Squadron 42, PC Space Sim from Chris Roberts (Wing Commander, Freelancer, etc.)

I've been eagerly waiting for the next great space sim. A decade is long enough.

 

Very cool. I didn't know about this when it was doing the funding so I'm glad to see it bumped. I'm currently funding 3 games on Kickstarter so I would have done this too but will definitely check it out when it's done.

 

We just hit 7.6m today.

I will post a link to our Wingman's hangar episode if you like, for now, you can see the older ones here that our fans captured.

I humbly apologize for the belly bump bit at the end of episode 6 - not my best moment, tbh.

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Oh, and Yonkers you can still get in, the prices will be going up over time, the earlier you get in, the cheaper it is to do so.

DD

 

Use my money well, DaDa. Trying to get up a few more dollars to get up to the next level. The Constellation looks like a nice ride.

 

Looks great, I'm in at the Bounty Hunter level. Thanks for sharing this RC Cola, and thanks DD, Privateer was one of my favorite games 20 years ago.

 

Here is a show we do every week - you guys kind of saw the rehearsals here on Cfans - we give sneak peaks at what is going on each week. This is episode 8.

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Also, You guys would not believe what the fans of the game are sending us, we have had $100 Torchy's gift cards, chocolates from Germany, beer delievered, and over $1k of liquor, which you can see on our window on the set.

Just today we got another case of Dead Guy Ale....

Amazing - just the most amazing experience I have ever had working on a game or at a company.

DD

 

Some audio issues, but entertaining video.

 

The audio issues were on our end, we switched from Ustream to Youtube this week, and had a lot more switches for the show, which made it difficult etc.

It has been a blast so far, and the fans just keep sending in cool stuff, I have never seen anything like it.

DD

 

Who are you? JK.

 

We just hit $8.5 million, we may actually try to crowd fun the entire budget - this has been an incredible ride so far.

Here is today's Wingman's hangar episode, each week we give small details about what went on in development during the week.

I am planning on sneaking in some Rockets stuff in the near future...hehe.

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I have not worked so hard in years, and have not had so much fun, now if the Rox could win in the playoffs, oh man !!

DD

 

Congrats DD.

It shows that your group is having fun. Keep up the hard work!

 

You should definitely add in an easter egg in the game.

I'm thinking some sort of red spaceship with the entire roster as the crew.

 

Hey DaDa, have you heard anything about the citizen cards that were supposed to go out? I thought they were supposed to be sent out a while ago. I got the customized metal option, maybe they take long to produce?

 

Just a quick update, we hit 10.2m yesterday - unfricken real.

DD

 

Wow, this looks pretty damn interesting.

I'm a bit confused about what I'm funding here. Is it game development? And depending on the amount I donate, I get to reserve a "ship"?

 

That is it exactly, you are buying a ship at a much lower rate than what it will be when the game ships and we are using your pre-purchase money to fund development.

DD

 

So this game will be item mall style? You will have to buy whatever ships you want to fly?

 

Wing Commander and WC2 were two of my childhood favorites. Hope this delivers!

 

No, you will have to buy the game and with that you will get a starter ship, then you can earn Star Credits and buy any ship you want or any item with in game currency.

If you want to skip ahead to some of the better ships, you can do that by buying them but it will never be required to do so.

DD