It was a huge week for crowdfunded space sims. First, Infinity: Battlescape met its $300,000 Kickstarter goal with over a day to spare. Then, Cloud Imperium released Star Citizen version 2.0 to a select group of testers. What’s 2.0? Only the first incarnation of the game’s expansive persistent universe! Sources indicate that vaporware trolls suddenly made themselves scarce both on MOP and across the intrawebs.
The rest of this week’s MMO crowdfunding 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 Campaigns
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios)Â
Camelot Unchained (City State) – Recent news:Â Friday update and class reveal
Crowfall (ArtCraft)Â – Recent news:Â Next phase, demographics
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media)
Descent Underground (Descendent Studios)
Divergence Online (Ethan Casner)
Eco (Strange Loop Games) – Recent news: Final pieces
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions) – Recent news: Now in closed beta
Infinity: Battlescape (I-Novae Studios) – Recent news: Almost there, fully funded
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks)
Project Gorgon (Elder Game, LLC) – Recent news: Combat and yetis
Pumpkin Online (Monique)
The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies)
Shards Online (Citadel Studios)
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium) – Recent news:Â Release 24, Release 23 postmortem
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium) – Recent news:Â Repair and maintenance, 10FtC, 2.0 and weekly update
TUG (Nerd Kingdom)
Abandoned Post-Crowdfund
Greed Monger (Greed Monger)
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora)
Successfully Launched
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) – Recent news:Â Newsletter 100
Guns of Icarus (Muse)