Cozy co-op crafting game with Stardew Valley and The Sims vibes obliterates Kickstarter with 8x its funding goals - now there's fishing, a dog, and a character editor
Sep. 13, 2024Escape with a campervan that hides the base of your dreams in its roof
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Outbound promises that you can escape your dystopian capitalist office job and venture out on your campervan without life-ruining repercussions. That’s a fantasy lots of people apparently share, because the survival simulation game is absolutely blowing through its Kickstarter stretch goals.
Outbound is the upcoming open-world crafty-cozy gamethat’s borrowing from The Sims and Stardew Valleyto live “sustainably off-grid.” Set in a near-future utopia, Outbound has you scavenging, building, farming, driving, decorating, and then upgrading both the inside and outside of your cute campervan either alone or in up to four-player co-op.
Our little mobile living space begins as a cramped, one-room box that can barely fit a single bed, but you can eventually unfold the roof to reveal an entire base that pops out, which is where The Sim-ish interior design kicks in.
Developer Square Glad Games launched its Kickstarter campaign on August 13, and over the last month over 5,000 backers pledged more than €265,000 (about $293,000). That final number means Square Glad raised almost nine times the amount they initially needed to, making Outbound a roaring crowdfunded success.
Backers also blew through every single stretch goal over the last few weeks. The extra cash means that Square Glade will now add a fishing minigame, camping-related outdoor decorations like a bonfire, an entire beekeeping colony-management system, a full-fledged character editor, and a doggy companion to help us carry junk across the map. You can check out all the extra features coming to Outbound on itsKickstarterpage.
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