This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Chris Roberts elaborated on Star Citizen’s FPS module delay as well as his experiences directing motion capture for the game’s single-player Squadron 42 campaign. Also this week, Camelot Unchained lead Mark Jacobs delivered plenty of good news, including progress on procedurally generated terrain, performance issues, and an announcement about the beta announcement which should happen inside of two weeks!
The rest of this week’s roundup is just past the break.
Current Campaigns
Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.): Open donations, no end date
– A vast, dynamic world
– “Nothing is set in stone; each player will experience the game in very different ways”
Contested Space (Zon): Kickstarter coming soon
– Player-designed spaceships and stations
– Action-oriented combat, territory expansion and defense
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games): Open donations, no end date
– Fantasy medieval setting with a classless system and unrestricted character development
– Realistic weather system
– Greenlit on Steam
Neo’s Land (NeoJac Entertainment): Open donations, no end date
– A voxel-based sandbox where the community decides development by roundtable discussions
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms): Open donations, no end date
– Old-school fantasy MMO with focus on group content
– The return of corpse runs
– Back in “full development mode”
Fully Funded
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios) – Recent news: Hicks interview
Camelot Unchained (City State) – Recent news: Lots of progress
Crowfall (ArtCraft)Â – Recent news:Â Combat chat, Player layaway, armor tweaks
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media) Recent news: Finally on track
Descent Underground (Descendent Studios)
Divergence Online (Ethan Casner)
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions)
Greed Monger (Greed Monger) – Project abandoned
The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies)
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks)
Pumpkin Online (Monique)
Shards Online (Citadel Studios)
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium)
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium) – Recent news: Letter from the chairman
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora) – Project abandoned
TUG (Nerd Kingdom) – Recent news: Huge tech update
Launched
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments)
Guns of Icarus (Muse)
