Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs

[technozombie]

The episode released had a version in German.

[HailingTheThings]

I also got that digital thing. You should be getting an email update thing soon if you haven't already, Mr. Desh. At least, I think?

I also only backed the basic PCE game.  I was worried about this.  I funded it directly through the German paypal links that "teamsaberrider" had attached.  I hope my order does not get lost in the shuffle.

You should contact them to make sure everything's okay, you should have received an e-mail update by now with the dropbox link to the episode + poster. Have you been getting the kickstarter update e-mails thus far?

[Desh]

I also got that digital thing. You should be getting an email update thing soon if you haven't already, Mr. Desh. At least, I think?

I also only backed the basic PCE game.  I was worried about this.  I funded it directly through the German paypal links that "teamsaberrider" had attached.  I hope my order does not get lost in the shuffle.

You should contact them to make sure everything's okay, you should have received an e-mail update by now with the dropbox link to the episode + poster. Have you been getting the kickstarter update e-mails thus far?

No, I haven't gotten anything.

EDIT: Sent them an email with my paypal receipt.  Lets see how quickly I get a response.

[technozombie]

I also got that digital thing. You should be getting an email update thing soon if you haven't already, Mr. Desh. At least, I think?

I also only backed the basic PCE game.  I was worried about this.  I funded it directly through the German paypal links that "teamsaberrider" had attached.  I hope my order does not get lost in the shuffle.

You should contact them to make sure everything's okay, you should have received an e-mail update by now with the dropbox link to the episode + poster. Have you been getting the kickstarter update e-mails thus far?

No, I haven't gotten anything.

EDIT: Sent them an email with my paypal receipt.  Lets see how quickly I get a response.

Just curious if you got a response? You're honestly not missing a whole lot  by not getting the episode, but I know I would be concerned as to why I didn't get it.

[Mathius]

Is there any way to put in a preorder for the PC Engine version at all?

[blueraven]

Is there any way to put in a preorder for the PC Engine version at all?

What he said

[Desh]

I also got that digital thing. You should be getting an email update thing soon if you haven't already, Mr. Desh. At least, I think?

I also only backed the basic PCE game.  I was worried about this.  I funded it directly through the German paypal links that "teamsaberrider" had attached.  I hope my order does not get lost in the shuffle.

You should contact them to make sure everything's okay, you should have received an e-mail update by now with the dropbox link to the episode + poster. Have you been getting the kickstarter update e-mails thus far?

No, I haven't gotten anything.

EDIT: Sent them an email with my paypal receipt.  Lets see how quickly I get a response.

Just curious if you got a response? You're honestly not missing a whole lot  by not getting the episode, but I know I would be concerned as to why I didn't get it.

I actually did receive a very quick response.  It was still a bit confusing but they also sent me the link to the episodes etc.  The confusing part is he said all of the emails only went to the people who backed through kickstarter.  This must mean that they also got a bunch of funds via paypal through the back door beyond kickstarter?  I could honestly give a shit about the updates.  I just wanted to make sure I would be getting the game I paid for once it is released.

[HailingTheThings]

I also got that digital thing. You should be getting an email update thing soon if you haven't already, Mr. Desh. At least, I think?

I also only backed the basic PCE game.  I was worried about this.  I funded it directly through the German paypal links that "teamsaberrider" had attached.  I hope my order does not get lost in the shuffle.

You should contact them to make sure everything's okay, you should have received an e-mail update by now with the dropbox link to the episode + poster. Have you been getting the kickstarter update e-mails thus far?

No, I haven't gotten anything.

EDIT: Sent them an email with my paypal receipt.  Lets see how quickly I get a response.

Just curious if you got a response? You're honestly not missing a whole lot  by not getting the episode, but I know I would be concerned as to why I didn't get it.

I actually did receive a very quick response.  It was still a bit confusing but they also sent me the link to the episodes etc.  The confusing part is he said all of the emails only went to the people who backed through kickstarter.  This must mean that they also got a bunch of funds via paypal through the back door beyond kickstarter?  I could honestly give a shit about the updates.  I just wanted to make sure I would be getting the game I paid for once it is released.

