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Melee: Battlegrounds => General => Topic started by: chadz on November 19, 2014, 07:21:24 pm

Title: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: chadz on November 19, 2014, 07:21:24 pm
Well, the news is out, we just started our kickstarter.

That have been some crazy weeks, gimme a minute to catch a break, I'll update this post in a minute :wink:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1601737664/melee-battlegrounds-spiritual-successor-to-the-crp (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1601737664/melee-battlegrounds-spiritual-successor-to-the-crp)
http://facebook.com/meleebattlegrounds (http://facebook.com/meleebattlegrounds)
https://twitter.com/meleegame (https://twitter.com/meleegame)

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Post by: Xant on November 19, 2014, 07:24:52 pm
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Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: SIrCampALot on November 19, 2014, 07:26:04 pm
Looks good so far. I wish you guys all luck of the world!
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Post by: Molly on November 19, 2014, 07:26:35 pm
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sold
I lol'd.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: BASNAK on November 19, 2014, 07:27:49 pm
Awesome job on the trailer. One of the best Kickstarter trailer's I've seen. I'll fund in a couple of days :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Hiro on November 19, 2014, 07:28:51 pm
been waiting since 3 days ago lol
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Post by: Algarn on November 19, 2014, 07:28:53 pm
Awesome job on the trailer. One of the best Kickstarter trailer's I've seen. I'll fund in a couple of days :D

Will give 45$.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Spartacus on November 19, 2014, 07:38:29 pm
We really need to get to $300k, because I want to play a coop! :)
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Post by: pogosan on November 19, 2014, 07:46:41 pm
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: GRANDMOM on November 19, 2014, 07:50:29 pm
Well, once this gets out I can predict my future:

1. My wife will divorce me and Corsair will marry me ingame and we will get a nice property together on tavern map
2. No sociallife (bb reallife friends)
3. No showers (why bother, none of you guys will be able to smell me and you will be the only onces I will hang with)
4. Getting fat
5. I will lose my job
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 19, 2014, 07:52:16 pm
Well, once this gets out I can predict my future:

1. My wife will divorce me and Corsair will marry me ingame and we will get a nice property together on tavern map
2. No sociallife (bb reallife friends)
3. No showers (why bother, none of you guys will be able to smell me and you will be the only onces I will hang with)
4. Getting fat
5. I will lose my job

Sounds like a good plan, can I join you? (Obviously we'll be three people in bed and we need to have some ground rules of what touches what)
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: NejStark on November 19, 2014, 08:03:24 pm
Backed. Well done. Take a break for a bit.

Before you take a break though. post the Ks on your FB and Twitter MeleeGame pages so people can share it.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: mcdeath on November 19, 2014, 08:36:44 pm
I will pledge money for your shit game if you bring back ladders in battle and siege.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Utrakil on November 19, 2014, 08:39:58 pm
I will pledge money for your shit game if you bring back ladders in battle and siege.
Did you see the KS video??? there are ladders!!
So throw your money!
don't argue about c-rpg! invest in the future of your melee gaming experience!
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 19, 2014, 09:09:11 pm
How do I share it, I can't copy anything with this Mac. Is there any share button?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Nessaj on November 19, 2014, 09:34:04 pm
How do I share it, I can't copy anything with this Mac. Is there any share button?

If you got facebook or twitter there's some features for it on Kickstarter, else you can do it directly here:

http://facebook.com/meleebattlegrounds (http://facebook.com/meleebattlegrounds)
https://twitter.com/meleegame (https://twitter.com/meleegame)
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Gnjus on November 19, 2014, 09:42:32 pm
My first disappointment: Squarehead Fossgard's head is not as.......squareheaded as I thought it will be.

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Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Moncho on November 19, 2014, 10:39:07 pm
Stumbled accross this thread on the Taleworlds forum:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,317291.0.html
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Erasmas on November 19, 2014, 10:43:58 pm
Wannabe Warband, LOL  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Taser on November 19, 2014, 11:03:14 pm
I knew this day was coming and yet.. awesome.

I will probably be donating this time around but not right away. Congrats on what you've done so far and what you plan to do with it. Definitely looking good.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: agweber on November 19, 2014, 11:05:01 pm
I knew this day was coming and yet.. awesome.

I will probably be donating this time around but not right away. Congrats on what you've done so far and what you plan to do with it. Definitely looking good.

