Sir, You Are Being Hunted Catch-All

This Kickstarter campaign really caught my eye. Firstly, I love the name. Very evocative.
Here's the Kickstarter link. http://kck.st/RyveJP
Stealth survival game in the creepy English countryside, where you're hunted by English nobleman robots, who will stop to drink tea occasionally.
I'm in!
If someone with more tech savvy can link one of their videos I'd be grateful.

If you are in the US- any issues with donating $ listed as UK pounds? Interested in the game and have somehow heard others talking about it- probably going to have to back it.

I had no problem from Canada, but there is some discussion on the kick starter page suggesting some Americans did experience problems. Sounds like there is a work-around where necessary.

10 pounds comes out to roughly $16. Donations require a credit card, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Color me interested.

The kickstarter is still open. They are in the stretch goal portion of the kickin. Simple reminder this exist for anyone interested.

Two new gameplay videos are up. I'm really digging the art direction.

Just pre-ordered this, it's still $20. Looking good!

I am really looking forward to this game. I can't tell what it means, of course, but I really love the look of the UI. The environments look awesome as well. I really hope the gameplay is there.

Alpha begins August 19 for all Kickstarters and Pre-order folks. New "Fens" biome on display. Looks really great.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/07/18/sir-you-are-being-hunted-teases-new-biomes-announces-august-9-alpha-release-date/

I am so looking forward to this game- though I suspect I'll be horrible at it and find it super frustrating. I'm not great at stealth. But something about the game (visuals and aesthetic maybe?) has me super interested.

Idle Thumbs plays the game a bit: http://www.twitch.tv/idlethumbs/c/26...

That looks like sooo much fun.

Listened to the Thumbs talk about the game this week and last, and am very intrigued by it now. I like what they said about it and also the little bit of stuff people have posted on this thread. I think I'm going to be a little bit cautious about jumping into it though, after hearing great things about Cart Life and then getting into the game and being kinda frustrated and put off by it. I love the Idle Thumbs crew, but a little iffy on some of their indie recommends after that.

You should certainly be iffy about their indie recommendations. They do a great job describing the things they love- but often the feelings they have are not recreated when most other people give the games a go. I'm looking forward to it because it gives me a vibe of single-player DayZ, with gentlemen robots.

Le0hart85 wrote:

Listened to the Thumbs talk about the game this week and last, and am very intrigued by it now. I like what they said about it and also the little bit of stuff people have posted on this thread. I think I'm going to be a little bit cautious about jumping into it though, after hearing great things about Cart Life and then getting into the game and being kinda frustrated and put off by it. I love the Idle Thumbs crew, but a little iffy on some of their indie recommends after that.

To be fair, I think you're supposed to be kind of frustrated and put off by Cart Life. But I've been anticipating Sir, You Are Being Hunted since hearing about it via Rock Paper Shotgun.

Got my alpha copy. This is very entertaining so far.

oilypenguin wrote:

Got my alpha copy. This is very entertaining so far.

Gar must wait to download tonight you damn bastard.

Just noticed that this popped up on Steam as an EAG for $20. Looks very interesting.

Anyone out there playing this? Looks great but wondering if I should wait on it a bit for polish etc.

I've put a few hours into this, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. The procedurally generated world is gorgeous, but the actual "game" of collecting a bunch of doohickeys spread across several islands can get downright tedious. It's an impressive achievement for a 3-person team, but I feel like it still needs a fair amount of tweaks and polish. I know they are still adding a lot of gameplay elements before release.

I think if you're on the fence about waiting, I would definitely wait.

I'm enjoying the game, but I can see that some of the experience could be a bit thin. I need to put more time into this- maybe tonight.

I definitely plan on getting this eventually, but I'm not in a hurry.

Yeah, it needs a bit of work.

I'm horrible at this game. Not sure how to rethink what I'm doing. Maybe going to another island would help.

PSA: The early access version is currently 50% off ($10) on Steam.

Related rant: I think I'm done with backing video game kickstarters. Here's one reason why: I backed this game's KS because (1) it looked promising and (2) one of the devs is Jim Rossignol from RPS. As I almost always do, I backed at the minimum level that gets me a digital copy of the game. In this case, it was about $16 (£10). The KS level that granted you "early access" was over $48 (£30). But now, anyone who wants early access for this game (and all subsequent updates including the finished version) can get it for only $10. If I was one of the 372 people who backed their KS at the $48+ (£30) level, I would feel even more ripped-off and taken advantage of.

MeatMan wrote:

PSA: The early access version is currently 50% off ($10) on Steam.