That's dumb, should be like "Hey, man, lemme get them, k?"

[Necromancer]

So, one year left to go. 

[elmer]

Well, at least it looks like they've got some pretty sprites now! 

It's a bit concerning to hear that they've changed to a different (and apparently unproven) game engine.

I've seen that as the start of problems more often than I've seen it save a project.

Sounds like the PCE version is at the bottom of their priority list.

Let's hope that there's still some money left in the kitty when they're finally ready to have Arkhan and the team get started on the project. 

[Arkhan]

Let's hope that there's still some money left in the kitty when they're finally ready to have Arkhan and the team get started on the project. 

Yeah. 

The PCE version seems to be the least backed/funded.

So... that kind of sucks.

The Watermelon cunts ponied up a large wad of cash to put the project into funding, I think.  So that's not really happy-inducing.

[sirhcman]

Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

I still think this (above) should have been a red flag from the beginning. I can't believe this got funded despite apparently not having the license and very little development prior to asking for all the money

[elmer]

Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

I still think this (above) should have been a red flag from the beginning. I can't believe this got funded despite apparently not having the license and very little development prior to asking for all the money

It certainly wasn't a great sign, but not as bad (IMHO) as the seeing the previous crowdfunding campaign with nothing to show for it.

The PCE version seems to be the least backed/funded.

So... that kind of sucks.

From their KickStart updates ...

  Amount of supporters per platform:

  1. Sega Dreamcast: 415
  2. PC/Steam: 297
  3. Nintendo 3DS: 196
  4. NEC PC Engine: 170

  The most money was spent for:

  1. Dreamcast
  2. Steam/PC Win/Mac/Linux
  3. PC Engine
  4. Nintendo 3DS


So the PCE actually pulled in more funding than their original target platform!

But "yes", it has the fewest actual buyers, although as they also note, there are still new people asking to buy the PCE version but they don't seem to have figured out how to add them into the KickStarter/Funding.


But this is what is concerning ...

Because the Dreamcast version was doing so well during our campaign, we made several changes on our original plan in order to support it from day one. The original plan was to first develop the 3DS and PC/Steam version and after that the DC and PC Engine version.
The engine we have started the project with was only meant for Nintendo 3DS and the PC version was supposed to be made with Unity. Sega Dreamcast would have required a third standalone version and this was just not effective!
In order to support the Sega Dreamcast from day one the engine and several parts of the Development Team were changed.

We are working now with a completely new engine called “Dreamer” which is developed by our partners 2Dream. Dreamer offers us many great possibilities, is very flexible, powerful and supports already a lot of different platforms. For now, we licensed support for Sega Dreamcast, PC Win, Mac, Linux and 3DS in order to fulfil our Kickstarter goals. This should be great news for the Sega Dreamcast community. There is no longer waiting time anymore for the DC version.

So now the development plan and the actual team itself has changed from what the KickStarter supporters signed up for.

And they're licensing (i.e. paying for) this new game engine, from a brand new company, that's never shipped any finished products with it.

http://retrosumus.com/2016/04/xenocider-team-members-kickstarter-dreamer-engine/

http://2dream.co/#tabs-2

[Punch]

I was here thinking to myself about how hilarious it would be to have a mismanaged PC/3DS version never seeing the light of day while Arkhan is sitting with a build of the PC Engine version, underfunded and finished 3 months before the deadline.

The homebrew console version is looking more legitimate than the "main" version.

[Black Tiger]

One of the problems is that at the point of the campaign when it could have the most benefit or harm, they announced that they'd partnered with Warermelon. Lots of people pulled their pledges and they, along with a bunch of people who hadn't yet pledged anything, were very vocal across forums with threads promoting this campaign that they would never support anything that Watermelon is associated with after their most recent (at the time) fundraising fiascos. It was so bad that Team Saber Rider (or whatever) had to do damage control, assuring everone that Watermelon was only involved in the manufacturing. This was a year before everyone's worst fears about Watermelon were finally confirmed.