That's quite pessimistic of you.

I got 4 new links for you, GOGers:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/670743543/ground-branch/posts/258772

http://www.blackfootstudios.com/images/RewardMatrix.jpg

www.fpsgeneral.com/news/ground-branch/20746-exclusive-ground-branch-interview-with-blackfoot

http://www.offdutygamers.com/2012/06/off-duty-gamers-interview-with-ground-branchs-john-sonedecker/

Please spread the word, let's make GR happen. Let's make a change in the FPS genre/the industry. :-) Hello Jonathan Conley,

it's very, very nice to have a member of the GR team replying and interacting with people here. I am sorry for the late reply, I've been busy with Rio+20 in Brazil and stuff post that, anyways, last week for Ground Branch. I wonder what you guys, the team are planning in the background... Since John Sonedecker said he always has plans B and C.

About having time to form Clans and squad up for GR, I too don't have that much time, but there are solutions for this, for example a group of pledgers here who use GOG.com, the GOGers.

I admire the work already done by the team, I've been following it since "Sky Gods" was announced... and I am a big, big fan of the work done in the Infiltration mod for UT99, by Sentry Studios. I want Ground Branch to become the Infiltration for the new decade, to be successful. As you said, I have no problem in buyng expansions to futher expand the game and have money flowing for the developer, but tiny DLCs are a no-deal for me.

Can you tell us more about this AI solution (Kynapse, by Autodesk)? how is it being implemented?

What about Unreal Engine 4? do you have a deal already settled with Epic for UE3 and now it's too late into development to update into UE4, I guess? Bigger costs?

I don't care much about large scale destruction in GR, small scale does it; after all this is not ArmA or Battlefield, this is in a lower scale, focused on personal and team's tactics.

Thanks for your attention displayed in this thread, and I wish success for GR.

Did you pledged Mr. Rohan? ;)

What's that in your new avatar? Looks nice.

That is the thing about GR (and Infiltration mod):

The fun is about playing, and not about the rewards/achievements.

Because REAL WAR happens in turn-based and slowmotion, right? le sigh.

You're crossing genres, go read their kickstarter page before acting negatively.

I agree with you on that, some of the movements are too fast. Changing for the pistol is okay because it's smaller, but getting your rifle out and with the perfect aim is not that easy and that fast.

Muscle fatigue is a very nice detail to have, and simulating the weapons' weight. Will Ground Branch also simulate climate effects, like cold and snow scenarios and what effect that has to the human body? I wonder.

Hi Rorek,

look, the Ground Branch team is working on this for four or more years already, they have many videos on youtube and a playable alpha.

I just want to give an example about INFORMATION readily available to the potential customer:
Contrast that with Serellan's Takedown kickstarter, and what is the result? Do you really find Ground Branch not worth of your trust, after this comparison?

You only get charged if the game gets 100% funded. Don't worry.

Ditto, exactly what I think.

People don't realize that the whole process of making games is not that easy, and how they easily insult the developers. Thanks for your attention displayed here, Mr. Conley.

Keep fighting the good fight!

Hate to be a naysayer but I really doubt this will make it :(

That really sucks considering the Takedown sca.. kickstarter was funded and this looks about 1 million times better.

new interview: http://www.shacknews.com/article/74571/in-ground-branch-infantry-authenticity-is-key/

aaaand new post: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/670743543/ground-branch/posts/259638

That reminds me: even DS only got $250K. People must really be burnt out on Kickstarter.

Dead State? Yes, indeed people are burnt out. I am.

I think Ground Branch should be rebooted two or more months from now, people are burnt out of kickstarter and there are incoming summer sales at games retailers, so people are saving money. In two or three months I think GB would be more successful.

You're pissed!? :P

Thanks for your support, guys. It seriously means a lot. No, we didn't make. Yes, dumber projects have made out like bandits with little to show for it.

Who knows why it didn't work. We could debate that all day. We're aware of our missteps, but we're still perplexed as to why gamers in this niche are so demanding. Ultimately, it seemed like the majority of our problems came down to "B." It's hard enough pleasing your average gamer; it's nearly impossible to please a tactical shooter gamer. People couldn't seem to understand that our netcode was broken, and that the current build wasn't ready to use in showing an online match.

Perhaps it's a fault for having high standards, but I suspect it would've hurt us more by showing broken features.

We're going to take a little break, and then, get back to work. Hopefully, something else comes along so that we can complete the game. In the meantime, please stop by our forums and hang around.

Thanks again. Keep in touch. :)

And the fact that there are too many shooters in the market does not help it either and the fact that "People are tired of Military Shooters" even though this is not a Call of Duty clone
comparing this game to call of duty is like comparing Gran Turismo to Mario Kart

sigh Well at least I still have Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield

Sad to see it didn't make it, kinda crazy that some projects with big names but on extremely conceptual levels get overfunded, while projects like this, Retrovirus, Skyjacker and many others with playable builds or at least are evidently well into production struggle (or downright fail) at getting funded. I think some of the most heartbreaking to me were Metal Savior and Conquest 2: Vyrium Wars, which while they didn't have playable alpha builds up (which might have helped them) had been in development for a long time and really failed to get anywhere close to their funding goals, forcing the studios into closure.

I am at option A.

Burn out and saving for the future. I did pledged $50 for Ground Branch, but would have pledged $125 if I could this month. I am sad GR didn't make it.

You're welcome, and be welcome to stay around chatting.

I am too "pissed" GR didn't make it, I know it's hard, it makes me sad that other dumber projects (as you put) did make it, seriously WTF: people say they want change but they don't do a damn thing or a damn investment. I'll use a bad example but don't care: instead of investing $50 in GR, people prefered to drop $50 for Spec Ops: The Line, isn't it sad and revolting at the same time?! Then they play through the game and call it consolized and the whole blah blah this industry needs a change blah it's all call of duty-like, and proceed to buy the next "AAA" shooter game.

You have to have the press on your side, I didn't read many news about GR's kickstarter and kept wondering why. I found a few interviews I linked here, though. I'll just say that no matter about the journalism side of it, in two or three months if you do relaunch the GR kickstarter, I will pledge again. Just don't do it now with the steam summer sales approching... ;)

Can you tell us more about this AI solution (Kynapse, by Autodesk)? how is it being implemented?

What about Unreal Engine 4? do you have a deal already settled with Epic for UE3 and now it's too late into development to update into UE4, I guess? Bigger costs?

Ditto. It's sadening that projects which you see a playable build are not getting funded. /sigh

Retrovirus, indeed. Conquest 2: Vyrium Wars, nice that you did remember about that one. Wasnt there a Nexus 2 kickstarter too or was it being self-funded? Don't know if both will be released or not.

Well, even Xenonauts which is a great game suffered to get funding, even Dead State, and there are others. People are burn out.

Not surprised it failed.Too niche and also MP only unless im wrong

SP and Co-op after launch.

Not only that I am worried about Takedown not even happening at all to the point I think its a scam