Related rant: I think I'm done with backing video game kickstarters. Here's one reason why: I backed this game's KS because (1) it looked promising and (2) one of the devs is Jim Rossignol from RPS. As I almost always do, I backed at the minimum level that gets me a digital copy of the game. In this case, it was about $16 (£10). The KS level that granted you "early access" was over $48 (£30). But now, anyone who wants early access for this game (and all subsequent updates including the finished version) can get it for only $10. If I was one of the 372 people who backed their KS at the $48+ (£30) level, I would feel even more ripped-off and taken advantage of.

I'd agree that you should have access to the early access version if non backers can pay for it for less than you backed at, but I don't think it follows that paying more means you should feel more ripped off. I mean (hopefully) no one who backs a game at, say, $1000 expects the game to retail at that price.

juv3nal wrote:

I'd agree that you should have access to the early access version if non backers can pay for it for less than you backed at, but I don't think it follows that paying more means you should feel more ripped off. I mean (hopefully) no one who backs a game at, say, $1000 expects the game to retail at that price.

Like I said, thankfully I only backed at $16 for the finished version. If I had backed at $48+ specifically to get early access to the game, not only would I feel taken advantage of due to the "regular" steam early access price ($20), I would feel even more betrayed knowing that non-backers could currently get early access for just $10.

This is exactly why the steam early access price for Planetary Annihilation was originally $90, to be equal to the "alpha access" backer level of its KS, so not to betray their backers. The price is currently $60 because the game is now in beta phase, and $60 was the "beta access" KS level.

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To reiterate my main point, game devs are obviously free to set their own KS level prices and steam early access prices, but I seriously doubt I'll back any future video game kickstarters. I no longer have absolute confidence that the price I paid on a KS won't be undercut by steam early access, which IMO is another means by which devs can fund the development of their game.

Well, keep in mind that Planetary Annihilation *didn't* screw their early backers. There's a bunch of different teams out there, and they have pretty disparate ideas on what constitutes ethical behavior.

MeatMan wrote:
juv3nal wrote:

I'd agree that you should have access to the early access version if non backers can pay for it for less than you backed at, but I don't think it follows that paying more means you should feel more ripped off. I mean (hopefully) no one who backs a game at, say, $1000 expects the game to retail at that price.

Like I said, thankfully I only backed at $16 for the finished version. If I had backed at $48+ specifically to get early access to the game, not only would I feel taken advantage of due to the "regular" steam early access price ($20), I would feel even more betrayed knowing that non-backers could currently get early access for just $10.

I would imagine many of those people acknowledge the fact that if they hadn't spent as much money the game might not currently even be in alpha/beta right now. At least that's how I felt about how Planetary Annihilation's tiered pricing worked.

MeatMan wrote:

I no longer have absolute confidence that the price I paid on a KS won't be undercut by steam early access, which IMO is another means by which devs can fund the development of their game.

To be fair, Early Access didn't exist when Sir went to Kickstarter. I think Early Access has changed people's thinking about crowd-funding. Personally I think I'm almost to the point where I'd prefer to jump on board at the Early Access funding point instead of Kickstarter. There's a big difference between paying $20+ on what's a pre-pre order vs. $20 for something I can at least try to play right now.

Ultimately, I think it's good that devs have these options and I think nearly all of them are trying to make sense of the landscape now that there's a lot more funding options available now than there were even 3-5 years ago.

shoptroll wrote:

I would imagine many of those people acknowledge the fact that if they hadn't spent as much money the game might not currently even be in alpha/beta right now.

During their KS, there was a video posted on the home page that was titled "alpha gameplay", so by the devs' own claim, the game was already in its playable alpha stage. Besides that, if all 372 people who backed at the $48/£30 "early access" level had not given any money to the KS, it still would have been more than 200% funded.

shoptroll wrote:

To be fair, Early Access didn't exist when Sir went to Kickstarter.

It didn't exist when Planetary Annihilation went to KS either, but Uber Entertainment chose not to betray their alpha and beta backers.

shoptroll wrote:

Personally I think I'm almost to the point where I'd prefer to jump on board at the Early Access funding point instead of Kickstarter. There's a big difference between paying $20+ on what's a pre-pre order vs. $20 for something I can at least try to play right now.

Agreed. This is why I posted the rant. For 99% of the video game kickstarters I've backed, I did so at the minimum level to get the finished game. Now that steam early access exists, I've come to the decision that it's more likely that I'll be able to spend less money to get the game while still helping to fund the game's development by buying upcoming games via steam instead of KS, especially considering that steam early access games are being heavily discounted.