Preparing to Launch Kickstarter Initiative

The Novus Aeterno team has announced that a Kickstarter initiative to help complete the funding needs of the upcoming MMORTS will kick off later today. Novus Aeterno has been in development for several years and is nearing completion.

Key Features:

1. A true MMORTS – build your space empire in cooperation with and against thousands (and thousands) in a single galaxy
2. Persistent play – No short play sessions. Your empire continues to thrive or be threatened 24/7 through continuous play that can span weeks, months and years.
3. Sandbox Design – no pre-set missions or linear storyline. PvP play (PvE is a stretch goal)  the way you want to play.
4. Based on the D.I.M.E military ‘empire management’ philosophy – Diplomacy, Intelligence, Military or Economy; form alliances and play to your strengths.
5. 5 complete race factions – humans + 4 alien races (only human available at launch) with their own lore, fleets and technologies
6. Fully-customizable ships – tailor your ships to match your objectives with hundreds of ships divided into 5 separate ship hull classes and wide array of engines, armors and weaponry.
7. Directional ship armor and weapons; varied weapon effects and weapon range/firing arc displays
8. All in game credits/resources/components ‘exist’ and must be loaded onto transport ships to move between planets or be traded with other players.
9. Stunning intergalactic HD graphics; built on the HAVOK Visions engine
10. Soundtrack:  hours of full orchestration by Denny Schneidemesser
11. Optimized for minimal lag in low bandwidth regions (even playable across dial-up)
12. Basic in-game chat

We will keep you posted when the Kickstarter campaign launches officially later today. In the meantime, head to the site for more information about the game.