Looks like Swery is going to be doing an AMA live-stream during the final hours of the campaign.
3 PM PST / 6 PM EST
3 PM PST / 6 PM EST
Fuck it, reupped.I'm gonna have to drop a couple of tiers, hope I won't be the one to make it miss the goal by $130.
I'm going to stick my head way out: This won't be close. My numbers are in pounds, but I reckon we'll be looking at £550k when it's done (As a comparison, the current goal is £450k.)
Although it's probably not set exactly in stone given the exchange rate confusion discussed earlier in the thread...
...I think I'm entitled to be a little smug.
Eh, excuse me, is the demo functional?
As in, I took a photo of the couple and what now? When I talk to the dude it doesn't seem to do anything, and I took a picture with the other dude in the "fish restaurant"? but he's just drinking coffee and... Yeah... this is strange lol
Yeah it will ask, by email, you to fix the payment should it fail.If your payment failed, do you get a message from Kickstarter to say so? I've not checked or heard anything from Kickstarter or my bank so I am assuming it went through ok?
Excellent, thanks!Yeah it will ask, by email, you to fix the payment should it fail.
On the morning of June 18, there was a big earthquake in Osaka.
It shook a lot, but luckily all my staff members and my office made it out okay.
Currently we're experiencing small aftershocks, but things are calming down.
I'd like to send out a big thank you to all the fans who contacted me and asked if I was okay.
It reminded me once again how many people love this project, and re-energized my focus.
Thankfully, this earthquake didn't affect the development of The Good Life in any way.
So please relax and continue to watch over us as we work on the game!
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Dropped Backers
After looking at many different options, we have established how we are going to help dropped backers (backers whose payment didn't go through after the end of the campaign).
if you are one of them, expect an email from [email protected] in the coming couple of weeks explaining the process.
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Backerkit pre-order store
The pre-order store will open with our next update in July.
You will be able to pre-order some of the items from the campaign.
Note that as a backer, you will have that option when we open up the survey system (sometime next year, closer to the launch of the game), so don't feel like you have to rush.
The pre-order store is mainly meant for those who entirely missed the campaign.
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England research confirmed!
In the beginning of July, our art team will be the first group to head out on a research journey to England's Lake District! We'll fly in to Manchester, then rent a car and travel from there.
Main locales we plan to visit:
Windermere
Grasmere
Ambleside
Kendal
Near Sawrey
Kesewic
...and maybe a few others!
We plan to do research on England's rural towns, history, culture, food, clothing, and houses in order to deepen our understanding and ideas for The Good Life.
We're going to each put ourselves in Naomi's shoes and try to experience as much as possible before we return! We can't wait to see what sort of adventures we encounter!
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New development info! Now working on level design!
We're currently working on the level design for the world map.
The first step is to figure out how to give the full open-world map a sense of scale, how to make it visibly accessible, and how to create it properly.
We're going to do things like measure the distance that Naomi can travel by walking and double check differences in elevation as we continue to work on the map.
We've also got a research trip planned, so we intend to work that our data into the map. We want to create a vivid map that allows you to take beautiful pictures from any angle you want, so we hope you're excited to see the final product!
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More people will get to play this game, that's some pretty good news.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/476090608/the-good-life/posts/2339499
Edit: I wasn't watching the Microsoft conference, hopefully it got a little spotlight though.
Wait, they showed a wrong boxart for the game in their gamepass thingy? WOW.
Will it join Game Pass on day 1? If so, I'm not sure what to think of this. While I appreciate that Swery might got additional funding out of this, it also kinda feels like a dick move to backers who paid a got chunk of money for this game.