With only one week left for our Kickstarter campaign, we decided to reveal ALL the stretch goals for the kickass game we’re going to make for you! And to help us reach these lofty goals, we’re adding some great new bonus rewards!
Tracy Hickman has agreed to write a serialized novel as a prequel to the SotA storyline if we reach our $1.8 million stretch goal! How cool is that! And to show our appreciation for our early backers, we’re including Tracy’s novel starting at the $25 First Responder tier (and above)!
Now you can get 5 Full Games at the $125 tier (and above)! In addition to Episodes 1, 2 and 3, we’re including DRM-free, digital download versions of the final TWO, full-length, standalone games, Shroud of the Avatar Episode 4 and Episode 5 (including Beta access to Episodes 4 & 5)! That’s a lot of games for only $125!!
As if that’s not enough, we’re adding stretch goals for awesome Guild features, modding tools, VR support and more!
New Stretch Goals
$1.5M: Content is King + Iolo + Spoony interviews Richard
Denis Loubet Cover art! (Denis made every Ultima cover except Ultima 2)
New David “Iolo” Watson musical composition! (Iolo created “Stones” for Ultima!)
Noah “Spoony” Antwiler interviews (roasts?) Richard “Lord British” Garriott
20 additional unique scenes including arctic scene sets
Starting continent doubles in size
$1.6M: Shipping Lanes Open for business + New Island Content Set + Soundtrack
New “Mysterious Island” content, city, and scenes
Ports with boats that run on schedules to transport players to areas beyond the mainland; Safety not guaranteed! (In short, be prepared to defend your vessel!)
Trans-Atlantic shipping lanes open the way for localization to other languages (languages for consideration based on player support: German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, etc.)
$1.7M: Dynamic and Contested Resource Nodes + Optional Minimap System
Meteorites, volcanic eruptions, outbreaks of rare plants and animals can appear and vanish suddenly (online and offline) for those who are paying attention. Some PVP focused resources appear in tile
Optional minimap system for the directionally impaired!
The Lost Vale – A new mini-adventure centered around a lost valley previously hidden to players, now visible only during special astronomical alignments.
$1.8M: Tracy Hickman Novel + Catacombs + Apprentice System + Cloaks!
Serialized novel by Tracy Hickman as a prequel to the SotA storyline, distributed in digital form for all pledge tiers, and printed versions for higher pledges.
Massive, interconnected underworld with a story and ecology all its own.
Apprentice system allows players with “Master” level skills to help lower skill players advance more quickly.
Cloaks with full cloth simulation including being affected by wind.
$1.9M: The World is a Stage!
A new City Center Theater building
Rentable by an individual or group for a performance
Only approved individuals may enter backstage or on stage
Players must pay to enter seating areas
Viewers may only emote, such as claps (claps are tracked to “rate” the performance)
Money goes to performers for their performance
Also useable for weddings and other community events!
We add a full complement of “masks” and “costumes” for use at various events.
$2M: Players Take over the World!!!
Castles & Keeps effectively a new “Town Type”, where the structure is ownable by players or guilds
Guilds can declare war against other guilds
Guilds can declare as full time PVP
Guilds can earn a guild house and guild bank
Guild Tabbard/Shield/Flags useable by all members
Minimum of 5 castle types added to the game
Castle merchants with unique merchandise
Castle defense scenarios for most castles which can be played offline as well as online
$2.25M: Mod tools + Unique Art Creation skill + Expanded Player Customization
Work begins to expose options for player modification of the offline game and limited elements of the online game
Skill for “Art Creation” to create actual individual unique art to show and trade in game
“New You” detailed character creator – We will provide tools well beyond the basic choices of gender, body/face/hair/eye types, and layer in morph targets to customize your avatar to be “the real you” at the in-game “New You” salons.
$2.5M: Full VR Treatment!
Virtual Reality: LB has always been a VR enthusiast and a VR skeptic… many times, we have looked at supporting the myriad of 3D goggles and head trackers only to find them too slow, too heavy or too low rez… But the times, they are a changin! If we hit the $2.5M goal, we will support all the great new VR technologies that are coming of age now. Key examples are: Occulus Rift HMD goggles.
New Bonus Rewards
$25+ (FIRST RESPONDER) – First Responder and above now contains:
NEW: Digital download, serialized novel by Tracy Hickman (pending $1.8M stretch goal)
NEW: 1 starter shield, uniquely identifiable as a Founder shield
Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of “Pioneer” to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player).
DRM-free, digital download of the game
Exclusive Early Bird Alpha + Beta Access
$100 Tier (VIRTUAL COLLECTOR) – Virtual Collector and above now contains:
NEW: You will receive 1 starter-level, indestructible, crafting tool for the skill of your choice.
NEW: 1 starter armor, uniquely identifiable as Founder armor
NEW: A unique, in-game, musical lute specially designed by David “Iolo” Watson!
Added 3/27: Get your own Family Crest for display on your shield, tabard and house flag, made from a customized image uploaded by YOU! (Submitted Art subject to Developer Approval)
Added 3/18: You will receive the box cover art as a digital, uniquely framed, in-game decoration for your house.
Added 3/12: Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of “Royal Archivist” to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player).
Digital download Runic Language Translation Print
Digital download PDF Art Book
Digital game soundtrack
Also includes Royal Artisan Level Rewards
$125 (EXPLORER) – Explorer and above now contains:
NEW: In addition to Episodes 1, 2, and 3, you will receive DRM-free, digital download versions of the final TWO, full-length, standalone games, Shroud of the Avatar Episode 4 and Episode 5 (including Beta access to Episodes 4 & 5)!
Added 3/18: You will receive the new world map as a digital, uniquely framed, in-game decoration for your house.
Added 3/18: Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of “Explorer” to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player).
Added 3/12: Special Collector’s Box
Added 3/12: Recorded media game (format of recorded media TBD)
Added 3/12: Recorded media game soundtrack (format of recorded media TBD)
Added 3/12: Old-school style, illustrated, printed manual
Full size cloth map of the new world
Also includes Virtual Collector Level Rewards
$200 (PATRON) – Patron and above now contains:
NEW: Printed Novel by Tracy Hickman
Added 3/18: Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of “Patron” to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player).
Added 3/18: You will receive a digital, framed certificate of your inclusion in the Domesday Book, as an in-game decoration for your house.
Your name permanently listed in the in-game Domesday Book
Also includes Collector Level Rewards
$500 Tier (CITIZEN) – Citizen and above now contains:
NEW: Printed novel signed by Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott!
NEW: A unique, in-game, musical piano for your home!
Added 3/27: A special, commission free Vendor!
Added 3/18: Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of “Citizen” to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player).
Added 3/18: Printed Village Property Deed, hand signed by Richard “Lord British” Garriott
Rent free, Village Level House Deed, transferable between players.
Special Founder Level plaque as a digital, in-game decoration for your house
Also includes Developer Level Rewards
$3,000/$3,500 (BARON/BARON 2) – Baron/Baron 2 and above now contains:
NEW: Town Hall group video conference with Richard “Lord British” Garriott! (one video conference per group; groups up to 10)
Added 3/27: A special, commission free Vendor!
Added 3/18: Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of “Baron” to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player).
Added 3/18: Printed City Property Deed, hand signed by Richard “Lord British” Garriott
Rent free, City Level House Deed, transferable between players.
Special Founder Level plaque as a digital, in-game decoration for your house
Also includes Developer Level Rewards