Dimitri LH
Member
Gonna hold off on donating until I see the ither stretch goals, that way ill decide how much to put.
Koji Igarashi Kickstarts Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2.5D, backdash, 2018)
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Thanks!
People need to be a bit more positive and carefree. Roll the dice. If you care about the project then prove it. If you don't have faith or can only be cynical or sceptical how do you expect publishers to get behind it? That's what Kickstarters are like this are for - a show of support.
Worst that happens if you just back the $28 tier is that you lose $28 spread across approx 2 years.
No? I just imagine the PS4 and PC audience is way bigger for thee types of games.
Truth. So much truth.
a Master Ninja
Member
Man, I wish I could budget getting a weapon/boss/secret room in this game.
Shouta
Member
I'm really considering the weapon right now. 2 slots left...
John Rabbit
Banned
this guitar/violin track sounds awesome.
BassForever
Member
Yep went ham, $150 down which is the most I've ever done for a Kickstarter, that hard cover art book just can't deny
Do it. You have a month to scour couch cushions for change.
Publishers are really, really playing it safe this gen. They probably squirmed when knowing this is not a mobile project. They would pull every data available to show that they should fund an F2P mobile game instead. Thus the task of proving Igavania has an audience willing to pay premium lies on Iga himself. Kickstarter has been seen as a validation tool from many Publishers.
I'm sadly being pulled into the same thing.
I guess these 60 hour workweeks with OT are paying off. (literally)
Hell I might even wait and go for $250. I really, honestly believe in this project.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
IGA can handcraft rings? That's pretty awesome. I have high hopes for this, it looks so much fun~
If this really is about proving demand to a successfully wooed publisher, all accusations of potential shadiness could have been cleared in advance by simply setting the lowest possible donation to the price of the digital copy (and maybe mentioning that the game was basically already funded on the Kickstarter page). At the moment there are only 151 donations for eternal gratitude, so it's hard to be upset about it. Still, appearance is important.
Giving a Developer DATA to use in publisher negotiations is the most valuable thing of all. It's the kind of thing that can ensure even future projects by giving investors some safe numbers to hide behind. (As we know, businessmen are all cowards)
The physical edition is a no-brainer for virtually any fan of IGAvanias.
theSlacker
Member
I'm always negative about the things I actually care about. That way if I'm wrong it will be a pleasant surprise instead of a disappointment. Positivity as a consumer will let you down more often then not.
I also am putting $250 into this just because of my love for boxes though.
It will definitely run for all 32 days.
zeopower6
Member
No one's gotten the ring or dinner tiers yet though. D: I'm sure someone will soon.
Even if it closes before you are able to get money for this, the PayPal should still go on for a bit.
BassForever
Member
You'll be fine, I've never seen a funded KS end early
They never close early unless they're cancelling it (in which case you wouldn't be charged). You can do it today if you want, they don't charge until the end.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I would love to get a ring from him if I had the money to spend. Hell, just the idea of him handcrafting a ring would be awesome. One day someday, I suppose.
MightyHedgehog
Member
I wonder if so many of you can see the forest for the trees when you complain about the publisher deal...you're not investors or business partners, but we are getting a bonafide Metroidvania with Yamane music thanks to having a secure-enough funding source and professionals in place to make it! Now, all we need is a legit Classicvania clone.
zeopower6
Member
Yeah, it'd be neat~ but the cost T___T
theSlacker
Member
To be fair the rings don't really look like anything special. Looks like stuff you can get for cheap at a convention or festival. The appeal of them is from him being the one to hand make it I guess.
Rimon-hanit
Member
Dammit I really want the physical version but the immortal gratitude is only available on the 5 bucks tier.
anyway, awesome looking game, was waiting for another Castlevania esque side-scroller since Order of Ecclesia and this seem to fit the bill, definitely in for the physical edition.
Sorry, don't know why I did that.
anyway, awesome looking game, was waiting for another Castlevania esque side-scroller since Order of Ecclesia and this seem to fit the bill, definitely in for the physical edition.
MrCunningham
Member
Already funded? Well that was quick. I would've imagined that people are sick of seeing Castlemetroids on Kickstarter at this point. 
Fun pitch video too. Good stuff.
Fun pitch video too. Good stuff.
That's the power of IGA.
The guy from Chair said they are looking into bringing it to more people, and then specifically mentioned PC. He also kinda sorta maybe implied that they'd use it to gauge interest in a sequel.
Her stuff in Skullgirls was good too.
7DollarHagane
Banned
This is awesome news after konami pissing in everyone's face for the last month.
Konami can go fuckk off into space and make pachinko. They are dead.
Konami can go fuckk off into space and make pachinko. They are dead.
zeopower6
Member
Well, those are just mockups or w/e. Whatever it'll look like will probably be much different. (oops @ sizing thing) lol
megaStryke
Banned
Inti Creates IS the main developer. Comcept is a lot like Mistwalker in that its role is of a planner, which is why all of the projects it has worked on are collaborations. The actual talent doing most of the lifting is the partner studio, in this case Inti.
Better yet, think of Comcept's role like Miyamoto's at Nintendo: a producer who makes some key input but leaves the project well enough alone otherwise.
John Rabbit
Banned
yeah i'm not getting it either. at the very minimum, you're parting with $28 and getting a videogame. that the game was mostly funded before it needed crowdfunding to "prove" it's viability doesn't change that the game exists (or will) and that you paid a fair price for it.
the alternative is no Kickstarter and no game and you save $28 and continue wondering why they don't make IGAvanias anymore.
same, it's the first thing i noted. they could probably entice even just a few more backers with a $40-$45 tier with exactly that content.
pixelation
Member
I hope that it looks at least as good as that 2D Bloodrayne game from WayWard...
theSlacker
Member
Yeah fair enough. And I guess it also depends on the silver used.
FloweryMarston
Member
wait, so who is the developer behing mighty number nine? comcept or inticreates? are inticreate just programming people for that game?
Also, who is the director for bloodstained? Iga himself? or one of the inticreates people.
Also, who is the director for bloodstained? Iga himself? or one of the inticreates people.
I'd be all over a Digital Deluxe tier, with the game, backer content, digital soundtrack and pdf artbook.
zeopower6
Member
I am thinking all backers are going to get that backer exclusive stuff somehow... though I wonder how they'll implement it. Do they usually provide backer-only DLC codes or something?
Though as for things like the soundtrack and 'strategy booklet', there usually are digital alternatives as well. Surprising to not see one here. Maybe a new tier will be added soon.
Next stretch goal should be different costumes :C
It makes sense, but they specifically mention this content in the other tiers, just not in the $28 one.
I think they're usually DLC codes, yeah.
I'll choose to believe this
It makes sense, but they specifically mention this content in the other tiers, just not in the $28 one.
I think they're usually DLC codes, yeah.
I'll choose to believe this
theSlacker
Member
Wouldn't want that as a stretch goal, just something in the base game for when you change equipment.