Remember folks, it's only a pledge. They don't take your money until the end. Pledge now and get this game some early appeal!
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Tom Cruise on November 19, 2014, 11:28:06 pm
I saw no Defend the Virgin gamemode, use of donkeys, or spamming of smoke bombs in this video.

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Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Byrdi on November 19, 2014, 11:44:39 pm
I saw no Defend the Virgin gamemode, use of donkeys, or spamming of smoke bombs in this video.

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It would require proper AI which is probably first reached at the 300k stretch goal...

You can always code your own AI and make your own DTV when the SDK comes out :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: NJ_Legion_Icedtea on November 19, 2014, 11:56:18 pm
Looks awesome guys, I may have peed a little then! But yes I saw no donkeys :(
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Algarn on November 19, 2014, 11:56:39 pm
I've been wondering something, if I buy a clan pack with my mates, do we count as 8 new pledgers ? Or do we individually need to invest 1$, and buy the clan pack on top ?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Casimir on November 19, 2014, 11:56:59 pm
will up my pledge when i know i have cash
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: jtobiasm on November 19, 2014, 11:59:15 pm
I fucking love you chadz
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Kirbyy on November 20, 2014, 12:13:21 am
Can I suggest making posts on social media to gain publicity.  (Imgur, reddit, etc) I know people are constantly making giant posts on imgur.com about something really important to them with multiple pictures showing examples and stuff.. pretty sure you could get a couple thousand views if you managed to get to front page.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: agweber on November 20, 2014, 12:19:31 am
I've been wondering something, if I buy a clan pack with my mates, do we count as 8 new pledgers ? Or do we individually need to invest 1$, and buy the clan pack on top ?

Would only count as a single pledge by the way KS works. If one of you pledged for the clan pack and the other seven just pledged a dollar though, it would make us look much better.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: okiN on November 20, 2014, 12:27:25 am
Yeah, anyone buying group deals should really get the hangers-on to pledge $1, it's just good for the project. Keeps it up on the KS page and also looks better to anyone considering pledging.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: ArysOakheart on November 20, 2014, 01:16:59 am
Looks like I won't be drinking alone in my basement anymore with that Tavern idea.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Hoppster on November 20, 2014, 05:38:10 am
if i pay will i stop seeing this?

"The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you."
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Dach on November 20, 2014, 06:19:38 am
Shared on Facebook, the hype is real!!!!  :D

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Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Moncho on November 20, 2014, 09:37:13 am
2nd on kicktraq (at the time of posting). http://www.kicktraq.com/ Good, hope that gives it some visibility.
(maybe go over to the thimbleweed and leave a comment since it seems to be successful, though I don't see why)
reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2muc68/melee_battlegrounds_spiritual_successor_to_the/
It is on /r/games , which I think is not a very good place (rules say no crowdfunding), /r/gaming would probably be better, but upvotes can't hurt the visibility of the post
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Angantyr on November 20, 2014, 10:38:03 am
Congratulations with the Kickstarter, guys. I was both impressed and proud when watching the video.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: NejStark on November 20, 2014, 12:08:37 pm
2nd on kicktraq (at the time of posting). http://www.kicktraq.com/ Good, hope that gives it some visibility.
(maybe go over to the thimbleweed and leave a comment since it seems to be successful, though I don't see why)
reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2muc68/melee_battlegrounds_spiritual_successor_to_the/
It is on /r/games , which I think is not a very good place (rules say no crowdfunding), /r/gaming would probably be better, but upvotes can't hurt the visibility of the post

I put it on /r/Kickstarter too, was the top post overnight (while Murica was awake) :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Arthur on November 20, 2014, 06:18:36 pm
Thats Awesome. Makes me give my first post on this forum. And look at this (superbad) Avatar i made over 3 years ago. This IS my Game in all these years.

Really Guys keep up with this and make it REALLY BIG and longterm like WOW or something. I think it has great potential.

And please would you give some more forum or in-game names to the dev crew Faces? Would be great! You are real Heros!!
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Falka on November 20, 2014, 06:28:12 pm
"Melee" subsection of the forum (not the M:BG subsection, which is available only for scholars) is still invisible for guests who aren't logged in. That's pretty weird, considering this is melee forum and M:BG was officialy revealed already.

Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: NejStark on November 20, 2014, 06:43:06 pm
$10k passed

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Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: //saxon on November 20, 2014, 07:05:15 pm
needs to get green lit on steam early access.
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Post by: Leshma on November 20, 2014, 07:06:58 pm
Quote
pre-Alpha

wonder what cmp thinks of using this particular term
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Post by: Algarn on November 20, 2014, 07:22:58 pm
Did anyone think about Steam Greenlight ?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Erasmas on November 20, 2014, 07:24:23 pm
Ok, can someone explain WTF is Tavern Map and what are the "private properties", "clan hall" and this stuff....???
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 20, 2014, 07:30:12 pm
Ok, can someone explain WTF is Tavern Map and what are the "private properties", "clan hall" and this stuff....???

It's exactly what it says it is.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: GRANDMOM on November 20, 2014, 07:31:16 pm
Sounds like a good plan, can I join you? (Obviously we'll be three people in bed and we need to have some ground rules of what touches what)

We could adopt you, not sure if Corsair would agree on you though - he has allways been into asian children
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Erasmas on November 20, 2014, 07:32:32 pm
It's exactly what it says it is.

Thank you Bitter for this extremely helpful and elaborated message.

Can anyone less moronic provide more info on that?
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Post by: [ptx] on November 20, 2014, 07:41:31 pm
I suppose it's like a community central server/map/area for interactions and stuff.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Erasmas on November 20, 2014, 07:47:35 pm
Yes, with the first 1000$ pledge down. Admit guys, which clan did it?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Molly on November 20, 2014, 07:49:48 pm
My guess is Vanguards... Nords to be more specific :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Taser on November 20, 2014, 07:58:14 pm
Yes, with the first 1000$ pledge down. Admit guys, which clan did it?

Best bet...

Sometimes I wish I wasn't the only person in KUTT with an actual job, or else we would gladly take that $9,000 package off your hands.

Hang tight though, you may have your first $1,000 pledge coming shortly.

Congrats tanken. All dem shekels
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 20, 2014, 08:06:03 pm
Thank you Bitter for this extremely helpful and elaborated message.

Can anyone less moronic provide more info on that?

Wow, 2r00d4me

Ok, can someone explain WTF is Tavern Map and what are the "private properties", "clan hall" and this stuff....???

Tavern map is a map of a tavern and private properties are private properties. Clan hall is a hall for a clan.

Yes, I was the greater man this day, not only did I reject your r00deness but I also solved your troubled question. You're welcome.

We could adopt you, not sure if Corsair would agree on you though - he has allways been into asian children

What makes you think I'm not asian? ... Cause I'm Swedish? I have korean parents. I don't speak Korean but I can keep my mouth shut and Corsair won't notice a thing.
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Post by: Leshma on November 20, 2014, 08:09:48 pm
Yes, with the first 1000$ pledge down. Admit guys, which clan did it?

Your nemesis, Fips_HRE.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Erasmas on November 20, 2014, 08:20:00 pm
Nemesis was a daughter of the shadow and night. Sounds like Fipsie indeed  :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Spartacus on November 20, 2014, 09:06:11 pm
so we only have 4.33% of our goal*! Common guys you can do better! :D
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Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: GRANDMOM on November 20, 2014, 09:07:00 pm

What makes you think I'm not asian? ... Cause I'm Swedish?

Pretty much sums it up right there :)

Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 20, 2014, 09:28:35 pm
Oh wow, I'm feeling a racist vibe here. Is it cause I'm korean?
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Post by: Asheram on November 20, 2014, 09:53:11 pm
Will give 45$.
Same
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Smoothrich on November 20, 2014, 10:51:27 pm
I fully expect Fallen to match half of all donations and keep the devs in their pocket with mysterious funding and endless lobbying.

Maybe target some Russian mobster types and explain how cRPG cd keys were like krokodil for Russian clans and give them some kickbacks for handling Eastern European distribution to balance it out.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Dan lol on November 21, 2014, 12:23:18 am
I just pledged 300 dollars so I can get a custom jerkoff hand motion animation

completely serious
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: kwhy on November 21, 2014, 02:14:12 am
So many animations so little time... wish we could know more about them like can you add sound aswell? Or is it just like a wave or jerkoff or something (which'd be cool too).

Guess it's a little early to think about custom emotes, weapons and armour since we dont know what will already be in the game.

belly rub animation for fatties
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on November 21, 2014, 03:00:20 am
I'm doing my part.

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Post by: Taser on November 21, 2014, 03:14:48 am
I'm doing my part.

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Post by: Inglorious on November 21, 2014, 03:48:57 am
Big question @DonkeyCrew

$1500 pack

Does everyone who is in the clan get to use the custom skin/armor/weapons/horse, or only the singular person who collected the money from the clan and put it under his name. The "Unless you give permission for someone else to use it" is a little off setting with lack of information. Does only the original person and one other get to use it? Does the original not get to use it if he allows another to use it? Does everyone who has permission + the all faction members + the original get to use it?

