Writer Neal Stephenson’s Kickstarter project has managed to rack up over $300,000. The project accumulated more than $150,000 during its first weekend after its announcement and is 60 percent of the way to his goal with a little less than three weeks to go.

The project, focusing on recreating realistic sword combat in a game, uses Sixense motion control technology. They are currently working with Razer in order to optimize the game using the Hydra controller.

Source: Kickstarter.com