Pre-orders are open for Lifeless Planet, a cinematic sci-fi adventure game from indie developer Stage 2. If enough of orders are placed, the game will actually be created♛. That might sound a strange, but it's because the indie team is working with , a website that helps creative projects find funding through a pledge system. Anyone who volunteers to give even $10 to the Lifeless Planet development team will receive a copy of the game (and a spot in the credits) when it's released. To get an idea of what Lifeless Planet might be, check out the trailer.

Lifeless Planet begins with a skeptical astronaut sent to investigate life on a planet 20 lightyears from Earth. He crashes to the planet's surface and begins to suspect that there ♑is something seriously wrong (besides the crash). Finding an abandoned Russian space station it becomes clear that the Russians 🍎are winning the space race. But where did they go?

from on .

If you're interested, there are still 32 days left to help Lifeless Planet reach its $8,500 goal. You can donate at . Anyone who gives more than $25 will receive extra rewards, from the sweet t-shirt at the $60 level to a spot on the development team as a producer at the $1,000 level. Rig🉐ht now the game is scheduled to come out for PC in July of 2012, but if the funding g🦄oal is exceeded it may be ported to iOS, Android, and even Xbox 360. Of course this all depends on you.

Sep 21, 2011

Source: