The First 24 Hours
over 9 years ago
– Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 08:44:15 AM
As one of the lead developers for HRP, I just wanted to say... Well, there are a lot of things I wanna say, but finding words for most of them is tough. Half an hour ago, we passed the 24 hour mark on this campaign; only one day has passed. One day, and we're already about to hit $16,000 raised. Almost 75% of our campaign goal. That's... Insane to me. I can't believe it. Thank you so, so much. At my most optimistic, I had expected it us to raise a little less than half of what it's been so far. My mind is blown. I've literally spent the past day in something like a daze, where I'm not quite sure what's real. Again, thank you all so much for putting your faith in us. We won't let you down.
On a more practical note, our demo should be out within about a week from now. As of last night, there were six scenes left to finish directing, a handful of minor edits that needed to be done, and four backgrounds to be completed (don't worry, they're mostly done, just undergoing the final polishes). After that, we'll do a day or two of testing to make sure that we didn't somehow break the game, and then we'll release it. It'll be roughly 50,000 words, I believe, so it should take an hour or two to get through. Hopefully, we won't be seeing our pledged amount go down after it's out.
Aside from that, we'll be posting dakimakura designs ASAP. Our artist behind those is currently finishing up school, so once that's complete, we'll put 'em up for you guys to see. We have worked out the pricing though, and they're $125 a piece, or $700 for the set of 6. We'll also hopefully have the KS-exclusive print designs done by the end of the campaign, but that's a lower priority behind the pillow covers. Even if we don't have them up by then, we'll be using Backerkit to allow you guys to manage your pledges and tack on extras post-campaign. So long as you pledge at least a dollar to get in on the campaign, you'll have a couple extra weeks to look things over and decide what you want to add.
I'm doing my best to respond to every question sent our way about the project, so please don't hesitate to ask. And, though I've said it multiple times already, I'll say it once more: Thank you so, so much!