Here's the trailer

Just wanted to chime in also to say that without a DRM-free release the game would be ignored by a large number of users here.

welcome and good luck on your kickstarter project. And ya confirming that there will be drm free and ideally a gog release will help a lot to get attention here

I just did the same thing, i was soo confused lol Thank you for solving my frustrating mystery! ahha


P.S. Game looks pretty awesome but I have to wonder, 40k is a pretty big chuck of pocket change! Either way, I'll back you next pay check!

$40K is not steep. If anything, it's way too little.

One of the biggest problems with Kickstarter game development projects is that they run out of money and have to suspend or stop production on the game.

You have to ask for enough to pay people for their time. If you are not hiring full-time people to work on this game, then I am not backing you. And at the prices you are asking for, you will run out of funds well before you are done working on the game.

So, to reply to the questions about the funding amounts... we already have complete design documents of Episodes 1 and 2. We have development of episode 1 roughly 60% complete... that's why the goal to release the first two episodes is relatively low; we're nearly there. We would be working on Episode 3 and Episode 4 from scratch. We do have some freelance help, but for the most part we're working on it ourselves in our free time, whenever we can. The funding will be used to hire more artists or, if we get enough backing, to allow our artist to work full time. Please believe that the numbers are not arbitrary at all... I did a rough estimate of the number of assets we need to finish the current work, and the number we'd need to develop a new episode, and I multiplied by the average going rate of the many artists I've spoken with.

Regarding a DRM-free release, I've received quite a few requests about that and I think it's a great idea. I am planning on learning about releasing on GOG today and then updating the kickstarter page as soon as I'm educated.

You don't have to pay it all by yourself!

Unless you want to, of course.

I just submitted Rite of Passage to GOG for review. From what I've read, it seems as if they tend to take some time before replying to developers about accepting submissions. In any case, we are definitely offering DRM-free direct download of each episode upon release. I've updated the Kickstarter description and FAQ section to reflect this (I unfortunately can't update the reward text because we already have backers.)

Thanks everyone for the feedback

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Yes I suppose technically it is. The whole character is rotoscoped, and we did use an actor with facial hair matching the character design. At this point we only have our male protagonist in episodes 1 and 2, but if we receive enough interest and backing to extend the story into further episodes, it's entirely possible that we could feature a female main character, or even multiple main characters.

A word of warning, GOG is a curated store so you can't guarantee a GOG release. However there are plenty of other DRM-free stores that are more open, so a guaranteed DRM-free release *somewhere to be confirmed* would be welcome. Check out itch.io.

Yup I agree. We will definitely have a DRM-free release... itch.io was the second site I checked out after GOG

Totally revamped the page and the trailer, check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2088193727/rite-of-passage