Ronimo Games Heads To Kickstarter For ‘Awesomenauts’ Expansion

Today, Ronimo Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for the first major expansion to their acclaimed 2011 2D MOBA, Awesomenauts.

Entitled, Awesomenauts: Starstorm , the expansion is set to add in three additional characters, new music, and new features like a spectator mode and global chat. With 29 days to go, the campaign has a target goal of $125,000. Since the campaign’s launch earlier today, the campaign has collected nearly $13,000 and is steadily rising.

“…We have done all that can be done within the current confinements of the game,” Ronimo Games says in the Kickstarter campaign pitch. “In order to truly bring Awesomenauts to the next level, we would like to add features that require much more time and effort than we have currently allocated for it. You, our community, have already been so involved in the shaping of Awesomenauts into what it is today, and now you can help us take it to the next step.”

The titular Starstorm is a massive battlestation, a remnant from the first AI war. Ronimo Games is integrating all of the new characters into existing Awesomenauts lore, to keep the game’s universe as cohesive as possible. The new characters will even have in-game taunts, when they come across one another on the battlefield.

Hopeful of being over-funded, Ronimo Games have established some stretch goals. Features like extra maps, customizable games, replays, and a level editor are all features that Ronimo Games plans to implement, if their designated stretch goals are met.

Along with the new content, comes three new additions to the Awesomnauts roster. Ted McPain is a gun-toting brawler, former hero of the AI War, and is ready to take the fight to the enemy…if only he remembered to put his pants on. Sentry X-58 is a deceitful tank-class robot who can transform into things like umbrellas and phone booths. Skree is a delusional shaman who surfs around on a hoverboard. Skree is responsible for accidentally reactivating the derelict robots on Starstorm, believing them to be gods.

The Kickstarter campaign for A wesomenauts: Starstorm runs through September 18th.

Visit the campaign, the official website, and follow Ronimo on Twitter.