I was going to contribute to the kickstarter, but I found out that Jon is personally responsible for the HIV virus, and on top of that, he individually contributes 95% of all human made greenhouse gases. Seriously Jon what gives? /sarcasm

In all seriousness, this game looks great. I'm a poor law student, so I don't have money to contribute, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye on it. Keep up the great work!

I checked the 15min video and I don't like it 

• Provisions
• Many resources
• No tactical combat
• Lowclass graphics and sound (possibility, I don't know how cool animations there will be once they're implemented)

All those resources might add depth, I'm not sure, but I'm skeptical. What I don't like though is supplylines and having to keep a tent in proximity to your army. That's boring crap to me 

No tactical combat is a killer.

Lowclass graphics like Dominions III and Conquest of Elysium doesn't appeal to me. I want high productionvalue graphics like Age of Wonders with cool animations and sounds. *Remembers the Dread Reaper from Age of Wonders II getting in his Death Strike on a Archon Charioteer*. That bonecrushing sound that did everything from 2 to 26 damage     Aaaah the memories  [e digicons]:')[/e]

But everybody can't like all games. I'll play Eador: Masters of the Broken World and Age of Wonders III instead 

Thanks again, everyone! The campaign has gone great so far, and we're about to hit our first modding-related stretch goal.

I know some of you weren't big fans of Civ 5 and for that reason have shied away from contributing. And I can fully understand your skepticism because there's no denying that I did make mistakes.

I just posted a lengthy article explaining why, in spite of that, ATG might still appeal to you. I go into a fair amount of detail regarding the elements of Civ 5 that I wasn't really happy with, and how I'm solving those issues in ATG.

- Jon

I too came to enjoy Civ 5, but I'll admit I held off buying until it was patched a couple of times.  It is really a different game than the traditional Civ's.  However different doesn't automatically mean bad, and once I gave the game a chance it grew on me.  I'm confident I'll find enough "differences" in ATG to enjoy what it brings to the gaming table.

That was a great essay on the site, it put me over the edge. I'm on board also!

He is a super-hardcore fan of the series.  

Personally, Civ 4 > Civ 5, but Civ 4 was largely an endpoint, Civ 5 had to be different, and the game did feel rushed at release.  It's improved over time.  It took two expansions for Civ 4 to become classic, Civ 5 has only had one (same with the Elemental series).

My big issue with Civ 5 is ultimately the game is a cakewalk at fair settings, and the unfair settings feel like the AI isn't playing the same game I am at all.   I don't think the core design is a problem, but it's the AI that is still lacking, alongside poor performance under the hood (I think I've been spoiled by Stardock's under-the-hood running so well)  Civ 5 is less glitchy in comparison.

I lovedciv 5.

If frogboy says Jon is a good guy, Im voting and donating as much as I can.

I hate kickstarter, since I seem to be spending 200$ monthly.....(jjoke).

Can you get it on steam as a preorder, then I can "donate" and don't follow until its done?

Please add Mac support too.

Also, better graphics might help and some form of tactical maybe?

anyway, good work...

Maybe you guys after this can do Dominions 4?

EDIT: my knowable wife says Jon is very sexy and that I should donate???? I'm now thinking it over.

lool, as long as you add us kickstarter supporters to steam eventualy (like Stardockians did), Im good (You should post that on kickstarter pages - that people will get steam copy for backing it up). Romans would be great too.

and I know I'm the sexiest guy for her, so I don't mind.

Though she did found it strange that programmer and game developer would be some kind of "Keanu Reeves from Johhny Mnemonic with a hunky voice" and not a geek lol.

I'll consider giving her email for early alpha entrance. (J/k)

Not sure if there are any fans of these platforms around these parts, but just in case there I just announced that AtG will also be coming out on Mac and Linux, and if you contribute at least $25 you'll receive a copy of each of those plus one for Windows. We'll also be releasing an iOS version shortly after the initial launch. It's a good time to be a strategy gamer!

- Jon

Will At the Gates require Steam in order to play/be activated?

What kind of DRM will it have?

Hey guys, just wanted to give this thread one last bump, since our campaign ends tomorrow!

We're getting close to 100k and if we keep up the current pace we have a real shot at the 125k stretch goal, which adds more map/game setup options and an Earth map.

If you haven't checked out the updates (lately), here are the last few I've posted: