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Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal

18 points by pmuk 14y ago

Uchikoma 14y ago
Title misleading? "If we reach £1.4 million in funding through the Kickstarter project, we will release a Mac version of the game around 3 months after the initial Windows PC release." £989,339 pledged of £1,250,000 goal
- pmuk 14y ago
  I suppose I should have used "Elite Dangerous to get Mac support within 3 months of PC launch if project funded and stretch goal met", but it wasn't very catchy!
  - Uchikoma 14y ago
    "£500.000 Still Needed for Elite Dangerous for Mac"?
- mikeash 14y ago
  Horrendously misleading! I just flagged this post because of that. I almost pledged based on the title. Should have known better.
  - cmsj 14y ago
    Please do pledge! I really want to play the game and having a Mac port would be even sweeter!
    - mikeash 14y ago
      I don't really want to pledge for a game I might not be able to play. Unfortunately, the fact that it's a stretch goal rather than part of the main goal means that I lose out on Kickstarter's escrow, so there's a real risk of that.
patchfx 14y ago
Currently it looks like they aren't going to reach their goal of £1.2 million (http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/ http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/). Maybe they are trying to get the mac crowd on board in order to push it over the line?
- Associat0r 14y ago
  There is always a last minute surge at the end which this doesn't take into account http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29887&postcount=31 http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29887&postco...
porsupah 14y ago
If I have to fire up a Windows 7 VM to play Elite: Dangerous, I will, but certainly, I'd be even happier with a native version. The project's funding trend has nosed upwards lately, despite Christmas, so perhaps word will circulate regarding the possibility of Mac support, as well as the newer pledge levels, if people feel inclined to nudge their existing pledges upward.
pmuk 14y ago
If you want to see what the original Elite games were like, check out: http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html Or this Elite-inspired open source version: http://www.oolite.org http://www.oolite.org
- Associat0r 14y ago
  Some other Elite inspired open source games. http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/games.html http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/games.html
antihero 14y ago
Not pledging anything 'till there's a Linux version - I mean, FFS, loads of people are making Linux versions of stuff now, it can't be that hard unless they use DirectX or something silly.

18 points by pmuk 14y ago

Title misleading? "If we reach £1.4 million in funding through the Kickstarter project, we will release a Mac version of the game around 3 months after the initial Windows PC release." £989,339 pledged of £1,250,000 goal

pmuk 14y ago
I suppose I should have used "Elite Dangerous to get Mac support within 3 months of PC launch if project funded and stretch goal met", but it wasn't very catchy!
- Uchikoma 14y ago
  "£500.000 Still Needed for Elite Dangerous for Mac"?
mikeash 14y ago
Horrendously misleading! I just flagged this post because of that. I almost pledged based on the title. Should have known better.
- cmsj 14y ago
  Please do pledge! I really want to play the game and having a Mac port would be even sweeter!
  - mikeash 14y ago
    I don't really want to pledge for a game I might not be able to play. Unfortunately, the fact that it's a stretch goal rather than part of the main goal means that I lose out on Kickstarter's escrow, so there's a real risk of that.

patchfx 14y ago

Currently it looks like they aren't going to reach their goal of £1.2 million (http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/ http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/). Maybe they are trying to get the mac crowd on board in order to push it over the line?

Associat0r 14y ago
There is always a last minute surge at the end which this doesn't take into account http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29887&postcount=31 http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29887&postco...

porsupah 14y ago

If I have to fire up a Windows 7 VM to play Elite: Dangerous, I will, but certainly, I'd be even happier with a native version. The project's funding trend has nosed upwards lately, despite Christmas, so perhaps word will circulate regarding the possibility of Mac support, as well as the newer pledge levels, if people feel inclined to nudge their existing pledges upward.

pmuk 14y ago

If you want to see what the original Elite games were like, check out: http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html Or this Elite-inspired open source version: http://www.oolite.org http://www.oolite.org

Associat0r 14y ago
Some other Elite inspired open source games. http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/games.html http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/games.html

antihero 14y ago

Not pledging anything 'till there's a Linux version - I mean, FFS, loads of people are making Linux versions of stuff now, it can't be that hard unless they use DirectX or something silly.