I'm actually trying to find any reason to believe what you promise is not vaporware. You present a feature list that puts Dwarf Fortress to shame, and promise an Alpha really soon, *and* expect money both now, and when it's released. Compared to the 4 years of fulltime DF production under the radar *without compensation*, and being one of several Bay 12 games (not to mention a huge precedessor - which surprisingly also had a smaller scope and feature list than what you are proposing) -- you seem to make Tarn Adams look like some programmer wannabe.
Which actually makes me think that it's not Tarn Adams that is inexperienced, and not able to judge his own abilities.
I think Tarn Adams could crush me under his heel in terms of his accomplishments. The man has my utmost respect and admiration. That does not make me feel afraid to be extremely ambitious with my own project.
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As for 'vaporware', as far as I know, that generally refers to a product that is never released in any form; since you can already download a tech demo of the world generator, it's a rather misleading term to use.
I am aware that running a Kickstarter, assuming that it is successful, makes this an obligation and not simply a hobby. I think that what you'd like to do is accuse me of presenting myself as an expert game designer when I'm not; on the contrary, my profile on Kickstarter specifically notes that I am an amateur, and I have mentioned the same in at least one dev video. There is an entire thread on the Creative Projects board here that started out with my original tinkering about with Cult two and half-ish years ago, so I would imagine that a lot of the folks here at B12 have seen exactly what kind of origins the game has. And no, it's not from some game developer from an experienced company.
Believe me, if I had the credentials to say 'I've worked on this, this, this and this' in my Kickstarter, I would. And it would certainly be receiving a lot more funding that way if I did. That's just the reality of the situation. I don't think I've unfairly presented myself as an extremely experienced designer.
Regardless, the very WORST thing I could do is to look at questions like yours and feel discouraged. Don't get me wrong, you have every right to ask them, and I can respect you for doing so; somebody's going to, sooner or later. It's maybe not the best way to present yourself to the B12 community as an escaped lunatic, but that's your own choice. What I'm going to do is get back to work so that I can present the building system in time; I'll let people judge that on its own merits, and you can do the same.
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