Outbound is an open-world exploration game set in a utopian near future. You start with an empty camper van and turn it into the home of your dreams. Coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and Playstation. Play it alone or together with up to 4 players!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Claim your Backer Role + Surveys + Above Snakes Keys!
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 07:16:34 AM
Backer Surveys
Great news everyone! We were busy setting up everything to fulfill the first rewards! In order to do so, we recently started to send out the Backer Surveys! Please make sure to check your email inbox for an email from BackerKit. The email has the following subject: "Response Needed - Get your reward for Outbound - Cozy Camper-Van Exploration-Crafting Game". We kindly ask you to fill out that backer survey in order to receive your rewards. In most cases this will not take more than a minute of your time.
Claim your Discord Backer Role
All backers who backed for Digital Standard Edition or higher receive a special Discord backer role! The backer role will give you access to restricted backer-only channels in which you can discuss the game, the Kickstarter campaign, or interact with the developers. In order to receive your backer role on our community Discord, you will need to follow these steps:
Type and send the following message in that channel: /claim-role
You will receive a prompt which asks you for your email address. You will need to enter the email address of your Kickstarter account. Each email can only be entered once.
Above Snakes Keys
For backers who's pledge contains an Above Snakes Steam key, we have good news! We are ready to send these key out right now! In order to receive your Above Snakes Steam key, you will need to have filled out the Backer Survey (mentioned above). You will then receive another email from BackerKit asking you to claim your reward, which should contain your Above Snakes Steam key. Enjoy playing!
Thanks again for all of your support! 🫶 We are looking forward to keep you updated with the next rewards soon, when we are ready to ship the Alpha in the first half of 2025!
Forgot to add an Add-on? + Failed Payments + Updates + More!
2 months ago
– Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 10:37:16 AM
Forgot to add something to your pledge?
We have received a lot of requests from fans to set up a possibility to still add Kickstarter Add-ons after the campaign has ended, since not everybody noticed that we introduced new Add-ons mid-campaign. We also received requests from people that came too late to the campaign to be able to participate in the Alpha. Therefore, we have set up a Late Pledge Store which will stay online for a limited time only.
With the late pledge store, you can get access to the Alpha and to some of the add-ons of the campaign. For full transparency: At first glance, the prices of the standard edition and alpha edition are the same as on Kickstarter, but they don't include discord backer roles, charms, or soundtracks.
Some Failed Payments
It is very normal for Kickstarter campaigns that some of the payments don't go through immediately. Don't panic, as in these cases you should have received an e-mail from Kickstarter, your bank, or your credit card provider. Sometimes you will need to authorize or confirm the payment, or check with your bank or credit card provider what to do (please always be careful with e-mails regarding payments and check if the sender is who they claim to be).
If you keep having issues with getting the payment resolved, please see here or check with Kickstarter support. In our experience, you have around 2 weeks to resolve the issues, otherwise your pledge and all of the backer rewards will get canceled by Kickstarter.
Apple ID Backers
Sometimes there are issues related to Apple ID backers when we try to contact you via the BackerKit pledge manager. That means, that you will not receive the e-mail for the backer survey or any rewards, since we can't access your e-mail address.
"Backers who have pledged to the campaign using their AppleID but haven't completely set up their Apple Pay account (linking their email address to their Apple Wallet) will have issues receiving their emails from BackerKit.
Those backers have a @privaterelay.appleid.com email address and will need to reach out to the creator team or BackerKit Support to update their email address in BackerKit.
You'll be able to reach out to BackerKit Support by clicking the "need help" link from the Lost Survey page: https://www.backerkit.com/are_you_a_backer. When you write in to Support, please provide your name and your Kickstarter pledge number, which can be found in your Kickstarter pledge confirmation email.
Please update your Apple Pay email as soon as possible to prevent this from happening in the future. You can learn more about hiding your email when signing in with Apple here."
Campaign Updates
Please make sure to stay subscribed to the updates that we send here on Kickstarter in order to get notified when the Alpha, Beta and release of the game are ready! We will also send the occasional Devlog update to keep you informed about the current state of the development. 😊
Backer Surveys
A small correction on our last update, the backer surveys will be sent out in October (not in September). Pardon the small mistake!
