FTL
Completed Funding on April 1, 2012 with $200,542 of $10,000 Goal
What did they offer: FTL is a PC Roguelike game that takes place in space. For the uninitiated, roguelikes are a style of game that randomly creates the game you will be playing, and you only have one life, so every chance you take could be the one that ends your game. Backers could receive an early release copy, posters, and designing their own race.
When was the expected delivery date: August 2012
What did VG30 pledge for: VG30 pledged $10 for a copy of the game
Status of Project: The game was released to backers on September 14th, making it the closest release that any of our backed projects on Kickstarter has reached us. There's little information on art books and posters, however.
What the Creator is Saying: The creators kept in touch with the community about once every month and a half, which is pretty quiet for a Kickstarter project. There hasn't been any public updates since November 26th in which they say they have the poster finalized but no mention of shipping.
What the Community is Saying: The community also isn't complaining about a lack of a poster, art book, or updates, so it's really hard for us to say if there's something happening or not at this point. The game itself was very well received.
What We're Saying: This is probably the best experience we've had on Kickstarter with only being 2 weeks past the promise date. The game is hard, but fun. I do feel that it could use more events to happen to really round it out more, but for what it is it's a great value.
