The Kickstarter is over. Now the real fun begins!

[luthier1]

We did it! Thank you backers! The Kickstarter Campaign is a success!

What a wonderful Saturday morning! We really pulled through in the last couple of days and we did absolutely awesome!

 

Current total:

 

Kickstarter: $158,897

 

PayPal: $5,436.39

 

GRAND TOTAL: $164,333.39

We'll be shutting down the paypal page in a few minutes to coincide with the end of the kickstarter campaign.

 

Please watch my celebratory video that talks about what happens next.

 

 

Quick summary:

 

1. Your rewards. I have to tally all Kickstarter and PayPal backers into a single database. Then we have to create a web interface for you to access backer-only content. Kickstarter by itself is no good since it leaves all PayPal backers out. There will also need to be an interface for your reward management.

 

It's a bit of a project, so we probably won't have it ready for a little while.

 

In the meantime, the only reward that can go out right away is the DCS World P-51.

 

If you have selected a reward tier that specifically lists the P-51, you'll be receiving your product keys via email next week.

 

Otherwise, the process will be completely manual for now. I'll do a backer-only update in a little while that describes this process in more detail.

 

2. We'll keep on working on the project as previously scheduled. We are adding the Me.262 cockpit to our task list. It'll be done by the same wonderful duo of German cockpit experts that built the FW.190D-9 and Bf.109K cockpits.

 

3. We will be posting regular backer-only, and slightly less regular open development updates. We'll keep you updated on our aircraft and landscape.

 

4. The landscape SDK! We can start a dialogue even before the SDK itself is available. Obviously, the most ideal situation that I see is that the community forms a core group of landscape designers that will, with developer support, create more landscapes for Europe 1944. Again, please stand by for a separate more detailed discussion on this.

 

5. The main priority for the team however is delivering a good game to backers with the features we've listed. We will work very hard to have our alpha available next year. Once that's out, we will most likely open another campaign either on kickstarter or on our own site for more additions to DCS WWII: Europe 1944. I know that a lot of people really want the flyable B-17. I think it's the most logical next step for this product, but of course we have plenty of time for discussions.

 

We will definitely discuss every single aspect of any future campaign with our backers before launching it.

 

THANK YOU backers!

[Revvin]

Fantastic news, lots of exciting stuff to come including the map SDK, This will be such a great addition to the DCS series

[Lolsav]

We did it! Thank you backers! The Kickstarter Campaign is a success!

 

 

THANK YOU backers!

 

Your welcome. Now off to work :D

[Hans-Joachim Marseille]

We did it! Thank you backers! The Kickstarter Campaign is a success!

What a wonderful Saturday morning! We really pulled through in the last couple of days and we did absolutely awesome!

Well done Ilya and team, and thank you for taking on this historical adventure!

Now, off to bed you go ...

 

m(_ _)m Zzz zz z ...

Edited October 5, 2013 by Hans-Joachim Marseille

[USA_Recon]

Glad to be a part of this - hope it turns out fantastic - certainly worth it.

 

I know I threw in some extra $$$ at the end to hope to get past that $150k mark - (although not sure Me262 was my first pick, but heck, I'm not complaining!!!)

[Gooseneck]

The Kickstarter is over. Now the real fun begins!

 

Yup. This place is already starting to look all too familiar........:D

[Royraiden]

Great jobs guys and congratulations.It has been a tense month but the results will pay off.

[Havner]

Glad to be a part of this. Thanks!

And get some sleep :-)

It's probably your sleep depraved look at "the most important video" that helped so much at the end of the campaign :-)

Edited October 6, 2013 by Havner

[AG-51_Razor]

Sorry if I sound a little obtuse, but I thought the goal was $100K, which Luthier achieved quite some time ago. Shortly after that goal was met, it began to sound as if it would have been a total failure if you did not meet an additional $50K goal by the time the clock ran out. What did I miss??

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm all over this project and pledged far more than I would ever have expected to have to pay for a flight sim of this caliber. I'm just confused by what appeared to be panic on the part of some if we did not reach a goal of $150K.

 

Congratulations Luthier! Well done and I hope things are good for you now. I will sit back and watch as things progress and wait for the day you announce your intention to move into the Pacific. That is what I backed this project for in the first place. :pilotfly:

[tronchaser]

@AG-51 I don't think it was panic, I'd say it was more along the lines of disbelief that so few of us in the flight sim community backed the project. Then again maybe there are not as many of us as we all thought.

[Wolf Rider]

Congratulations on the success of the funding campaign and wish the team every success in their new venture.

 

Here's to new beginnings :thumbup:

[plohish35]

KS is over, the money was removed from the card. Now what? Your site will be some sort or how it will look like?

[tronchaser]

I'm very happy to see this successful and to be part of it.

 

DCS World is truly living up to its title. I'd love to know where DCS will be in 5 years, one engine, one vision, many many sims.

 

I'm with you, I'd love to one day see a pacific theater and be able to fly a DCS level Corsair.

[BIGNEWY]

Good job

 

Happy to be part of it and looking forward to its future

 

:)

[SkateZilla]

So I gotta about a year to brush up on my Mustang Flying before I get shot down?

[BIGNEWY]

So I gotta about a year to brush up on my Mustang Flying before I get shot down?

 

you can get shot down now Skatezilla pop in the Shrek server :P

 

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