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[Xinvoker]

Oh wow, I hadn't even realized half the money was from a single person.

[Fikes]

I don't know why everyone is fretting. If he continues at this pace he will more than double his goal (6323 * 27 = $170,721)

[ScriptWolf]

Also I for one support Simons quest for clinical immortality

[Sensei]

I don't know why everyone is fretting. If he continues at this pace he will more than double his goal (6323 * 27 = $170,721)

Well of course, if you look at, say, Kicktraq for examples of other kickstarters, you can see they don't usually gain funding in a linear fashion.

Granted, their algorithm (linear?) has Maia trending towards 192,000 pounds. But yeah, don't linear extrapolate in the early stages of a project.

[simoroth]

doh double post.

[simoroth]

I don't know why everyone is fretting. If he continues at this pace he will more than double his goal (6323 * 27 = $170,721)

Well of course, if you look at, say, Kicktraq for examples of other kickstarters, you can see they don't usually gain funding in a linear fashion.

Granted, their algorithm (linear?) has Maia trending towards 192,000 pounds. But yeah, don't linear extrapolate in the early stages of a project.

I will be quite happy to pass the line by the skin-of-my-teeth. Although more would be better. After fee's, vat etc 100k has a sizable chunk eaten out of it.

Losing the 5k it was a bit of a kick in the teeth. But I'm not worried.

It's approaching 7k after just 11 hours, I'm quite happy with that!

I'm doing a interview with RPS next week hopefully and have sent out press releases to a few big sites. Also got Forbes and the Guardian wanting to have a chat. That should get the next big wave of backers.

Not to mention all the cheapo tiers are gone, so people are going to start going for the proper tiers that actually earn me some decent money.

Going to bother the Mojang guys tomorrow to give me more retweets.

[GlyphGryph]

Welp, consider this my Christmas gift. Went for the launch party invite at a hundred dollars. o_o

Never dropped this much on a kickstarter before.

[Dr. Johbson]

Make sure you have frequent updates! It seems to do wonders for your pledges. Talk about anything you can! This looks fantastic and I really want to see it do well.

[Orb]

Backed!

Can't wait to see what you do with this!

[Sensei]

So, why £100,042 and not 100,000?

E: Hitchhiker's guide aside, it sure would be ironic if you failed by 42 pounds.

[Moogie]

Pledged. Good luck mate, you really deserve this to succeed!

I think you should mention your previous game dev credentials somewhere higher up the page. Not to brag, but just to point out "Hey, I may be a first-time indie dev, but I'm not new to this game-creating stuff!" -As it currently stands, there's no mention of your qualifications or experience until the very last paragraph.

[Blah]

Looks great. Dungeon keeper was a terrific game as is Dwarf Fortress.

[simoroth]

We just got a REAL 5k backer. My mind has exploded.

Approaching £15k. Today is a good day.

Posted an update: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438429768/maia/posts/339357

"How to get a head in video games"

This will be especially interesting for you Marvin Tier guys.

[JanusTwoface]

This can only bode well for you:
https://twitter.com/indiegamescom/status/263932219192668160

(Retweeted by @notch)

[Wayward Device]

So, seeing as this is the first UK kickstarter and I'm a UK citizen who's been following the old Maia thread obsessively, and I just opened the letter delivering to me my shiny new bank card, I simply have to back this. I'm looking very hard right now at the Hal 9000 invite to the launch party tier. Soooooo tempted. But I have a simple question: where in the UK will this party be? I'm not looking for specific times, dates and venues, just a "what city". Cos even though the UK is relatively small, things can be far away. If it is somewhere unreachable for me, I'll still back it for the next tier down.