Hello from the Swiss mountains ⛰️ And an update about Ground of Aces!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 05:23:01 AM

Hello everyone, we want to give you an update about what has been going on at Blindflug since the Kickstarter has finished.

Team get-together and game dev workshops

Several of our team members took a deserved break after the intense campaign efforts, but now our team is back together to focus on the next steps for Ground of Aces. This week, our programmers from Poland and Slovakia – Wojtek, Krzysztof and Matej – were visiting our main office in Zurich, so we could hold in-person workshops to talk about and plan the further steps in the production of the game. We want to share some pictures of our team during the workshops here.

Yesterday, we went on a hike in near Lucerne as a team activity, which gave us the opportunity to make a fresh team picture. You can see the team photo at the start of the post.

It doesn't happen often that we have most of the Blindflug Studios team at the same location because we have members living in and working from several countries. Unfortunately, we were still missing one team member. Our data analyst Yuriy couldn't join us because he lives in Ukraine and travelling out of and back to Ukraine is not possible for him due to the Russian invasion.

From the whole team, we want to thank you again for your support and for joining us on this journey!

Our pledge manager will be open soon

We are working with Backerkit to organize the necessary information for the various rewards and to later distribute the digital rewards when they're ready.  When the set-up and testing of the Backerkit pledge manager is finished, you will receive a mail with a link to the survey that you fill out with your information (like your shipping address, your shirt size and how/if we should credit you in the credits). Thanks to Backerkit's system, we can also give you another opportunity to buy rewards like the alpha access or T-shirt that are not part of your pledge. Stay tuned for that, we will inform you when the survey is ready.

For the organization of the rewards, we are in contact with companies that can do the T-shirts, caps, etc. and the shipment.

For the Discord roles, one of our programmers will set up a system with our Discord bot.

For the in-game rewards, like your own NPC, custom decal design etc., we will do a special survey and contact those backers at a later point. We have to be further along in development to properly organize those rewards.

To the backers of the highest tiers – "Business", "General - Plane Fan" and "Flight of a lifetime": We will contact you directly to organize your special rewards. Thank you so much for your generous support!

 Join the community!

Have you joined our hangar (= Discord server) yet? You can get the invite link by signing up on our website. We post behind-the-scenes material there and you can directly talk to the developers of the game. There's also extra channels to talk about WWII games, planes, movies, history etc. with the other community members.

PS: And if you haven't already, wishlist the game on Steam! ;)

Victory! ✌️ Operation Kickstarter was a success!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 08:56:05 AM

Our campaign ends with 2,043 backers, €109,925 raised! 

Thank you so much! You make this game possible!

Now, our team needs a bit of rest after this 30-days crowdfunding campaign. 🛌 And then we will continue our game design and development work and start organising the pledges and first rewards. You will receive surveys from us where you can submit information like your postal address, T-shirt sizes and so on for the physical rewards. We will keep you updated.

Join us on Discord

We will also keep posting behind-the-scenes titbits and insights at our hangar, aka our Discord server, so check that out if you haven't already.

How to get into our Discord?

• 1. Enlist on our website for the newsletter. 
• 2. You will get a mail that asks you to submit your call sign. Submit your call sign via the link in the mail.
• 3. Receive the Discord invite mail.

Stay tuned, we're just getting started!

PS: Don't forget to wishlist the game on STEAM!

We've reached €100k! Germany unlocked! USA next?
over 1 year ago – Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 02:28:28 PM

We did it, we're over our stretch goal of €100k! 🤯 GROUND OF ACES will have the Luftwaffe as the 2nd playable faction and an additional theatre campaign in the base game! Thank you so much to all our backers! We are so happy we have reached this significant milestone! 🧡🧡🧡

And we still have 18 hours to go!

We're not finished yet! As you can see, we have updated our graphic about the stretch goals and added new ones. The €125k stretch goal for the Attack Scouting Towers is up next. 

And then a few steps later, there would be the major stretch goal at €200k for the Guadalcanal DLC that lets you play as the USA faction.* Yes, obviously that would a HUGE jump in the last 18 hours, but we just want to show you that we thought about what could come next after reaching €100k. And you never know what could happen in the last hours…

What do you think about the Guadalcanal campaign? And at which number will we end up tomorrow?

*The plan here would be that you get the Guadalcanal DLC for free as a backer after the main game is released. We would develop this DLC after having finished the main game first.

LAST 24 HOURS: Add-Ons now available & "Become a NPC" reward restocked
over 1 year ago – Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 09:14:35 AM

24 hours left! And we are making great progress getting to the €100k stretch goal. Just €3500 more is needed to unlock the Luftwaffe theatre campaign for the base game. We're almost there, guys!

Want to know what an attack on a Luftwaffe airbase could like in our game? We prepared special test footage for that:

Introducing ADD-ONS for the last 24 hours

You want to add a reward that isn't part yet of your pledge? Now you can update your pledge with ADD-ONS. Get rewards like the ACCESS to the ALPHA VERSION, the campaign exclusive T-shirt, cap or signed poster. (Note that you can only add physical rewards to pledge tiers that already include physical rewards. This is a rule set by Kickstarter.)

New slots with "Get your own NPC" reward available

And we restocked the previously sold out "General - Legend" tier! Take this tier and we will help you to create an NPC of yourself (or a relative) with your choice of strengths and weaknesses, that could potentially live on the airbase of any player. 

Project recommendation: Solarpunk 

For fans of survival / base building / crafting games: Solarpunk is a cozy survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and explore distant islands with your own airship. Use sunlight, wind and water to create an energy system and automate your processes like gathering resources and watering your plants to build your dream home in the sky.

They started their campaign yesterday and it's already a big success. 🥳 Definitely worth a look, so check it out! 

2 days to go: Let's push it to €100k for the big stretch goal!
over 1 year ago – Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:33:19 AM

46 hours are left, and we are now over €91'000! Thank you to all our new backers!

Reaching the stretch goal of €100k would unlock the Luftwaffe as the 2nd playable faction for the base game. Do you think we can reach that goal? And what kind of stretch goals could potentially follow if we go over €100k?

Help us unlock the Luftwaffe for the game: Complete Mission Briefings 

If you want to help spread the word: Check out our Mission Briefings! They give you clear tasks like telling your gamer friends about GROUND OF ACES or sharing our trailer on social media. As a reward for completing at least four missions, you get the deluxe bonus DLC "Wings of Valor" for free when Ground of Aces gets released. And there is a GIVEAWAY prize for each mission.