Free Stars, sequel to the 1992 open-world game that inspired Mass Effect, smashes its Kickstarter campaign over 600% funded
May. 19, 2024Free Stars: Children of Infinity raised over $680,000
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The founders of Toys For Bob are making a sequel to their 1992 open world space game and it’s just ended its crowdfunding campaign over 600% past its funding goal.
Seeing a series with that kind of impact return with its original creator in tow was enough to draw around 6,785 backers to the upcoming game’sKickstarter campaign, which smashed past its initial $100,000 funding goal in just three hours and has since raised over $680,000.
Backers also unlocked several stretch goals that promise to add interior gameplay, more ships, melee, and additional languages to the game, as well as console ports in the future. The only stretch goal left unmet was a $4.4 million target to make the game completely open source, which is actually what happened to Star Control 2 back in the day, and as our Dustin Baileyexplained, that’s also what led to a legal dispute between trademark owner Stardock and developers Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford - hence, why this crowdfunded sequel isn’t called Star Control: [insert space-themedsubtitle].
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