We've launched an exciting new project of our own! Introducing the Kickstarter app for iPhone!

A PERSONAL MESSAGE

Update #12 · Jul 11, 2012 · 31 comments

*** If my speach is hard to recognize, or English is not your native language, HERE is a text ***

The hard numbers: 2280 backers, $86,300 pledged, 46 days down, 12 days to go. A few updates ago we mentioned it’d take another $81 from every backer to meet our goal - that figure is now $50. That is HUGE progress! But we’re not there yet. We have under two weeks to raise the other $114,000 or it all goes away.

PLEASE HELP SKYJACKER SUCCEED

1. If you don’t want to pledge, TELL US WHY NOT. We can’t stress this enough - we can’t address a concern we haven’t heard.

2. If you like what you see, MAKE A PLEDGE! Be a backer of Skyjacker!

  • a) If you’ve already pledged, move to the NEXT TIER UP - most tiers are $20 or less more and offer more rewards. 985 backers are $5 away from a second copy for a friend, and $10 away from being in on the closed beta. 
  • b) If you like your tier where it is but want more swag, $25 extra will get you a t-shirt, 8GB USB drive, or sketchbook, your choice. Stack this as high as you like! Two t-shirts per backer and we’d have this in the bag. 
3. Twitter users: Retweet our news at https://twitter.com/alskyjacker and @add your favorite bloggers and space/gaming/space gaming celebrities.

4. Facebook users: Like our posts on https://www.facebook.com/Digitilus and share them with your friends and family.

5. Forum posters: Talk about us on forums and imageboards. Look for blog posts about Skyjacker and add your support.

6. Blog readers: SUBMIT NEW TIPS to the gaming press sites - ask them to cover Skyjacker! Talk about us in Kickstarter roundups.

7. Include us in your online presence by changing your avatar, your sigs, and your Facebook banners. 12 days is all we ask!

8. Get the word out, in any way you can. Think of what we haven’t thought of. This isn’t a marketing ploy - we need to be heard, and we need your help.

IF YOU DON’T WANT SKYJACKER TO SUCCEED

1. Sit back and relax ...

THE SHAARKARIANS ARE BACK

Enough doom and gloom :)) We heard a lot of you liked that last fleet vid! So we come bearing gifts: Facebook banners featuring these mindbending aliens, along with Yatagooshee and Aspirogans. Download them HERE, share them around, and use them as your avatars for the next two weeks. Some people don’t realize just how gorgeous Skyjacker looks already, even in its raw alpha state - showing them off really does help.

SKYJACKER IN THE PRESS

  • G4TV covered us in their crowdsourcing roundup! This is exactly the kind of exposure we need. Thank you, Alex Rubens! Remember, everyone: we’d be happy to get more in-depth with an interview or exclusive materials.
  • GameWay - Another post by the Russian community. Run the comments section through goog translate, they know the score - "Yes, publishers no longer want to invest in space sims. We can only rely on indie games."
  • Respavvn front-paged our hardcore video and their own gameplay vid from the demo. Thanks for pitching in, dude!
  • Lone Swing keeps an eye on Gun Disassembly, the app used to produce our own Starship Disassembly, so they’re not that familiar with our project - but every little bit helps.

MOMENT OF ZEN

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      @ Robert - thank you for such friendly step and your good words about our game. We also hope to get funded and to transform all of you guys into space pirates in 2013 :))

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      Creator Robert V Frazier on July 11, 2012

      @Veav Sounds good. Thought I would ask, since there could be others considering upping their pledges who want the details on how it works! I really hope this project succeeds, because this is one beautiful game.

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      Creator Veav on July 11, 2012

      @Robert When the Kickstarter ends, the traditional post-Kickstarter survey gets sent out (usually within a few days). The project guys can put whatever questions they want in - one of the questions will be "Which bolt-ons (if any) do you want?" And that'll be the cue.

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      Creator Robert V Frazier on July 11, 2012

      @Veav Okay, I increased by pledge by $25. I'll take the 8GB USB drive, please. Let me know the details about how that gets added to the list of rewards, please.

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      Creator Gavin Phoenix on July 11, 2012

      @JTD121 - I mentioned in the main comments, i'll post it here too:
      Don't forget that if the Amazon payment fails for any reason you will get 7 days to fix the payment before your pledge gets forfeit.

