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May 25, 2012 -
Jun 19, 2012
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- 2 created · 9 backed
- Jesse Bemben 516 friends
- Website: pioneervalleygames.com
Pledge $5 or more
1 backer
For showing your support, I will give you a special high-resolution Tough to Kill wallpaper for your computer.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $15 or more
2 backers
For showing your love of spattering zombies, you will receive the $5 reward and you will get Beta access to the game - what better way to add your own input and help make the game be what you want it to be? I will listen to all suggestions and implement what will work best into the game.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $20 or more
6 backers
For showing your undying support for Tough to Kill, you will receive both the $5 and $15 rewards AND access to a very special Kickstarter Exclusive version of the game, complete with special care package to start with and help you jump into the fray. (Special note: all rewards above this level will include the special Kickstater Exclusive version!)
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $25 or more
1 backer
For showing your appreciation of Tough to Kill's soundtrack, you will receive both the $5 and $15 rewards AND you will receive the game's digital soundtrack plus bonus tracks.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $35 or more
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For showing your appreciation of the visual arts, you will receive the $5, $15, $20 and $25 rewards AND a digital copy of the Tough to Kill comic.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $50 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
For showing your love for zombies and their ill-fated ilk, you will receive both the $5, $20, $25 and $35 rewards AND you can help design your own special zombie. A nasty acid-spitting beast, or perhaps a crazed undead suicide-bomber? I will work with you to make your nightmarish creature real (within reason!)
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $50 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
For showing your blood-crazed zeal and your uncanny knack for survival, you will receive both the $5, $20, $25 and $35 rewards AND you can help design a special weapon. Goat launcher, perhaps? I will work with you to make your dream weapon real (within reason!)
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $75 or more
0 backers Limited (2 of 2 left)
For showing your deep interest in Tough to Kill, you will receive both the $5, $20, $25 and $35 rewards AND you can help design a special mission/objective. I will work with you to make your ideas reality (again, within reason!)
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $85 or more
0 backers
This is the collector's reward: You will receive a customized T-Shirt with the Pioneer Valley Games logo on the pocket and the main Tough to Kill image on the back. You will also receive a keychain with the Pioneer Valley Games logo and the main Tough to Kill image, in addition to the $5, $20, $25 and $35 rewards. Please add extra for international shipping.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $125 or more
0 backers Limited (3 of 3 left)
For showing your heightened interest in Tough to Kill, you will receive both the $5, $20, $25, $35, and $85 rewards AND you can help design one of the additional levels that will show up in the game! Got a neat idea for a monster-filled spatter-fest? Let me know! I will try to bring your idea to life (within reason!)
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $175 or more
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For showing your extreme interest in Tough to Kill, you will receive both the $5, $20, $25, $35, and $85 rewards AND I will create a custom player character just for you! I will work with you to design a new player character to your specifications, all just for you! I will also create a high-resolution action-packed desktop wallpaper featuring your character!
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $250 or more
1 backer All gone!
For showing the absolute highest interest in Tough to Kill, you will receive the $5, $25, $35, and $85 rewards AND I will immortalize you in-game by dedicating the park area in the zombie-infested neighborhood to you, complete with your very own statue!
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
Creator PVGames on November 7, 2012
I've been a bit quite on this front recently due to working on Aleph and the graphics bundles for Steam, so I do apologize for that. I was actually having some folk do some testing of various under-the-hood things in the meantime though, so it's not wasted time. As far as the vehicle goes, I will say this: it is not a truck. It is something much bigger and, well, explosive :) I will have to shift my focus back to this soon to wrap it up.
Creator Zolgar on November 7, 2012
*looks around* *hears crickets chirping* *Waits to hear the revving engine of a zombie smashing truck* Hey Jesse, any updates? ;)
Creator Zolgar on June 21, 2012
Yaaay! We get cars! *dances*
>.> You should totally base one of them off of my truck!
Creator PVGames on June 19, 2012
Thanks for the great support everyone! Didn't quite make it to the stretch goals, but what the heck, got more than half of them and that's pretty darn good! I am gonna get to work on spiffying up the graphics (adding animations and such) and tweaking the physics and implementing car physics. I will do what I can on my own, and the rest will have to wait 2 weeks (since it takes 14 days for Amazon payments to process the KS pledges). I will keep you all updated. Thanks again for everything!
Creator Eivind Husby on June 19, 2012
Ding!!!
Creator Grégory Bernal on June 19, 2012
Congratulations for being funded!
Creator PVGames on June 8, 2012
The demo is just the Alpha stage. None of the animation, achievements, HUD stuff, or any of the new monsters, weapons, etc are included in it and will only be in the Beta and final release versions.
