By Jorge Ba-oh
Snowcastle Games have launched a new Kickstarter campaign for the indie RPG project Festival of Magic. The base goal includes support for PC/Mac/Linux and after launch, Wii U.
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Snowcastle games has been doing a wonderful job with their most recent Kickstarter project, Earthlock: Festival of Magic. In fact, they’ve been doing such a great job promoting their project that they’ve even added a new tier AND some more goods. This piece of news contains all of the information!
Something about this campaign is really odd. They stated in their previous campaign (which failed obviously) that they have spent $1M on the game so far, but it doesn't really look like they have. The animations are lethargic, the special effects are unstellar, and there is a lack of corresponding sound effects for attacks. It looks pretty, but it's all Ambient Occlusion and Marmoset Skyshop rendering. Without that, the game would look terrible and dull.
Trust me, it wouldn't even TAKE a mil to make a game like this. And still, they need more? They got a nice sheet of wool over those backers' eyes.
I understand it's pre-alpha, but "spent $1M" is past-tense. Their presentation should look 100 times better than that, and most of the footage was already used in the campaign months before. Don't even get me started on those unrealistic stretch goals!
Earthlock: Festival of Magic is an upcoming indie RPG in development for PC, Wii U, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game has been in development since 2011, and is being worked on by Snowcastle Games. Unity will be showcasing the game at their stand at GDC this year, where the game’s alpha build will be featured.
This needs to come to Vita.
It looks very good.
That really does look good. I hope it gets it's funding.