Massive Damage's Square Enix Collective backed Kickstarter campaign for Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander was funded in an impressive forty hours, and now the rogue-like sci-fi medley has a further three and a half weeks to carry on hitting stretch goals.
It's no surprise that the game has done as well as it has, because as far as Kickstarter pitches go, this is pretty hard to beat:
"In the midst of a disastrous war, you and your ragtag group of Terran officers discover an ancient, derelict space station, and attempt to harness its mysterious power to turn the war's tides in a grand, desperate campaign to save the human race from extinction."
"Halcyon 6 is a passion project inspired by our years years spent playing classic games like Star Control II, Master of Orion, X-COM, Civilization and of course, rogue-like games like FTL."
The developers outline a game that's a mixture of base building, rogue-like mechanics, tactical combat, crew management, and emergent storytelling. So far the title has attracted nearly twice its original target, and as more stretch goals are hit new elements are being added to the mix.
The campaign mentions an Early Access release on Steam (estimated for December of this year), with a subsequent full release on PC, Mac and Linux (with a DRM-free option if players prefer to avoid Steam). There's also talk of other platforms - Xbox One, PS4, PS Vita, 3DS, iOS and Android - so expect to see some of them get the nod if the campaign continues to hit its additional funding milestones.
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