Kickstarter After Party

[SaintMac]

WOW! Are you as tired as I am? What a fantastic time I had watching all of us pledge (and ponder our pledge), chat up a storm, and cheer on something we wanted to grow. I'm thrilled to have been a part of it and would love to hear from each of you, what pledge you went with and what swag really caught your eye, fun moments, what you're looking forward to,etc.

As for me, I was able to go with the 1K mark only after some SERIOUS thought on why I would do it and IF I could afford it. The thought of having a chance to Alpha test it was just too much to avoid. BUT! I didn't start at that level. There was so many things that moved me from open pledge to final. Seeing all the cool offers at the first level up, no matter what you pledged, there was something for everyone.

Having said all that, this also gave me a chance to meet new friends and ones I hope to meet over and over again!

Now for a bit of sleep and hoping I don't dream of Goblinworks Plushies.

Bless and Keep!
St. Mac
Host of The Bloodied Bard Podcast.

[MoonTech]

Aha found the after party. Thx St. Mac

[Killdrath]

I wish I had the 1k available. Really looking forward to this.

[Breezly]

SaintMac wrote:

WOW! Are you as tired as I am? What a fantastic time I had watching all of us pledge (and ponder our pledge), chat up a storm, and cheer on something we wanted to grow.

As for me, I was able to go with the 1K mark only after some SERIOUS thought on why I would do it and IF I could afford it.
St. Mac
Host of The Bloodied Bard Podcast.

Well done Saint Mac! I kicked myself up to $500 because I felt strongly about the potential that may come from this! I look forward to what may come from Goblinworks and only have positive intentions about the future!

Enjoy the Alpha and make sure it does us proud!

Regards,

Bart

[Flutoman]

I went w/ the $250...$500 was calling out to me but I opted to hang at $250. Just constantly refreshing and watching the ticker increase was awesome. I can't wait to see what gets developed!

[SaintMac]

MoonTech wrote:

Aha found the after party. Thx St. Mac

LOL Welcome! I wanted a spot where I could keep in touch with everyone...hope this will help. ;)

[Darren Ehlers]

Man I could only do $100. But I had a great time. I want to see the cool stuff you guys get when it comes.

[SaintMac]

Killdrath wrote:

I wish I had the 1k available. Really looking forward to this.

Hey Killdrath! It will take me a year to pay off. I'm looking forward to it as well. We will have a ton of fun coming our way!

PS> I'm a really crappy online gamer so watch my back eh?! ;)

[Justin Tanner]

I decided that donating $500 is too mainstream. So i went with $501. Just because I could, lol. Wonder if i could give them $500 later and get into the Aplha still, hmmm.

[Darren Ehlers]

I have to have money to take the kids to the fair and for some reason the zoo and other kids memberships all come due at the end of June. I am totally serious about getting paizo to make some goblin dice. I am all about goblins right now. Except I watched the movie legend last night, so no lame goblins like that movie.

[SaintMac]

Quote:

Well done Saint Mac! I kicked myself up to $500 because I felt strongly about the potential that may come from this! I look forward to what may come from Goblinworks and only have positive intentions about the future!

Enjoy the Alpha and make sure it does us proud!

Regards,

Bart

Wow! Thanks Bart! I'm with you, it was something that has legs and a future.

I'm faaarrrr from being a good online gamer, but hopefully being a programmer, a closet-case modder, and more importantly a fan of Pathfinder (and Kingmaker AP) I will bring something to the table.

Enjoy that leather bag and keep in touch!

[regomar]

Well, I could only do 50$, but I'm glad to support the game. Great that you guys can all afford to donate so much extra :)

[SaintMac]

Flutoman wrote:

I went w/ the $250...$500 was calling out to me but I opted to hang at $250. Just constantly refreshing and watching the ticker increase was awesome. I can't wait to see what gets developed!

I tell ya, just the thought of having a signed copy from such talented people was worth your pledge and some!

Wasn't that crazy? I was like a freakin crackbaby hitting refreash...all day (during last day) I was checking my phone at work.

Great times!

[Killdrath]

I plan to open and run a Corps of Engineers. Selling contracts to build buildings for others.

Gnat the Gnome shall rise again! (Ask Liz Courts who Gnat is, lol)

[The Goblin]

Sweet I am now the goblin

[SaintMac]

Justin Tanner wrote:

I decided that donating $500 is too mainstream. So i went with $501. Just because I could, lol. Wonder if i could give them $500 later and get into the Aplha still, hmmm.

LOL! 501..Because d*mn it, that's just how you role!

I wondered about that too. If I remember right, there were 20 out of 50 spots.

Never hurts to ask! Either way though, you have a rockin' bag coming your way right?!