Again, Thank You!
Lastly, we want to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone of you again! Your support and enthusiasm for Outbound have been invaluable to the success of our campaign. We are truly grateful and cannot wait to bring Outbound to life with your continued support. Thank you! ❤️
By the way, are you part of our lovely Discord community yet?
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Fallen Tear: The Ascension is a traditionally animated 2D Metroidvania focused on exploration, slick combat, and a narrative-driven story filled with compelling and lovable characters coming to all platforms.
🎉 Thank you!
2 months ago
– Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 09:06:50 AM
WE DID IT! It is still hard to believe, but with an astounding 5197 backers this campaign has truly been an incredible success!!! What a truly AMAZING month this has been, and we really can't thank each and everyone of you who believes in Outbound enough! 🫶
Because of your never-ending enthusiasm and support and all of you in the community, we can make Outbound into a very special game. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU.
What's next?
Kickstarter will start to collect payments shortly (beginning today). Please make sure to watch out for any e-mails from Kickstarter or your bank regarding authorization or failed payments.
Within the next 2-3 weeks, Kickstarter will have collected the funds and we can start sending out backer surveys.
After the funds have been collected, we will also start to assign Discord roles!
We expect backer surveys to be sent out in early September. With the backer surveys we will collect all necessary information from you, such as names for the credits, platforms of choice, etc. More information will follow soon :)
Final Community Achievement - Insect Hotels!
With our combined community power we did it and unlocked the final community achievement! Insect Hotels will be added to the game!
Also a big thank you from Lucky 💕
Thanks to all of your generosity, Lucky will get lots and lots of treats!
As we can't state this enough, thank you all for your support and enthusiasm for Outbound. Together we will make a great game!
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✅ Final Stretch Goal Reached - Character Editor
2 months ago
– Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 01:12:24 AM
Community Achievements
We are so close! In the last few days we've reached the 450.000 Wishlist and the 500 pin retweets achievements. Fantastic! ✨
This means that we are only 285 Discord members away from reaching the final Community Achievement, namely the Insect Hotel! So tell all you friends, family, and pets to join the Discord!
All stretch goals reached!
We've done it! In the final day of the campaign, we've unlocked the Character Editor!
When creating your character in Outbound, you will now be able to choose different hair styles and colors, clothing styles and colors, and skin tone. Our concept artist has drawn another body type to choose from, which we'd love to share with you here!
Concept art by Dan Vitoria.
🤫Can you keep a secret? We may even hide a couple of new clothing styles in the world for you to find!
We are so happy to be able to say that we have reached ALL stretch goals of this campaign and we can't thank you enough!
Our friends at Sunny Lab launched their first Kickstarter and it's a big one already! The Witch's Bakery is a 2D Adventure RPG about a joyful witch who opens her bakery in modern Paris. She has one special power: she can see into people's heart and heal emotions through magic!
❗️Final Discounts + 4️⃣8️⃣ hours left + ✅ Stretch Goal Reached - Building Plus
2 months ago
– Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 06:41:58 AM
The Final Push!
The campaign is almost over but there's still time to tell your friends! Let's all make a final push to see how far we can go together! What you can do:
With our combined effort, we can unlock the final community achievement!
Stretch Goal Reached - Building Plus
With the Building Plus stretch goal reached, we will add a greater variety of building pieces to the game! With that said, we are now heading towards our last stretch goal - Character Editor!
❗️48 hour Discounts ❗️
We decided to offer exclusive Discounts for the final 48 hours of this campaign! You have the opportunity to get your idea modeled into a furniture or decoration piece, or as a landmark into the game! After the Kickstarter campaign has ended, this opportunity will be gone forever.
We can not thank you enough for your continued support throughout the whole campaign. Let's see how far we can get together!
Our friends at TinyRoar have an exciting new Kickstarter project: Lou's Lagoon! Run a seaplane delivery service and find Uncle Lou! Traverse the vibrant Limbo Archipelago in search of your Uncle Lou, who mysteriously disappeared and left you his seaplane delivery service. Explore the islands, harvest resources, and hone your crafting skills to complete jobs and grow your business!
Check out the teaser trailer below and follow the project on Kickstarter to stay updated. Let's bring another amazing game to life together! 🚀
