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Weekend Catch Up and Reddit AMA

Update #2 · Oct 20, 2012 · 5 comments

22% to Being Funded

Just wanted to thank all of you again, and let you know that Distance is 22% of the way to being funded! Your tweets, Facebook posts, and comments have all been continually encouraging.

We've noticed a lot of comments saying that we should easily make our goal, but we'll still need your help to get there. Even though our first couple of days were pretty successful, we're starting to slow down a bit. Historically, word of mouth is one of the biggest ways Kickstarters spread, so if you know anyone who can support the project please tell them about it! You can post about it on any of your favorite social media sites, any forums you browse, or create a YouTube video showing your excitement.

If you do post something, make sure to send it to us! Another really simple way to help is to visit our...

Reddit AMA!

By popular request, we'll be doing a Reddit AMA (Q&A) tomorrow (10/21) at 5:00pm PST. Many of our original fans came from Reddit, so we've always loved that community and want to give back there. If you have any more questions or if you know anyone who was a fan of Nitronic Rush and has questions, feel free to check out our AMA and ask then.

You can help us by simply upvoting the post when it goes live tomorrow: http://reddit.survivethedistance.com

So, How'd The Week Go?

It was a pretty busy week but we're having fun. We've been trying our hardest to reach out and contact our friends, family, community members, and press. You can check out the latest news roundup here:

Over the past couple days Jason and Kyle took a short break from answering questions to work on the actual game. Jason worked on optimizing the spline mesh track generation (which sped up loading times quite a bit), as well as polishing various tools within the level editor such as the object properties window. Kyle's been tweaking the camera and car controls based off of some of the feedback we've received. He's working on continually improving the speed and feel of the car.

We're also working on a gameplay trailer to show off more of the game! When it's released we'll make sure to share it in an upcoming update.

80% of the Way to the Top 100 on Greenlight

Steam Greenlight has been going great so far, and we're already 80% of the way to the Top 100 (out of 852 total games)! If you haven't said Yes to Distance, you can by going to our Greenlight page here.

Stay Connected

Last but not least, we'd love to stay connected with you! You can follow the team on Twitter and/or like us on Facebook for more frequent news updates.

- Jordan (and the Refract team)

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      Creator Koshiir on October 21, 2012

      Ohh, can't wait for that gameplay trailer. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.

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      Creator Robert Wheeler on October 21, 2012

      Make sure to do the AMA on the one with 2.1 million subs.

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      Creator Jon Kimmich on October 21, 2012

      From the post on the Star Citizen Update on the 19th, their AMA is monday.

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      Creator Cheesenium, Cheese Exiled in Torment on October 20, 2012

      The thing is, Star Citizen is also having an AMA tomorrow, but i am not sure what time is it on. Still, would it be possible to cross promote the game through AMA? If Chris Robert do not mind helping out a bit.

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      Creator Michael on October 20, 2012

      A huge part of the success of Nitronic Rush is due to the music. The music was awesome, AND dynamic/interactive. Don't forget that ;)

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