#Bloodstained kickstarter update#

Project Eternity, the second most-funded game, was $54.Īnd while Bloodstained's daily pledges have plateaued, just as expected, the plateau is higher. That's significantly higher than every other Kickstarter in its range: Yooka-Laylee's is about $47. Bloodstained's average pledge per backer, according to Kicktraq, is currently $80. Yooka-Laylee has over 20,000 more backers than Bloodstained, but they've pledged less money collectively. This is a huge incentive for big fans to raise the dollar amounts of their existing pledges. Most recently, the developer said that Ayami Kojima, the illustrator of the Castlevania games, would create cover artwork for the game-but only for the special edition available via the $100 reward tier. The results have been a constant stream of interest in Bloodstained, with new bursts of activity every time something is revealed. As they unlock achievements, they gain virtual items in their inventory, which alter the campaign-they might unlock more stretch goals, add items to the reward tiers, even add features to the final game. They've set up a whole list of 'backer achievements,' which are earned by the backer community at large by doing things that are beneficial to the campaign's visibility-creating fan art of the characters, liking the social media pages, getting views on the YouTube trailer. But much more than that, the campaign itself has been set up like an elaborate metagame of its own. When you look at the Bloodstained campaign, you can see that the stretch goals are spread wider, with larger increments between them. By and large, it seems like Yooka's stretch goals were wasted. It blew past them all so quickly that they didn't have the time to make each one count in terms of increasing the game's exposure, rallying fans to raise their backing amounts and get their friends to pledge, etc. Perhaps, in retrospect, it should have set a higher initial goal, then spread the stretch goals out across larger monetary increments.

And it’s the first of three planned videos, so gamers should look forward to the next two in the near future.This is not an argument that Yooka-Laylee should begin promising more stretch goals to get more money, not unless it wants to be another Godus.

#Bloodstained kickstarter update#

The update also included a video that not only provided insight into their roles but also provided a small sample of what they will sound like in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Igarashi wasn’t just content to reveal the English voice cast, though. But, we will just have to wait until Bloodstained is released to learn who voices what. In fact, many of the actors in the update feature “additional voices” on their IMDB pages, denoting roles where they voiced enemies or background characters. This is the beauty of voice actors: they are so skilled at altering their voices, they can fill more than one roll. While the list had which actor will voice which main character, it also revealed that the actors were also asked to portray more than one character. Some of the more notable names attached to Bloodstained are Fred Tatasciore (Soldier 76 from Overwatch and Damon Baird from Gears of War) and Kari Wahlgren (Haruko Haruhara from FLCL and Jeane from No More Heroes). Even if you do not not recognize their names, you will likely recognize their roles. The announcement also included quite a few other famous voice actors.

They will be voiced by Erica Lindbeck (Magilou from Tales of Berseria and Futaba Sakura from Persona 5), David Hayter, and Ray Chase (Noctis from Final Fantasy XV and Artorius Collbrande from Tales of Berseria), respectively. Each of the main and side characters was featured in the article: first and foremost the protagonist Miriam, her rival Zangetsu, and the main antagonist Gebel. Now at long last, we finally know who will join these actors in bringing Bloodstained to life.Įarlier today, Koji Igarashi updated the Bloodstained Kickstarter page with the long-awaited reveal of the English voice cast.

It promised to be the spiritual successor to the legendary Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and to feature the voices of Robbie Belgrade (Alucard from Symphony of the Night) and David Hayter (Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid). Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was one of the largest Kickstarter projects of 2015.