Stretch Goals, Macs and a Fish with a 'Tache
Hi folks! We've got less than a week before we launch the Kickstarter, and there's lots to tell you. Firstly, I've got some good news for our Apple users: We are now committed to a Mac version of Sunless Sea! This has been one of the most requested features, so I'm delighted that we're able to provide it.
Next up, Stretch Goals! Our plan is to reveal our final goals once the Kickstarter is off to a good start, but as ever, we need your feedback, delicious friends. These are the ideas we're considering:
Beneath the Sunless Sea
"There's more to the Unterzee than the surface. Travel beneath the waves and wax-winds or descend to the sea-bottom in a zubmarine; or keep your surface-ship, but send landing parties in diving-suits down below. Explore coral colonies, the Fluke-Legions, and the Drowning Feast. This stretch goal adds submarines, or more correctly, zubmarines. We'll peel away the surface layer of the Unterzee and let you manoeuvre and explore in the depths. It's darker down here, but the rewards can be great. Of course, you've just exchanged the more familiar perils of the surface for the misbred, pale-skinned, bulging-eyed vileness of the sea-floor..."
Castles in the Roof
"Dirigibles are expensive. But they're fun. The fuel will cost you, but you can travel above the sea in safety. Well, mostly safety: there's the feral bat-flocks, the moon-misers, the blood-stealing Mosquito Zeppelins ... With this stretch goal, we'll add Dirigibles to allow you to explore the roof of the Neath - the vast cavern that contains the Unterzee. Fuel keeps range short, so this won't spoil the fun of exploring the far archipelagoes, but the roof has its own dangers and its own rewards. Buzz New Newgate prison. Gather glim from the carapaces of creatures from outside the sky. Refuel at the stalagmite-citadels of the Starved Men: assist them in their desperate battles against the infection overtaking the roof..."
If these goals are achieved, we'd expect to deliver them as expansions to the main game. Anyone backing Sunless Sea at £10 or above will get them free of charge. So what do you think folks? Do they sound appetising? Let us know in the comments.
Finally, here's a picture of a fish with a moustache, from our Kickstarter video. Because, well, why not?