*Whine* I want a pet Pangolin!

[The Yeen Queen]

No, Yoyo is not an armadillo, I don't care what the wiki says. That's a pangolin. And he's freaking adorable. But he's a Kickstarter backer only pet. :(

[JVC]

I messed that one up on the wiki, sure. It was fixed in January 2019. :)

https://mytimeatportia.fandom.com/wiki/Yoyo?action=history

If they ever released the pangolin (and no indication of that so far), it would probably be quite expensive. Yoyo was only included for people who paid at least 65 dollars during the kickstarter.

But if Pathea is taking suggestions, I suggest a charity sale of those items.

[Sierra]

Is there a way to mod these items? They ARE in the game you just can't get them...

[Owen]

Originally posted by The Dark Tyger:

No, Yoyo is not an armadillo, I don't care what the wiki says. That's a pangolin. And he's freaking adorable. But he's a Kickstarter backer only pet. :(

Dude, forget that guy! Chip in for the My Time at Sandrock Kickstarter enough and you get this adorable bundle of joy:

https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/031/470/907/c5662bd9456df52c7535bc12b3058ae7_original.png?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&w=700&fit=max&v=1605779264&auto=format&frame=1&lossless=true&s=eb8a982098bc14f5c14e13facbc6a842

I am so petting it the first chance I get :D

You only have 17 or so hours left to get in!

[V.V.]

If you're only wanting the pet it's still $80 to get it because there's no lower tier options just for that. They didn't even meet all their stretch goals so I'm not really as excited. Is the game dev's really that poor after the KS donations and selling MTaP?

[Sierra]

Lol, sounds like a pyramid scheme pitch.

[Owen]

Originally posted by V.V.:

If you're only wanting the pet it's still $80 to get it because there's no lower tier options just for that. They didn't even meet all their stretch goals so I'm not really as excited. Is the game dev's really that poor after the KS donations and selling MTaP?

The devs explained that following the relative success of My Time at Portia that they could actually make the sequel - the Kickstarter was just to add some padding in the form of more refined gameplay and extra features. I think they made My Time at Portia with a Kickstarter of $100,000 or such which explains why they had to release the game in an unfinished state and work on it as time went on - that isn't nearly enough money to carry most game developments from start to finish in this day and age.

Today I love My Time at Portia, this game is my jam. So when I heard they were making another one with more innovations and with more refinement, I was sold. And thanks to the Kickstarter we are getting more character customization, a buggy racing minigame and (soon) another endgame dungeon. While I thought the other stuff on offer was cool, I figured that anything above the $500k mark was just feature creep that would bog down development longer than necessary.

As for me, I'm doing pretty well and I wanted in on some of the stuff like the exclusive pet that I missed the first time around so that's why I pitched in - also want the starter weapons and such to make the game's beginning easier for me.

[Owen]

Also, the $80 Kickstarter contribution actually gets you the pet, the exclusive items and 2 Steam Keys (so a gift for someone else) so it's actually a pretty good deal if you can afford it.

[V.V.]

Originally posted by Owen Wulfson:

Also, the $80 Kickstarter contribution actually gets you the pet, the exclusive items and 2 Steam Keys (so a gift for someone else) so it's actually a pretty good deal if you can afford it.

A waste if you don't have anyone to give the other key too. I don't do handouts to people I don't know so the $80 is a waste of money to me and for a game I am not confident will be worth the extra $$ contribution. Exclusive items don't make or break a game, they are a marketing tool to create urgency to spend money or miss out, so I don't really appreciate when a company does this.

I've already spent my fair share on games only to be left feeling regret afterwards so I'm just going to wait for the reviews so I can judge whether MTaS is worth full price or wait for a discount. Either way, I'll still get the full game, just no 'special' fluff to make me feel 'extra' special and that's cool with me.

[Owen]

I mean, I honestly wouldn't have gone out on a limb like that if I didn't have My Time at Portia as a good reference. From what I've seen of the trailers, the Pathea team is certainly building on past success and that's what I like to see from game developers. It's a bar even very well funded game companies fail spectacularly to pass.

[JVC]

Originally posted by V.V.:

If you're only wanting the pet it's still $80 to get it because there's no lower tier options just for that. They didn't even meet all their stretch goals so I'm not really as excited. Is the game dev's really that poor after the KS donations and selling MTaP?

That's not the only option. You can get the pet on any previous tier by overpaying 15 dollars (so e.g. select the 30 dollar bundle and use "manage my bundle" to add 15 dollars more). When the kickstarter ends, they'll mail you a questionnaire where you must confirm what reward you added to the tier.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1757963851/my-time-at-sandrock-us/posts/3003987

[V.V.]

Originally posted by JVC:

Originally posted by V.V.:

If you're only wanting the pet it's still $80 to get it because there's no lower tier options just for that. They didn't even meet all their stretch goals so I'm not really as excited. Is the game dev's really that poor after the KS donations and selling MTaP?

That's not the only option. You can get the pet on any previous tier by overpaying 15 dollars (so e.g. select the 30 dollar bundle and use "manage my bundle" to add 15 dollars more). When the kickstarter ends, they'll mail you a questionnaire where you must confirm what reward you added to the tier.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1757963851/my-time-at-sandrock-us/posts/3003987

I've read that part, but a lot of people are going to forget, or maybe not really even understand what they read and assumed it would be automatically tacked on. Hell finding that part was kind of easily missed because you have prices thrown at you in every which direction. Idk if thats KS's fault or whoever set up the KS page.

Also, $15 just for a pet? Sigh. I don't think I even need to go off on a rant about this, but I could just BUY a whole new farming sim game with hours of gameplay for that amount of cash, which is actually what I think I'll do instead.