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All backers get a pack of backgrounds based on the Drifter poster designed by Steve Courtney that they can use on their favorite electronic devices.
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A DRM free copy of Drifter via digital download for PC/Mac when it is released.
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EARLY BIRD SPECIAL - A DRM free digital copy of Drifter along with early access to the beta when it begins, plus a digital download of the game's soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky.
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18"x24" limited-edition numbered Drifter poster designed by Steve Courtney, suitable for framing, plus everything at the $25 reward level. Please add $10 for shipping outside the US and Canada.
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Drifter collector's box set including a printed manual and a fold out galaxy map, plus everything at the $50 reward level. Your name will also be included in the game's random NPC list. Please add $15 for shipping outside the US and Canada.
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Drifter "Special Edition" - everything at the $75 reward level plus the poster will be signed by Colin and Danny. Please add $15 for shipping outside the US and Canada.
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A small 3" 3D printed model of the Drifter "starter" ship and a Drifter t-shirt. Includes the $100 "Special Edition" package. Please add $30 for shipping outside the US and Canada.
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A 3D printed model of the Drifter "starter" ship. Includes the $100 "Special Edition" package. Please add $30 for shipping outside the US and Canada.
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Become a "Legend" in Drifter. Have a space station in the game's core systems named after you, or even an entire star system. I'll work with you to include you in the game (within reason of course)! Includes the $500 backer rewards, again please add $30 for shipping outside the US and Canada.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012
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Show older commentsCreator ThomasN on May 14
August, got it, thank you.
Creator Celsius Game Studios on May 7
@ThomasN All backers $10 and above should have access to the beta, if that's what you mean. If you don't, shoot me an email at contact@celsiusgs.com and I'll sort you out. If you mean a general 1.0 release I am aiming for August at the moment.
Creator ThomasN on May 4
What is the new realistically estimated release date on this?
Creator Celsius Game Studios on March 20
@JC I'm hoping the first week of April :)
Creator JC Stefansson on March 20
What kind of date are we looking at currently for general release to backers?
Creator Jesse M. Pearson on February 24
@DoughnutDoney you really should consider using the private KS forums that Colin mentioned if you wanna try the beta in-depth. But just to answer your question (I do believe it's explained in the instructions, too, that were linked in one of the previous updates) you need to purchase Antimatter in the "Stock Market." and then go to the "Docking Bay" and load it onto your ship.
Creator DoughnutDoney on February 24
Beta looks very good even though I seem to not be able to buy any fuel so stuck in one system. Ended up being a pirate and shooting some asteroids. Love the soundtrack...for the first beta this looks pretty good :)
Creator ThomasN on February 24
What is the new estimated release date on this?
Creator Celsius Game Studios on February 11
@DoughnutDoney I've been posting regular info over on the new private backer forums which I mentioned in the last update! Early build along with a new update will be hitting in the next few days, fingers crossed :D
Creator DoughnutDoney on February 11
Anymore updates please.....its gone quiet :-(
Creator Celsius Game Studios on January 18
Bad news: The beta is not quite ready, but it is close! This is getting to be ridiculous, I know! But! Good news: There is much light at the end of the tunnel and an update being posted when I get up tomorrow after being up way too late tonight working on things :) I'd post the update now but I'm sure something would go horrifically wrong while I was asleep and that would be just be needlessly embarrassing after all this...
Creator Andy Hughes on January 17
Tomorrow is the day hopefully! I hadn't been here in a bit, so thought i would drop in and see if there were any updates, and l see Colins update. Can't wait to get out amongst the stars!
Creator Neil Studd on January 15
Excitement building here too! I'm looking forward to sniffing out some bugs - I have set some lofty goals, I am aiming to break the universe.
Creator Devon Rampe on January 14
"Also the actual flying around is already really fun even if I do say so myself... I mean this ship customization stuff." ..."Even if" you say so yourself? So normally if you say so yourself, then that means it isn't fun? Just kidding. Happy New Year!
Creator Apollo Timbers on January 14
Thank you for all the hard work so far Colin. Four more days till the early beta backers will get some sweet sweet beta access soon, \o/ woot.... I can't wait to see it. By the way will you want us to post bugs to a certain email by chance as that is normally why other company's release betas.
