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[notquitethere]

Playing Gaiden for the first time and it is epic. I didn't know much about b-ball before, but I was heartened to learn that my only source of b-ball lore, Space Jam, is canon in the game. Figuring out how to write a love letter for a kitsune right now...

[penguinofhonor]

I reject any b-ball reality where Space Jam is not canon.

[monk12]

Playing Gaiden for the first time and it is epic. I didn't know much about b-ball before, but I was heartened to learn that my only source of b-ball lore, Space Jam, is canon in the game. Figuring out how to write a love letter for a kitsune right now...

That quest was fun. Actually, most of the quests are fun. And somehow the whole thing just gets more and more bizarre as the game progresses.

[notquitethere]

I will say that Basketball in the Barkley Universe sounds like it probably got pretty boring over time... and I am not even joking.

I mean yeah I know basketball included super moves and explosions... but the game makes it a point that basketball technology got to the point where games could consist entirely of throws from any part of the court.

Plus it was no longer about the jams, and more about the neo-shekels.

[monk12]

Physics' First Law of Canon holds that the canonicity of any story, cycle, or saGa is equal to the canonicity of its previous chapter minus the effect of any dubious, non-canon events depicted. That is, all canon tales, legends and lore MUST be derived from a source of equal (or greater) canonicity. ToG recognizes these irresistible and immutable forces of the universe, and will now ensure the canonicity of Barkley 2 by allowing all relevant facts and figures to be imported from your truly canon Barkley 1 save. Take a look at your save file. Does Cyberdwarf have over 255 Brain points? Did you hold on to the Leporine Ring? Is your total-number-of-steps count a prime number? Find out if your past deeds and misdeeds will help you - or haunt you.

Yesssss. Also of note, the in-game movie theater, Mac port, and Drain Clean Pudgey are all confirmed. Since their last update, they've also met the "Hidden Scenarios" stretch goal, and they're 2.5k short of being able to implement "Nightmare City"

They've also got a way to contribute via Paypal, though I didn't read the fine print there.

[majikero]

6k more and they'll need to wear pants.

[notquitethere]

Here's hoping they get $5,999.99 and not a penny more.

[penguinofhonor]

I will be extremely disappointed if they wear pants.

[monk12]

Welp, all the stretch goals have been met with 14 days to go, so they've added some new ones.

You guys have demolished our current stretch goals so we've decided to add more. I want to reemphasize that every dollar we get lets us work on the game full-time for longer. We want to work on this game for about a year; the longer we can work full-time means the more content and the higher quality content this game will get. The funds we get now let us plan ahead for the game's future and build content this game wouldn't otherwise have. The stretch goals we have planned represent just some of the things we'll be able to do with this money, so check them out!

90k - MAJOR GOAL - New Game + - Let's start by saying: there is no place in Barkley 2 for your granddaddy's New Game Plus. When you complete the game, new challenges and new opportunities will become open to you. Our ideas for new game plus won't make the game easier, or more apt for speedruns, but another version of the main game itself. X114JAM9 awakens aboard the giant space ziggurat Necron 7, but why does he already know who he is? Has he done this all before...?

100k - MINOR GOAL - Throat of Geolgothar - Think twice before reaching this goal! Descending into this terrifying dungeon is naught without consequence. It is not uncommon to wake up from a nightmare in which you were running for your life and sanity, trapped inside the Throat of Geolgothar, only to find yourself still trapped inside the Throat of Geolgothar.

120k - MAJOR GOAL - Animated Cutscenes - This is a goal we only fantasized about when we first created the Kickstarter campaign. We'd like to incorporate at least 3 animated cutscenes greated by the ToG artists themselves along with some extra help in making them as high quality as possible. We're thinking along the lines of LucasArts classic Metal Warriors - check it out!

140k - MINOR GOAL - Gun'ssharing System - As we've written about before, our gun's fusing and creation system is going to be deeper than a genie mine. We have an idea to institute a gun's sharing system that allows you to export particular gun's you have fused or discovered and share them with other Barkley 2 players via the world wide web. Make gun's. Not war.

200k - MAJOR GOAL - Space Jam Theme - We kick this game into overtime. (Or at least try to. Licensing music is expensive and completely at the discretion of who owns the song and if they even want us delinquents messing with it.)

1.2 million - MAJOR GOAL - Super Bowl Commercial - Last year's Super Bowl was watched by over 110 million people. Help us spread the word about Barkley 2 to the widest possible audience with a Super Bowl advertisement! We estimate $1.2m should get us around 6 seconds of airtime in Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. Your support has been incredible so far, and we know with your help, anything is possible.

...and yes, we are wearing pants.

I hope they make it to 90k for New Game +, that sounds nifty. I would squee with joy if they managed to pull together the 200k for the Space Jam Theme, and I'd die laughing if they actually got 6 seconds of Super Bowl commercial. Still, the more realistic goals look interesting, and the "vidcon pack" reward is currently at 24 games.

[notquitethere]

The "vidcon pack" reward is currently at 24 games.

Yes, but 90%+ of them look to be side-scrolling platformers...

[monk12]

Yeah, I'm not really expecting much more than a distraction from those games, but I figure there's probably at least one decent game in there.

My current guess is that the drive will end somewhere between 100k and 120k, which gives us the Throat of Geolgothar (whatever the hell that is) but short of Animated Cutscenes (and I don't really care about that one, so hoorah!)

[penguinofhonor]

All I want is New Game+. Even if it's just Steampunk Victorian mode. Also getting the rights to the Space Jam song would be amazing, but that's a while away.

[GlyphGryph]

Yes.

That is all.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Subgoal for 1.2 million should be to get Charles Barkley to do some voice acting.

[Neonivek]

Subgoal for 1.2 million should be to get Charles Barkley to do some voice acting.

Is he even in this game?