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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5906334" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[align=right]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/pf_online.png[/align]Due to the increasing volume of news about Kickstarter projects, I usually put them on their own site, </span><a href="http://rpgkickstarters.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">RPG Kickstarters</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px">. This particular project, though, I'm giving a little extra love.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Pathfinder Online</em> was </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/news/314442-paizos-new-pathfinder-mmo.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">announced</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> in November 2011. </span><a href="https://goblinworks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Goblinworks</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px">, the company behind the game, was founded by Paizo co-owner Lisa Stevens (<em>Pathfinder RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade, Magic: The Gathering</em>), game industry veteran Ryan S. Dancey (<em>Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition, EVE Online</em>), and experienced MMO developer Mark Kalmes (Microsoft, Cryptic Studios, CCP).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The company is now running a </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/pathfinder-online-technology-demo?ref=enw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">Kickstarter project</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> to create a "technology demo", which will then be used to attract investors. It aims to raise $50,000 (at the time of posting this, it had already passed $30,000).</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">This Kickstarter will fund the Technology Demo of the <em>Pathfinder Online Massively Multiplayer Online RPG</em>. The Technology Demo will be fully playable, integrating account management, character creation, a virtual world server, multiple simultaneously connected clients, middleware used for rendering landscapes and characters, basic game mechanics, and player communications. The demo will only support a few simultaneous users exploring a couple of small locations, so the general public won't be able to play it, but we will produce a short video of the demo that everyone will be able to experience, and a special longer video exclusively for backers of this Kickstarter.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Your support of the Technology Demo will help us raise awareness of <em>Pathfinder Online</em> and will show potential investors what the game is really about. Funding this demo will also signal to potential partners that Pathfinder Online has an audience that's large enough and dedicated enough to allow the long-term success of the MMO. Nothing speaks louder than a ton of people putting up money to show their support of a new concept—that’s the genius element of Kickstarter!</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 5906334, member: 1"] [SIZE=3][align=right]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/pf_online.png[/align]Due to the increasing volume of news about Kickstarter projects, I usually put them on their own site, [/SIZE][URL="http://rpgkickstarters.tumblr.com/"][SIZE=3]RPG Kickstarters[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3]. This particular project, though, I'm giving a little extra love.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I]Pathfinder Online[/I] was [/SIZE][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/news/314442-paizos-new-pathfinder-mmo.html"][SIZE=3]announced[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] in November 2011. [/SIZE][URL="https://goblinworks.com/"][SIZE=3]Goblinworks[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3], the company behind the game, was founded by Paizo co-owner Lisa Stevens ([I]Pathfinder RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade, Magic: The Gathering[/I]), game industry veteran Ryan S. Dancey ([I]Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition, EVE Online[/I]), and experienced MMO developer Mark Kalmes (Microsoft, Cryptic Studios, CCP).[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The company is now running a [/SIZE][URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/pathfinder-online-technology-demo?ref=enw"][SIZE=3]Kickstarter project[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] to create a "technology demo", which will then be used to attract investors. It aims to raise $50,000 (at the time of posting this, it had already passed $30,000).[/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=3]This Kickstarter will fund the Technology Demo of the [I]Pathfinder Online Massively Multiplayer Online RPG[/I]. The Technology Demo will be fully playable, integrating account management, character creation, a virtual world server, multiple simultaneously connected clients, middleware used for rendering landscapes and characters, basic game mechanics, and player communications. The demo will only support a few simultaneous users exploring a couple of small locations, so the general public won't be able to play it, but we will produce a short video of the demo that everyone will be able to experience, and a special longer video exclusively for backers of this Kickstarter.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Your support of the Technology Demo will help us raise awareness of [I]Pathfinder Online[/I] and will show potential investors what the game is really about. Funding this demo will also signal to potential partners that Pathfinder Online has an audience that's large enough and dedicated enough to allow the long-term success of the MMO. Nothing speaks louder than a ton of people putting up money to show their support of a new concept—that’s the genius element of Kickstarter![/SIZE] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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