstarter or wants to buy more copies Dunno if it takes paypal or not Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Looks like credit card only. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It releases this Thursday! 3 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Can't wait to play this. Been excited for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckdevil Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Have been binge playing. Started with dead man switch and now I feel like I'm closing in on the end of dragonfall. Hong Kong was a prepurchase for me and hoping to wrap it up and start it when Thursday. I really loved both games, dead mans switch felt like a nice one shot campaign and really dogged the whole feeling that all that badass epic stuff is just a regular day for someone else. I felt like I was a big shot and then the game sucker punched me and knot her me off my mountain top and showed me there's whole other levels at play way above my current position. Dragonfall I'm loving because they just did everything better. The team was a nice touched. Whelp back to playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I *just* bought the first Shadowrun game from this company, Shadowrun Returns. I'll probably regret this since the time I have to play computer games will dry up soon, but i have my hopes. I've played the first ten minutes or so and I like it so far. If I do, I'll but the newest game on Wednesday evening. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosveen Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I *just* bought the first Shadowrun game from this company, Shadowrun Returns. I'll probably regret this since the time I have to play computer games will dry up soon, but i have my hopes. I've played the first ten minutes or so and I like it so far. If I do, I'll but the newest game on Wednesday evening.Returns is very linear. If you have time for only one game, you should have bought Dragonfall, which improved on Returns in practically every way. But hey, that only means the jump to Hong Kong will be that much more satisfying to you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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