Inspired by classic EverQuest, Nevergrind sets out to raise $4,000 to help cover its development costs and the recurring costs of running a website. Nevergrind runs on a VPS that now includes a wiki, blog, forum, and the game itself, which racks up considerable bandwidth.
In particular sound effects and music require a considerable amount of bandwidth when constantly streaming to hundreds of users simultaneously. If funding goes extraordinarily well, I may consider using a CDN to optimize world-wide delivery of content. This will make a big difference to users outside the continental United States, since the server is physically located in Denver, Colorado.
The campaign launched on March 18th, 2015, and will end on April 17th. At this time the campaign is currently at $3,316, which appears to be well on its way to meetings it goal. The campaign has run into the mid-campaign doldrums, which is quite common for many Kickstarter campaigns which typically see a rush of pledges at the beginning and the end.
I plan to target the project1999 community with marketing efforts and various gaming communities as well.
Check out the campaign and make your pledge today! Like right now! 🙂
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nevergrind/nevergrind-html5-action-rpg
