‘Star Citizen’, a new massively multiplayer online game, has made crowdfunding history. With over 1 million backers, the MMO has raised more than $100 million, making it the most successful crowdfunded project ever.
Star Citizen
Venturebeat reports Dec. 14 that the game was first announced in 2012. Video game developer Chris Roberts (Wing Commander, Freelancer) made $2.1 million via Kickstarter a couple of years ago. Then, he continued the crowdfunding campaign outside of Kickstarter with a campaign that Roberts runs himself.
“I don’t want to build a game. I want to build a universe,” states Roberts on his webpage for the game. The game’s creator aims to make an MMO that works as its own world with “unparalleled immersion” and allows for unlimited game play.
Gamers who contribute to the crowdfund campaign are “enlisted” into the “Star Citizen” universe and are given access to the game as well as a ship to begin exploring the virtual world.
Roberts aims to build a community with the game. While people keep giving to the project, he emphasises that the money was never the main goal, though the money does enable more features in the game. “You’ve trusted us with your money so we can build a game, not line our pockets,” he said.
“This is the dream game that all of us have wanted to build all our lives,” said Roberts. He notes that while the game may not always run without a glitch, he and his team are working to keep working on the game until it is also the game of gamer’s dreams.
*originally published on the now defunct Examiner.com
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