Support an Independent Development Project by Pre-Ordering
Derek DiBenedetto of Stormcloud Creations is currently developing a unique RPG/sports management game on a very thin budget, and needs your help to fund development. By buying now (click the Buy button to left), you get access to the game on release (as well as builds during development), plus all patches and support. Manifesto takes 0% of proceeds during the development phase, because we're happy to support this kind of original effort.
Read about the development effort on Derek's blog.
We offer Stormcloud's Voyager for sale (demo download for free, of course), and would also point you to the Stormcloud site to look at Derek's other games, including Coliseum and Interstellar Trader 2 to give you a sense of the quality of work this lone-wolf developer is capable of achieving--and hopefully to convince you that his current ouevre is well worth supporting.
The Developer Says
Join in on this unique project and make gaming history!
This project is the very first fully community supported, community development-assisted and funded PC game project ever done, on a level never before attempted. We'll be starting from the GROUND UP. You can help us name the game, add and tweak features, submit stories and ideas, and vote in polls for new features, all on our special members only forum.
We'll even have a special page for pre-order members ONLY that will allow you to download micro-builds of the game, as its being created!
The game itself: You can recruit adventurers, view detailed stats on their abilities, age, birthday, height, weight, everything. Build a camp of 6 adventurers, and put together parties of 4 and send them on dangerous quests to many realms, in search of riches. They can get hurt, killed, possessed, or a host of other things, and you may be offered choices in the story according to what happens on their quest. You must sign them to contracts (called 'pacts') to
keep them working for you, all the while keeping yourself in the black
financially.
The game is intended to be a "Championship Manager" combined with a RPG sensibility, complete with adventurer 'personalities' that emerge over time. Sharp, crisp and unique graphics/interface and music are planned to be included as well.