Star Citizen

Star Citizen Extended Trailer - GDC Austin Panel

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Chris Roberts, de man achter Wing Commander, Privateer en Freelancer, is terug van weggeweest en is een crowd-funding gestart om wel een heel ambitieus pc-spel te maken: Star Citizen.

Star Citizen is een ruimtesimulator in de stijl van zijn eerdere games, maar dan in een immense wereld waarin jij kunt zijn wat je wilt. De engine achter deze game wordt CryEngine 3, dat zorgt voor verbluffende beelden. Het spel ondersteunt singleplayer, offline co-op, en online modi zoals we kennen van Demon's Souls, waarin je de wereld van een ander tijdelijk ingaat. Ook zijn er publieke servers om een MMO-ervaring te bieden.

Het achtergrondverhaal van Star Citizen is gebaseerd op het verval en verdwijnen van de Romeinen in onze geschiedenis. Als speler is jouw doel om in Squadron 42 te komen, een soort vreemdelingenlegioen in de ruimte. Maar Chris Roberts geeft al aan dat je kunt kiezen dat doel volledig links te laten liggen en je eigen plan te trekken. Je kunt bijvoorbeeld het leger in gaan om in ruimteoorlogen deel te nemen, een verkoper worden om zo geld te verdienen of piraat worden en andere schepen overvallen. De ruimtewereld gaat door en heeft een economie die reageert op de gebeurtenissen in het spel. Verkenning is belangrijke feature in het spel, er zijn dan ook grote stukken ruimte die nog niet in kaart zijn gebracht.

Het spel is zo gemaakt dat je niet alleen in een ruimteschip bent: je kunt op planeten eruit en in first- of third-person rondlopen en gevechten aangaan. Star Citizen ondersteunt allerlei apparaten: van muis, gamepads, joysticks tot aan Oculus Rift, de virtual reality-helm.

Het verdienmodel van het spel lijkt op Guild Wars 2: je koopt het spel en met optionele microtransacties kun je spullen kopen. De spelers kunnen eigen ruimteschepen ontwerpen in het spel en verkopen, een klein gedeelte van de opbrengst gaat naar de ontwikkelaar. De ontwikkelaar geeft aan dat mensen die ingame kopen geen gameplayvoordelen hebben. Er zijn geen abonnementen om het te blijven spelen, zoals andere MMO's wel hebben. De vroege alphaversie van het spel komt in 2013, het complete spel wordt pas in 2014 verwacht.

Je kunt Chris Roberts en de zijnen steunen door te pledgen op de Star Citizen-site. Als er tussen de twee en vier miljoen dollar is opgehaald gaan grote investeerders pas hun geld inleggen in de ontwikkeling van deze game.

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• Is it PC exclusive? Yes.
• Is there a single-player, Wing Commander-style campaign? Yes (that part's called Squadron 42).
• Can my friends drop in and fly as my wingmen? Yes.
• Does the story branch based on my actions? Yes.
• Does it have a Privateer-style open universe with a trade economy? Yes.
• Is the economy dynamic? Yes.
• Can I skip the single-player campaign and jump right into that part? Yes.
• Is there a free, massively multiplayer persistent online universe? Yes.
• Will that universe constantly expand with new content? Yes.
• Can I play offline? Yes.
• Can I host my own server for me and my friends? Yes.
• Are there real zero-G physics? Yes.
• Can my friends and I crew a ship together, with one piloting and others manning guns? Yes.
• Can I have 64 or more players in one area? Yes (and that's the bare minimum he's shooting for).
• Can I mod it? Yes.
• Can I pilot a carrier starship? Yes (but probably not in the persistent online universe).
• Can I have a medium-sized ship with a single launchable fighter aboard? Yes.
• Can I get out of my ship and shoot people in first- or third-person combat? Yes.
• Can I hijack an enemy ship? Yes.
• Can other players hijack my ship? Yes.
• Will there be location-specific damage on spaceships? Yes.
• Will there be customizable weapons on hardpoints? Yes.
• Can I play with a mouse? Yes.
• A gamepad? Yes.
• A joystick? Yes.
• Will it support Oculus Rift? Yes.
• Will it take user-created content (ships, etc) and sell it, splitting revenue with creators? Yes.

