Posted May 26, 2023 by Midwest Games
#visual novel #outsiders #kickstarter
Hello everyone.
First things first, I want to give a big thanks to everyone who has supported the project so far. U guys are amazing. :D}
Now, talking about the state of the game.... Well, things are getting a bit complicated, although we're still working hard on it. We've been working on writing and illustrating the third scene and that's definitely going in the right direction. The new scenes are great, the story is getting more and more interesting and the characters are starting to take shape, we're really excited for you guys to play it... And who knows? maybe a new character will come out soon. ;)
However, beyond the creative process; the Kickstarter campaign is what we're most concerned about at the moment. It is worth noting that the downloads of the game are going well and the feedback we have received regarding the game is very encouraging, but... unfortunately, without the monetary support these things are starting to weigh less and less.
We understand that the campaign may not have been done the best way, we even knew that the campaign needed advertisement and maybe some more time.
However, we had already been working on Outsiders for over a year and the need to release the demo as soon as possible was too big to delay it any longer.
Long story short, atm the Kickstarter is 70% complete. And while it's true that we are very close to completion, there are only 12 days left for the campaign to end. We have done some calculations and we fear that the project may never reach 100% completion in such a short time, after all the game is still an unknown visual novel and we have invested absolutely nothing in advertising.
Putting things in perspective, we think that maybe it's time for us to get the project out there asap, after all we have put a part of ourselves into Outsiders and we don't want it to die.
We want to find solutions.
Thank you very much for your support, it was thanks to you that this project was not cancelled before and it is because of you that we want it to come out. Trust us, we will do everything we can to get the Kickstarter fully funded so that the game becomes a reality.
Again, thank you very much.
- Shitsu(Writer & Illustrator)