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Posted November 22, 2012
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keeveek: Nope, it's more like

"We don't know how to spell God in Ancient Greek [or any Greek or even Latin to be honest], so we thought of Godus. Because Bigus Dickus was already taken"
Well Deus, Deus Ex and even Deo Gratias are already taken. He's never been known for good writing.
Posted November 22, 2012
I simply took that name as a bad pun. And if it's aiming to be a MMO, then it even makes senese.

But not terribly clever name, I give you that.
Posted November 23, 2012
It seems that this will not be multiplayer-only after all. I don't know whether that was always the case and they just failed to communicate that, or they decided to include a singleplayer-component after people wrote to them about it.

In any case, I wrote them a message:
I will not back a multiplayer-only game, which is a pity in this instance, because had it not been multiplayer-only, I would definitely have backed this.

I don't like being dependant on other people to play a game. Apart from the fact that many people you run into online are idiots, multiplayer-only games can only be played as long as other people are playing them, which means they have a limited life span.

I know I am not alone in this. I'm not expecting you to change your plans (I also know that multiplayer-only games are significantly easier and hence cheaper to produce), but I think you should be made aware that you are deterring some people from backing your project, by not including a singleplayer component.
And here is their reply:
Thanks for your message.

Good news! An essential part of GODUS is single player. We all love to take a time to hone our godly powers before venturing into the exciting multiplayer crusades.

We hope you'll consider help us make GODUS a reality.

Take care,
22cans
The project also has a FAQ entry about this now. I don't know if it was there before.
Posted November 23, 2012
Peter Molyneux is a liar and a con-artist. One of the richest Brits, in charge of big studio that made a lot of money and he's begging for funds.

Well if he had kept at least one promise since Fable 1 I might have given him the benefit of the doubt.

Maia is a much more promising game than this Godus crap.

Godus: a mobile, multiplayer social game. Facebook and the iOS have enough of those already. And the promised singleplayer will be online multiplayer with bots instead of real people.
Post edited November 23, 2012 by Dreadz
Posted November 23, 2012
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Dreadz: And the promised singleplayer will be online multiplayer with bots instead of real people.
Source, please.
Posted November 23, 2012
I do have to question how Peter M. doesn't have 400,000 to fund this. Kickstarter should be about games that could not be made otherwise.
Posted November 23, 2012
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StingingVelvet: I do have to question how Peter M. doesn't have 400,000 to fund this. Kickstarter should be about games that could not be made otherwise.
There is more to it than that, you know.

This is not Peter Molyneux making a game, it's 22cans making a game. He may own the company, but that doesn't mean that his money and the company's money are the same.

Also, Kickstarter is not just a way of funding a game project, but also a way to gauge customer interest in a game project. The company may well spend a lot more on the project than they gain from the kickstarter, but if too few people are interested, it might be better to do another project.
Posted November 23, 2012
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Wishbone: There is more to it than that, you know.

This is not Peter Molyneux making a game, it's 22cans making a game. He may own the company, but that doesn't mean that his money and the company's money are the same.

Also, Kickstarter is not just a way of funding a game project, but also a way to gauge customer interest in a game project. The company may well spend a lot more on the project than they gain from the kickstarter, but if too few people are interested, it might be better to do another project.
Good points. It's a reaction that can't be helped though, I think we are long past the era of having to convince smaller dev houses that PC focused games with that kind of budget can be successful.
Posted November 24, 2012
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Wishbone: There is more to it than that, you know.

This is not Peter Molyneux making a game, it's 22cans making a game. He may own the company, but that doesn't mean that his money and the company's money are the same.

Also, Kickstarter is not just a way of funding a game project, but also a way to gauge customer interest in a game project. The company may well spend a lot more on the project than they gain from the kickstarter, but if too few people are interested, it might be better to do another project.
He was founding games for Lionhead studios. He gave Lionhead 6M$ for development of Black and White. He could do the same with Godus - after all probably most of revenue will go to his pocket.

And if he want to check if project will catch interest of customers then he should set higher goal because this goal isn't hard to achieve for project that is promoted by famous developer and if it will get founded he won't be able to drop it anymore. This project has very low interest in comparison to other kickstarters made by famous devs, but it will be funded anyway.
Post edited November 24, 2012 by Aver
Posted November 24, 2012
Gave 60 pounds myself.
Love PM and his games...
Posted November 24, 2012
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StingingVelvet: I do have to question how Peter M. doesn't have 400,000 to fund this. Kickstarter should be about games that could not be made otherwise.
This is why I have no interest in KS. It fails as a preorder program, and it fails as an investment product. It has no purpose.

Either pledges should get the product for cheaper than at release, guaranteed, with an item only charging once it is confirmed to be in production, or pledges should get some sort of investment return, either a royalty, or a share in the company.

As it stands, KS is everything that is wrong with consumerism now, that being producer fandom.
Posted November 24, 2012
How large a contribution is required to change the name to Godhelpus?
Posted November 24, 2012
Not really what I'd be into but I'm glad that the big names are considering kickstarter route instead of traditional publishers. This is the beginning of the end for them
Posted November 24, 2012
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oasis789: Not really what I'd be into but I'm glad that the big names are considering kickstarter route instead of traditional publishers. This is the beginning of the end for them
You mean the beginning of the end for the publishers right?
Posted November 24, 2012
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oasis789: Not really what I'd be into but I'm glad that the big names are considering kickstarter route instead of traditional publishers. This is the beginning of the end for them
Yeah, Ubisoft, Activision etc. are doing so poorly lately... Those hundreds of millions they earned in one day on release of Assassin's Creed and Black Ops 2...

I'm not a fan of big publishers, but such posts are stupid. Why people can't appreciate small, indie games like those on Kickstarter and big games with huge budgets at the same time?
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