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Op woensdag 10 oktober 2012 18:24 schreef anti_kneus het volgende:
Binnen 2 uur zit hij al bijna aan de 2% van wat hij moet halen, hopelijk blijft het zo snel gaan, deze man verdient het in mijn ogen. Heb al zijn spellen compleet grijs gespeeld

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Op woensdag 10 oktober 2012 19:25 schreef anti_kneus het volgende:

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Je bedoelt meer dan 5%

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• Is it PC exclusive? Yes.
• Is there a single-player, Wing Commander-style campaign? Yes (that part's called Squadron 42).
• Can my friends drop in and fly as my wingmen? Yes.
• Does the story branch based on my actions? Yes.
• Does it have a Privateer-style open universe with a trade economy? Yes.
• Is the economy dynamic? Yes.
• Can I skip the single-player campaign and jump right into that part? Yes.
• Is there a free, massively multiplayer persistent online universe? Yes.
• Will that universe constantly expand with new content? Yes.
• Can I play offline? Yes.
• Can I host my own server for me and my friends? Yes.
• Are there real zero-G physics? Yes.
• Can my friends and I crew a ship together, with one piloting and others manning guns? Yes.
• Can I have 64 or more players in one area? Yes (and that's the bare minimum he's shooting for).
• Can I mod it? Yes.
• Can I pilot a carrier starship? Yes (but probably not in the persistent online universe).
• Can I have a medium-sized ship with a single launchable fighter aboard? Yes.
• Can I get out of my ship and shoot people in first- or third-person combat? Yes.
• Can I hijack an enemy ship? Yes.
• Can other players hijack my ship? Yes.
• Will there be location-specific damage on spaceships? Yes.
• Will there be customizable weapons on hardpoints? Yes.
• Can I play with a mouse? Yes.
• A gamepad? Yes.
• A joystick? Yes.
• Will it support Oculus Rift? Yes.
• Will it take user-created content (ships, etc) and sell it, splitting revenue with creators? Yes.

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Op donderdag 11 oktober 2012 08:27 schreef Pheno het volgende:
Ik zal de TT even aanpassen, de titel van de game is Star Citizen Squadron 42 is de naam van de campagne.

Even flink wat info gezocht na de submit van Tain: Chris Roberts werkt aan pc-game Star Citizen

Dus mocht de OP aangepast moeten worden met meer info, dan kan dat

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The Kickstarter number will be combined with the RSI counter when we hit our minimum and stretch goals, so a pledge in either place counts towards our goal of reaching $2mill or more. We will link all Kickstarter pledges to their RSI account in the same way we intend to do with all the members that used the backed up site when our main one was down. We will have to get the data from Kickstarter so be patient as it wont be instant, but we promise we will link everything up and nothing will get lost!

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We plan on building the full SC experience even if we only end up with just $2-$2.5M which is unlikely given where we are now and our current pace. We should be well beyond here by the end but keep up the support!
Te only difference is that we cant promise the full SC experience in 24 months after funding - it may take longer and we may not have as much content on launch, but we'll still deliver it!

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Op woensdag 24 oktober 2012 23:06 schreef RickoKun het volgende:

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Ah okay! Dat zijn betere berichten! Hoewel het natuurlijk mooier is als t zo snel mogelijk klaar is door genoeg pledges!

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Congratulations everyone! We are an official “go” as of Thursday morning at 6:32 am EDT. Thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm we’ve got there in just two weeks.

I would like to say a big “thank you” to everyone. I know I have been saying thanks a lot recently, but you’ve earned them. You’re helping us put Space Sims back on the map! THANK YOU!

Now that Star Citizen has been funded, we’ve had a lot of questions about stretch goals. Many of you know the set of goals previously listed at the RSI site. They were broad design concepts that we needed additional funding to achieve. But quite frankly, they weren’t much fun for you and didn’t have enough concrete data!

So, we’ve heard you: our backers deserve a stretch goal system that isn’t just about game design but about rewarding our incredible community. To that end, we’ve developed two campaigns: one specifically for Kickstarter and one for the whole project. They still showcase our big ideas… but they also make the rest of the funding period about you.

The idea is that the money collected on Kickstarter and the money raised here on the RSI site will be pooled together and count towards the overall stretch goals which are listed here.

But, as added bonus, we’re running a Kickstarter set of stretch goals with are ADDITIVE to the overall stretch goals.

Our next goal is $750,000 on Kickstarter. That is within reach as I type this message! When we get there, every backer will start the game with a class I repair bot. Here’s the backstory:

The legend on the Saga Datasystems’ AMX-1 Repair Droid bot box says “a pilot’s best friend” and few experienced flyers would disagree. Thanks to a network of nine telescoping flex arms, the AMX-1 can access and repair any standard ship system with ease. Though it lacks the full speech boards and the emotional memory cores of more expensive models, the trademark whirring and beeping of an AMX is a welcome sound for anyone charting a path between the stars.

Next up is our main stretch goal: at $2.5 million we will add an additional flyable ship, the Anvil Gladiator, to the game. The Gladiator is the civilian variant of a powerful military bomber currently being used against the Vanduul on the frontiers of the galaxy. The Anvil’s pylons can support the heaviest grade antimatter torpedoes and it has up to a pair of turrets for protection during bombing runs. In short, they’re a capital ship’s worst nightmare!

Finally: we polled the community if it would be alright to extend the overall pledge campaign by ten days to match the Kickstarter and the answer was a resounding yes. So that’s what we’re going to do; it’s going to let us put together something special for when everything finishes on November 19 at 11 am PST!

So, lets get out there and earn some robots… and in the coming days, much more!

And again THANK YOU!