Good day,
I am a longtime player of Firefall, having started back before the open world was introduced. I saw theFfirefall brand increase in scope, with a live action department and cosplay team, while the Firefall game itself haemorrhaged features that were the defining points of the earlier releases, (PvP first with pve on top being replaced by Thumper play only at one point)
Now, expanding the brand makes the brand worth a lot more so it's worthwhile to do from a business sense because more investors would be interested in an existing brand.
Added to this, I am also aware of how much this project should cost. the first three milestones raised over $140'000, and they've gotten around $90'000 from IndieGoGo, plus however much they've made since the new site launched.
Lets say they have upto $250'000. (not including any external investment)
This game probably will cost $900'000+ to complete anywhere near the intended vision
With that in mind, launching a Paetron to help fund the game is PERFECTLY FINE!
What Concerns me, however, is that a large part of the paetron is focused on Gatestriders and the Novel, both of which will take production time and costs on top of developing Em8er.
Added to this is that games change as they develop. A novel created this early in production could lock in story that needs to be invalidated later into development of the game.
In summary:
Crixa & Mark Kern, Please please please make the game your priority and finish it
I am a longtime player of Firefall, having started back before the open world was introduced. I saw theFfirefall brand increase in scope, with a live action department and cosplay team, while the Firefall game itself haemorrhaged features that were the defining points of the earlier releases, (PvP first with pve on top being replaced by Thumper play only at one point)
Now, expanding the brand makes the brand worth a lot more so it's worthwhile to do from a business sense because more investors would be interested in an existing brand.
Added to this, I am also aware of how much this project should cost. the first three milestones raised over $140'000, and they've gotten around $90'000 from IndieGoGo, plus however much they've made since the new site launched.
Lets say they have upto $250'000. (not including any external investment)
This game probably will cost $900'000+ to complete anywhere near the intended vision
With that in mind, launching a Paetron to help fund the game is PERFECTLY FINE!
What Concerns me, however, is that a large part of the paetron is focused on Gatestriders and the Novel, both of which will take production time and costs on top of developing Em8er.
Added to this is that games change as they develop. A novel created this early in production could lock in story that needs to be invalidated later into development of the game.
In summary:
Crixa & Mark Kern, Please please please make the game your priority and finish it