Carmageddon: Reincarnation passes Kickstarter goal

Ultraviolence fans, rejoice! Stainless Games has passed the $400,000 Kickstarter goal for Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Sunday, so its splatfest of a racer shall indeed be made.

Alice O'Connor

May 28, 2012 6:00 AM

Ultraviolence fans, rejoice! Stainless Games has passed the $400,000 Kickstarter goal for Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Sunday, so its splatfest of a racer shall indeed be made.

With nine days left to go, the Kickstarter campaign has raised over $420,000 in pledges. Stainless has said that money beyond the target would be used to expand the game, and perhaps hit extra platforms.

Pledging at least $15 will get you a downloadable copy of Reincarnation on PC once it's done, while $25 also gets you the upcoming GOG re-release of the original Carmageddon.

Here's Stainless co-founder Neil Barnden having a little celebration yesterday:

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May 28, 2012 6:00 AM

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Ultraviolence fans, rejoice! Stainless Games has passed the $400,000 Kickstarter goal for Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Sunday, so its splatfest of a racer shall indeed be made.
- Beady
  
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  May 28, 2012 7:35 AM
  
  I was in the war!
  - SlamDunk
    
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    May 28, 2012 9:00 AM
    
    I always heard it as "hit the wall!".
- ramshot
  
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  May 28, 2012 7:41 AM
  
  I made an exception because I loved Carmageddon and put down 15 dollars for this, my first Kickstarter. To be honest, until I start seeing some finished games, I'm extremely skeptical towards the whole concept. I'm guessing half the games funded will never be released, and those that are, will mostly suck. I'm just not convinced that the AAA-game makers which it takes to produce a quality product are the ones who needed crowd sourcing to get things started.
  - geedeck
    
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    May 28, 2012 7:45 AM
    
    Cards Against Humanity was created by Kickstarter.
    
    END. OF. THREAD.
    - ramshot
      
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      May 28, 2012 7:49 AM
      
      If Carmageddon ends up being a cards game, I'm going to be very very disappointed.
      - geedeck
        
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        May 28, 2012 8:10 AM
        
        Are you sidestepping admitting you haven't played Cards Against Humanity??
    - node
      
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      May 28, 2012 8:06 AM
      
      That sounds hilarious. It also goes for £110 on Amazon. :( Time to find a local printer!
      - geedeck
        
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        May 28, 2012 8:11 AM
        
        yeah, they try to keep it in stock but when it's in? Goes in less than a day
        
        node
        
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        May 28, 2012 8:26 AM
        
        I've got a board game/booze weekend ahead. Kids will be present though so we'll have to give this a shot once they're asleep!
        
        node
        
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        May 28, 2012 8:33 AM
        
        Also, printing this at work. Good idea/Bad idea lol
- cell9song
  
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  May 28, 2012 12:31 PM
  
  Im not very familiar with exactly how the funds are acquired. When a "goal" is met, such as in this case, the money is actually pledged and the developer has to wait and hope that said funds are sent out by those who pledged a certain amount. Is this correct? If so, whats the general percentage of those that keep their promise vs those who don't?
  - Beady
    
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    May 28, 2012 12:37 PM
    
    When you "pledge" you basically give amazon your card details and they validate and store them. If the project is funded then you get charged, if not then you dont.
  - pantsburgh
    
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    May 29, 2012 12:06 PM
    
    An informative write-up on how Kickstarter money gets divided:
    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starcommand/star-command-sci-fi-meets-gamedev-story-for-ios-an/posts/208395
    
    At the end of the campaign, they had $32,000 to spend of their $37,000 of pledges.
- timmie
  
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  May 28, 2012 1:57 PM
  
  So happy! It's the only Kickstarter project I've pledged towards :)
  
  I felt obligated since I got so damn much enjoyment out of that original demos (Carmaggedon 1 & 2) and never bought the games.
  - Beady
    
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    May 28, 2012 3:24 PM
    
    Well you'll be getting the original and the kinda neat splat pack from GoG too. Yay!
    - shirif
      
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      May 28, 2012 3:47 PM
      
      That is for the 25$+ tier.
- [deleted] 297564118
  
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  May 28, 2012 4:54 PM
  
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- Arsenal
  
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  May 28, 2012 5:22 PM
  
  Only Kickstarter i've backed. Hell i referenced Carmageddon in my wedding speech, and my family comes from the same island as the developers. It was the least i could do.
- melkore
  
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  May 28, 2012 6:19 PM
  
  Threw $25 at it. I played the hell out of it when I was a kid and learned MS-DOS just to play it and DooM.
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  May 28, 2012 6:22 PM
  
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