Cosmic Frontier: Override
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Remaster of the classic 1998 shareware game, Escape Velocity: Override.
Backers: 1012
Average Pledge Per Backer: £38
Funded: £38,784 of £36,500
Dates: Apr 21st -> May 26th (35 days)
Project By: Peter Cartwright
Backers: 1012
Average Pledge Per Backer: £38
Funded: £38,784 of £36,500
Dates: Apr 21st -> May 26th (35 days)
Project By: Peter Cartwright
£38,784
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 26 @ 18:02 -0400 GMT
106%
of goal
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Latest News
Last call for the Cosmic Frontier! 
May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to backers new and old, We have just over one day left before the campaign closes and we now have over 900 backers and have surpassed our primary funding goal by a decent margin. New backers may like to check out our previous updates,... (Read More)
Cosmic Frontier is funded!
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
\o/ Our campaign just reached 100% funding! \o/ Our thanks go to all of you for putting your faith in this project. Despite some nervous moments and worries about the impact of the coronavirus crisis on people's finances, our backers' enthusiasm... (Read More)
Throwing some more Cosmic Frontier concept art your way
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! I'm not sure quite who planned this exciting run-in, but with just under 5 days to go we now have over 800 backers and are just over 90% funded! More importantly, Chris Smallfield has surprised us with yet another concept art piece:... (Read More)
A Call to Arms for the final campaign week!
May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! First, we bring you some new concept art by Robert Rose (the ships and background), with Chris Smallfield (the typography and TV 'frame'). (You can find more of Robert Rose's work on artstation.) Robert, like Chris, seems to have had an... (Read More)
Interview with scenario designer, Peter Cartwright
May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! We've been making good progress this week, although it does often feel like an uphill struggle with media coverage so hard to obtain. I expected we'd be relying on word-of-mouth to a large extent, but the lack of interest from all but a... (Read More)
One-week campaign extension — Dash Riprock wants you!
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! We've decided to take advantage of a one-week campaign extension being offered by Kickstarter during the current pandemic crisis. This should give us some breathing room to ensure we make our target. (Maybe it will help to reduce our... (Read More)
Interview with engine developer, Tom Hancocks
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Tom Hancocks, who is developing the new game engine for Cosmic Frontier, has been putting a huge amount of work into that lately, and this on top of campaign promotion activities (not to mention his regular job!), but he found some time to answer... (Read More)
Greetings from the Cosmic Frontier — reward tier update
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! Here's some more new concept art by Chris Smallfield for your enjoyment: Landing graphic potential has come a long way since Bryce! Chris's art has been a real help to us in attracting people to the Kickstarter. In addition, I've made... (Read More)
Two weeks in: Cosmic Frontiers are calling!
May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
"Cosmic Frontiers are calling!" Hi backers! If you haven't seen it yet, artist Chris Smallfield made this poster-style art for our campaign based on his updating of the Override shuttle model. While things have slowed down a bit since the opening... (Read More)
EV: Override streaming on Twitch TV
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Short notice, but streamer, backer and friend of the project, brokiechill, has been streaming EV: Override on Twitch recently, and is just starting a new stream about now. Just a heads-up for anyone no longer able to play the original game who feels... (Read More)
A first art teaser for Cosmic Frontier!
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Cosmic Frontier backers! We are still making steady progress towards our target. Thanks for all your support! As you realise, art is not (yet!) the strong point of our project. It is one of the things we are seeking funds with. However, we have... (Read More)
One week in, and half-way there!
April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Cosmic Frontier backers, I'd planned to put out an update when we got half-way to our main funding goal, and I'd also planned to send one after one week of the campaign. It just so happened that we reached both those marks at the same time! Thanks... (Read More)
Quick *hic* reward tier update
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for all your support so far. We have reached over 40% funding in our first 3 days and you've really shown what a devoted fanbase the EV games have even after all these years. Please do drop some mentions about the project to people over this... (Read More)
Interview with Nolan Markey, composer of the new CF:O theme
April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
One of the biggest contributions made to this project so far has been its new theme music, which you can hear on our trailer video. Its composer is Nolan Markey, who has agreed to answer some questions for us about the music, his career and his love... (Read More)
New reward tier
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Just another quick update about reward tiers. Since the 'Shipwright' tier has been so popular, and the mission design tiers less so, I've added a couple more slots to the former at the expense of the latter. In addition, I've added the 'Ship... (Read More)
A great start — and a new reward tier!
April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick Day 1 update on Cosmic Frontier: Override. Thanks to all our backers for a great start to the campaign. We are already 20% funded after just 6 hours! So far, I've been struck by the popularity of 'Stud Beefpile' tier (I've already... (Read More)
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