Hellooooo!🧹
Quick status update on the Kickstarter: TEN days left and nearly at £70k!! This is an amazing achievement, thank you all so much for your support so far! Now let's get to the news!
We get very very excited whenever Crescent County gets talked about by someone who isn’t us and so can you imagine our excitement to announce that Crescent County will be in TWO showcases during the Summer Game Fest!
Starting tomorrow at 17:00 BST is the Wholesome Direct, an incredible line of games with positive and uplifting vibes. We always love the beauty and variety of the games featured in this showcase and it’s a true honour that Crescent County will be counted amongst them.
And then, straight afterwards starting at 19:00 BST we’ve got the Women-Led-Games showcase. It shouldn’t be any secret that there are really incredible women working in the Games Industry and many of them take a lead role in creating some of the best games each and every year, much of the work behind Crescent County is thanks to our very own Anna Hollinrake and we can’t wait to see what other creators and projects are showcased alongside Crescent County during this event.
If you happen to spot us during these showcases feel free to tag us on Bluesky/Twitter/Instagram and tell us how excited you are for Crescent County (we don't mind 😉).
We're throwing our baseball cap (which you could get as a Kickstarter reward 👀) into the Next Fest ring!
This Next Fest will be active from June 9th and ends on June 16th. You probably already know this but game demos get so much more coverage and signal boosting during Next Fest and seeing as our Kickstarter is going to come to an end on June 17th, we’d really really appreciate it if everyone reading this could find a moment to hop onto the Crescent County demo during Next Fest and help spread the word about our game!
One of our biggest priorities with Crescent County is ensuring that players are quickly able to experience our world and motorbroom driving mechanics as quickly and easily as possible, and with that in mind we’ve developed a very early tech demo of the game. The size of the map is larger than we need and it’s only got a hint of the story but hopefully it’s enough to convince you that this is a world worth spending time in with a wonderful soundtrack and an introduction to the Isle of Mor.
Our demo starts with a simple, lo-fi tutorial, followed by two races (with some flirty back-and-forths between the characters) and then 3 delivery missions during which you get to know some of the inhabitants of the island. You’ll chat to the Mor locals, getting to know the main cast of characters a little bit and master your drifting, boosting and gliding skills on the motorbroom. If you finish the demo you can get a little taste of our Motorbroom customisations, allowing you to change the stats on your motorbroom.
To those of you who played our demo when it first released in December 2024, we’ve made some small tweaks and improvements! We’ve got some new set dressing, changed the conversations a bit and added some new race music for you to groove and broom along to.
Remember that our Kickstarter campaign is running until Tuesday 17th June, so if you enjoy the demo please consider backing the game on Kickstarter before it’s too late! You’ll be helping our very small team make this dream game come true.
That's all for now, keep your eyes peeled for us during the showcases and get ready for an exciting week of games demos during Next Fest!
Broom'n'Zoom
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