Kickstarter

Hi everyone,

welcome to the latest update for Elite: Dangerous. In this update we have the latest dev diary, a new piece of concept art and a few other items.

Dev Diary

The latest dev diary is shown below. We have opened a thread in the private backers forums so people can suggest what questions they'd like us to answer. This will be an ongoing feature, so make sure to get involved in the thread to add your suggestion:

We intend to present a new dev diary every month, so keep those questions coming.

Concept Art

We're currently looking at the ships and their styles for the game. One of these is first of the very large ships in game. The first large ship to get the concept treatment is an Imperial cruiser as seen below:

You can view a higher resolution image at: http://oi49.tinypic.com/saxz0p.jpg

Web App Updates

A web app update email was sent out earlier this week. Most pertinent is the fact that we are locking down the physical add-ons (mugs, t-shirts and printed concept art) this coming Sunday 17th Feb). You must have your details for items and delivery added to the system by this date. We will do a follow up in the early summer for people who have missed this deadline and for any new backers.

Newsletters

We are aiming to start the backer newsletters (if you pledged a reward of £10 or higher you should receive this) next week. These will provide a more intimate view of the game and its progress. We'll continue the Kickstarter updates for new videos and dev diaries as well.

Can I Still Back The Game?

Yes you can. We are still accepting pledges via PayPal on our web site. We are looking into other payment methods. If you have already pledged, but want to increase your participation then you can do that via the web app.

If you have any issues with the web app then please email us at:

edbackers@frontier.co.uk

I'll speak to you all soon!

Michael

http://elite.frontier.co.uk

Hi everyone,

this is just another quick update to shout out for a couple of affiliated Kickstarters, but first I'd like to thank everyone for their patience. I know everyone is waiting for more details of the game and rest assured they are coming!

Since the Kickstarter finished we've been busy transitioning into full production for Elite: Dangerous. That process is well under way and within the next couple of weeks we'll be resuming the dev diaries and starting the newsletters. We have some fun ideas for how members in the private backers forums  can help shape these diaries. We'll post more details on the backers forum next week.

As mentioned in yesterday's update, Dave Hughes has started a Kickstarter for his Elite pen and paper RPG project. I've posted an interview with him on my blog, you can read the interview here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/elite-dangerous-author-interview-dave.html

And for the final mention we go to Kate Russell's book project 'Mostly Harmless'. Her Kickstarter closes in 30 hours and is only £1,300 short for her audio book stretch goal. So please visit her project and pledge your support if you haven't already:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katerussell/mostly-harmless-an-elite-dangerous-novel-working-t?ref=live

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Michael

Hi everyone,

this is a mini update to let you all know about an exciting new writers pack Kickstarter that has been started. As with many of the writers pack ideas this take a different approach, in this case an RPG rule and source book for the Elite Universe.

Find out more about Dave's new project here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/selezen/elite-encounters-roleplaying-in-the-elite-universe

I will hopefully have an interview with him on my blog soon.

In other news, the various private forum will be going live next week. We're looking forward to various discussions we'll be getting involved in. If you haven't joined our forums yet then sign up at:

http://forums.frontier.co.uk

Details on the various physical pledge add-ons have been sent via the web app, so make sure to get your choices selected as soon as possible. If you have any problems with the web app then email: edbackers@frontier.co.uk and we will be happy to help.

The new newsletter will be coming in the next few weeks and we'll also be providing game updates via Kickstarter and our forums.

Have a good weekend!

Michael

Hi,

this is just a quick update to let you know that the web app for managing your rewards has gone live. The email notifications are going out as I type this. The process will take a while, so don't worry if you haven't received your email yet.

Ashley has put together a help guide and posted it on our forums if you get stuck:

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4223

This is a new system, so please bear with us if you encounter any teething problems. As long as you used the same email address for PayPal as Kickstarter, both should be linked.

If you pledged via Kickstarter but didn't select a reward tier we don't have your email address

We're aiming to have the three new private forums up and running for the end of next week. In the meantime you should register on our forums and we'll update the web app next week to allow you to enter your forum username. I'll post an update as well as on our forums when they are available.

Sorry I don't have a new pretty picture for you today, once the newsletter is up and running we'll have some good stuff to share with you!

Thanks

Michael

Hi everyone,

after the excitement of last week it seems almost bizarre how crazy busy things have been this week. We've been busy putting everything together and this update is to tell you where we are with various things.

Before we get into the details of what comes next here is some new concept art of ships limping home:

So what comes next? Apart from the obvious 'making the game' we have a number of rewards that we now need to provide. To do this we'll need various pieces of information from you. To manage this process we're creating a web app that will be based on our website that will allow you to manage your pledge rewards, select add-ons and organise gift pledges. You will also be able to increase your pledge (or make your first pledge)  via PayPal if you wish. The system will be online within the next two weeks.

In the meantime you can still pledge via PayPal on our website:

http://elite.frontier.co.uk

We will also be setting up the new backers, design and writers forums. These will be online by the end of the month. In the meantime you can access our public forums that are open to everyone and can be found at:

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=29

The first newsletter will be posted in early February and we'll have some new cool stuff to report. We're still looking into the details, but at the moment our expectation is that we'll send out the newsletter every two weeks and we'll also have a more in depth dev diaries from David or myself or other members of the team every month. Although we'll post additional dev diaries as needed when we have cool new things to show or tell you about. The dev diaries will be posted as Kickstarter updates.

As is traditional we'll close this update with a book plug. Kate Russell's 'Mostly Harmless' Kickstarter is still running and she's now working towards her stretch goal of an audio book. Visit her project below to provide your support:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katerussell/mostly-harmless-an-elite-dangerous-novel-working-t

So once again thanks to everyone for your support. We are making this game!

Michael