So Starbound just hit $1 million

[Araksardet]

So the team behind Starbound (see here: http://playstarbound.com/ ), which I believe includes the original main artist from Terraria, have just raised $1,000,000 in pre-orders for the game through their own website, without any crowdfunding services such as Kickstarter or IndieGogo. They have over 41k "backers" at the moment.

Clearly, people are excited, and I'm currently wondering what factors are at play behind their success. Terraria "nostalgia" seems unlikely, since Terraria is only a few years old and is even now gearing up for a new update. Starbound hasn't been getting a huge amount of press, either - a bit here and there, sure, but nothing like the attention afforded to major indie titles like Fez or FTL.

So what is driving their success? Any ideas?

 

[Gonzolaz]

Well, I've been keeping an eye on this project for a while now, and though I haven't pre-ordered it, it does have a lot of elements that I think this specific group of gamers find extremely appealing. Open randomly generated world for the player to explore, space travel, the 2D adventure style gameplay of Terraria... it just seems like a really fun and appealing game, whether or not they deliver we will see, but it does look promising.

Although it looks similar to Terraria, it seems that it will be a bit different, with more emphasis on adventure and exploring rather than building, but that's just my impression.

 

[Sigma Castell]

I'm so pumped for this, I already have Terraria and argh It's just so fun askjchnsiduyfnzosudyfgoszdyungfcsuydgfcsoudyfgo8sueosuefhonizsfhduzoisdf