We officially hit our Kickstarter funding goal over the weekend! This message is a little late, but I wanted to take a moment to properly say thank you.
Kaido Genkai hit its $50,000 funding goal on Kickstarter only a few days after I added the bundled car tiers with other rewards, and the response has honestly been incredible.
Across all tiers, backers have pledged for 9 billboards, 17 custom characters, and 10 cars (which is all we allotted for the cars, so they remain sold out). It still feels surreal seeing those slots fill up and knowing that real supporters, creators, and artists are going to become part of Kaido Genkai in some way. So cool! And there is still two weeks left of the campaign!
Also, we crossed 50,000 Steam wishlists around the same time! $50k funded and 50k wishlists... nice, it's been a good week!
Now that we’re funded, we’re officially climbing toward our first stretch goal: $60,000 CAD to unlock the Farm area. We're already about $7k CAD away, seeing as we just hit $53k funded as I write this! This would add a new tiered rice paddy / countryside farm area to the world, which I think would be awesome for exploration, scenery, and of course jumps.
I also want to give a special shoutout to one of our billboard backers, Yasoku Publishing. They run a very cool online store featuring independent partnered artists, including my illustrator holeecrab and vehicle artist Hacao! I’m really excited because this is exactly the kind of thing I hoped the billboard tier would make possible: real creators and cool projects becoming part of Kaido Genkai’s world. There is also a real-life JDM vehicle importer who have pledged as well. I love it.
In addition to billboards, there are still character-related tiers available, so if you’ve ever wanted to see yourself or your OC appear in an anime-inspired racing game, this is your chance! If you're already a backer, you can modify your existing pledge pretty easily if this sounds interesting.
Lastly, a reminder to backers that I'll reach out after the Kickstarter ends to discuss the details of your billboard, car, and/or character! I'm going to make a huge spreadsheet on my end.
With all that said, thank you again for helping this project reach its goal. Getting funded is a huge relief, and even more than that, it’s incredibly motivating. I’m going to keep working hard to make Kaido Genkai.
Karo / Karoshi Electric Corporation (I'm legally a corporation now, what!)
Kaido Genkai