Satellite Reign project hits Kickstarter

danshewan · Jun 2013

Shut up and take my money.

This project just HAS to reach its goal.

Ark · Jun 2013

Never played the originals, but seems like a cool game with a great setting. Might throw some dosh at this.

danshewan · Jun 2013

Ark wrote: »

Never played the originals, but seems like a cool game with a great setting. Might throw some dosh at this.

The heavens are indeed smiling - one of today's sales on GOG.com (the Bullfrog Classics bundle) comes with Syndicate and Syndicate Wars, among other great titles.

I didn't play Wars as much as the original, but Syndicate is one of my all-time favorites. Definitely worth a look for newcomers to the universe.

MikeF · Jun 2013

Looks great, Gonna have to back this one for sure!

Malus · Jun 2013

Haha!! Awesome Danshewan.

I just jumped on PC to post a link to the Kickstarter we are working on and you beat me too it!
We might need to pay you for PR mate.

The team and I are really pumped to be finally spreading the word.
We've been working extremely hard on getting this ready to go live and so far the reception has been overwhelmingly positive.

But its early days still...well day 1 in fact.

I'm not going to hand out the marketing spiel, you guys all know the deal, it takes an immense amount of hard work, passion and luck to get a title together and we have a big road ahead but man...can I tell you, it is so much fun doing it for yourself, it makes you remember why you entered the industry.

So please, take a look, send us your thoughts and if you like what you see we'd love your support.

Oh and let me know if you notice our good friend Greentooth...I couldn't resist.

Thanks everyone!

Ark · Jun 2013

danshewan wrote: »

The heavens are indeed smiling - one of today's sales on GOG.com (the Bullfrog Classics bundle) comes with Syndicate and Syndicate Wars, among other great titles.

I didn't play Wars as much as the original, but Syndicate is one of my all-time favorites. Definitely worth a look for newcomers to the universe.

Cheers Dan, will be sure to check that out.

danshewan · Jun 2013

Malus wrote: »

Haha!! Awesome Danshewan.

I just jumped on PC to post a link to the Kickstarter we are working on and you beat me too it!
We might need to pay you for PR mate.

Nah, that money would be far more useful going toward reaching your project goal

Seriously, though, I'm ridiculously excited by this project, as is every Syndicate fan, I'm sure. Syndicate is long overdue for a true successor to the original, and you guys look more than capable of making it happen. Best of luck to you, and can't wait to see what you come up with when your project meets its goal.

Malus · Jun 2013

Cheers mate, we really appreciate the support.

cptSwing · Jun 2013

Well jeebus.. add an option to support via paypal, and I just might have to back this

Ark · Jun 2013

And Backed!

Looking forward to more Kickstarter games than AAA these days. Looking forward to see how this game progresses!

Malus · Jun 2013

CptSwing:
We're in the process of getting a PayPal option up and running.
We will send an update when we've set it up.

Mongrelman · Jun 2013

Been waiting on a new (actual) Syndicate game since Syndicate Wars...so awhile. Will be backing this one.

Malus · Jun 2013

Wow, just over 24 hours since we went live and we are already at 22% of the final goal!!
A lot of cool questions and comments on the site which we are busily trying to answer.

If you haven't had a chance pop over to the site and take a look.

http://support.satellitereign.com/

Thanks for the support.

marks · Jun 2013

Team has polycounters? Backed.

Malus · Jul 2013

Start of day 03...31% achieved!!

Thank you to everyone who has pledged their support so far.
Its going better than we could have hoped, more updates on the way soon.

Muzzoid · Jul 2013

Nice!

Good to see some Brisbane guys kicking ass.

If you guys make it, need another artist :P?

Malus · Jul 2013

Brisvegas represent!! :P

Cheers Muzz!

Our primary plans are focused on getting us over the line but there are stretch goals we have in mind which would require help and we'd love to get opportunities for the local scene.

Lord knows the local industry has had it tough recently.

Muzzoid · Jul 2013

Oh awesome, I was mostly joking but that would be amazing!

And yeah i know right. I'm currently going for a job as a teacher at a new college that popped, up, but i'm not too hopefully for that. The local industry is hurting and all the prophesied new studios have failed to start up. Btw have you guys applied for the gov't grants going around? that would be up to another 200k in the bag easily, no cultural requirements either.

But yeah the art looks incredible man you should be proud.

Ark · Jul 2013

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDJGjXoXpOA"]Satellite Reign Dev Chat #1 - YouTube[/ame]

Di$array · Jul 2013

Seems like turn base strategy games are on the up and up again and thats not a bad thing, thank god. It's probadly up to XCOM:EU and Satellite reign is shaping up nicely and is the kind of projecti'd like to back. Good luck guys and keep those updates coming.

Ark · Jul 2013

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/02/satellite-reign-and-syndicates-simulation-legacy/

danshewan · Jul 2013

So much awesome in that RPS interview. I'm totally throwing a party to celebrate when this achieves its funding goal.

I literally cannot remember the last time I was this excited about a game.

Malus · Jul 2013

Hey everyone,

Apologies for not linking to our updates recently, I've been crazy busy the last few days..good crazy though.

Thanks for dropping those links for us Ark!

Glad to see you found them informative, we are looking to do one a week as well as our other updates to try keep the information flowing.

here are links to our Facebook, Twitter as well...I actually update those. lol

Satellite Reign - Facebook
Satellite Reign - Twitter

Oh and a big congrats to Habboi and the 'A Hat in Time' team!
Polycount kicking it.

Thanks again for the support everyone.

