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As a thank you to our long standing members (and newer regular members) I'm gonna give out POSTAL 2 Steam keys to anyone that asks in this thread.  It does not matter if you have already have the game, or have already been given a key by myself or MrD for some other reason, you can take this new key and give it to a friend, or sit on it for a while to maybe trade.

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As some of you were probably catching bits of information here and there about this,  I though I'd briefly detail it a little more in this thread.

In short, what we are doing is rebooting all 3 of the major Postal 2 Res-studios modifications, namely Eternal Damnation(both SP and MP), A week in Paradise (AWP) And the 1409X Patch.

Since all these mods were released, we have and made many improvements and updates to all 3 that are in various stages of development and unreleased.  From massive updates to ED's single player maps, to new game play mechanics, and a whole lot more. Few videos of various proof of concepts as an example:

Weapon Selection Menu

Vending Machines

Postal Arcade - Metal Slug style shooter

Postal Arcade - HOTD style

I hate seeing wasted work, and it's fair to say we have a lot of that. While I could just release it all as it is, none of it is really playable out the box and requires much work to integrate it seamlessly into ED / AWP / 1409X.

Oh, and as well as our usual skilled bunch here at RS like Gamefan, MrDownerup and myself, Kamek has confirmed he will be on board!

The idea is to get all these, and many more improvements into both AWP and ED, and then get them fully released on the ModDB and Desura.  To achieve this I will be working on the project full time for at least 3-4 months, and will be doing an indiegogo / kickstarter to raise enough cash to cover any costs, and so I can afford to take time away from the day job (or night job, as it is). 
First thing is making a good, professional video for the kickstarter page which we are in the process of doing (expect to see alot more examples of what he already have in that!).   I'll keep you all updated on our progress.

We are still trying to decide the reward tiers.  This is what we are considering so far, if you have any ideas, please let us know!  (this is a little updated from the list I posted in another thread so give it a look through if you already saw that).

What would tempt you to contribute more?

10$
You will be thanked in the credits for your contribution.

15$
You will get a copy of Postal 2 and AW on Desura, as well as getting thanked in the credits.

20$
You will get access to our private forums to offer ideas to the team. Plus all previous reward tiers

30$
You will get a copy of Postal 2 and AW on Desura, plus all previous reward tiers

60$
Full involvement in the process! You will have access to the main development boards, and be able to download each update as the team share between themselves.  You will have direct input into the design process. Also all previous reward tiers.

100$ (maximum of ? backers)
Be in the game! Have your face digitally imposed onto one of the ingame NPC’s that will appear a few times throughout the game. Also all previous reward tiers.

100$ Alternative  (maximum of ? backers)
Buy billboard space!  You may use a billboard in both AWP and ED to display anything you like (that you own the rights for).

100$ Alternative  (maximum of ? backers)
If you are in a band and would like to promote your music, this tier will allow you to select 4 locations (2 in ED and 2 in AWP) to have your music playing as background music from a radio / Stereo.

150$ (maximum of ? backers)
Be in the game 3 times! As well as an NPC you can also be one of the zombie NPC’s that will also appear a few times throughout the game. ALSO you can be one of the selectable MP characters Also all previous reward tiers.

200$ (maximum of 3 backers)
Cameo appearance in the game. as well as being digitally imposed onto one of the ingame NPC’s, you will be giving lines of dialog to record and get to interact with the games main Character in a way we choose.

250$ (Maximum of 2 backer)
Custom Cameo appearance in the game. as well as being digitally imposed onto one of the ingame NPC’s, you will be giving lines of dialog to record and get to interact with the games main Character in a way YOU choose (to be discussed with team).

300$
Main role appearance in game.  As well as being digitally imposed onto one of the ingame NPC’s, your NPC will fight alongside the game's main character as an AI companion in one of the levels!

We will need animator for the upcoming project Postal 2 Resurrected.  More detail on the project itself later, but in short it will be an update to AWP and ED which will take all the unfinished work over the last few years and get it released, with a bunch of new additions and updates. 

It will be Resurrections Studios last big project for Postal 2 and will be heavily promoted. This project will be finished in some shape or form.

Both the new AWP and ED will be available via ModdDB and Desura, and may well end up on an new RWS compilation pack (like the fudge pack).

What we really want is an Animator who is able to use the existing Postal 2 Max Rigs to make more third person animations, both gestures and also ones related to cut scenes.  To be used in both ED and AWP. 

The position is unpaid, although on completion of the project those that helped out my get a bonus payout for their time.

Okay so was thinking on this, it's not overly likely anything will come of it but thought it would be entertaining to chat about anyway.

To be honest, these days I just can't bring myself to use my spare time for volunteer Postal projects anymore. I do enjoy it, but it's time that could be used to bettering myself in other areas or working on things that I could get money for. Or jerking off.

Although I know  the hardcore fans here are mostly broke and ED hardly has a massive following these days being a 6 year old mod for a 9 year old game, I've toyed with the idea of doing a mini kickstarter to cover getting paid for working on it.  I figure a fair guess for the amount of work that would go into finishing the freeroam, and remake itself would be about a 1 - 2 months worth full time (would may take a little longer than that mind because I'd not be able to go full time all the time, but just for the sake of working out the man hours I'll say about 6 weeks).

I'd say a realistic amount for such time would be around $1,500 bucks which would pay me much less than minimum wage but that's cool because I of course do still enjoy modding Postal 2.  So that would need 100 people donating 15 bucks, or less donating more.  I know that's very unlikely but I thought I'd see what you guys say, I might also link this thread in other forums like www.en.postalsite.info.

To summarize, I'd

-Finish off all the loose ends for the single player remake. I've got a ton of never before seen work and levels that are at various stages of completion. I'll also work to add back in a few levels cut from the Final ED release.  In short it will be a much better mod than was released in 2006, with better framerates, more content, and way more streamlined gameplay.

-Finish off the ED freeroam.  This was about 60% done, with a ton of maps being linked together.  I'd have to make sure they all fitted together better and conform the lighting.  Depending on time left, I could even add in some mini objectives like collected enough money to enter a main building (code is already in place for that, in fact).

-Finish off the improved MP mod and even make sure there is at least one server up for it after.


Again, it's more for entertainment purposes I made this thread, but who knows there might be more support out there for ED / more P2 content than I know.

Hey there POSTAL Fans

Has paying the government got you down?  Did you just take out a 3rd mortgage on your trailer to pay the IRS on april 15?  Well Running With Scissors has your back.  We are discounting all of our POSTAL products to save you money! Get POSTAL III Steam keys and Boxed copies for an AMAZING 60% off MSRP.  You can now get a fresh Steam Key or boxed copy of POSTAL III for $16!!!  YOU HEARD ME RIGHT, $16!!!  POSTAL Fudge packs will only cost you $10, Downloadable copies of POSTAL II will only cost you $8 and Apocalypse Weekend and POSTAL Classic and Uncut will only cost $4.

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