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I’m Cody a trucker with 2 kids lol. Truckers make around 110000-120000k a year. Depends on where u live but I live like a kingg on that. I’m also an avid rts enjoyer. A lot a hardcore gamers out on the road these days
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I’m Cody a trucker with 2 kids lol. Truckers make around 110000-120000k a year. Depends on where u live but I live like a kingg on that. I’m also an avid rts enjoyer. A lot a hardcore gamers out on the road these days
DO IT FOR CODY
Fascinating.
You can access the beta with a late pledge later this week via GameFound.
I’d like to see 4 factions too…
I don’t think these are deliberate Bluey references—but I wouldn’t mind at all if they were. Bluey is awesome.
I am hopeful some of the initial campaign will be free at least, so we can wade into the lore before determining if we like it enough to invest.
I mean who am I kidding, WC3/SC2 have some of the best campaigns out there, so I am likely all-in blind on these campaigns as well, but just a thought for the less ardent fan.
Yes, we will have a few free initial missions that players can enjoy solo or cooperatively, so you can try out the start of the campaign before you buy. We’ll then also have the first chapter of the Vanguard campaign with new chapters released every few months.
Marketing can easily be 50% of most game's budget.
Fact of the matter is that you don't need to be told about stormgate because you're already here, but reaching Dave the trucker, dad of 2, who visits facebook once a week but kinda liked to play SC2 on a weekend 8 years ago is a lot harder.
The vast majority of game audiences are not like you here on reddit. They're like Dave.
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"Soon"
Woah, they really are old blizzard 😃
Old habits die hard
After their fully funded to release bait and switch, I'm going take everything they say with a grain of salt.
They're talking about being the future of the genre and shaping the next 10 years of RTS games when in reality they spent all of the investor backed 35 mil and were rushing to Easy Access to get their community to fund the game.
We confirmed fully funded to early access at the start of the Kickstarter campaign in the official announcement thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormgate/comments/180owu3/crowdfunding_crafting_the_future_of_rts_together/kamjcto/
Early Access is our initial release, but is not what we consider to be our 1.0 Launch. We will begin to monetize at Early Access, selling content that was previously available for pre-purchase to our Kickstarter backers (such as Heroes, campaign chapters for our ongoing storyline, and cosmetics such as army skins), but we still have years of development ahead of us and will continue to support the game with new content several times a year.
We are pouring nearly every cent of our approximately $35M ($37M after Kickstarter) into making the best possible RTS, but that doesn’t leave much to self-publish and market our initial release. This is why we’re offering up the opportunity to become part owners of Frost Giant in exchange for funds to help support our self-publishing efforts so that Stormgate can be released without the support (and strings) of a traditional publishing partner and still reach the largest possible audience.
You can find my original post announcing...
Read moreAlpha = tested internally, Beta = tested externally. What you’re used to is how most game companies have used betas strictly for marketing purposes. This is a true beta, where playtesters are deeply involved in our active development. We will release to Early Access this summer with three factions and the start of our campaign, but we still have a long road ahead.
GameFound late pledges are opening up this week!
obviously the devs from blizzard are copying their Hearthstone beta release strategy.
anyone else remember HS beta keys selling for 150 dollars? No reason to have taken away the ability to buy access to the game...
Late pledges are opening up on GameFound this week.
u/FGS_Gerald Hey man i was just wondering. I invested into the company earlier through Startengine. Will there be any in game items or awards or anything for early investors. Just curious. And Good luck with your Marketing campaign. I gotta a lotta faith in you guys!
Thank you for that! I need to check in on what we may do, but I’m unaware of any in-game benefits at this time.
Anybody see what this puts the valuation at?
The current valuation is $150M.
Read moreThis is the first thing out of frost giant that's actually making me nervous...
I hope lines of communication/announcement prep and plans got crossed, this site was found early or something and we will get a clear communication package about what's going on. Its entirely possible there's a well thought out plan behind this that minimises risk to everyone, gives everyone clear benefits and doesn't imply frostgiants finances are in dire straits. But with what is available now this seems... odd.
If they're fully funded to launch (or even just to early access) this shouldn't be necessary as from late this year they can start to sell campaign missions, heroes, cosmetics etc to start getting some income in.
If this is to fund a marketing run... they were open about there not being budget for marketing and maybe they see this as a better route than trying to raise more from banks/company investors, so the 'why' is sound. But realistically frost giant could underpe...
A full "communications package" is coming later -- this is a preview page only, referred to as a Test the Waters page to gauge potential investor interest. We will have a campaign page, financials, a video, etc., pending compliance review.
NO MONEY OR OTHER CONSIDERATION IS BEING SOLICITED, AND IF SENT IN RESPONSE, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES CAN BE ACCEPTED AND NO PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE CAN BE RECEIVED UNTIL THE OFFERING STATEMENT IS FILED AND ONLY THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY’S PLATFORM. AN INDICATION OF INTEREST INVOLVES NO OBLIGATION OR COMMITMENT OF ANY KIND. "RESERVING" SECURITIES IS SIMPLY AN INDICATION OF INTEREST.
this isn't the same as a kickstarter though. kickstarter is more of a game pre-order program.
this is actually investing in frost giant, and its only available to accredited investors (e.g. people with high net worth)
It's also likely there would be additional rounds of funding as they go on. most companies take time to become profitable and need continued funding.
To confirm: this is not just open to accredited investors. This was an error as we are a Reg CF filing, not Reg D. We have reached out to StartEngine to ask that they correct the error in the FAQ.
Hi, folks. I'm here to clarify a few things and to answer questions as best I can. Please note that crowd-equity involves securities, and there are strict rules as to what we can and can't say at this time. Our StartEngine Test the Waters page is a preview page only. It's like a "Coming Soon!" page where you can opt to get in early and reserve the right to receive a 5% bonus on the common stock shares you receive by becoming part-owners of Frost Giant.
I can't share information that is part of our campaign pitch page, video, or financial background until it clears the compliance review process. We understand if you are interested but would prefer to wait for the proper campaign to launch. (We can't share the timing for that either, as it needs to happen after the regulatory compliance review.)
What I CAN address now are some of the questions on our funding situation. Early Access is our initial release. We will begin to monetize at Early Access, se...
Read moreInteresting. I am considering joining myself but I have to admit this is the first time I get a bit concerned. Well funded companies don't do that. Showing off their product so early, doing the kickstarter and wanting to release EA this summer despite the game clearly needing some time more to cook indicates to me they have some budget issues and require funding to truly deliver their vision of the game.
Hi Dyoakom--our intent has been to be very transparent about our funding situation with our community. Hopefully, I can answer some of your open questions.
We are an independent studio with nearly $35M raised. Modern AAA games have budgets over $100M, and that's before you consider their marketing expenses, which can be in a similar range.
Stormgate is fully funded to get us to our Early Access release. To this date, we have invested almost the entirety of our funding into the development of the game. For marketing, we've been relying on word of mouth and sharing our progress with the RTS community to grow public awareness of Stormgate. This campaign is targeted at raising additional funds to support publishing efforts for our upcoming release as well as ongoing development. We have a long road ahead, after all, and plenty of work left to do before our official launch in the future.
The community has been a critical component of our journey thus far, such ...
Read moreCould you please let us know if it'll be somehow possible to upgrade your pledge, or am I locked into the 40$ tier for good if it's already closed?
We have heard that many of you want to upgrade your pledges. I’m looking into it.