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24 points by 300bps 13y ago

300bps 13y ago
There are only 10 days left in the IndieGogo campaign. For anyone that loved to play Age of Empires, this seems a worthy successor and there is a substantial portion of the game built already.
uladzislau 13y ago
It's good that they use flexible funding and will get their funds regardless if the goal is reached or not. Very ambitious goal indeed.
- nonchalance 13y ago
  For me at least, flex funding is a big warning sign. If the target goal is not met, it's not clear how the funds will be used (AFAICT there's no restriction) -- it could just line the founders' pockets with no progress on the project
  - 300bps 13y ago
    Thanks for bringing up the issue. I saw that they have at the bottom of their campaign a, "What are the goals for the campaign?" with listed dollar amounts for each goal. For $40,000 for example they have, "Reduce or Eliminate Lag". Of course no guarantee they'll do that if they reach that level but I'm not sure if there is a guarantee they'll succeed at anything even if they reach the total goal amount.
  - bryanlarsen 13y ago
    It's open source software with clear funding goals. ($40K gives us 2 guys for 6 months, $60K gives us 2 guys for 9 months etc.) Each dollar donated gives us more developer time, and I'm confident they'll linearly interpolate. The game is playable now, so there's no risk of non-delivery, but by donating you can make it better.
DanielRibeiro 13y ago
Previous discussion (it got 532 points just a month ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6339917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6339917 GitHub mirror of the source: https://github.com/0ad/0ad https://github.com/0ad/0ad
- 300bps 13y ago
  The thing I'm having a hard time understanding is with so many fans of Age of Empires out there and so much seeming visibility why people don't seem to be donating? I've downloaded the Alpha version of the game and when I compare it to some successful IndieGoGo campaigns (http://blog.indiegogo.com/2012/12/top12.html http://blog.indiegogo.com/2012/12/top12.html) it just makes me wonder if these guys seem to have a great concept and great game but they're just terrible at publicity?
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mladenkovacevic 13y ago
I downloaded this after seeing it on HN last time and played for a good 2 hours (something I haven't done in years).. then it crashed on me and I realized I'd been playing for 2 hours when I really should've been doing more productive things. I'll chip in so as not to get reminded of real work next time and I can just keep playing.

24 points by 300bps 13y ago

There are only 10 days left in the IndieGogo campaign. For anyone that loved to play Age of Empires, this seems a worthy successor and there is a substantial portion of the game built already.

uladzislau 13y ago

It's good that they use flexible funding and will get their funds regardless if the goal is reached or not. Very ambitious goal indeed.

nonchalance 13y ago
For me at least, flex funding is a big warning sign. If the target goal is not met, it's not clear how the funds will be used (AFAICT there's no restriction) -- it could just line the founders' pockets with no progress on the project
- 300bps 13y ago
  Thanks for bringing up the issue. I saw that they have at the bottom of their campaign a, "What are the goals for the campaign?" with listed dollar amounts for each goal. For $40,000 for example they have, "Reduce or Eliminate Lag". Of course no guarantee they'll do that if they reach that level but I'm not sure if there is a guarantee they'll succeed at anything even if they reach the total goal amount.
- bryanlarsen 13y ago
  It's open source software with clear funding goals. ($40K gives us 2 guys for 6 months, $60K gives us 2 guys for 9 months etc.) Each dollar donated gives us more developer time, and I'm confident they'll linearly interpolate. The game is playable now, so there's no risk of non-delivery, but by donating you can make it better.

DanielRibeiro 13y ago

Previous discussion (it got 532 points just a month ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6339917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6339917 GitHub mirror of the source: https://github.com/0ad/0ad https://github.com/0ad/0ad

300bps 13y ago
The thing I'm having a hard time understanding is with so many fans of Age of Empires out there and so much seeming visibility why people don't seem to be donating? I've downloaded the Alpha version of the game and when I compare it to some successful IndieGoGo campaigns (http://blog.indiegogo.com/2012/12/top12.html http://blog.indiegogo.com/2012/12/top12.html) it just makes me wonder if these guys seem to have a great concept and great game but they're just terrible at publicity?
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mladenkovacevic 13y ago

I downloaded this after seeing it on HN last time and played for a good 2 hours (something I haven't done in years).. then it crashed on me and I realized I'd been playing for 2 hours when I really should've been doing more productive things. I'll chip in so as not to get reminded of real work next time and I can just keep playing.