Outcast udkom i 1999, og var dengang både nyskabende, omfangsrigt og fortryllende smukt. Dele af originalholdet har de seneste måneder forsøgt at skrabe cirka 3,2 millioner kroner sammen på Kickstarter for at lave et HD-remake. Men da Kickstarter-kampagnen sluttede i går, var det kun lykkedes at samle 254.000 ud af de ønskede 600.000 dollars, og derfor er indsamlingen slået fejl.
Udviklerne skriver dette i deres seneste opdatering:
Good moon Adelphians!
When we started this campaign, I was so excited that I could not imagine that we could eventually fail. Shame on me! This same over-confidence, this same craziness and this same adventurousness, which 15 years ago led us to create the original game, lead us to face the harsh reality of this Kickstarter failure which could have been avoided with a bit more time, thinking and upfront money. We have received backing from over 5,100 of you for about $253.000, which is an amazing average pledge level. We are profoundly grateful and deeply touched by this amazing generosity.
Unfortunately, despite a rather good start, the pitch and the content we presented were not attractive enough to convince more backers (especially those who didn't play the original game) and did not manage to reach the overestimated funding goal of $600.000.
Udviklerne lover dog, at Outcast HD ikke er et lukket kapitel, og vil nu prøve at finde en ny måde at finansiere spillet på.