New Reward Tiers, Another Stretch Goal Passed, and more!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 01:26:15 AM

As we head into our final week of the campaign, we have more exciting developments for you!

New Reward Tiers

Since the limited $300 and $500 backer reward tiers have sold out (way faster than we expected), we've added two new reward tiers! 

At $350 we have the Scribe tier, which allows backers to come up with Titles that players will earn by completing in-game achievements. Some examples of these titles are the names of the backer rewards- You can see that one of the rewards for each tier is an in-game title of the same name. Now you have the chance to come up with more of these titles! From there, the devs will be tasked with deciding what the player will need to achieve in order to earn the title. We're looking forward to your ideas!

At $450 is the Tailor tier, which will give backers the chance to design a cosmetic item for either a human or a kinfolk. (Please note that this tier will have all rewards from the Royal tier instead of all previous rewards- this was an error on our part that we didn't catch until after we were unable to make edits. Sorry for the confusion!)

New Stretch Goal Passed!

Earlier today we passed our $250,000 stretch goal, which means Kindred Fates will now feature Advanced Environmental Interactions! Now you'll get to enjoy the seasons, throw boulders, cause fires, freeze rivers, and knock down a tree or two! Next up is Co-Op!

In other news...

Skymill Studios is going to GDC!

Some of the team members of Skymill Studios will be attending GDC! We won't have a booth (this time), but if you're going to be there, please feel free say hi if you see us!

Thank you all so much for your continued support! 

-Tori

KINDRED FATES IS OFFICIALLY COMING TO NINTENDO SWITCH!!!
about 4 years ago – Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 10:35:48 PM

Thanks to you, we're finally able to make exploring the world of Kindred Fates on Nintendo Switch a reality!

We know this is the point that many of you have been waiting for, and we're so excited to welcome you all to Hinterlock! Now you can befriend, battle, and embark on new quests with your kinfolk ANYWHERE!

Once again we have been blown away by the tremendous outpouring of support we've received so far! Thank you all so much for your love and generosity. What's amazing is that it's still not over! There's plenty of time left and we can't wait to see how far we're able to take this.

-Tori

WE DID IT!
about 4 years ago – Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 08:45:56 AM

Kindred Fates is FUNDED!!

We can't begin to thank all of you enough for supporting and believing in us! Our team is absolutely thrilled to know that we get to to make this happen!

"I am absolutely over the moon right now, I seriously can't thank you guys enough for making this possible! Making this game a reality has been my dream for many years, and something I've completely poured my life into for the last year. I'm so excited to finally be able to develop what is to my knowledge the first open world monster battling game. From the bottom of my heart thank you. We won't let you down."

-Rob

"Thank you so much for everything. This community has become one of the best parts of my life. We wouldn’t be here without you and that means SO MUCH to me. We’re going to give everything we have to this game. I hope we’ll be able to give you something truly beautiful."

-Tori

We're really excited to see how far we can take this! Let's try to get as many of the stretch goals as we can!

Our first three stretch goals have been PASSED!
about 4 years ago – Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 08:45:47 AM

Our second week of the Kickstarter campaign has been very eventful!

We've already met our first 3 stretch goals!

More Bond Activities, Building Your Own Guild, and Recruitment will all be included in the game now! Be sure to check out their respective sections in our story for all the details!

At time of writing the campaign itself is at nearly 200% funding, with yesterday's growth almost matching that of day 1! This was in no small part thanks to some of the fantastic videos coming out of the YouTube community. We can't thank these creators enough for helping us get the word out about our game, but we can introduce you to them if you haven't seen them already! RuffledRowlit,  aDrive, KingSizeHomer, Verlisify, Madden Gaming, Xeleko, and ArcadeSquish to name a few :)

Up next is the "25 Additional Kinfolk" stretch goal at $110,000! This one is especially exciting for us since we still have so many ideas for kinfolk we would love to include in the game! 

Again, thank you all so much for continuing to support Kindred Fates. We can't wait to bring you more updates on both the campaign and the game itself in the future!

-Rob

Gifs, Guilds, and Character Customization! We've added to our page!
about 4 years ago – Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 01:26:28 PM

Hello everyone!

We've added several new gifs to our page including one showing off character customization! We've also added a section containing an in depth explanation on how Guilds are handled in Kindred Fates. We'll continue adding to our page as the campaign progresses so stay tuned!

Thank you all for your generosity and support,

-SM_Rob