Kickstarter Updates and Demo Release Date!
Got some cool and important information here for y’all to check out, specifically in regards to the Kickstarter.
I’ve decided to refactor the plan for the Kickstarter slightly -- thankfully, this does not mean it’ll be delayed! In fact, I have a final, guaranteed release date for it now...check out the end of the post for that info ;)
The actual refactoring is that I’m drastically lowering the funding goal for the Kickstarter, from $25,000 to $10,000, and changing this goal to instead be to fund Chapter 1 of Fantaria. Specifically, Chapter 1 is the Shamrock Path, consisting of the Fightyplace, Ballcatraz, and the Shamrock Palace -- essentially all the meaningful content found in the original v0.9, with the exception of Signville.
As for the Egg and Sign paths, they are now going to be made into stretch goals, at $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. You’ll notice that this is $5,000 more than the previous goal -- this is because the stretch goal for the Arena has now been split into two goals, specifically The Arena at $15,000 and The Nightmare Arena at $25,000. So, essentially, the initial $30,000 of the previous plan is still intact, but it’s been divided up and reordered. So, here’s the summary of the new plan:
$10k: Base funding goal! Chapter 1: The Shamrock Rebellion
$15k: Arena to fight past bosses and special battle rooms
$20k: Chapter 2: Eggventures into the Fantabula
$25k: Nightmare Mode bosses and enemies added to the Arena
$30k: Chapter 3: Signs of The End, + the secret of the crown gate
$40k: A chapter's worth of secret levels scattered throughout the rest of the game
$50k: Nightmare Mode second campaign
$60k: Local Coop, Local PvP
As for the reward tiers, they’ve also been slightly adjusted:
The initial Backerfriend goal, which previously would give the player the full game for $15, will now be $8-10 and give the player only Chapter 1
If Chapter 2 is funded, a Super Backerfriend goal will be added at $15, giving the backer access to Chapters 2 and 3 as they release (see below)
Deluxe Backerfriend will be moved down to $20 from $25, and give the player the full game + OST
Spherefriend NPC will be moved down from $60 to $50 to adjust for previous tiers
And finally, the most exciting aspect is that the actual release plan of the game will now be episodic, releasing one chapter at a time via expansion pack DLC for every chapter that's funded! This means that Chapter 1 will be released much, much sooner than the full game would have been before, meaning everyone gets to face off against the Shamrock King way sooner. The price points for the chapters, if all are funded, will be as follows:
At base price, each Chapter will be $10.
Those who own a previous chapter when/if a future chapter releases, but don't have access to the future chapters via KS backer rewards, would get a 25% discount on the new chapter as an early bird reward, making it $7.50.
On release, Chapter 3 (if funded) will be discounted 50% if both Chap1 and Chap2 are owned, for a total price of $22.50
Chapter 3 will not require Chapter 2, and will instead feature a slightly adjusted story where the Spherefriend Knight Squonky kills the Egg King and gives you the crown
A bundle will exist if all three chapters are funded and released, giving them for $25 as opposed to $30
So, what’s the deal with the demo? Well, here’s all that I have left:
Create death animation, end screen, and 100% completion reward logic for The Chosen One, the Fightyplace’s boss
Program upgrades for the three abilities
Polish tutorial structure
Polish FP2 and FP3 visually
...and, that’s it! When you factor in that very little of the above stuff is actually required for the demo, I’m confident enough to finally tell you guys the true, verified, 100% guaranteed demo release date will be...
Nearly exactly four years after I announced The Fantabulous Game, I’m incredibly excited to say that I have a guaranteed Kickstarter and Demo release date. This new chapter-based release plan has reinvigorated my passion and drive with the game, and I’m incredibly excited to finally show you guys all the hard work I’ve put into Fantaria over the course of the past year, to say nothing of how much time I’ve spent working on TFG before the project was eventually put on hiatus. Stay tuned for an updated trailer which should be ready by this upcoming Monday!
As always, if you want to stay up to date with the game, the best place to do that is by joining the Discord where you can see all of my minor updates and ask me questions directly. Hope to see you guys there, but if not, I’ll see you soon in the comments on the new trailer!
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