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[Kaje]

They seem to be doing fine at the minute, it's a fantastic Kickstarter pitch - much better than many I have seen.

[hemmingjay]

I understand it's too late to address at this point, but KS campaigns generally do much much better when there is a playable alpha or even a suitable tech demo. If you expect to have one so soon after the KS why wouldn't you have just waited to start until you had more to show? It's a bit baffling.

If it's too late to address, what's the point in bringing it up?

After 4 days they have reached 10% of their goal. I am optimistic that they will exceed their goal by 20-30% potentially. However, I brought it up because a playable alpha/tech demo on launch would have most likely had them hit their modest goal in 24-48 hours. If they are less than 6 weeks from an alpha without funding, WHY wouldn't they have waited? It's a valid question as, while you like the KS pitch, it doesn't show a lot. They have a nice home screen and very nice menus, but there is no indication of any sort of business sim running yet or any sort of gameplay.
I am taking an interest because I I have helped half a dozen folks launch successful KS campaigns and they have certain things in common. This one has a sexy mock up video but a red flag goes up for me when they are so close to having a viable product but didn't wait to show that. It's mildly concerning, but I am a huge fan of Buzz Aldrin's Race so I am hopeful.

I'm backing it, but at about 1/10 of what I would have backed it for if there was a working prototype of any sort attached.

[LooZ^]

It was an amazing day for us all! By the article published yesterday on Rock, Paper, Shotgun we've finally break through the broader public and we get 18% of the goal now. Thank you so much!! Keep supporting!

Thanks for the interesting comment hemmingjay. We realize starting before the Alpha is done may work against us, but that was dictated by our current business situation, which I would rather not expand upon here.

I hope our coming updates will be insightful to you and all of our fans

[Sirian]

An interesting concept, even echoing with some of my own game ideas, I will probably buy it if it's good enough, but I don't pledge money on kickstarter.

[LooZ^]

A little update.

We get already 21% - 6,391 pounds.

Music in Race To Mars - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars/posts/526875
What is the general idea of graphics development in this game? - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars/posts/525300

[LooZ^]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars/posts/530666

Update #7 - DevDiary #1 - gameplay with commentary.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask

[Mesa]

Yay for Poland!
The game's nice, too.

Like, really nice in fact.

Also, your English is good enough. Better than mine, I guess. (I wish we could speak in Polish but then the entire community would be questioning what are we even talking about, so...Better not do that.)

[LooZ^]

We have some new cool stuff (and 500 backers!)

Update #9 - Discover some of the features of Race To Mars - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars/posts/536185

Update #10 - Discover some of the features of Race To Mars, Part II - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars/posts/536063

Update #11 - Technology Tree - first look - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intermarum/race-to-mars/posts/536185

Dzięki DarkDXZ

[10ebbor10]

Posting to watch.

[Kaje]

37% funded and 48 hours left - I'm gutted this isn't going to make it, I loved the concept.

[LooZ^]

Despite the unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign on KickStarter, we did not give up! Race to Mars is still being created. In order to speed up the game development, we decided to make it available on the market right now, in its initial form. What we are publishing today is a slightly modified version of the game, which was sent to the media during the KickStarter campaign.

This is the PreAlpha version, which is still missing a few basic components - IT IS A VERY EARLY VERSION! We publish it for all our fans and supporters from the KickStarter campaign.

Right now we are working on the tools and as soon as the Alpha version is reached, which will allow a short game, we will initiate the media campaign. This should take approximately 4 weeks.

Also, right now we need your comments and support, as it has already been very valuable.

We are going to send you updates about the Race To Mars game every second week, so that you should know the current development status. Soon a Linux version should be available as well as a tool to translate Race To Mars to other languages, for what you have asked during the KickStarter campaign.

Of course, we will answer to all your questions or comments, also related to our our website.

For more information, please check our website - www.racetomars.pl

[Muz]

Mmm.. nice looking game, a bit disappointed that I missed the KS. But $20 is a bit much for an unfinished indie game so I probably wouldn't have backed it. Best of luck, though... will be watching this.

[LooZ^]

Muz: Sure thing We should release full version in 2Q2014.

Race To Mars - new build!

If you haven't bought the Alpha version yet, you can do it at our http://www.racetomars.pl/ webpage!

In the last two weeks we've done the following:

the project manager and engineer generator system (the astronauts still wait for their turn )
a salary and workforce development system - for engineers and project managers (still, it won't be very visible to you yet)
new gui for engineers and project managers
random events appeared (with no impact to the game yet) all text in the game is now imported to an .xml file
which with our tool will soon allow to translate RTM into any language
we've changed some graphical details and the water
we've added new building shapes for appearance tests

The next build should be also available for linux.

[LooZ^]

Today, Race To Mars - an economy/strategy game where you lead a newly founded Space company onto it's road to Mars - has reached its 5th update.

The game is funded by selling alpha access and has been already bought by over 200 fans. In the current version you can see the new scene design, the techtree and our system for spaceship design. The game is still very early in development and your generosity will greatly help speed up development.

If you are interested, we invite you to buy the game at http://racetomars.pl or to track our progress at facebook.com/racetomars or twitter.com/racetomars.

We would also like to ask you for your support on Steam Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=148496621

Race To Mars - gameplay - october 2013 - http://youtu.be/VaJH_ofo-Xg

[10ebbor10]

Nice. Are you going to try for a second kickstarter, or just developing this on the go?

Certainly following with interest.