[Flutoman]

SaintMac wrote:

Wasn't that crazy? I was like a freakin crackbaby hitting refreash...all day (during last day) I was checking my phone at work.

Great times!

Same here...was hanging out last night watching the $$$, then was on my phone all day checking the total...didn't get much done at work but had fun watching the money and support pour in.

[The Goblin]

The Goblin is Darren by the way

[Flutoman]

The Goblin wrote:

Sweet I am now the goblin

Huzzah! munching and crunching time!

[SaintMac]

Darren Ehlers wrote:

Man I could only do $100. But I had a great time. I want to see the cool stuff you guys get when it comes.

I'll take pictures. No but seriously, you get a signed freakin copy of the book and all those cool things. Dude, you are set!

[Flutoman]

the swag that was ponied up for this was/is amazing!

[MoonTech]

Flutoman wrote:

I went w/ the $250...$500 was calling out to me but I opted to hang at $250. Just constantly refreshing and watching the ticker increase was awesome. I can't wait to see what gets developed!

We were so addicted to checking up on the Kickstarter campaign we set it as the homepage on many of our machines, haha.

[Justin Tanner]

I wouldn't mind takin' pictures of the stuff too, going to be SWEET!

[SaintMac]

regomar wrote:

Well, I could only do 50$, but I'm glad to support the game. Great that you guys can all afford to donate so much extra :)

$50 pledge rocks!!! HELLLOOOOO Printed Thornkeep!

I'm rarely in this type of position, so this was my once in lifetime thing. Just happened that I had the funds (using a long term pay-off card scheme).

[MoonTech]

We should start a YouTube unboxing video thread

[The Goblin]

Dude my eyes hurt from staring at the iPhone tiny screen.

[SaintMac]

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We were so addicted to checking up on the Kickstarter campaign we set it as the homepage on many of our machines, haha.

LOL! I was too, I was giving my wife minute by minute updates! lol

[SaintMac]

The Goblin wrote:

Dude my eyes hurt from staring at the iPhone tiny screen.

EXACTLY! I had to take asprin lol

[Alastar]

I went with the $500 pledge myself. In the end I just had to have the messenger bag, tablet portfolio and granite plaque.

[The Goblin]

Oh man, I am seriously happy with what I will get for $100. Honestly for that price you get a ton of goodies and stuff. I am betting the book will be out around Christmas or so. Have you guys looked at the different writers pick lists to chose what they will write?

[The Goblin]

Is the tablet portfolio for an iPad?

[SaintMac]

MoonTech wrote:

We should start a YouTube unboxing video thread

LOL!!! This morning I was thinking "D*MN! THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME LIVE PODCAST!" Tell me when you do the YouTube thing, I may have to add my clip on my message boards for the podcast.

[Alastar]

Zippered Padfolio: This office organizer is made of textured Ultrahyde. Secure media panel holds an iPad and most other e-readers and tablets. Padfolio comes with 11" x 8.5" writing pad with 30 sheets of lined paper and velcro closure document holder. It has an organizational panel on the back of the media panel holder, perfect for pens or pencils. Padfolio dimensions: 13" x 10.5" x 15/16"

[SaintMac]

Alastar wrote:

I went with the $500 pledge myself. In the end I just had to have the messenger bag, tablet portfolio and granite plaque.

It was just to sweet wasn't it...when I bumped up to it, I was running around like it was freakin Christmas...lol

[Alastar]

SaintMac wrote:

Alastar wrote:

I went with the $500 pledge myself. In the end I just had to have the messenger bag, tablet portfolio and granite plaque.

It was just to sweet wasn't it...when I bumped up to it, I was running around like it was freakin Christmas...lol

Yea, i bumped mine with like 2 hours left after just recently bumping up to $250. I was like, i'm happy with 250 then was like, screw that, i want more.

[The Goblin]

Dang man I wasn't sure what that thing was. Sounds sweet. How long in reality does it take to make a game like this? A year and a half? Two years?

[SaintMac]

Alastar wrote:

Zippered Padfolio: This office organizer is made of textured Ultrahyde. Secure media panel holds an iPad and most other e-readers and tablets. Padfolio comes with 11" x 8.5" writing pad with 30 sheets of lined paper and velcro closure document holder. It has an organizational panel on the back of the media panel holder, perfect for pens or pencils. Padfolio dimensions: 13" x 10.5" x 15/16"

Holy Crap Alastar...you must rename your self "Johnie-on-the-freakin-spot" !

[MoonTech]

SaintMac wrote:

MoonTech wrote:

We should start a YouTube unboxing video thread

LOL!!! This morning I was thinking "D*MN! THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME LIVE PODCAST!" Tell me when you do the YouTube thing, I may have to add my clip on my message boards for the podcast.

Will do!

