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Thank you so much for this clarification
Thanks for reading! I enjoyed watching your recent video--we really appreciate the support.
Thank you so much for this clarification
Thanks for reading! I enjoyed watching your recent video--we really appreciate the support.
Commenting for my little brother, on the off chance I could give him a beta key for Christmas. He's had the family signing up emails and filling out surveys for awhile now.
Give your little brother a big hug/high five from us and our thanks for being an early supporter.
As a veteran SC2 player, I hope you'll check out Stormgate. It's being made by Frost Giant Studios, including key members of the former SC2 development team. (We enter closed beta this December.)
There's some discussion in this thread on the pacing and gameplay feel of the respective RTS games and how SC2 has a higher server tick rate than other competing RTS games (past and upcoming). Stormgate runs on 64 Hz servers, which we believe makes it the most responsive RTS yet. (3x faster than SC2, 8x faster than typical 8 tick RTS games.) Stormgate will even support rollback, which we haven't seen in another RTS.
AoE 4 is a lot of fun, though, and I recommend it. I've played it quite a lot with my wife, who has been a longtime fan of Age of Empires since AoE2.
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Read moreBefore going to the questions, I think there is one essential thing that needs to be mentioned even if it is going to sound trivial. Goodies & bonuses are good but I think the industry those days sometimes lose sight of what really matters: that the game is great.
I know you said you already have enough money to release the game but I bet that most people on this sub would be GLAD to give you some money just to increase the quality of the game itself and with no goodies attached to it. I know it sounds a bit unrealisitic (ofc ppl are going to want something for their money) but what I mean is that most of us is going to found the crowdfunding more because we want to support you & for the game to be awesome than to get goodies.
That being said, to the questions :3 :
REWARD TIERS: I think ingame things like skins, portrait, voicelines, UI designs, basically any type of cosmetics are great, & pbbly the most accessible.
Access to the game soundtrack or e...
Appreciate the thoughtful note about wanting to support the game directly. Every dollar that comes in to purchase a Founder's Pack would go directly towards supporting the development of Stormgate. <3
Alright this scares the shit out of me. Last "crowdfunded" game I played took years of development, was released half baked, and shuttered within a year.
Hey, just to be clear, this campaign is meant to fund physical collector’s editions and to sell founder’s packs with beta access for those who want it. Unlike some kickstarters that never result in a playable game, Stormgate is already fully funded for release to early access.
Hopefully the Collector's Edition will have international shipping(?)
Hey, folks. We'll have a pledge manager to handle the backer's shipping costs. I believe US, EU, and UK should have standard shipping rates. Not sure about other regions just yet, but we're investigating.
Read moreHey Gerald! Amazing job with this community! What about a Kickstarter to help fund a map editor, or some sort of version of UEFN, to keep the game and it's community alive long after development support has slowed or stopped. Coming from the StarCraft 2 modding community which started my career in games, really wish there was more support for modders to profit while also bringing players to your game. I get that this might be too soon to plan for, but wanted to make sure it's on radar.
Remembering Star Citizens Kickstarter, I wished I'd been aware of it because, for hundreds to several thousands, they offered a day or interview with the founder. That's valuable to me as a 2 year designer and I'd pay as much for time to explore ways of thinking and insights. Maybe offer 2 options for discord/zoom/in person meeting. Valuable to a fan too because nothing like understanding development or lore of the world.
I also paid 140 for fortnite founders edition, before it was...
Happy to hear that you’re excited about our plans for custom games! We plan to release the same tools our team is using to build the game as an editor—the most advanced RTS editor yet. It’ll be a while as we’ve got to get the game out first, but we’re excited about the possibilities.
As for reward tiers that include behind the scenes access, that’s an intriguing idea…
I think if backing it on Kickstarter would give me access to later co-op commanders, campaigns, etc that I'd buy anyway then I'd definitely do it.
Yep! The Founder’s Packs would include campaign packs and Heroes.
Any other 45 year olds select 36-45 instead of 45+?
