Good morning everyone! We want to give a big thank you to everyone who was able to attend the IGDA meeting this past Tuesday and also to Gaikai for being kind enough to host the event! We had a great time meeting all of you and sharing our project with you. If you were unable to make it to the meeting, follow the link in this post to view the recording of it! Thank you again for all your support!
Check out our video update about Trans Gaming and our future Steam Bandits games! There’s just 2 days left to the Kickstarter and we’re $5k away from our second stretch goal. Spread the word if you can :-D
We did it!! We hit our funding goal this morning and are now at $31k! This game is happening and it’s all thanks to you guys!! :-D Thank you so much! We (meaning you too) are the champions ;-)
Here’s a preview of the Kickstarter exclusive Captain, tentatively named Ivan Starling. You might describe him as a cool guy who doesn’t afraid of anything; an admirable trait that has nonetheless gotten him into a bit of trouble. A run-in with a fleet of Badlander ships many years back cost him a leg. Now he’s back on his feet (one flesh, one mechanical!) and ready to return to the sky, at your command!
Ivan is a backer reward! Please check out our Kickstarter and help spread the word.
If you donate $250, you can design a Captain! We will take whatever description you give us (napkin scribble, drabble, bullet point list, oil painting, 1K page NaNoWriMo fic, collage, interpretive dance, etc.) and turn it into a Captain with its own unique missions and bonuses.
Jason was interviewed by gaming site, Polygon, and talks about Steam Bandits and his thoughts on the casual Zynga model!
We’ve rebooted our Kickstarter campaign after the awesome feedback we’ve received from the community. The biggest change is our greatly reduced funding goal (now at $30k). We realized that we could still make a great game if we aimed a bit lower in terms of content. If we go above that funding goal, we will add the originally planned content, but having this phased approach will help us better launch this game.
Also, we’ve added physical rewards like posters, shirts, and art books. There are some limited “early bird” rewards for those of you that donate early :-)
Please help us spread the word for this project! We have a lot of great developers that have recently lost their jobs due to industry layoffs. Most of whom worked on Fallout: New Vegas. Help us keep this team together so we can continue making awesome games for you guys!
Thanks!
- Jason Fader, Creative Director