This is serious. I'm planning on helping get enough people together to get just that much, but I need to know if there are any drawbacks as such. I would hope it's clan wide usage/multiple persons with permissions. Would set aside and "Immortalize" your entire faction/clan forever, and that's a very enticing offer that I'm very interested in doing, if so.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: chadz on November 21, 2014, 05:42:44 am
Of course it's for everyone :)
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Inglorious on November 21, 2014, 05:56:23 am
Ah good, much appreciated Chadrick. Well, other way around I guess. You feed us information, we feed you money!

Thanks for the quick reply too.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Clockworkkiller on November 21, 2014, 01:15:05 pm
I can help translate the subtitles to English if needed.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 21, 2014, 01:49:54 pm
I can help translate the subtitles to English if needed.

Great! Promote this guy!
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: okiN on November 21, 2014, 09:59:22 pm
Remember to post threads about the game all over and reply to them, and particularly share interesting updates like this one:


The more material is out there to show people this team means business, the more hype there'll be, and hype means pledges!

Anyone with a reddit account should also be working relevant threads there. Don't get into arguments like some have been doing, just politely answer questions, share info and gently correct any misconceptions people might have about the game while putting those up- and downvotes to use. Remember, your mission should be to make people feel good about the project.

http://www.reddit.com/r/mountandblade/comments/2msloa/a_new_mountblade_like_game_from_the_makers_of_the/
http://www.reddit.com/r/ChivalryGame/comments/2mt6wp/kickstarter_new_medieval_melee_game_by_the/
http://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/2munst/spiritual_successor_to_the_popular_mountblade_mod/
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2mvi4u/for_fans_of_mb_a_new_directional_combat_melee/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2muc68/melee_battlegrounds_spiritual_successor_to_the/
http://www.reddit.com/r/kickstarter/comments/2msy7i/the_creators_of_one_of_the_most_popular_mount_and/
http://www.reddit.com/r/gamernews/comments/2mv1rf/ks_melee_battlegrounds_spiritual_successor_to/
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 25, 2014, 07:51:04 pm
Have you considered accepting money after the campaign in the same way if it fails? Same goals etc, just that you get the money straight into your pockets.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 07:55:16 pm
Have you considered accepting money after the campaign in the same way if it fails? Same goals etc, just that you get the money straight into your pockets.

SHHH don't give them good ideas

Also, avoid overexposure.  Spam the game too much and people won't want anything to do with it
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 25, 2014, 08:00:44 pm
Better keep quiet about it then.  :?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Senni__Ti on November 25, 2014, 08:07:14 pm
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92% trend with minimal exposure so far.

We can do this.
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Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 08:14:19 pm
It needs to get done first, gloating can come afterwards
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 25, 2014, 08:17:41 pm
I'm not sure "gloating" is the word you're looking for.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 08:21:52 pm
I'm not sure "gloating" is the word you're looking for.

Boasting?  You tell me bosscat
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 25, 2014, 08:27:47 pm
Sure, underdog (Pun intended)

More like being positive without boasting or gloating. Why are you always so negative? I remember you from my love thread.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 08:30:32 pm
Sure, underdog (Pun intended)

More like being positive without boasting or gloating. Why are you always so negative? I remember you from my love thread.

Short version: I want this to succeed, but I see $26,404 and get disappointed
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Bittersteel on November 25, 2014, 08:33:05 pm
It's still a lot of time left. And it's yet to explode over the internet (If it well, that is)
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: chadz on November 25, 2014, 08:45:31 pm
There's a big surprise we're working on - will take a few days, stay tuned!
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: NJ_Legion_Icedtea on November 25, 2014, 08:47:21 pm
There's a big surprise we're working on - will take a few days, stay tuned!
:O you tease us too much chadz you filthy man
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 08:49:22 pm
re: surprise

...I got nothin.   Equus africanus asinus is unpredictable, and stubborn to boot
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Utrakil on November 25, 2014, 08:49:33 pm
Is it the suckerpunsh kind of surprise ?
Or do you have cake and cookies?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: chadz on November 25, 2014, 08:50:38 pm
as suckerpunchy as it gets
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 08:51:23 pm
Explains why my teeth hurt
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Smoothrich on November 25, 2014, 08:55:47 pm
Have you guys tried reaching out to Taleworlds at all for an endorsement? Might make you both look good. They can say how it feels good to inspire new generation of devs starting with their initial Turkish horse archer demo dreams, you can thank them for the chance to make all this happen and how Warband has been the source of not just cRPG but many people's modding efforts and talents as a positive example of PC gaming. Kiss the ring if you will. Frenemy them. They probably at least have some real good advice dev2dev man2man for the M:BG team if not even making it public at all.

