Ship of Heroes Seeking $400k in New Kickstarter Initiative

Heroic Games is launching its Ship of Heroes Kickstarter initiative beginning today. Backers have just over a month to get involved to help raise $400,000 in pledges to move the game to a playable alpha phase. Funds  taken in over the $400k mark will be used to progress SoH towards release.

To accomplish the Kickstarter goal, Heroic is planning on revealing more gameplay and integrated features "than most MMOs show in their Kickstarters". The team is also looking forward to player input along the way to help drive the direction of development.

As part of the Kickstarter, a number of backer rewards have been listed including:

• Special badges for donors.
• Reserving hero character names.
• Early access to the powerful Ship of Heroes character creator.
• Participation in a Beta test.
• Participation in one of the Alpha tests for higher levels of donations.
• The ability for some donors to actually use the dev tools and create a limited number of NPCs for the game (to be added at the developer’s discretion).
• Subscription months, including months that can be given to friends as gifts to launch them into the game.
• Top donors can name streets, or help design or name giant monsters in the game, working with the developers who will make final decisions.
• The single largest donor gets to co-determine the purpose of one of the iconic buildings in Apotheosis City, working directly with the game developers. In case of ties, the first to donate wins.

Check out the Ship of Heroes Kickstarter page for more information.