Nizza_waaarg · Jul 2013

Dude been super hyped for this. Partly because i love this style of game/setting and if yalls can pull it off its gonna be badass. And also because AUSTRALIA YEAH!!! :poly142:

If you get a chance to dump some art too when things move along a bit, wouldn't be adverse to peeping it ^_^

Malus · Jul 2013

Hey Nizza!

Cheers mate, glad you are digging it man!

I'll see what I can do about the art dump man.

Here's another juicy update: Physical Boxes!!

glynnsmith · Jul 2013

By Chris Conte's beard, +1 for an art dump, Dean! Great stream of updates, too. More, please!

You already know how excited I am for this game - It's ticking every single "awesome game" box I've got. Can't wait to see more.

Malus · Jul 2013

ERMAHGERD we've hit the 50% mark in 7 days!

...dreams of independence are now both tantalisingly close and perilously far away. :P

Ark · Jul 2013

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNCiiIVKNw"]Satellite Reign Dev Chat #2 - YouTube[/ame]

ScoobyDoofus · Jul 2013

I'm a bit conflicted on this. I'd love to see this happen, and these guys seem great, but..I've been developing my own idea/game along these exact same lines for, almost literally a decade.

They seem to be going a somewhat different direction, but its still a cyberpunk real-time squad-based tactical strategy game.

I may still back em tho. Good luck gents!

lukepham101 · Jul 2013

Yeah boii, Australia represent! Its great to see new studios opening up and it's especially exciting since I remember playing Syndicate as a kid and I thinking it was the bomb! The game looks amazing both art and gameplay wise, keep up the good work guys!

Ark · Jul 2013

AMA is up: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1i18ea/we_are_5_lives_studios_the_team_kickstarting/

Upped my pledge, this is sounding soo awesome!

Ged · Jul 2013

really excited to see what they do! I wonder if it will have all the crazy destruction! I hope so!

Malus · Jul 2013

Update!

Just a few hours after we launched the Kickstarter for Satellite Reign, we were already the victims of a hostile takeover. The CEO Big Boss reward tier which grants the backer the right to become the competing CEO in Satellite Reign was snatched up.

Jump over to the Kickstarter page to read an interview with our new overlord.

Interview with Steven Dengler

Malus · Jul 2013

Hey everyone.

So I've been a slacker posting updates here as I've been flat out answering questions, pimping the game and building content.

To catch up, we've been moving along really nicely so far and with only 10 days left in the campaign we are sitting at just under 75% funded.
We aren't resting on our laurels though, that target is still a way off and the last thing we want is to just miss it so every effort is going into getting us over the line.

We've had a number of cool updates if you head over to the Satellite Reign Kickstarter page you can take a look.

We've recently announced:
- Stretch goals
- Additional tiers
- Add ons
- And much more...

Also here is some more bling...we all like bling.

We are doing updates periodically for all 4 agents.
(NOTE: you will be able to play as either sex for each agent, these images are just for representational purposes)

Oh, and no ones found Greentooth in the video yet? I hid him too well...doh.

[imglink]http://www.brentwaller.com/satellitereign/MeetTheSupport.jpg[/imglink]

[imglink]http://www.brentwaller.com/satellitereign/MeetTheHacker.jpg[/imglink]

TheWinterLord · Jul 2013

I'm on the edge of my seat, I hope you guys make it!

Malus · Jul 2013

Cheers Winterlord...its nerve racking being so close to the goal.

Malus · Jul 2013

And talking about being close to the goal.
Time for some shameless pleading.

Spread the word to the mountains, the 4 seas and the 7 winds...or just Facebook, yeah Facebooks good too.

Facebook Blitz

Thanks everyone!

More pretties.

[imglink]http://www.brentwaller.com/satellitereign/updateimage_03.jpg[/imglink]

Malus · Jul 2013

Ok...so apparently this is a thing. @_@

Awesome!

Malus · Jul 2013

Gameplay Visualisations, Descriptions and Shoutouts! - Update #26 is GO!

Muzzoid · Jul 2013

That gameplay concept is rad as hell!

ScoobyDoofus · Jul 2013

Ok. I went ahead and gave you guys a decent sized backing. I've never backed a Kickstarter before, but since this project(a REAL Syndicate remake) is so near & dear to my heart I couldn't resist.

Best of luck. I can't wait to play!

afisher · Jul 2013

Just backed! Looks great and gotta support Aussie devs

Good luck guys

levigilbert · Jul 2013

Glad you're posting some of the concepts in the thread, really love the style of this. Good luck with the kickstarter!

Joshua Stubbles · Jul 2013

Not sure it's possible to be happier the moment ^_^
Syndicate/Syndicate Wars are two of my fav games ever. Seeing a true successor in the works makes me warm in all the right places.

Malus · Jul 2013

There comes a time where negotiations fail, when propaganda falls on deaf ears and when covert tactics are ineffective. At that time, when you just need something blown up, shot up or broken up, you need your heavy hitter, your front line, your grunt....you need the Soldier Agent.

Meet the Soldier Agent

Malus · Jul 2013

£300k!

Only £50k left...My heart can't take this.

Ark · Jul 2013

I upped my pledge again, this should have been funded ages ago. I'm sure you guys will get it funded.

cptSwing · Jul 2013

Next goal: Mmmmultiplayer!

Malus · Jul 2013

and...Funded!

Thank you so much to everyone who supported us, as devs I don't need to tell you how much of a dream come true this is for us.

Mission Accomplished

cptSwing · Jul 2013

Awesome guys, congratulations! Now open up the paypals so us stragglers from beyond the pond can join in!

(and out with the localisation stretch goal already.. I'm sure you can spend the money elsewhere

)

Vailias · Jul 2013

So psyched for this.
Glad its happening.
Just finished the original syndicate the other week after missing that kind of gaming experience.

Satellite Reign project hits Kickstarter

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