[Alastar]

The Goblin wrote:

Dang man I wasn't sure what that thing was. Sounds sweet. How long I reality does it take to make a game like this? A year and a half? Two years?

It really depends, if they are writing the engine from scratch, that will take the longest to create. If they are using someone else's engine to create the demo then not as long.

[Alastar]

SaintMac wrote:

Alastar wrote:

Zippered Padfolio: This office organizer is made of textured Ultrahyde. Secure media panel holds an iPad and most other e-readers and tablets. Padfolio comes with 11" x 8.5" writing pad with 30 sheets of lined paper and velcro closure document holder. It has an organizational panel on the back of the media panel holder, perfect for pens or pencils. Padfolio dimensions: 13" x 10.5" x 15/16"

Holy Crap Alastar...you must rename your self "Johnie-on-the-freakin-spot" !

I already had the kickstarter page pulled up looking up the $500 pledge info so it was a matter of just copying and pasting the info :P

[ThreeCrows]

I had a great time watching the money roll in... Especially nice to hang out with some gamers, especially when my family went to sleep. i could only do $50, but it still felt like a shared victory.

aka Kay B.

[The Goblin]

What is the description of the coins? I must have missed the specifics on what you get for your pledge. Was it in one of the updates?

[Waruko]

They said they were getting middleware for the engine I believe. But from the tech demo to alpha to beta to release I would expect AT LEAST two years. I wouldn't want anything less than a year and half of development myself.

[The Goblin]

Well for $50 you get a rad book and all the other perks

[Alastar]

ThreeCrows wrote:

I had a great time watching the money roll in... Especially nice to hang out with some gamers, especially when my family went to sleep. i could only do $50, but it still felt like a shared victory.

aka Kay B.

$5 or $5000, every little bit put us to the over $300k that we got to today :)

[The Goblin]

I started at $15 and as things kept getting sweeter I kept bumping up. Thank god they didn't offer anymore because I was getting nervous.

[Alastar]

The Goblin wrote:

What is the description of the coins? I must have missed the specifics on what you get for your pledge. Was it in one of the updates?

I really wish they did have more info on the challenge coin they are supposed to have minted, mabe a rough concept drawing or something like that to see what it looks like.

[SaintMac]

The Goblin wrote:

Dang man I wasn't sure what that thing was. Sounds sweet. How long I reality does it take to make a game like this? A year and a half? Two years?

Would you like to hear my SERIOUSLY unprofessional oppinion? Note that Mr. Dancey mentions middle-ware. That's your economy, weather effects, etc. THAT is the key. The more middle-ware you can pull off the shelf the faster the turn around. Depending on how much you wrap all that up and how well you blend it, is the question.

If the Beta testers are about Oct (per pledge desc) and Alpha in Jan(again per desc) that hints. Then think PR pump time, after PaizoCon after GenCon if outing it before a Jan 2014.

Now, NOT knowing Ryan's plan, he could go for a post-PaizoCon-straight-download-release-as-you-go and pop something out earlier. Ryan's ambitious, so I wouldn't put it past him or Goblinworks to pull a rabbit out the hole.

AGAIN, just my guess. If it were Blizzard, I would say 2 1/2 if preplanned. THIS is something very different. And I'm happy about that.

Cheers!

[ThreeCrows]

I imagined something like a large Campaign Coin... With a Goblin on it.

[Alastar]

SaintMac wrote:

The Goblin wrote:

Dang man I wasn't sure what that thing was. Sounds sweet. How long I reality does it take to make a game like this? A year and a half? Two years?

Would you like to hear my SERIOUSLY unprofessional oppinion? Note that Mr. Dancey mentions middle-ware. That's your economy, weather effects, etc. THAT is the key. The more middle-ware you can pull off the shelf the faster the turn around. Depending on how much you wrap all that up and how well you blend it, is the question.

If the Beta testers are about Oct (per pledge desc) and Alpha in Jan(again per desc) that hints. Then think PR pump time, after PaizoCon after GenCon if outing it before a Jan 2014.

Now, NOT knowing Ryan's plan, he could go for a post-PaizoCon-straight-download-release-as-you-go and pop something out earlier. Ryan's ambitious, so I wouldn't put it past him or Goblinworks to pull a rabbit out the hole.

AGAIN, just my guess. If it were Blizzard, I would say 2 1/2 if preplanned. THIS is something very different. And I'm happy about that.

Cheers!

They will have a tech demo to show to potential investors in october roughly, give or take a month. They will have people working on getting those investors ponying up cash while working on the game. Now SWToR cost roughly 200 million to make with a middleware engine. I don't expect this game to cost anywhere near that amount but will still cost a pretty penny and time, at least 2 years of development i would say. If alpha starts in January of 2013, then beta would depending on development start somewhere in the range of middle or near the end of 2013.