Creator S.D. on January 7
All these nifty screenies you keep tweeting have us in the SD household pretty excited (and no, I'm not referring to images of the adorably fuzzy variety). The recent dev blog was really interesting to me (nice to see other coders among the backers... that guy Robert, who commented on it, had a nice insight). And, of course, the gameplay clip w/Danny's music was a treat for the eyes and ears. Thanks, Colin!
Creator Celsius Game Studios on January 3
Also the actual flying around is already really fun even if I do say so myself... I mean this ship customization stuff.
Creator Celsius Game Studios on January 3
Whoops, stupid lack of an edit option: "all backers will have access around then" should read "all other backers will have access around 'Sandbox Complete'"
Creator Celsius Game Studios on January 3
Getting closer to the first early build! Sorry for the agonizing wait, believe me I want this out and done more than anyone else but I don't want to release something that's not fun to play or deeply broken. That said I want to assure you that I'm working steadily towards completing the game and there is no risk of it not being completed, just later than I had hoped and that annoys the hell out of me but there's not much I can do but offer my sincere apologies and continue moving forward.
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Right now I'm shooting to have the game "Sandbox Complete" by the end of March at the latest. "Sandbox Complete" meaning "fully playable except the non-procedural scripted story missions". That said, early beta backers will have access in the next week or two (hold my feet to the fire on this one, January 18th or earlier!) and all backers will have access around then. As for the story missions, I'm still working on fleshing out the story arc but I don't want the game as a whole to suffer additional delays because of it (not cutting it, I just don't want to rush it).
Creator JC Stefansson on December 30
Given adjustments to project expectations, what would you say is your current estimate for a general release? A general ballpark is fine
Creator Celsius Game Studios on December 15
@Stephen Yep! As I was just saying in the comments on the last update, I'm currently working on the ship customization system, which will deeply impact how the game is played so I'm trying to not screw it up :) I think that's probably what I'm going to talk about in the next update and I should have an early build for beta-level backers by then as well!
Creator Stephen Brown on December 15
Any updates coming this way?
Creator Celsius Game Studios on December 8
@Tollymain Just send me a message through Kickstarter with your new address and I'll make a note of the change in my files!
Creator Tollymain on December 8
I need to change the address I supplied, where would be a good place to do so?
Creator Scott Smith on November 28
If there is one thing I learned from minecraft it's that I enjoy playing games before everyone else. I look forward to that alpha release, be a great Christmas present.
Creator Kevin Marsh on November 13, 2012
just saw the newest video, it seems every game starting out uses that pew/pew sound for light lasers doesn't it?There was obvious signs that there is no assisted targeting, since there were a lot of wild shots out there, hehe. Even the missiles hit more asteroids than ships, but ti looked fun. I personally wouldn't have left the area without picking up some weapons or equipment dropped from the pirate ships, with so much floating, there ahd to be something good, looks decent though.Here's a hint I thought of..from inside a ship, pulse lasers would have an electronic sound maybe like...zizzle.....zap...but not too loud, you'll only here the vibration on the hull, and what little sound gets made inside the cockpit, if it has an atmosphere.
Creator Devon Rampe on November 12, 2012
How's the game coming along? Any new screenshots or awesome progress to report? :) :)
Creator Alex - Mostly Harmless on November 6, 2012
Woot, T-Shirt arrived today and looks fabulous. many thanks guys!!
Creator Laura Hall on November 2, 2012
If we didn't pledge enough to get the poster before, can we buy a poster after?
Cheers, and good luck!
Creator Smiles on October 31, 2012
Looking forward to this game. What sort of finish date are we looking at now? I know some of the deadlines and milestones have been pushed around, and I can't remember.
Creator Tom Champion on October 30, 2012
Received my poster, love it
Its going to stay in tube until I can frame it for my game / home theater room.
Creator liam millward on October 27, 2012
YAY!!!! just got the poster and I love it :D.