Creator Zolgar on June 8, 2012
Ya know mate.. not that it matters too much, but with how the demo is being updated and tweaked.. you've basically given everyone access to the 'beta' of the game >.>
Creator Zolgar on June 6, 2012
I will personally be content if this hits $700 by the end. Sure I hope it hits even higher, but, vehicles are the one I want. ;)
Creator PVGames on June 5, 2012
I appreciate the vote of confidence Josiah, it means a lot. Thanks both to you and Steven, goal #3 is now obtainable (now that I can get the art assets for them!) Thank you kindly!
Creator Zolgar on June 5, 2012
>.> Stretch goal #3! because I decided that this project is worth more support. Partly because I like the developer.
Creator PVGames on June 2, 2012
Thanks for the support, it means a lot! Does your company have a webpage? It'd be cool to check it out and see how things are going! The site you linked looks like it could be very helpful as far as sound effects and such are concerned. It's tough to find good sfx sometimes!
Creator Elliot Franford on June 2, 2012
Hi Jesse! Very cool project. My indie company is also working on a top down zombie shooter for the iOS so it's great to see someone else loves this genre too! It looks great so far and I think your work with Box2D is great.
I saw that the Kickstarter money is for art and I am not sure if there is sound in the works but not in the game yet, but if you would like here is a link that may help. http://opengameart.org/ There are some amazing zombie moans, weapon noises, and music on that site you can use for free as long as you give credit on it. It helps with prototyping and really brings your game alive!
This project is awesome and I love the playable version as it is now :)
Creator PVGames on June 1, 2012
Also, I updated the demo in the project page. It now includes the new Magma monster, flames/fire, wall damage, window damage, fixed Goliath movement, and a host of other various fixes, changes, and additions.
Creator PVGames on June 1, 2012
I'd like to hear it, sure. Toss me a message :)
Creator Zolgar on June 1, 2012
So, I could pose a Perk/upgrade system to you, if you wanted.. it might be more complex than you would be interested in though. Let me know if you're interested.
Creator PVGames on May 31, 2012
Thanks Norb, I do appreciate it!
Creator Norb on May 31, 2012
Just backed another great indy project by PV Games!
Creator PVGames on May 31, 2012
After tooling around with how webstorage works (essentially like a internet cookies) and running some tests, I have determined that I could actually relatively easily create a perk/upgrade system using the same basic principle behind the achievements. So, short answer, yes, I can add upgrades and perks. I am thinking that certain in-game actions will unlock certain perks/upgrades or otherwise accruing some sort of in-game currency to unlock them. I had a few general ideas of the types of upgrades: Magnum ammo which makes your bullets go through obstacles and monsters, Explosive ammo which makes small explosions on impact, incindiary ammo which sets things on fire upon contact, Impact vest which reduces damage taken from explosions, body armor which increases your overall health limit, upgraded toolkit which makes better barricades, and a couple other ideas. For the music, it is not yet completed to showcase, but if you go to Note by Note studios (the link in the main project) you can listen to a number of wonderful samples of his music - or you can go to my website and check out some of the Aleph music, also done by Mr. Rao.
Creator Zolgar on May 31, 2012
This will be a pretty major determining factor if I'm going to stay at $5, or bump to $20. A game of this style $5 is usually all I would pay, but I like indie developers and so far I like your business practices. >.>
Also, have you considered getting a sample of the music for it to post, to help backers decide if they want to get the sound track as well?
Creator PVGames on May 30, 2012
I am playing around with the idea of upgrades/perks, but I need to work on making sure that the game can save previous progress, which will have to be client-side, being browser-based and all, so it is a possibility I am still toying with. Right now the main premise is to get as high a score as possible through killing loads of zombies, but also completing some various tasks/goals and taking down big bosses. It's not meant to be a particularly long and involved game, but a game that can be played repeatedly and it'll be a bit different every time.
Creator Zolgar on May 30, 2012
The demo shows potential, even if I suck at this kind of game.
Question: do you plan any sort of 'upgrades' or the like, or is it going to end up just being 'rack up the highest kill count possible'?
Creator PVGames on May 30, 2012
Hit over 100%! Thank you Luke for pushing it over the top - you rock! And thank you to everyone else who helped get it there!
Creator PVGames on May 29, 2012
Good point Josiah. I updated the main section with more detailed stretch goals!
Creator Zolgar on May 29, 2012
It woud likely behoove you to start looking in to the amount of money it will cost to do 'X' and make a list of "If this hits $500 X will happen, $750 Y will happen, etc.' Help get people all in terested in seeing what can come of the game, pledging more. :)