You guys are future competitors but they can be like the grand statesmen in this emerging genre of "good medieval combat games" by independent developers. Maybe network it up some with talent and PR.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Smoothrich on November 25, 2014, 09:01:58 pm
There's a big surprise we're working on - will take a few days, stay tuned!

You wanna get some people interested you should have a playable proof of concept even just a duel server or something. Where people can use chat and practice against bots or each other with pre-loaded gear and stuff. Get people to download and play the game in any way even if its buggy and half done but somehow "fun" they will prob think hey I might as well buy it now I already wasted the gigs. You got this shit set up with early investors who can gleek about little things with the combat and they all sound positive. Prob not remotely polished for a wider look but you know it'd be something real. So people don't think you are scamming them with CG pre-rendered shit.

Even just an engine demo. You guys sound proud of the engine, hope you find a way to demonstrate it to sell the game. That isn't youtube.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 09:06:36 pm
You wanna get some people interested you should have a playable proof of concept even just a duel server or something. Where people can use chat and practice against bots or each other with pre-loaded gear and stuff. Get people to download and play the game in any way even if its buggy and half done but somehow "fun" they will prob think hey I might as well buy it now I already wasted the gigs. You got this shit set up with early investors who can gleek about little things with the combat and they all sound positive. Prob not remotely polished for a wider look but you know it'd be something real. So people don't think you are scamming them with CG pre-rendered shit.

Even just an engine demo. You guys sound proud of the engine, hope you find a way to demonstrate it to sell the game. That isn't youtube.

Took the letters out of my fingers.  Time for a test run already, enough HYPE
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Thovex on November 25, 2014, 09:07:13 pm
Did anyone think about Steam Greenlight ?

Last time since since steam greenlighted titles was 3 months ago.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Smoothrich on November 25, 2014, 09:20:24 pm
Took the letters out of my fingers.  Time for a test run already, enough HYPE

You want to have a real media-savvy event invite streamers and journalists and crap to a big ass server like primetime announced on kickstarter page a twitch.tv stream to watch the devs build a stronghold castle with devs or pre-screened players like from cRPG dick around in it and fight a little. Let the devs sound relaxed and joke while actually playing the game. Still not sure how unfinished all your shit is but no one will care about half done animations and still being redesigned combat if its all running on your engine good and Stronghold can be seen all dynamic in real time.

If you can mange to get some enthusiastic cRPG community supporters on a server with you guys for like a guided sample round of Stronghold it would be really cool. And do the twitch thing with chadz and jacko or whatever's faces up on their streams and have one shooting a crossbow the other managing the castle walls and have some oafish looking dev using a mallet flinging ppl off the top of a ladder like we all love from cRPG siege modes and be natural having fun playing instead of aggressively selling and pitching shit.

No idea what your guys future plans are or anything with the campaign but that's my idea of the day I guess haha.

Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 09:23:29 pm
Surprise is demo?  Hopes too high?  Probably shouldn't get them up
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Torben on November 25, 2014, 09:25:59 pm
as suckerpunchy as it gets

Video of the donkeycrew spending 50k crpg money on whores and crack while korean slave workers program their illustrious dream game for ramen soup
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: lombardsoup on November 25, 2014, 09:28:05 pm
Video of the donkeycrew spending 50k crpg money on whores and crack while korean slave workers program their illustrious dream game for ramen soup

Not even soup, just MSG with water and tapioca noodles
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Smoothrich on November 25, 2014, 09:29:34 pm
sell the game on its own merits dont pitch too hard ppl suspect BS'ing when its star-conflict esque smokes and mirrors. even if its half assed/scripted some just communicate to non cRPG players how fun shit like leading the defense of a strategus siege or crushthrough camping on the walls is by having ppl play it on your engine and hey you prob have hundreds of willing cRPG players here to fill up a test server in a couple weeks for a planned event to cut you guys some footage!

