Conquest gets Kickstarter for RTS sequel

Conquest: Frontier Wars is getting a proposed sequel via a Kickstarter project, but it has a lofty goal of $675,000 in only 22 days.

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Another Kickstarter project has popped up to revive a classic PC series, and this one is asking for a doozy of a funding goal. A proposed sequel to Conquest: Frontier Wars (subtitled "Vyrium Uprising") is asking for a whopping $675,000 in only 22 days.

The project ends on June 8 at 8:34 EDT (for some reason). Indie start-up PeeZocker Inc claims the game is about 50% done so far, but it still needs to balance the four races, plus create new units, a new interface, and more campaigns. Two of the studio founders, including studio head Eric Peterson, worked on the first game.

So far it's only up to roughly $10,000, making the full $675,000 a lofty goal. In a FAQ, the company says that the first game cost roughly $5 million. "This one is a lot less because we are building upon a working foundation, but that does not diminish the fact that our RTS game is extremely complex," it says. The team suggests that, since it's a small studio, it will outsource some parts to keep costs down.

Check out the pitch trailer below.

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    May 17, 2012 3:45 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Conquest gets Kickstarter for RTS sequel.

    Conquest: Frontier Wars is getting a proposed sequel via a Kickstarter project, but it has a lofty goal of $675,000 in only 22 days.

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      May 17, 2012 4:34 PM

      The best thing about that game was the soundtrack. Its too bad the people who want to make a sequal to Nexus the Jupiter Incident did their crowdsourcing attempt before kickstarter got big, I would have liked to see that.

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      May 17, 2012 4:45 PM

      Probably won't meet it's goal which is too bad because more RTS would be cool. I think people are just burnt out on kickstarter for now though. Maybe they would have had better luck if they waited half a year.

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      May 17, 2012 7:30 PM

      Oh damn, I really liked the original game. Lots of neat features and gameplay. I'll be supporting this, last game was underrated.

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