Read moreReward tiers: What kinds of reward tiers would you find most appealing in a Stormgate crowdfunding campaign?
Personally I've always had issue with introducing any sort of FOMO elements, especially before a game is released. Ethical concerns aside, I guess some sort of badge/way of showing I was involved in it? E.g. I'm quite fond of my HotS collectors edition profile badge. Can't really think of anything else on this one except out of game goodies like the statue mentioned later.
Beta access: How important is earlier access, particularly beta access, to you? (We’ll be giving out a few beta keys to commenters below, as our thanks for reading this far.)
Hard to say as I've got access hahaha. Doesn't feel fair to comment on this sadly.
Collector's Edition: How interested are you in owning a physical Collector's Edition (including the Vulcan mech statue)? Would you be interested in an unpainted version?...
I hear you on wanting a direct purchase option, but we really want to avoid a situation where we are having to deal with excess inventory on a pricy physical collector’s edition. We’re a small team and just aren’t set up to handle warehouse logistics for a bunch of heavy unpaid boxes.
KS is the best way to get an accurate measure of demand and to then fulfill those orders.
I'm gonna level with you here Gerald. Despite my disappointment that my alpha/beta invites seem to keep getting lose in the mail, I will buy access if I must. Want to tinker with that co op and try to form some coherent thoufhts about it as it will be one of my main ways to play.
Other rewards are pretty ancillary, depending on budget at the time, but if there's a small/medium opt in beta key price, at the least that would be happening.
Appreciate you leveling with me. That’s what we’re looking for.
ill give whatever money is required to get everything on offer please and thank you
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Interesting, tell us more. I could have sworn when Dreamhaven launched, Frost Giant was one of the studios on their website. I think that’s how I learned about Frost Giant. Are there different tiers of relationships with Dreamhaven and why didn’t you go full Dreamhaven?
We’re partners—DreamHaven provides helpful guidance and access to certain resources and expertise that we wouldn’t have as a smaller and heavily development-focused team.
In contrast, they also have two internal studios—Secret Door and Moonshot Games. Both are super-talented teams with upcoming games that we can’t wait to play.
excited. when is it coming?
Soon! We’ll share the exact date and link here as well as on our socials and via Newsletter.
I would say before the collector's edition...announce the other factions. They don't have to be complete, but we should know what we're getting into before we buy something for a free to play game.
Now that being said. I watched your debute, signed up for alpha, didn't get in. Second wave alpha, didn't get in. I'll wait patiently and come when you guys let me. I would say some kind of digital badge in the game to show beta or founder player. As well as a statue of an internal or mech choice and maybe an enamel pin.
These would be on a tier system.
$10 - digital badge $25- beta code $50- enamel pin (choosable faction) $100- statue of infernal or mech $150 - name in the credits as a producer or something.
You can mess with the price structure pending on the needs for pricing and scale necessity.
I'll see you in the Storm.
Thank you for supporting us from the very beginning of our journey. Part of why we want to expand our Beta program is to open up testing to more players who’ve also been hoping to get in since day 1.
We’d love to open testing up to ALL of our supporters, but we’re not making any money yet and we’ve poured everything we have into making the game. Pre-purchases through a Founder’s Pack will allow us to offer that option to those who want it.
See you in Stormgate!
I would absolutely shell out for beta access, and if a cool painted statue comes out looking real slick a Collector's Edition is very much on my radar. And cause I'm extremely biased towards them, maybe a cool Enamel Pin or maybe 3 for the races...
Either way sounds like I should start saving money~
I recently had the pleasure of meeting with some of the folks who work on pins for other popular games at BlizzCon—would love to do pins for Stormgate one day!
I’m insta backing out of principle the day the link drops. Let’s f**king goooo!
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Is Frost Giant not a part of Dreamhaven anymore?
We’ve never been part of DreamHaven—they’re good friends and we have an advisory relationship where they provide us with valuable support, but Frost Giant is a wholly independent studio.
So where is the link?
Coming soon…