Harebrained Schemes have launched the Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming BattleTech reboot.
The game is going to be a turn-based RPG for PC, Mac, and Linux, and at the time of writing has raked in over $375,000 of its quarter of a million dollars funding goal.
To be clear, the game was going to be made regardless of their Kickstarter being funded – however, if you want to see a full-fledged single player campaign or multiplayer PVP, the game will have to reach its stretch goals.
Here is the breakdown of the game’s expanded development, via additional funding:
- STAGE 1 (Already funded by Harebrained Schemes): A turn-based tactical skirmish game – command a Lance of 4 ‘Mechs & MechWarriors against AI opponents across a variety of battlefields.
- STAGE 2 ($1,000,000): We add a full, single-player story campaign to the game.
- STAGE 3 ($1,850,000): We add side-missions, procedurally-generated missions and the campaign becomes open-ended.
- STAGE 4 ($2,500,000): Introduces PVP multiplayer combat in the famous arenas of Solaris VII.
You can view their Kickstarter pitch below:
If you want to back BattleTech on Kickstarter, you should head on over to their campaign.