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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 33937

    #1

    PerfectGolf Tees Off Kickstarter Drive


    Funding opened last week for the PC/Macintosh Kickstarter project, PerfectGolf. With the game already 12 months into development, the PerfectGolf team is requesting an additional $300,000 in fan funding to secure licences for multiple real-world courses, add an online multiplayer clubhouse system and an in-depth course editor that will allow users to create and share their own dream courses over the Internet.

    PerfectGolf has been built with the increasingly popular Unity3D game engine, which has been featured in recent PC games like Endless Space, Battlestar Galactica Online and MechWarrior Tactics. While gameplay footage hasn't debuted yet, a few early teasers are uploaded onto Perfect Parallel's YouTube channel.

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IVAH5k9Lhb4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    If you can't view the embedded video, click here.

    Located in Vero Beach, Florida, developer Perfect Parallel is a small team of artists and programmers who have worked on popular franchises like Links, Forza Horizon and Crysis.

    Fundraising for PerfectGolf closes February 4, 2013, with a $15 pledge earning a digital download of the finished game, and higher reward tiers offering Kickstarter-exclusive clothes, equipment and courses.
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  • JibJab 24
    Rookie
    • Oct 2006
    • 251

    #2
    Just pledged my portion. This game appears to have the potential to be an amazing golf game!
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    • Cod
      MVP
      • May 2007
      • 2718

      #3
      As must as I want to donate, this project seems doomed. I like the idea and the graphics are great, but they need to raise $290,000 in a little more than a month. Not sure its going to happen this time around...

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      • nvinceable1
        Rookie
        • May 2010
        • 35

        #4
        Wow this looks promising! There hasn't been a golf game that I've been truly obsessed with since Links, so hopefully this can step in to fill the void. I'm happy to donate to this project.

        @Cod It does seems unlikely that they're going to reach their goal on this kickstarter, but it sounds like they're far enough along that we'll be seeing the game in some form next year. I think this kickstarter is mainly to flesh out the multiplayer options as well as secure some course licenses.

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        • Malcolmpordes
          Rookie
          • Aug 2011
          • 82

          #5
          Re: PerfectGolf Tees Off Kickstarter Drive

          I just contributed after seeing the video. Can't wait for a great PC golf game!

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          • MERACE
            Rookie
            • Sep 2005
            • 26

            #6
            I'm on a very limited budget but I pledged $25.

            I believe this may be the only PC golf game on the horizon that will include a golf course designer and hopefully, include most of the gameplay features many of us have been seeking.

            -MERACE

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            • jyoung
              Hall Of Fame
              • Dec 2006
              • 11132

              #7
              Originally posted by Cod
              As must as I want to donate, this project seems doomed. I like the idea and the graphics are great, but they need to raise $290,000 in a little more than a month. Not sure its going to happen this time around...
              The good news about contributing to a Kickstarter is that they don't actually charge you unless the product is successfully funded.

              So you can pledge now, but if the project doesn't meet its goal you won't be charged a dime.

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              • fsufan4423
                Stop the Nonsense
                • Apr 2006
                • 1071

                #8
                Re: PerfectGolf Tees Off Kickstarter Drive

                I'm wondering what kind of setup you will need to push this gorgouse game? I'm gonna donate and hope this project takes off.
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                • SkillzKillz719
                  Rookie
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 197

                  #9
                  I feel like they are asking for a little too much.... And at the moment I would rather save that money for GTA V, NCAA 14, etc.

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                  • nvinceable1
                    Rookie
                    • May 2010
                    • 35

                    #10
                    Originally posted by SkillzKillz719
                    I feel like they are asking for a little too much.... And at the moment I would rather save that money for GTA V, NCAA 14, etc.
                    So $60 for any of those games is cool, but $15 for this game is too much? If you're a fan of golfing games, which I assume you are since you posted on an article about a golfing game, then that's some odd logic you have there...

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                    • BLB34
                      Rookie
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 92

                      #11
                      Re: PerfectGolf Tees Off Kickstarter Drive

                      Looks very promising, I made a pledge. Not a bad deal considering some of the rewards you get for pledging -- assuming the game comes to fruition. Unless they get some big donors to step up it's going to be difficult to raise the funds needed though. Best of luck to them.

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                      • Segagendude
                        Banned
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 7940

                        #12
                        Re: PerfectGolf Tees Off Kickstarter Drive

                        Originally posted by nvinceable1
                        So $60 for any of those games is cool, but $15 for this game is too much? If you're a fan of golfing games, which I assume you are since you posted on an article about a golfing game, then that's some odd logic you have there...
                        I can't speak for him, but $60 on a game guaranteed to be released as opposed to any amount of money spent on a game that "may or may not" happen is a difference.
                        Last edited by Segagendude; 01-01-2013, 03:36 PM.

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                        • scottyo60
                          Pro
                          • Oct 2008
                          • 499

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Segagendude
                          I can't speak for him, but $60 on a game guaranteed to be released as opposed to any amount of money spent on a game that "may or may not" happen is a difference.
                          One guy stated above if it doesn't get kick started you don't have to pay

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                          • SkillzKillz719
                            Rookie
                            • Jan 2011
                            • 197

                            #14
                            Originally posted by nvinceable1
                            So $60 for any of those games is cool, but $15 for this game is too much? If you're a fan of golfing games, which I assume you are since you posted on an article about a golfing game, then that's some odd logic you have there...
                            I guess I had two incomplete thoughts. In general, I think their expectations are too lofty, and they probably won't achieve it. But, that being said, $15 is not a lot of money. They aren't asking too much money straight from that, but I would just rather put it to a game that I know a lot more about I guess. But I love the whole idea of kickstarters and didn't mean to sound like "Oh they won't ever get it. Why try? I'll be fine with my GTA V."

                            Guess it's just a personal preference and not exactly sure what the game will be about... and what will it do that Tiger Woods 08 for the PC can't do? You know?

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                            • OnlookerDelay
                              MVP
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 3452

                              #15
                              Re: PerfectGolf Tees Off Kickstarter Drive

                              Originally posted by BLB34
                              Looks very promising, I made a pledge. Not a bad deal considering some of the rewards you get for pledging -- assuming the game comes to fruition. Unless they get some big donors to step up it's going to be difficult to raise the funds needed though. Best of luck to them.
                              I pledged back on December 24th, but I'm with you... I don't see this even sniffing the goal. A quarter of the way into the campaign and they're at $12,271, with a $300,000 goal. They're going to need some much more aggressive marketing for this to have a chance.
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