Kickstarter question

[crystalyunibunny]

Not sure where else to put this, but why doesn't the kickstarter have add-ons like many others do?

[james64468]

Its all about funding. Sandrock cost 12 million dollars USA. I think Evershine should cost about the same. We won't know that for awhile.

[House Gnome]

It does have some add-ons and they are considering more. They didn't expect the funding to increase at the rate it has so they didn't have everything ready to go.

[ShadowTani]

A lot of kickstarters just decide on add-ons at the end of the campaign in my experience, when they've gotten player feedback and all the stretch goals been locked in. It's not too late for that until they send out the surveys.

Originally posted by james64468:

Its all about funding. Sandrock cost 12 million dollars USA. I think Evershine should cost about the same. We won't know that for awhile.

Cost about the same? I'm sorry, but shouldn't it be obvious from the trailers that Evershine is more ambitious than Sandrock? Sandrock also had the benefit that it built on a similar foundation as Portia, it was after all originally intended as a DLC until they realized it was too ambitious for that. Evershine goes for both a fresh look and broader gameplay mechanics - as you're now not just a builder, but a governor.

However, they seem to have gotten fairly far into the development of Evershine already and the low ks goal suggest the kickstarter was more of a formality/tradition with the benefit of gauging interest, building hype, and a way to distribute alpha keys. I don't think they are lacking in development funds regardless of Evershine having a notably higher budget.