Creator Alex - Mostly Harmless on October 26, 2012
Yay poster arrived today, already ordered a frame from ebay. It will be getting pride of place in my office next to my 9th Gate woodcuts,
Creator Matthew Larsen on October 25, 2012
Love the poster. This baby is going to stay safe in its tube till I can get a frame for it.
Creator Glenn Usher on October 22, 2012
Got my poster today. Now I have to hide it so my kids don't steal it.
I've gotta get a frame for this baby.
Great stuff.
Thanks!
Creator rmellin on October 22, 2012
awesome poster. I showed it to my son, and he immediately wanted to add it to his collection. Well, first it will get framed
Creator Apollo Timbers on October 20, 2012
My poster just arrived today and I must say it was worth the wait! I went and bought a nice frame for it and hung it up in the living room. Now lets see how long the wife will take to notice it... ekkk
Creator Scott Smith on October 18, 2012
Just wondering how the early access at the end of the month was looking? The last update showed it working on PC and all, and you are (quite happy at this) giving word that all is going swimingly so I was just wondering if the end of October demo was still in the works. Thanks in advance.
Creator Celsius Game Studios on October 17, 2012
Huzzah! I'm glad you like it :) For those who are wondering, the remainder of the posters will be shipped out by the end of this week, and the t-shirts are currently being processed by the printers (the artwork needs to be tweaked slightly to maximize the print quality).
Creator Riccardo on October 17, 2012
Just received my poster and I just have to say it looks superb!
Creator Celsius Game Studios on October 11, 2012
@charnode Things are coming along decently on all fronts, no major bad news to report :) Posters are going out now, about 150 so far. I've got enough responses on shirt sizes that I'm going to order the shirts today. Hoping to have an art update soon as well, some awesome stuff developing on that front :)
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@Thomas I'm not sure why Kickstarter keeps sending you those survey emails because you do indeed have your survey responses in. You may want to contact Kickstarter support and let them know what's happening.
Creator Thomas Willingham on October 11, 2012
I keep getting annoying emails saying you need to know my email address in order to get my digital copy of drifter, and when I click on it, you already have it...so just to let you know.
Creator charnode on October 9, 2012
Just wanted to ask hows it going, Colin? =)
(And I am not only referring to the progress of the game, of course)
Creator S.D. on September 21, 2012
@Colin: Great update! Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
Creator John H. Crandall on September 7, 2012
thanks for the updates!
Creator S.D. on September 2, 2012
@Colin: Well, "soon" is relative. When dealing with serious illness, time compresses. I get that, and believe it or not, I've been there (in fact, I'm going to be active in "part one" of a good friend's cancer benefit event next week, and again for "part two" of the event the week after). Reading back over my message again, it's clear that I left out an important detail. Specifically, I meant to request such insight and involvement *after* you and yours are fit to pick "life" back up again. I'm not a demanding person, and I apologize if you felt pressured.
Creator charnode on September 1, 2012
Yay for updates! :-D
Creator Celsius Game Studios on August 31, 2012
@S.D. Giving insight into the development process has been my plan all along but it went off the rails just a little bit :) Transparency is essential for something like this, and it feels like I should be able to start posting regular progress updates soon!
Creator S.D. on August 30, 2012
@John: Also, remember that we overfunded this project by 60%, and have, as such, increased the scope of the game through a stretch goal. Colin must co-ordinate UI design/development with Steve, and as such there will be a correspondingly greater amount of development time.
@Colin: Were I to choose between having the game a bit more quickly, or being a bit more "in the loop", I'd choose transparency over early delivery. I'd love a little more insight into the game development process. Also, aside from sad personal challenges, if you come across technical challenges that delay the release, we will have been by your side the whole way, clued in, and unsurprised. Hence, please consider more frequent, but small, development updates (even boring coder-y updates)... personally, I'd love to see you write a piece regarding procedural content generation, which (to my mind) is by far the most interesting technical characteristic of Drifter!
Creator Celsius Game Studios on August 30, 2012
@John My self-imposed early build date will likely not be met due to some of the unexpected problems that crept up during the summer. My apologies for that, but I am putting all of my dev time into making it happen as soon as possible.
@Phil - Surveys will be going out tomorrow!