trust me if cRPG or M:BG was popular people would watch streamers of it and laugh cuz its real funny usually accidental teamkills piles of corpses killstealing etc the "essence of cRPG" that we all understand but outsiders won't unless you show what its like actually playing with friends and laughing at them sucking or betraying you

example being in UIF teamspeak while the stack of fully plated in elite russian themed armors spawnrape a peasant village with a mountan of corpses piling and everyone laughing in teamspeak about it with thick accented english raging at people not following orders thats all classic cRPG and feeling like an army genociding some shit city's population but in a fun way. or archers interrupting really good duels of the last 2 melee people fighting and everyone being disappointed at the realistic end and groaning "fuck ranged" you know I want to see more of the real good cRPG shit in your engine! itll sell itself
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Falka on November 25, 2014, 09:36:15 pm

Give this man a job devs! Maybe he's not the hero Melee:BG deserves, but he's the one it needs right now  :P
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Smoothrich on November 25, 2014, 09:51:39 pm
Give this man a job devs! Maybe he's not the hero Melee:BG deserves, but he's the one it needs right now  :P

Haha thanks but I don't want a job I just want the game to be made so I can buy it and play the fucking thing!

cRPG has a lot of charm that isn't just ARENA WARBAND COMBAT that is obviously lost in kickstarter-type messaging and looks like generic warband/3rd person action game clone with lofty gamemode ideas that might turn people off. all the game articles I've read just say "A POPULAR WARBAND MOD CRPG THAT U LEVEL UP COOL HERES A KICKSTARTER LINK" which is real hollow sounding.

its really just a damn funny game to play with all the enviromental shit and engaging skill-based gameplay + dynamic teamwork that connects you to other players and the game instead of a disconnect like a floaty MMO. gotta nail that charm of real people doing stupid shit with deadly virtual melee weapons that makes it so entertaining (the real role playing aspect is the community-driven personality and presence of your character and faction, maybe now your castle style too, TRAP SPIKE DEATH ROOM TROLL (push the red button to activate) in-engine with stronghold, not grinding stats up on a webpage)
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Senni__Ti on November 26, 2014, 12:19:00 am
Is there a KS video planned for showing off the physics system?

That was one of main reasons why I invested initially; warband + physics based collisions  :mrgreen:.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Nessaj on November 26, 2014, 12:41:09 am
We're working on bringing some cool updates that hopefully will impress. You're all putting forth some good feedback (and ideas) keep it coming :D
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Erasmas on November 26, 2014, 12:44:43 am
Video of the donkeycrew spending 50k crpg money on whores and crack while korean slave workers program their illustrious dream game for ramen soup

We're working on bringing some cool updates that hopefully will impress. You're all putting forth some good feedback (and ideas) keep it coming :D

 :D :D :D :D

On more serious note - how the PR operations are going? Do you guys see any practical result of what was published up till now?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Prinz_Karl on November 26, 2014, 07:58:52 pm
Hell, you need to make some 5$ or 10$ pledge option, this would bring you in much more money I guess. Right now you have to decide wether to donate very little or 20 times that amount. Too large gap imo, for example I can't donate 20$ right now but 5$ is really not much and I would chose that option.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: agweber on November 26, 2014, 08:14:52 pm
Hell, you need to make some 5$ or 10$ pledge option, this would bring you in much more money I guess. Right now you have to decide wether to donate very little or 20 times that amount. Too large gap imo, for example I can't donate 20$ right now but 5$ is really not much and I would chose that option.

You can pledge any amount. You can pledge $5 and select the $1 pledge. Keep in mind though, that you don't actually pay anything until the end of the campaign. It's a pledge afterall.
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Masako on November 27, 2014, 07:40:35 am
looking sooo good cant wait to play this epic game xD !!!!

ps. pledged !! :P :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: TaM1PiCh on November 27, 2014, 05:40:46 pm
pledged but how can I get my alpha invite? I have to wait for e mail?
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Primo on November 27, 2014, 05:47:10 pm
pledged but how can I get my alpha invite? I have to wait for e mail?

Alpha only in march
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: TaM1PiCh on November 27, 2014, 06:02:33 pm
Alpha only in march
Yes, I know. I'm asking, how can I get alpha invite code when alpha stage starts.(by e-mail or ? )
Title: Re: Melee: Battlegrounds - The Kickstarter is up!
Post by: Prinz_Karl on November 28, 2014, 05:28:23 pm
You can pledge any amount. You can pledge $5 and select the $1 pledge. Keep in mind though, that you don't actually pay anything until the end of the campaign. It's a pledge afterall.

yes but most people will chose tnhe 1 dollea optio 

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