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Massively exclusive: Jacobs on Camelot Unchained's Kickstarter home stretch
Camelot Unchained's Kickstarter odyssey is almost complete, and as of press time there's a little over a day remaining. City State's fantasy RvR sandbox stands at just over $1.82 million out of its $2 million goal, so Mark Jacobs has penned a dev diary designed to push the game's funding over the top. He outlines the many challenges inherent in managing both a Kickstarter campaign and an ambitious MMORPG project, and he hits the highlights of the former which include three faction RvR, Minecraft-style building options, and a custom engine that has easily handled hundreds of simultaneous players at well over 200 frames per second. Finally, Jacobs thanks CU's current backers, whom he says have given unprecedented support to the tune of a $160 average pledge. Jacobs' full diary is readable after the cut.
Camelot Unchained's Kickstarter is live [Updated]
It seems sorta funny to be announcing Camelot Unchained's Kickstarter project when we've been reading, writing, and talking about it for several weeks now. But today is the first official day of crowdfunding for City State's ambitious RvR effort, so there you go. The goal is $2 million, and there are 29 days remaining. City State founder Mark Jacobs has uploaded a wall o' text to the project page, along with some new concept art images, which you can see in our gallery below. [Update: This afternoon, Mark Jacobs conveyed this note to the Massively team: "Wow, what a day and it's not even over yet! I have over 3K messages in my mailbox, we're at 411K (dollars) after 4 hours, and the outpouring of support and affection from the community has been overwhelming. No matter what the outcome of our Kickstarter, I will be forever grateful for the team at CSE and our supporters for making this day happen."] %Gallery-184595%
Massively Exclusive: Camelot Unchained unveils pledge tiers, seeks feedback [Updated]
If you're following Camelot Unchained with bated breath, you'll want to click past the cut to read our exclusive dev diary from City State founder Mark Jacobs. In it, he outlines the thought process behind CU's Kickstarter pledge tiers and associated rewards. Those rewards include miniatures hand-painted by the City State dev team, in-game items, and the opportunity for backers to contribute voice-over work to the game. Those are just the tip of the iceberg, too. Jacobs says the tiers and rewards may change based on player feedback, so be sure and leave your comments and questions after you've had a look-see. [Update: Jacobs has posted a new dev blog on the official site to clear up some of the questions folks have had about the double dose of tier announcements today.]
