We need to protect ourselves from threats far far away so lets build a death star.
Launched: Feb 4, 2013
Funding ends: Apr 1, 2013
Remind Me
In November 2012 the people asked for a death star. The government said NO!
In light of continuing threats we should build it ourselves.
Initial design (not for kids)
Goal
£20,000,000 for more detailed plans and enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.
Stretch Goal
£543,000,000,000,000,00 ($850,000,000,000,000,000) to secure full funding for actual construction.
Open Source
To keep costs lower the entire project will use open source hardware and software.
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The only risk is the power of the Force.
The main challenge is assuring Kickstarter that this is a joke and not a serious project. As proof, the goal has been set high enough to make successful funding almost impossible.
Is this a spam project and just fooling around? The amount of money asked is impossible and the description is not serious anyway... Too bad since the story premise is pretty good.
"Double the princesses, quadruple the fun!" - Haken Browning (SRW-OG Endless Frontier)
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Projects: The Pilgrim's Path, Elspeth's Garden, Secret Adventure Game!
More than likely, people pledge, not expecting the goal to be met. Probably if it gets closer to reaching the goal, pledges will slow down. Still, would be interesting to see what would happen...
"We must teach them through the tools with which they are comfortable."
The #renpy IRC channel is a great place to chat with other devs. Due to the nature of IRC and timezone differences, people probably won't reply right away.
If you'd like to view or use any code from my VN PM me. All code is freely available without restriction, but also without warranty or (much) support.
I'm not sure how many people here realize you can cancel, lower or raise your pledge any time before the day the campaign ends. Kickstarter only charges the credit cards then, not any time before.
It's why a lot of times you're holding your breath until the campaign actually ends. You worry a couple of the pledges were joke pledges (particularly the large ones) and you won't have any way of knowing until the very end.
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In any case, I think KS generally likes to let the system correct itself (they won't intervene unless people start sending them complaints).
This (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/198 ... ost-voices) was shut down though unfortunately I think the quality control exceeded the very thing it was parodying. If you followed the original Lore project, you kind of have to wonder why that wasn't shut down...but again It seems the KS staff operate under the idea their system will take care of itself. I could very well be wrong though--But that's my take.
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Completed: Metropolitan Blues, The Loyal Kinsman, Daemonophilia, The Dreaming, The Thirteenth Year, Adrift, Bionic Heart 2, Secrets of the Wolf, The Photographer
Projects: The Pilgrim's Path, Elspeth's Garden, Secret Adventure Game!
