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Victoria Stecker

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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #15 on: 31 May 2013, 14:12 »

Latest trailer showed some basic gameplay (units moving, no combat yet), has definite homeworld vibe, but I came close to giving up on it when they asked for $100 for people to join the beta. They had, iirc, 10,000 open slots for that... 400? of which have been filled. Because asking for a hundred fucking dollars when you don't even have gameplay out yet is freaking derp.

I'll be watching this from a good, safe distance. Hopefully it will live up to expectaction.
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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #16 on: 31 May 2013, 18:48 »

I found the terrain following of the flying units to be a bit derpy looking. I'm wondering how defending a wreck is going to be different from defending resource asteroid fields, too - but as you said, let's give it some time and space to develop.

And not pay $100 to get into the Beta.

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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #17 on: 02 Jun 2013, 17:03 »

Latest trailer showed some basic gameplay (units moving, no combat yet), has definite homeworld vibe, but I came close to giving up on it when they asked for $100 for people to join the beta. They had, iirc, 10,000 open slots for that... 400? of which have been filled. Because asking for a hundred fucking dollars when you don't even have gameplay out yet is freaking derp.

I'll be watching this from a good, safe distance. Hopefully it will live up to expectaction.

Maybe they are attempting to emulate Star Citizen's crowdsourced funding?

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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #18 on: 03 Jun 2013, 13:49 »

Latest trailer showed some basic gameplay (units moving, no combat yet), has definite homeworld vibe, but I came close to giving up on it when they asked for $100 for people to join the beta. They had, iirc, 10,000 open slots for that... 400? of which have been filled. Because asking for a hundred fucking dollars when you don't even have gameplay out yet is freaking derp.

I'll be watching this from a good, safe distance. Hopefully it will live up to expectaction.

Maybe they are attempting to emulate Star Citizen's crowdsourced funding?

Star Citizen, when they first asked for money, had:
- tiered funding starting at under $20, with interesting rewards for more money
- LOTS of video of progress already made, ships flying around, etc
- LOTS of info about what the game was actually going to be
- Chris Roberts

Shipbreakers, when they first asked for money, had:
- Artwork
- A small portion of the original Homeworld team (which IIRC doesn't include the writer)

In short, Star Citizen did everything right. They pretty much set the new standard for crowdfunding games. Shipbreakers asking for so much money just to sell you some fluff, and so much more money just to get into the beta, looks like they just threw something together to try and raise some quick cash, rather than putting in the time and effort for a proper crowdfunding campaign. Thankfully, it has failed. I don't want developers thinking that gamers are ready to shell out $100 to be beta testers.

I certainly hope that they live up to the hype generated by merely mentioning Homeworld. But what they have now leaves me asking "Where's the beef?"
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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #19 on: 03 Jun 2013, 14:52 »

Seems... bland ? Damn, twice that word in the same day... : |

Interesting though, but graphically it's really not appealing.
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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #20 on: 10 Sep 2013, 06:00 »



Blackbird Interactive has won the rights to use the Homeworld name. Most folk now seem to be calling this "Homeworld - Shipbreakers" #

Bad news, will not be F2P. Wah.
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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #21 on: 10 Sep 2013, 10:11 »

Bad news, it's being produced by Gearbox, of Aliens: Colonial Marines fame.

FYP.
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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #22 on: 11 Sep 2013, 11:06 »

Just what we need, another ground based RTS game. Ohwaitnothanks
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Re: "Hardware: Shipbreakers" - From the Makers of "Homeworld"
« Reply #23 on: 19 Sep 2013, 04:03 »

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Re: Homeworld: Shipbreakers - The Prequel to Homeworld
« Reply #24 on: 27 Oct 2013, 15:04 »

UPDATE

Hardware: Shipbreakers has been renamed to "Homeworld: Shipbreakers".

Yes, that means that by some stroke of luck, they have acquired the right to use the Homeworld IP. It is now officially being touted as a prequel to the events of Homeworld 1, and rumor suggests that the gameplay will happen either on Kharak itself or elsewhere in the universe.

Furthermore, it will now be a stand-alone downloadable title and will no longer be F2P.  They also dropped the Facebook requirement. Still not confirmed to have a single player mode yet, but we're getting much closer to that. There is hope for it yet.

It's worth noting that all pre-purchases have been totally refunded to buyers, as they now have the financial backing of a major publisher and are totally changing their design goals because of it. They are reworking a lot of things and will be releasing a revised list of features and intentions later on. I don't think it's out of line to expect a proper prequel with a real story and campaign set in the Homeworld Universe.
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Re: Homeworld: Shipbreakers - The Prequel to Homeworld
« Reply #25 on: 27 Oct 2013, 15:45 »

Nice
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Re: Homeworld: Shipbreakers - The Prequel to Homeworld
« Reply #26 on: 27 Oct 2013, 16:14 »

The Homeworld franchise actually lessens my interest in this, but I might be alone with that. It's not that I hate Homeworld or anything, but novelty hello? That said, I'm still interested so I guess no one cares.
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Re: Homeworld: Shipbreakers - The Prequel to Homeworld
« Reply #27 on: 28 Oct 2013, 08:00 »

Queue Bentus entrance.
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Re: Homeworld: Shipbreakers - The Prequel to Homeworld
« Reply #28 on: 13 Aug 2014, 16:47 »

Shameless necro

Anyone got any news on this? At first and second glance this seems to be stone-cold, site and materials still up, but no news past 2013, no new dev blogs, no new tech demos, not even a "we're sorry to disappoint but we're bankrupt" closure notice.

Any leads?
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Re: Homeworld: Shipbreakers - The Prequel to Homeworld
« Reply #29 on: 16 Dec 2015, 15:53 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7beE0NgnmU

Not the most impressive trailer.

But who am I kidding.

I will BUY that shit.

p.s. Being completely honest, I preferred the setting for Hardware.
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