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Yes, PayPal is on work. We are planning to launch it on Friday, so additional pledges after this campaign will be allowed. And then we are planning to continue accumulate pledges / prepayments too.

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      Creator Veav on July 11, 2012

      You know - I'm pretty sure we can work something out. We're going to be unrolling paypal pledges in a future update for our backers who can't use Amazon Payments, and if you put in a paypal bump later on top of your kickstarter pledge, we'll make that happen. Rewards don't go out the next day anyway!

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      Creator JTD121 on July 11, 2012

      @Veav - Oh no. I'd love to have both, but even at the current pledge level, I am pushing my limited finances to their limits. If this Kickstarter ended....3 days later, I would definitely up my pledge no questions asked! :( Can I have an IOU when it ends? ;)

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      Creator Veav on July 11, 2012

      Putting my money where my mouth is - just added two shirts to my pledge.

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      Creator Kal on July 11, 2012

      Upped my pledge to 265, hope if everyone ups a little bit it will go the distance.

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      Creator Veav on July 11, 2012

      @JTD We hope so too! If you'd like we can send you the USB instead of the DVD that comes with the Captain's Edition - we'll swap even for anyone who prefers that.

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      Creator JTD121 on July 11, 2012

      I'd really love to bolt-on a USB stick/card, but I'm pushing it as-is at the Captain tier! Hope you get a flood of backers!

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      Creator fluxcurl on July 11, 2012

      Just added some more bucks.. i really hope this project becomes reality :)

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Thank you Willkiam. Jokes apart, we really in a hurry with this campaign, so I finally reminded to everybody about the reality. So thank you for understanding of the moment, and for your real contribution :))

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      Creator William on July 11, 2012

      I had planned to pledge at some point, but this update got me to pledge now and at a higher amount (beta) than I planned to.

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Thank you Yifan! We must! :D

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      Creator Yifan on July 11, 2012

      upped pledge and posted on facebook. best of luck with skyjacker, would really like to see this one succeed.

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Thank you Teppo. Even this help is a very big help for us. Just imagine - there are projects, which assembled 1over 160K having 1500 backers. We have 2200. If evrybody would bring just one new backer, we would get funded no doubts. So please continue spread words. It's very powerful weapon in the era of social networs :))

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      Creator Teppo Koivukangas on July 11, 2012

      Changed my facebook profile pic and added a link here. Been linking every once in a while already.

      Cant give much money myself, some previous projects drank me dry. But i'll spread the word what I can.. :)

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Thank you Gregory! I do :)) I'm always positive and bever give up. My grand father (he was a real combat officer, gunner colonel) said: "there are no hopeless situations, but there are unrecognized opportunities" So yeah, let's better look for such opportunities now :))

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      Creator Greg "Scorpio" Myers on July 11, 2012

      Hey, nice to see you Eugene! You did just fine in front of the camera, it's nice to put a face and voice to the project. I am doing the Twitter thing as promised, hopefully alot of the other backers are helping spread the word as well. I will be absolutely gutted if we don't make the goal, but alot can happen between now and July 23rd. Stay positive and keep your eyes on the prize!

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Well ... if OUYA has lower hardware resources comparing to XBOX360/PS3 (and what I see from their overview it is), I doubt we'll be able to launch SKYJACKER there. At least in its current stage. But let;s see ... tests , tests, more tests to be sure. Same as with Linux. So I'd prefer to make series of tests before to say yes or not

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      Creator Wayne H. on July 11, 2012

      Have you all considered getting in contact with the Ouya developers about using Skyjacker as a launch title for them? I put Skyjacker down as one of the titles I'd like to see on their survey. Considering how much they have already surpassed their target, they could easily fund Skyjacker in full or at least partially.

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      @ Massimo Cesario - if you could know how much we want this here :) Sometimes people tell me: "so many years you are struggling in this space gaming theme. For what reason?" I really have no answer to these folks at that moment. And I guess, people, who are climbing, or diving, or jumping with parashute, also cannot answer to similar question of those, who are living in a diffrent layer of the reality.

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      Hi Gavin! yeah it's me :D I nnever was a good artist in front of camera, but now I must :))

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      Creator Massimo Cesario on July 11, 2012

      I really want a successor for Wing Commander: Prophecy!

