The initial goal of $50,000 was reached shortly after the campaign launched in March. The risk of having no combat is paying off fine for Gamedec. They were guided by players who weren’t fans of linear RPGs during the creation process, and wanted a resulting title that was just as, if not more, player-driven than old school RPGs. The lack of combat allowed for the team at Anshar Studios to place focus on player decisions and successes, with the characters and worlds reacting to them.
Gamedec will allow for character creation and customization, to let players develop adequate hacking skills and personality traits necessary to talk to and interview witnesses and suspects and explore environments across the real world and cyberspace. But the results of this campaign might surprise you. This would ostensibly make it a tough sell on a platform where pledgers tend to prefer games inspired by other titles, including those who like to think they’re all in with supporting innovation. There’s one key detail: The game won’t be driven by combat, with the focus placed on approaching crime solving from multiple angles. Leaving the description of the game there would do it a disservice by making it sound generic, which would potentially be enough to push its crowdfunding campaign over the funding edge. It’s about a private detective, the titular Gamedec, who solves crimes in the real and virtual worlds. One is Gamedec, a story-driven single-player RPG in a cyberpunk setting.
Some will be successful regardless of the current time, others, however, not so much. It’s a pity this is happening through no fault of the crowdfunding format, but you’re seeing this post because there are still intriguing projects worth highlighting. When future payments are unpredictable, investing in projects that won’t release for months if not years is not as enticing. Several people have lost their jobs or have been furloughed because of it, while others who’ve kept their jobs are rightly spooked enough that they’ve reduced their amount of more frivolous purchases. But this period will likely be short-lived thanks to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Others like Sea of Stars and Battle Axe also did well. Here's the trailer for our upcoming kickstarter campaign! #gamedev #indiegame game crowdfunding campaigns appeared to at least be on the cusp of another resurgence after overwhelmingly successful initiatives like The Wonderful 101: Remastered and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Of course this is only my opinion since I have no idea how these things actually work.Įnchanted Portals is about a pair of rookie magicians who are trapped between dimensions and need to fight against funny bosses to recover the pages of the magic book so they can safely return home. I mean if this game ends up being great, then people who did not know Cuphead, will probably check it out. While I understand the frustration, I wouldn’t mind if someone re-skinned one of my favorite games, as long it is good.įrom my perspective the game will probably help the specific genre grow even more. Usually re-skins do not look great compared to the original, however, this one looks very well done. It does look like a reskinned Cuphead and since the release of the trailer there has been a huge backlash.Įven so, I have to admit the game looks pretty good. Just like Cuphead, Enchanted Portals is a 2D, side scrolling, run and gun game with old-school cartoonish graphics. Xixo Games Studio is a two-team Spanish studio that is currently working on Enchanted Portals.