Slimebeast on 10 November 2012
| SvennoJ said: There are a few, nothing big budget atm though. Evochron mercenary is supposed to be like Elite, but I haven't gotten in to it yet. I crashed soon after I finally found a way to start the thrusters. http://store.steampowered.com/app/71000/ Elite Dangerous is at 614k dollars now with 8,500 backers, it needs 2 million to get funded. Star citizen is a bit over a million dollars with 9 days left. Seems to be an uphill battle. |
Elite will make it, guaranteed.
But I find it curious how much they're asking for. $2 million is a lot of money to ask for a crowd funded project. I wonder if it's hubris.
It reminds me of the failed Kickstarter campaign with that old fart who made Pitfall but nothing else in the past 20 years.
He asked for $900 000 to make this: 