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      Creator Gavin Phoenix on July 11, 2012

      It's Eugene! Hi Eugene! :D

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      That's true, but we have 2200 backers armed with special social weapon - bright and attractive avatars, banners, wallpapers and posters. And more ammo is on its way to them, will be ready soon. So I think. we could double the number of backers by using this weapon the best way

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      Creator Koshinator on July 11, 2012

      even with G4TV covering it... I'm not sure you'll be getting a large influx... at least until the OUYA craziness dies down a bit

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      Creator DIGITILUS on July 11, 2012

      I remember. We do all we can do with this, but we are not their employeers. So the only we can do is to spam them with our press release, mails and updates. Despite all of this, our exposure is growing slowly. Not so fast as could be, but it;s growing anyway.

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      Creator S.D. on July 11, 2012

      Don't forget that Rock, Paper, Shotgun piece in which John Walker notes the ludicrous lack of press on this project: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/07/kickstarter-katchup-7th-july-2012/

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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on July 23, 2012.

Funding period
May 25, 2012 - Jul 23, 2012

  • Pledge $5 or more

    8 backers

    WALLPAPER SET: A large collection of Skyjacker wallpapers for your PC, Mac, tablet or mobile device, along with our heartfelt thanks. We appreciate your contribution!

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
  • Pledge $10 or more

    5 backers

    SOUNDTRACK PACK: As the Wallpaper Set, plus: the complete game soundtrack (DRM-free digital downloadable version, 320k or lossless). Take Skyjacker on the road!

    Estimated delivery: Mar 2013
  • Pledge $15 or more

    1146 backers

    COMPLETE EDITION: As the Soundtrack Pack, plus: THE GAME in all of its unearthly beauty on PC or Mac (DRM-free digital downloadable version). Walk the ruthless path of Ael-Skyjacker, the lone human in a galaxy of conflict, as he tears apart the stars in search of fame and fortune. Sabotage, assassination, robbery, grift - all in a day’s work! This includes everything - all cutscenes, voiceovers, missions, and content.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $20 or more

    322 backers

    COMPLETE BUNDLE: A bundle of two Complete Editions, for you and a friend. Every bundle contains a spare of everything that isn’t physical; in this case, you’ll receive two wallpaper sets, two soundtrack packs, and two Skyjacker games to play together. Or maybe you want one for your PC and one for your Mac? We can do that.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $25 or more

    325 backers

    COMMUNITY EDITION: As the Complete Edition, plus: exclusive access to the beta release of the game and its private discussion community. We'll keep you in the loop and include your feedback in the game creation process, and we’ll grant you the title of Beta Tester on all our forums, public and private. You’ll also get the PDF version of the Skyjacker artbook, with 100+ pages of concept art - detailed illustrations of alien races, planetary habitats, designs and technology, and extras left on the cutting-room floor.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $35 or more

    50 backers

    COMMUNITY BUNDLE: A bundle of two Community Editions. You’ll receive two PDF artbooks, two voices in everything we do, two early downloads of the game in progress, and two logins with the title of Beta Tester on top of the Complete Bundle.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $40 or more

    609 backers

    SETTLER EDITION: As the Community Edition, plus: all future content we make for Skyjacker for free, forever! We already have post-launch plans for an EXPANSION PACK of a few dozen additional missions where you step out of the shoes of humans and become the aliens - on both sides of the conflict. Smash the planetary colonies in the name of the pirate brotherhood, or fight to the death for the honor of your race! (Check out the FAQ for more details on the expansion pack.) Of course, we’ll promote you to the title of Settler on all our forums, so everyone knows you’re not afraid of commitment.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $60 or more

    105 backers

    SETTLER BUNDLE: A bundle of two Settler Editions. You’ll receive two of everything Skyjacker in the future (as long as it’s digital), on top of the Community Bundle. Since you’ll both be beta-release backers, you’ll get in on the beta release of future content too. Pretty nifty, huh?

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $80 or more

    89 backers

    PIRATE EDITION: As the Settler Edition, plus: special thanks in the game credits as a Skyjacker supporter! We'll thank you by name, or the name of your choosing (subject to editorial approval). And we’ll upgrade your title to Pirate on the forums too, so everyone can shiver in terror at your presence. But here’s the best part - we’ll take all the downloads and put them on a professionally-packaged, pressed DVD. Then we’ll put it into your hands. No firewall in the world will stop you! (All physical items are exclusive to the campaign, and ship free within the US; please add $15 to your pledge for international shipping.)

