Pier Solar HD

[Arkhan]

The digital copy is at $15 for Xbox and PC/Linux/Mac. I don't see where it says $90.

It was a joke, lol

[Arm]

 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/573261866/pier-solar-hd-an-rpg-for-xbox360-pc-mac-linux-and

[storino03]

sweet

[Arkhan]

I bet they pledged some of their own cash to push it over the edge and get the green light.  Probably by rolling their gem-scam funds into the mix.



AH WELL.

Like we didn't expect this kind of thing.   Too bad they don't have the balls to port it to the PCE.

I can't wait to see all of the problems that arise due to overconfidence and underestimation.

[Arm]

The sum of $150000 has been reached. Stretched goals have appeared since yesterday.

145k - Japanese Translation: Pier Solar HD now translated in Japanese, on every single platform! DONE
150k - Dreamcast Extras: 16x9 Widescreen support, VMU integration, VGA support: We are sweetening up the Dreamcast version with everything we can think of! VGA will look stunning, and with 16x9 support it will be the perfect match. We aren't leaving out anything and thats why your VMU will be integrated with Pier Solar!  DONE

160k - Pier Solar HD Directors Cut: We are going to add in tons of stuff we left out of the final version of Pier Solar due to technical limitations on the original SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis cartridge. We're talking tons of new sidequests, mini games, and never-before-heard songs!

175k - Pier Solar HD for Android & OUYA: Pier Solar HD for Android devices and the OUYA!

200k - Pier Solar HD for Wii U: Pier Solar HD for the Nintendo Wii U!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/573261866/pier-solar-hd-an-rpg-for-xbox360-pc-mac-linux-and/posts

[Arkhan]

edit: The video crashes FireFox everytime I try to watch it.

Also, does the Watermelon Game Factory have a special device that lets them just pick a system and press a button and get a version for it?   It took forever to release the Genesis one, and now its going to be on Xbox 360, Dreamcast, PC/MAX/Linux (which I can only assume will use Allegro, or some other easy cross platform library), and possibly the Wii U?

Seems awfully ambitious considering they even botched the MegaDrive one pretty good.

How do we know these cost estimates are even correct?   What if they claim all this crap, take all this money, and drop the ball again, on a way larger scale?

That would blow. 

[Arm]

I don't know much about programming but the original game has been reprogrammed to run on each of the hardwares. It's not an emu and rom that will be included with the HD version.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1hj4THAyw

For the remake, as there are a lot of maps in this game, the assets are being redone by several people in order to be completed within 1 year.
They asked me to handle the hd art for the characters and the cutscenes so as to remain faithful to the original designs that I had done back then.

As for the wiiu cost, you'll have to ask on their forum because I don't know that much.

[Arkhan]

I'm aware its not an emulator.  I just think its a bit of a crapshoot to whore yourself out so much to so many systems.

I also don't even want to go bother asking wtf they're doing with the Wii U.   I lost interest in their forums when they said people don't deserve nice copies of their games unless they paid way the f*ck in advance.

I'd rather just watch the fireworks when their over ambitious, ego filled project faceplants again. 

I bet they will lie about the errors again too.

Pier Solar and the Great CashCows!

[futureman2000]

Yeah, and the game was cool running on Genesis hardware, with its limitations. Playing the same game on a WiiU one would have to wonder- shouldn't more thought have gone into these dungeon designs, fight mechanics, equipment balancing...

Anyway, I hope the investors remember that Kickstarter is not a store.
http://hive.slate.com/hive/made-america-how-reinvent-american-manufacturing/article/quotkickstarter-is-not-a-storequot

[Arkhan]

Yeah.

I also can't wait for the inevitable overconfidence related errors and problems that make the project stall and piss people off.

[Arkhan]

"After 2 years, 3 prints, and 8 versions of Pier Solar for the SEGA Mega Drive & SEGA Genesis - we are pleased to announce we have been hard at work on releasing Pier Solar in HD for Xbox 360, PC, Mac, Linux & SEGA Dreamcast. "

god f*cking damn.

People have to be retarded, I swear. 

[BlueBMW]

My trouble is this.... if I ever do decide to actually play Pier Solar (which I have not, though i have a bullsh$&# reprint edition genny cart) I would love to play it on Dreamcast.   Now if I dont fund through kickstarter for a DC copy of the game, are they going to be asshats and do the whole reprint DC edition or not even sell any more copies at all?  I dont want to support them, but it feels like if I want to ever have the option to get the game on Dreamcast I basically need to "buy" it now through their kickstarter or forever be screwed / gouged for it.

[Mathius]

My trouble is this.... if I ever do decide to actually play Pier Solar (which I have not, though i have a bullsh$&# reprint edition genny cart) I would love to play it on Dreamcast.   Now if I dont fund through kickstarter for a DC copy of the game, are they going to be asshats and do the whole reprint DC edition or not even sell any more copies at all?  I dont want to support them, but it feels like if I want to ever have the option to get the game on Dreamcast I basically need to "buy" it now through their kickstarter or forever be screwed / gouged for it.

I want to play this on my DC (hopefully with the bugs fixed/rebalanced leveling) which is why I funded them through KS. It would be a very grim shame if they only offer this via the user funding them. Unlike most of the people offering their $$ I just want to play it. I bet the majority of people funding are ebayers.

[Arkhan]

Its likely that they'll only fund the people who pledge, and f*ck everyone else over.

[BlueBMW]

Its likely that they'll only fund the people who pledge, and f*ck everyone else over.

This is precisely what Im afraid of...  give the f*cktards money or get f*cked later.  Its a damn shame.