Kickstarter

Once again, we’d like to express our thanks to all of our supporters! Without your generosity none of what we’re doing would be possible. And just in case you’ve been wondering what we’ve been up to since our fundraising ending we’ve cooked up a brief video to give you a taste of how things are going with Conquest….

In all seriousness, the time since the Kickstarter ended has largely been occupied with the nitty-gritty of becoming a business. Paperwork has been filed, lawyers consulted, and mobsters bribed! Things have been exciting is the basic gist here. We’ve also been working on the game.

The final design document is almost complete, the story is being formally written and fleshed out and, perhaps best of all, we’ve finalized the details (listed below) for all of those rewards we promised our contributors when all of this began.

To claim your rewards we will need our backers to forward their shipping addresses to the following email address: stewshearer@gmail.com, along with your pledge amount.

Reward Details:The Colonial Private ($10 or more): Backers will have their your name become a part of the game. The troops you use to conquer a planet's surface are all given names: your names. Everyone who gives money in this way has their name as a ground unit. Delivered when the game ships in late November.

The Warrant Officer ($25 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will receive a draft notice from the world of Conquest, inducting them into either the forces of the O.S.A. or T.U. Included on these are a free activation code for the full game and a trial activation code that will last for 3 games (share it with your friends!). Received when the game ships in late November.

The Ensign ($45 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will receive a t-shirt with their rank insignia on the left sleeve, the Conquest logo on the breast, and rank insignia below that. These will be delivered by the end of May.

The Junior Lieutenant ($65 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will start with a custom homeworld tailored to show off their status as a contributor. Available when the game ships in late November.

The Full Lieutenant ($85 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will have their standard frigate unit replaced by a prototype model exclusive to contributors. Available when the game ships in late November.

The Major ($130 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will be sent a custom ID card from the Conquest universe. For this we will need a full front face portrait of the backer as their face will appear on the card. Available by the end of May, or possibly early June.

The Commander ($170 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will be gifted with a numbered and signed concept art piece. This will be mailed out by the end of May, early June.

The Admiral ($210 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will gain access to a unique fifth faction. These players will receive a code to unlock them at the start of the game, with the faction becoming available for purchase later on. Available when the game ships in late November

The Senior Admiral ($250 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will receive painted model of either an O.S.A. or T.U. Battlecruiser with a stand. On the stand will be engraved the name of the backer. These will be shipped out in early June.

The Rear Admiral ($300 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will be given the opportunity to record to perform as voice actors, recording dialogue lines for the actual game.

Backers will be sent dialog lines for them to record. They will have one month to send them back to us in e-mail format for inclusion in the game.Note: The inclusion is subject to the quality of the audio we receive from these backers.

We will of course work with them to get quality audio, but if the audio is unusable or would be detrimental to the finished product we reserve the right to leave out the audio. In such a case we will work with backers to provide a similarly worthy reward.The dialogue will be sent out the end of June.

Vice Admiral ($500 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers receive a handmade edition of Conquest board Game. Available when the game ships in late November.

Fleet Admiral ($1500 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers receive a custom painted iPad 2. A high quality decal will be applied to the back with a custom painted scene from Conquest. In addition a free copy of the game and a background will be included with the iPad 2. We will also include all relevant development materials like concept art, prototype models and design documents for insight on how we made the game. Available when the game ships in late November.

Full Admiral ($2700 or more): In addition to the above rewards, backers will receive a package equivalent to nine Rear Admiral awards. Same delivery date applies.