Ship Of Heroes Withdraws From Kickstarter

The City of Heroes spiritual successor project Ship of Heroes has withdrawn from Kickstarter and is heading back to development, despite not making its funding goal. Ship of Heroes raised a little over $35,000 of their $400,000 goal. The team says they are still committed to the game, and will open donations for supporter through their website.

The team believes they headed to Kickstarter too early, without enough public awareness to make their goal.

Whatever happens, we are completely committed to launching Ship of Heroes. You’ve already seen what we can develop in less than a year. We’ve built enough of the game that we expect to launch the revised version around the end of 2018. So we are working towards a more tightly-defined game, one with an earlier release date. Our long-term vision of a large ship with multiple levels visiting planets has not changed; we just need to link our schedule and scope to our revenues.

Ship of Heroes is one of a few City of Heroes spiritual successors currently in development, along with City of Titans, Valiance Online, and Heroes of Villains.

We should learn more in the coming weeks and months about a development schedule, and what the team hopes to achieve by 2018. For now, Ship of Heroes will retain all of the features touted in the Kickstarter. Be sure to check out the trailer below to learn more about Ship of Heroes.