Kickstarter - Planetary Annihilation - Think TA but PLANETS

[DXPetti]

Okay so did anyone else love the **** out of Total Annihilation here? Put your hand up! It was a game I pumped soooo many hours into playing the AI via Skirmish. And then I discovered mods and custom maps and I played it for many more hours/days/weeks/months/years. Super, super game.

Well now, guys from the development team as well as guys from many other projects are making a sequel/homage/game-like-TA/whatever you want to call it via everyone's favourite crowd sourcing website: Kickstarter

PLANETARY ANNIHILATION brings Real-Time Strategy to a new generation of gamers in a way they’ve never been seen before: Total Annihilation-inspired gameplay on a planetary scale.

More information

Company Website
Game Website
Kickstarter Page
Reddit Discussion (including developer answering questions)
PC Gamer Piece

NerdCubed's take on the trailer

Discuss

[Makena]

I chipped in $15, the guys have proven they can deliver a product (MNC/SMNC), and have been involved in many others, so here's hoping they can deliver on this too.

[XViper]

I only have one thing to say to this.

OMG OMG OMG OMG YES YES YES YES!!

[Mythor]

I was unsure until I remembered UberEnt are the MNC guys, so they can certainly deliver a product. Maybe it won't be the best RTS ever but it looks like they're trying some interesting things.

Just wish all these Kickstarters weren't delivering so far into the future. I want my things NOW!

[DXPetti]

Just wish all these Kickstarters weren't delivering so far into the future. I want my things NOW!

I know that feel bro. I have only backed 6 things but I want them NOAW ...

I chipped in $15

Excellent. I grabbed the edition with limited edition (in game) Commander

[Auld]

This is my first pledge on KS, I must have this game.

[Ashigaru]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG *drools*

I personally didn't like TA that much because I was baaad at rts games back then. This however....

Just so much fun... I think I can spare $50...

And bought. The only other kickstarter I've done is the pebble e-watch which looks awesome.

I CANNOT WAIT. When I saw the big holes in the back of the asteroid I just thought "no you cheeky buggers" BOOM! This is going to be epic

[Auld]

I personally didn't like TA that much because I was baaad at rts games back then. This however....

I hope you burn.......

[Ashigaru]

I was 11 when the original came out, my concept of an effective strategy was "what's the invincibility cheat?" in all games back then...

[Auld]

Yeah i was kidding ....maybe.

Loved the **** out of it, used to try strategies like 300 Pee Wee's etc. I really enjoy RTS with massive macro, rather than micro management so it was always the game for me. Then I downloaded hundred of custom units. Lots of fond memories of TA.

[Ashigaru]

It would be SOOO awesome if they also had the option to add space fleets into it. I know it's a pretty big leap and might make it too complicated, but that would be pretty epic, waging a space and land war

[Yurtles]

Yeah that's worth speculating a bit of cash on. First wothwhile thing I've seen since the initial flurry after Double Fine put one up.

[Helelix]

Done! I never player TA but after watching that video i instantly gave $50 to it!

[Auld]

Hello Kickstarter!

What a great first day everyone! Nearly 250k in just 24 hours. We're very proud and humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response. We have a long way to go, but this trajectory sure looks promising. I hope you all will help spread the word as much as possible to keep the train rolling.

We're very pleased to make the following announcements:

Offline / LAN play support
By popular demand we are happy to announce that we will support LAN play and running your own servers! There will be elements of the game that are online only and will only be available when connected. For example things like player stats, auto-updating, metagame etc. However, we feel it’s important to be able to have an offline experience as well.

DRM-Free
For offline play, the game will be DRM free. For online play that gives you access to the global community and social features, you will need to be logged in.

Multiple Language Support
At launch we are committing to support at least English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Other languages may follow based on demand.

Sharable Custom Commander
By popular demand we've decided to allow the $1000 level custom commander be sharable. We will send you 5 codes that you can choose to share with your friends. They can use the code to get access to the commander unit.

64-bit Support
We're confirming support for 64-bit operating systems.

The supporters of this Kickstarter are the ones we are listening to, so keep the suggestions coming!

So who wants to donate $1k and share the Commander unit with me?........anyone?

[exe3]

^ I like those announcements!

Loved Supreme Commander once I played skirmish and not that horrid campaign (never played TA). I hope this goes well.