AI War II's relaunched kickstarter is now LIVE!

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcengames/ai-war-ii-0

Let's see if we can hit that funding goal in the first 72 hours.

I apologize for the video being more of a teaser than a true video -- I've been working on two longer videos, but it's been a lot of code and a lot of editing to do them, and I just wasn't ready in time.  Everybody else was ready except for me, and I'd feel like a huge cad holding up the entire project for another couple of days just because my stuff is dragging.

Getting you guys footage of combat is one of my top priorities, as well as special effects like shields and so on.  I also have a "Whiteboarding with Chris" video that I'll upload soon, which I think is a pretty cool video in terms of explaining the game, etc.

Any questions, please feel free to direct them to me (producer) or Keith (lead designer and programmer).

Thank you so much for your support!

Best,
Chris

[dumpsterKEEPER]

Nice! One quick note: in the rewards description within the campaign information it states that early bird tiers less than $50 do not include the soundtrack, but in the tier selection on the right the early bird alpha backer ($44) does show the AI War 2 soundtrack as a bonus. Based on the previous campaign, I believe the former is the correct answer but thought I'd point it out if there's a way to fix the discrepancy.

Thanks!

[dfinlay]

Another small discrepancy: In the main text, there's a section where it (correctly, I believe) says "$24+ Bionic and Starward" but then in the text it says "All pledges of $25 and up..." You should make those consistent.

[garion333]

Oh, wow, already? I thought it wasn't gonna be until next week!

[Apathetic]

I backed it.  Now to watch the new video.

[z99-_]

It's already over $20,000 O_O

And the Arkitect tier is mostly taken too. Just remember everybody, the Law of Kickstarter states that if the tier you planned on pledging at sells out, you have to do the next higher one

[ptarth]

If it passes 300k, I am going to laugh.

[Drjones013]

Wanted to name a planet, it's a bit more this time but okay, it's for Arcen, I'll do that... I'm somewhat less enthused about the free copies of the other games.

I'd go into reasons but don't want to put a damper on 'WE'RE OVER 20k!'

Frankly, if I hadn't checked my junk mail I'd never have gotten the information that the kickstarter was on. Not sure why it ended up there but if I wasn't thorough, I'd never have seen it.

[NichG]

Huh, its not on Arcen's front page.

Anyhow, backed.

Edit: Also, is there a way to poke Kicktraq to update things? If I search AI War 2 Kicktraq, I get the cancelled campaign only.

[Misery]

If it passes 300k, I am going to laugh.

You wouldnt be the only one.

There would be a lot of bashing of faces on desks, too.

[Squashyhex]

To be fair, if it did surpass it, we'd have new stretch goals and potentially within the timeframe, more people should have heard about it. :-)

[Draco18s]

If it passes 300k, I am going to laugh.

You wouldnt be the only one.

There would be a lot of bashing of faces on desks, too.

Not really. It's one of those "something was off about the campaign page, it got fixed and now everything's fine."
But yeah, it'd be pretty astounding.

[TheVampire100]

Over 60% now in under less than 24h. The "Strike Team Keith" pledge has been picked up.

Would it be possible to announce and stream the multiplayer session with Keith? I think most people here would be interested into this. It also would be a HUGE advertising bonus for AI War and Arcen games in general if people can watch the game live with the leading designer behind the game.

[Captain Jack]

If it passes 300k, I am going to laugh.

You wouldnt be the only one.

There would be a lot of bashing of faces on desks, too.

Not really. It's one of those "something was off about the campaign page, it got fixed and now everything's fine."
But yeah, it'd be pretty astounding.

I think this is what we would have seen the AIW2v1 Kickstarter do if we'd had a big marketing and media push a month ahead of time. That's basically what the otiginal has been for this attempt, now that I think about it.

[Draco18s]

I think this is what we would have seen the AIW2v1 Kickstarter do if we'd had a big marketing and media push a month ahead of time. That's basically what the otiginal has been for this attempt, now that I think about it.

Sort of.
Realistically the current pledge level is only 7% more than the 2-day total from v1

So yes, it's "as if there was an advertising blitz" but it's also closer to "everyone we got the first time is re-pledging" and that'll get us over the goal.  It's unlikely there will be a massive spike that takes things over 300k.