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $100 or more

    80 backers

    CAPTAIN’S EDITION: As the Pirate Edition, plus: one t-shirt of any design. Protect your frail human flesh from the dangers of space! We’ll also ship you a limited edition print of the game poster in full size (36” x 24”) for your bedroom, barracks, hangar or gun cabinet. But what’s a Captain without a crew? We’ll give you TWO downloads of everything. All rewards from this point forward are bundle packs! This includes 2x beta releases, 2x forum handles, 2x wallpapers, 2x soundtracks - everything that isn’t physical. And we’ll thank you both in the credits, in even BIGGER letters, and on the forums with the even SNAZZIER title of Captain. We’ll thank you right now, just for reading this! Thank you!

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $150 or more

    71 backers

    COLLECTOR’S EDITION: As the Captain’s Edition, plus: we’ll go even further. We’ll put together a physical game box for all this loot, with the soundtrack on CD as well as the game DVD. It’ll be personally signed by Eugene Zhukov and the rest of the team leads, unless you ask us not to. In fact, we’ll sign everything we can get our hands on; the jewel cases, the poster, even the t-shirt (and those aren’t easy). Of course you’ll still get your downloads, so you can leave the box in mint condition.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $200 or more

    17 backers

    WOLFPACK EDITION: As the Collector’s Edition, plus: we’ll hook all your friends up too by giving you FOUR downloads of everything and sending you FOUR Portable Skyjacker USB drives, each preloaded with the Complete Edition game. We’ll set you all up with the title of Privateer on the forum, and for the credits, we’ll thank all four of you by name, under the clan name of your choice and billed proudly above the Captains. Added bonus: we'll send out a second t-shirt of any design!

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $250 or more

    10 backers

    MEMEPACK EDITION: As the Wolfpack Edition, plus: we’ll add your message to the credits as your clan motto, anything you like (subject to editorial approval; keep it around Twitter-length, please). Plug your website, propose to your girlfriend, throw out your favorite quote, or make us spout memes and in-jokes at everyone who plays!

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $500 or more

    8 backers

    HARDCOVER EDITION: As the Memepack Edition, plus: the hardcover Skyjacker art book. Yes, we’ll sign it with pride! We’ll wrap it up in a third t-shirt of any design, a total of three, and call you out in the forums and credits as a Broker. Then we'll further acknowledge your financial acumen by putting your name in the game, as the designation of a weapon, part, planet, or ship (we’ll make sure it’s something you like). You’ll be a part of the Skyjacker universe from here on out.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $1,200 or more

    5 backers Limited (95 of 100 left)

    BOSS EDITION: As the Hardcover Edition, plus: our designers will draw YOU, in full space pirate regalia. And then we'll put it on an exclusive jacket of your very own! Materials and exact design to be determined - but it'll be nice. We won’t try to sign this one. While that’s happening we'll attach your name to a character in-game (or leave it as a designation, your choice), and elevate you to the regal position of Boss on our forums and in the credits. Don't worry about the cost of shipping; even if you're outside the US, we'll take care of it. Nothing but the best for the Boss.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $5,000 or more

    1 backer Limited (9 of 10 left)

    EPIC EDITION: As the Boss Edition, plus: we'll put you in the game. We'll animate YOU in 3D as the subject for a CUSTOM PLAYER CHARACTER. This includes your face and proportions, a personal logo, and the highest category of criminal community rating in the game. Only you can play as this character (we'll give you a secret code to activate it) but other players can hire you as an NPC, so they'll get to enjoy it too! You will be known across the skies as a true Hero... or a Villain, your choice.

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013
  • Pledge $10,000 or more

    1 backer Limited (3 of 4 left)

    LEGEND EDITION: As the Epic Edition, plus: with your permission, we'll use your character in our promotional campaigns. You'll be on our posters, in our trailers, and on whatever other media we produce. Your name will, in fact, be Legend. Furthermore we cordially invite you to come hang out with us in Los Angeles, CA, USA. We're from Russia - we know how to party. (Please contact us directly to make personal arrangements before the end of the campaign.)

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2013