Crowd-sourcing darling Star Citizen has gone beyond $63 million in funding, completing another impressive milestone in its development process.
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As a result, the developers have awarded the ships promised to supporters, and announced the next milestone reward: pets! If the game reaches $64 million in funding, studio head Chris Roberts has promised to add pets to the space and ship simulator.
"We've added a lot of ships lately, and so we're making the $64 million goal a fun one. We have repair bots, we have fish...but we haven't implemented a traditional pet system in Star Citizen yet," Roberts writes in his letter to fans. "At $64 million, that changes. From Jones the Cat in Alien to the Battlestar Galactica's Daggit, pets have a place onboard starships... and we want to give you that option in Star Citizen."
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"Expect traditional terrestrial options, plus anything exotic we can dream up in the Star Citizen universe! (Those Torshu Grey crabs that keep escaping are just the start.) This stretch goal is in honor of Paddington, Strike Dog of the UEES Paul Steed. In one of our first videos Paddington helped us get to $4 million back in the initial campaign, and sadly passed away recently."
We'll remember you fondly every time we look upon our digital pets, Paddington. Roberts goes on to tease a "major feature" for the $65 million goal that the team has been considering, stating that they've "heard the fan feedback about modular ships, and want to expand our plan for how to do them". That's all he'll see for now, so let the speculation (and funding) begin.