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Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:59 am ]
Post subject:  Elite sequel to be Kickstarted
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It was one of the classic computer games of the 1980s, a 'space trading' simulator in which players had to transport cargo between planets.

Now the co-creator of Elite, David Braben, has announced that he is turning to crowd-funding site Kickstarter to get funding for a sequel to the influential game.

He spoke exclusively to the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones at his Frontier games development studio in Cambridge's Science Park, where developers are already working on the project.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20187897
Author:  Fogmeister [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:51 am ]
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... -dangerous

The backing has gone up about £10,000 in about 30 minutes.
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:08 am ]
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Over £100k already!
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:23 pm ]
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All I can say is "YES"

Use to play this as a kid - flying a ship that looked like the Liberator from Blake's 7 - got up to Viscount level.

May well fund this via Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... s?ref=live
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:58 pm ]
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Throwing money down the bog.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:00 pm ]
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Interesting that the top rewards have already sold out.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:24 pm ]
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Already gone over £200,000!

It's getting faster too :D
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:37 pm ]
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I'd stump up something for it, but sadly no mention of whether there wold be a Mac version, so waiting for word on that.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:20 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
I'd stump up something for it, but sadly no mention of whether there wold be a Mac version, so waiting for word on that.

I would be interested in a Mac version as well.
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:16 pm ]
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Now over £250k already :o

If you see David Braben's interview on BBC then he says they intend to make the game for a PC first and then, if they have money, look at porting it to other platforms - so maybe Mac ?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:30 pm ]
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JohnSheridan wrote:
Now over £250k already :o

If you see David Braben's interview on BBC then he says they intend to make the game for a PC first and then, if they have money, look at porting it to other platforms - so maybe Mac ?

Well Macs only make up around 10% of the market, but I think that many games are written in one language that can be easily recompiled for another OS.
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:04 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Throwing money down the bog.


Why? :|
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:52 am ]
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Why does that BBC guy keep calling it Ayleet?
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:04 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
Throwing money down the bog.

Why? :|

Because Braben's been trying to remake Elite for, well, the best part of 40 years. And every attempt has been either an aborted failure, a dead duck or an utterly unplayable bugfest. There's nothing at all to indicate he's capable of actually doing the job. Plus the kickstarter page has absolutely nothing of any concrete nature on it - no screenshots, no design documents, not even a single concept sketch.

Good luck to the people who have invested, really, but IMO they're wasting their time and money. Braben has a very long record of making promises he couldn't fulfill. They'll probably get something very late that doesn't meet their expectations at all but which he can claim is good enough to keep their money and he'll have all the bugs fixed really soon, honest. Ask anyone who paid money for Frontier.
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:54 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Braben has a very long record of making promises he couldn't fulfill. .


I think the problem he had with remaking Elite was he was trying to do most of the work himself.

Now he seems to have a proper "team" we might see something more concrete - hope so anyway.
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