Thank you for increasing your pledge!

I am not selling ownership. I am selling a product, along with exclusive access and virtual goodies.

For Eris' sake, it's public domain! When I am finished with the hardcore month long coding marathon, you guys can set up your own servers independently of mine and charge for how much bitcoin you think you can get.

Even when I am finished with pounding intensely the game out, it will still need lot and lot of polishing. Hopefully, I'll earn some additional money that will support me. If not, next game project!

Thank you!

(though I want to build a high quality game from the start)

The following is kind of related to your concept of crowdfunding where the "investor" gets early access to the final product.  

I hadn't known of this cinemashares approach before so I'm sharing the link:
  http://www.cinemashares.com/about.html

Apparently they believe these ideas to be patentable:
   - Patent: 6,792,411 http://1.usa.gov/gPXxvx
   - Patent: 7,885,887 http://1.usa.gov/hyXWmK

Have you considered recruiting others to help create the project?

Advertisers, coders, ect.  Some people might be interested enough to do it for free.. Take FPSBanana's (Now GameBanana) old "MegaMod" for example.  Though it failed due to the site being DDoS'd everyday, the project managed to gain some-13+ people and create some truly fantastic work. 

I know a guy who created the game called Subvein entirely by himself.  His biggest regret was him not having anybody on board.

Come on guys! Even a 5 BTC pledge helps!

100% javascript except the deployment mechanism and other various miscellanea background development tasks.


Primary in coffeescript, processing.js, node.js, and some type of database that I have yet to picked out.


As long you run a modern browser(Chrome and Firefox 4), you'll be fine. Not sure if I can support IE9.


Even better. It will be public domain addition to being open source. No string attached. It will be tripled public domained for good measure. CC0, Unlicense, and WTFPL. Choose whatever make you free the most.


I'll continue working on it either in maintenance mode or in steady development. It won't be the intense development cycle that was in alpha. It really depends on how commercially successful this game at that point.

Otherwise, I will be looking at freelance jobs or asking money for my next game.

When I completed gameplay features and entered beta. Every week, users will get to test out a version. Pledgers can pay all or pay partially. This process continues until the game is completed.

P.S. I really need to complete the rails site I was building for automata-rts and put all the answered information and stuff into one slick marketing copy.

Nobody volunteers to be an escrow.

And thank you! That push me beyond 25% of bitcoin raised!

kiba, one question: will bitcoin be usable as an in-game currency to allow players to purchase units, upgrades, trade with other players, or as prizes, for example?