Hey everyone!
We’re officially down to the final 5 days of the Kaido Genkai Kickstarter campaign! I'd call it quite a success thus far - we hit our funding goal, sold out all of the custom car tiers, and backers got their hands on a bunch of custom characters and billboards. This campaign and demo release built up so much momentum around Kaido Genkai in such a short time.
Thank you all for being a part of it.
We’re heading into the final few days, and we’re just over $2,000 away from unlocking the Farm stretch goal which would add a tiered rice paddy / farm area. I think it would be an amazing environment for some cool jumps and beautiful scenery.
This environment would be inspired by Smugglers Run 2 on the PS2 / Gamecube / Xbox. As a young teen, I remember being really struck by the Vietnam level for including rice fields and how you could do jumps off of the banks between them, and it's stuck with me ever since. I'd like to recreate that feeling for all of you.
We also have a livestream coming up this Friday, July 10 at 7pm Pacific on YouTube to celebrate the final weekend of the campaign! I’ll be joined by vehicle artist Hacao, Illustrator holeecrab and possibly a few other friends where we'll answer questions, talk about the game, and generally hang out and be silly while making one more push toward the stretch goal.
Here's the direct link:
If you’ve been waiting to back the project, now is the time. You can still grab a copy of the game, get your name in the credits, add a custom billboard, or become an NPC in the world of Kaido Genkai! Just think, your OC could be seen among all these beautiful faces...
And even if you can’t back the project, sharing the campaign still helps a ton. Posting about it, sending it to a friend, wishlisting the game on Steam, or stopping by the stream all genuinely make a difference.
Lastly, I wanted to share more art from the community since there are some really talented folks who've blessed Kaido Genkai with their work. You are all fantastic.
50k Celebration by Rogue13
Bebop also by Rogue13
100% Funded! By Hemi
Untitled by JindopoN - this one is allegedly not done yet
Eien Can't Be Trusted By Mohozumi
Yours truly,
Karo
Kaido Genkai / Karoshi Electric Company