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[Lord Dullard]

Also good choice of music for the video. It gives a strong sense of wonder.

Yes, Joe (aka Sentientdeth) made all of that. His musical abilities are truly quite badass. I can't wait for people to hear the battle track he's composing right now. I've heard the first bits of it, and it gave me the shivers. 

[Neonivek]

Also good choice of music for the video. It gives a strong sense of wonder.

Yes, Joe (aka Sentientdeth) made all of that. His musical abilities are truly quite badass. I can't wait for people to hear the battle track he's composing right now. I've heard the first bits of it, and it gave me the shivers. 

Oddly enough this is the second compliment I gave him on this thread but he really deserves no less. He puts adventure back into adventure. Everytime I hear it I want to whip out a 80s or 90s classic.

[Sentientdeth]

Thanks guys =)

[Scelly9]

Oh, mother of god how have I not seen this before. This looks amazing.

Now I wish I had 2k laying around.

[EagleV]

I think your rewards just cheated me out of 15-30 more dollars than I was planning to give. Damn you.

[Scelly9]

I think your rewards just cheated me out of 15-30 more dollars than I was planning to give. Damn you.

I agree with this statement. I don't have this money, dammit!

[Servant Corps]

Er....the following is my opinion.

I think I dislike the Kickstarter's draft, partly because it doesn't really have the "reason" I was interested in it. If I was going in there without my previous knowledge of the game, I think I would dismiss it entirely as a bunch of buzzwords, with no actual focus on what the game is and how it is different from its competitors. And $5,000 also seem way too much for a roguelike.

Your Kickstarter, in fact, is having me doubt what the game actually is. What is Cult? Is it a standard roguelike with many planned features and random generation being the main gimmick? Or is it a roguelike combined with a strategy game, where you play as a cultist trying to restore your chosen God's honor, either through adventures into dungeons or establishing your own religious "cult" and conquering territories? If it is the latter, it should be mentioned in the first paragraph, before you start going into procedural generation.

EDIT: And if it is the former, then that should also be mentioned before procedural generation, so that the observer know what he's donating. I'm sure there are some people that like standard roguelikes as well. At least a sense of what this game is should help.

[Lord Dullard]

Your Kickstarter, in fact, is having me doubt what the game actually is. What is Cult? Is it a standard roguelike with many planned features and random generation being the main gimmick?

No. I don't think you could accurately call it a 'standard roguelike'. Without even touching on the various features I'm planning on implementing (including building, political intrigue, and story generation, to name a few - which already disqualify it as a 'standard roguelike') the simple fact that it's real-time probably already kills the normal turn-based roguelike feel that a Nethack or ADOM player would be expecting, so it would have been silly for me to bill it as any such thing.

Or is it a roguelike combined with a strategy game, where you play as a cultist trying to restore your chosen God's honor, either through adventures into dungeons or establishing your own religious "cult" and conquering territories? If it is the latter, it should be mentioned in the first paragraph, before you start going into procedural generation.

Partially. Is Dwarf Fortress a game about playing dwarves and getting the king to arrive to your fort? Well... not really, but that's a small part of it. That's hardly the overarching goal or theme of the game, and I didn't want to pinhole Cult into some kind of similarly lame description, since it will essentially be a game where you create your own goals. Creating a religious cult need not be one of them.

In fact, there's a very explicit statement about what the game in the first paragraph:

Cult is an open-ended role-playing game set in a user-generated world with a strong focus on storytelling, exploration, and environmental interaction.

Sorry you don't like the Kickstarter.

[Servant Corps]

Apology accepted. I just needed to express my thoughts.

[bertix]

Love your video and kickstarter page, you might have me as a spirit in-game haha.

[Lord Dullard]

It's fine. I just needed to express my thoughts.

No problem; it's better for me to hear concerns. It's impossible to satisfy everybody, but that doesn't mean I don't want to. At any rate, even if you don't want to contribute, you've posted many times on this topic and I appreciate your feedback.

Love your video and kickstarter page, you might have me as a spirit in-game haha.

Awesome. 

[Mephansteras]

Aww...it's not live yet. I was looking forward to backing it today!

[Lord Dullard]

Aww...it's not live yet. I was looking forward to backing it today!

After finally getting everything sorted out with Amazon (*shakefist*) I'm now just waiting on Kickstarter to review it and (hopefully) approve it. 

On a positive note, Sentientdeth designed a badass font:

[Neonivek]

Actually when you think of it the reward system is actually smarter then it seems (even if it slightly invades the integrity of the project itself, but I assume that you arn't going to have games more then 50% fixed randomised content unless the game rolls really wonky).

It not only entices people to put more money into the project but it also serves almost like a suggestion box. Everyone's idea of what would be a awsome god, leader, civilisation, merchant, murderer, swordsmen, magician, or what have you... is going to be in there.

He is going to know what personality traits to fill out, how to make certain skills on NPCs noticable, mechanics and not only that but he knows those are the kinds of things people are going for because that is what the donators filled out.

Though I don't think that is what Lord Dullard had in mind.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I really want to donate, if just to have a character that wanders in the forest that players can meet.