Working on it painfully slow? Still the best space sim news I've heard all day! Jack is Back.
Like Curlsworth said, we'll gladly support your project. All you need at this point is a capable team that you are preferably acquainted with and who shares our enthusiasm, and then you guys can make the glam and glitter needed to generate enough media hype to advertise the kickstarter.
You guys will need to come up with a quantitative goal to reach, after taking costs and everything into consideration. I also second Curlsworth's idea of checking with other skilled modders that you know on this forum, or possibly elsewhere that could help out with more coding, modeling, textures, etc.
I'll also see what I can do on getting the word out on your project to as many eyeballs and gaming outlets as I can. Just give us the word when you're ready to go public.
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Sorry for derailing you're thread Lit; I've already started on a fresh install so that when you're LU mod comes out I'm ready to give it a whirl.