Kickstarter is looking good. Just put in my pledge for a CIB. Good luck buddy!
Kickstarter is looking good. Just put in my pledge for a CIB. Good luck buddy!
Holy shit, this is without a doubt going to reach it's goal.
I like to pledge but don't get paid till Friday. Any chance I can pledge but not have the funds taken by then?
I'm afraid Kickstarter doesn't provide the option :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderblaze16
If all goes well it will be on general sale when we're done.
Well looks like you're about to reach your goal in the next hour so let me be the first to say...
http://45.media.tumblr.com/b94b57a44...dti4o1_400.gif
I pleged for a cib copy. actually looking forward to the game!
I'll be the first to say I was a sceptic that 48k was achievable on a Mega Drive game but I think I'm about to eat my words big time!
Just upgraded to £65 congrats ;)
http://i.imgur.com/bY2hA2m.png
We only went and did it!
It's remarkable the goal was reached despite the previous 5k retractation. Glad I'll participate to this project. :)
Won't KS just message you that the funds wasn't able to be drawn and ask you for correct information? Just wait until Friday to correct it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderblaze16
Legend.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigEvilCorporation
Just wanted to say congrats! Well done! I also upped my pledge for the red kickstarter boxed copy 😆
Congrats! :rock:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigEvilCorporation
I totally agree. Completely underestimated this communities desire for a new game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arm
This is a remarkable achievement.
I still think it was an extremely difficult goal to achieve; but Matt's work was phenomenal. All signs point to a guy working his ass off every single day of the campaign for it to happen; to not talk about the previous years of Mega Drive programming studies and training.
And he was nice to people all the time; which just sets the bar even higher.
IMO no other Mega Drive-related campaign was nowhere near as successful as this one; even the Pier Solar HD's, 'cause for Tanglewood's campaign there was a LOT more drawbacks.
The amount of money invested is awesome, but what impresses me the most is the number of backers you managed to have; that was some job you did there.
It's awesome to no end to see it happening; the whole thing embodies everything that a true Mega Drive lover could ask for so it's like Christmas already.
Thank you very much, Matt, for all your hard work and even more for the way you conduct yourself in this forum. And thanks for everyone else who helped spreading the word and for those who backed the campaign.
I pledged for the ROM version which only exists because, once again, Matt was kind enough to hear us and create this option.
I'm very, very happy about this project. :D
Thank you so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barone
I'm starting to get very involved with the community now and that won't slow down any time soon. I plan on giving back what I can to the homebrew scene - source releases, tools releases, tutorials and videos - once Tanglewood is finished and shipped I'll be dedicating my time to teaching others how I did it and help other games get published. Maybe I'll get time to finish that blog once and for all!
Who knows, Big Evil Corporation could end up an indie publishing house!
Congratulation Matt, I think you're about to welcome Sega homebrew/indie to the next level. Attachment 11913
Congrats Matt! I am very very happy with the outcome. It was the most frustrating campaign I have ever participated. I am also quite confident that the final game will be excellent and will set high quality standards in the home brew community
Congratulations ! :D
And good luck with the game publishing. ;)
A big well done Matt, I’m so glad we will get to enjoy the game you have put so much of your time and effort into.
So close to the Dreamcast version as well.
Congrats on the successful kickstarter!
Its officially over now with 892 backers at just under 55k pounds.
At first I considered showing you some articles about things to be cautious about with kickstarters but when I saw the page
I knew you had it well in hand. I shared the link with my friends ,a lot of them are interested in the Mega Drive but I'm not sure
if they visit these forums. The funding stopped just short of the 55k ,does that mean you might consider a dreamcast port or
leave it be? I'm just curious ,I only have one friend I know of outside these forums who has a dreamcast and might be interested.
Your success will definitely be an inspiration for the other homebrewers and makers of new Mega Drive/Genesis games.
I look forward to seeing the final result ,its quite likely I'll buy one when the game is up for sale if and when I get the chance.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barone
A lot of developers could learn from Matt's approach. I'm sure he's dead tired right now and needs to catch a little R&R, but he has definitely been a class act all the way. Customer service should always be a #1 priority. Far too many folks treat is as an afterthought.
I'm happy to have backed this, and expect that the project will turn out to be a great experience. This is my 3rd KS backed project, and my first one (Haunted Halloween 86) was a tremendous success in the way that Retrotainment handled it all. Henshin Engine being the second, who have also been very fan friendly, and now Tanglewood.
It truly is a great time to be into old school & retrogaming, and I am honestly surprised that the "big" youtubers that are "retrogamers" haven't spent more time covering these types of developments.
Congratulations for getting the campaign funded! I'm looking forward to play this game at dark winter nights in a year. It looks very promising; it catches the atmosphere it tries to achieve, animates well and the (placeholder?) music fits well with the rest of the game. Hopefully you can get more detail to the background as the development kickstarts. The palettes can use some work too, weaker colours should fit better I think. A lot of folks on Sega-16 are experts at palette editing, maybe someone can help with that.
Best of luck with the development!
Congrats to you for making it to the finish line! I am so excited for this game to be produced, and I have the utmost faith in your development abilities.
Thank you all so much!
At only £170 short, it would be very unfair if we didn't go ahead with the DC port. I know a lot of backers pledged specifically for that and don't care much for the Mega Drive version (the heathens!), plus my announcement about the stretch goal was late due to some problems.
Got a busy, busy year ahead!
Congratulations Matty! You cut it pretty close but you managed to secure funding! I was watching the Kickstarter off and on over the past couple of days as it gained momentum and was pleasantly surprised to see it supercede the goal. Was there anything that you did behind the scenes that drove more traffic to your campaign?
Also, it would be interesting to know the name(s) of the troll account(s) which sought to sabotage your efforts. That would dampen anyone's efforts. but in the face of adversity, I am glad you persevered. Congratulations!
The videos I did for Computerphile brought in a lot of last minute traffic. They have over 180,000 combined views and the conversion to clicks was considerably high.Quote:
Originally Posted by SEGA.GENESIS1989
Nah I'll leave it, we made it and I don't really want a witch hunt. If anyone else runs a similar Kickstarter I might pass on the name just so they can keep an eye out for it happening to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SEGA.GENESIS1989
congratulations! I'm really looking forward playing my copy!
Most likely true but I am pretty sure that everyone posting, blogging, tweeting and retweeting helped a little bit. There was a noticeable shift in momentum during the last few days even before the Computerphile video.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigEvilCorporation
Tanglewood is on megafounder to try to reach the last stretch goal:
https://www.megafounder.com/tanglewood
A quick progress report: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/1816024
With all new screenshots!
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looking fantastic! The world is looking a lot more colourful :)
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Is that because I'm new?
Hmm, no idea. I'll try as actual images, one sec...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian78
Ahah they're a bit big, can't resize images with bbcode on here, but they'll do.
This is a huge bump in the graphics for Tanglewood. It's looking really good.
This is absolutely beautiful!
Looking much better!
Looking very impressive.
Spot on.
Quality.