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Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by Uchikoma on Thursday December 27, 2012 @09:28AM (#4973391)
Title misleading?

"If we reach £1.4 million in funding through the Kickstarter project, we will release a Mac version of the game around 3 months after the initial Windows PC release."

£989,339 pledged of £1,250,000 goal

Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by pmuk on Thursday December 27, 2012 @09:33AM (#4973407)
I suppose I should have used "Elite Dangerous to get Mac support within 3 months of PC launch if project funded and stretch goal met", but it wasn't very catchy!
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by Uchikoma on Thursday December 27, 2012 @10:31AM (#4973597)
"£500.000 Still Needed for Elite Dangerous for Mac"?
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by mikeash on Thursday December 27, 2012 @11:05AM (#4973707)
Horrendously misleading! I just flagged this post because of that. I almost pledged based on the title. Should have known better.
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by cmsj on Thursday December 27, 2012 @03:38PM (#4974940)
Please do pledge! I really want to play the game and having a Mac port would be even sweeter!
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by mikeash on Thursday December 27, 2012 @04:25PM (#4975113)
I don't really want to pledge for a game I might not be able to play. Unfortunately, the fact that it's a stretch goal rather than part of the main goal means that I lose out on Kickstarter's escrow, so there's a real risk of that.
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by patchfx on Thursday December 27, 2012 @09:49AM (#4973460)
Currently it looks like they aren't going to reach their goal of £1.2 million (http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/). Maybe they are trying to get the mac crowd on board in order to push it over the line?
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by Associat0r on Thursday December 27, 2012 @11:58AM (#4973946)
There is always a last minute surge at the end which this doesn't take into account http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29887&postco...
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by porsupah on Thursday December 27, 2012 @10:18AM (#4973560)
If I have to fire up a Windows 7 VM to play Elite: Dangerous, I will, but certainly, I'd be even happier with a native version.

The project's funding trend has nosed upwards lately, despite Christmas, so perhaps word will circulate regarding the possibility of Mac support, as well as the newer pledge levels, if people feel inclined to nudge their existing pledges upward.

Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by pmuk on Thursday December 27, 2012 @11:42AM (#4973874)
If you want to see what the original Elite games were like, check out:

http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html

Or this Elite-inspired open source version:

http://www.oolite.org

Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by Associat0r on Thursday December 27, 2012 @11:55AM (#4973931)
Some other Elite inspired open source games. http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/games.html
Re:Elite Dangerous - Mac Version Stretch Goal by antihero on Friday December 28, 2012 @06:22PM (#4980133)
Not pledging anything 'till there's a Linux version - I mean, FFS, loads of people are making Linux versions of stuff now, it can't be that hard unless they use DirectX or something silly.