It's a big day for indie game fans, as games fund company Kowloon Nights dedicates $100 million (£73.2m) towards 23 upcoming and unannounced titles.
The studios that will receive a portion of that one hundred million dollars include Thunder Lotus (Spiritfarer), Night School Studios (Oxenfree, Afterparty) and Sabotage Studio (The Messenger). Some studios are being funded to create their very first games, such as surreal RPG She Dreams Elsewhere, cutesy Stardew-like Garden Story, and a game called "Project Kafka" by fkkcloud, which is a hack-n-slash dating sim inspired by Persona.
The full list of funded studios and games can be found over on MCV, with a little more detail on the background of each one, as well as information on Kowloon Nights themselves, who promise "full creative control" to the developers with flexible repayment and no 100% recoup period.
Obviously, not many of these games have been announced for Switch, given that some of them don't even have titles yet, but with the extra funding that Kowloon Nights provides, let's hope that some of that money goes towards paying porting studios.
Are any of the games or studios on your list something you're excited about? Let us know in the comments!
[source mcvuk.com]
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That's a lot of money! 💰 😳
I love Thunder Lotus! Spiritfarer and Sundered are amazing! Yay!
New games from the makers of The Messenger and Spiritfarer? Yes please! I was just wondering yesterday what the developers of The Messenger might be up to!
Sabotage Studios did a Kickstarter for their new game Sea of Stars, which is a prequel to The Messenger. I just got a backer update that the Kowloon Nights partnership is allowing them self-publish.
This seems incredibly generous if not expecting any sort of control and it’s essentially a loan (they can still self publish also). These guys are essentially the Tom Nook of video games funding.
The other article mentions no timetable on recoupment ( ie it’s not necessarily the first X amount of revenue that goes to the funder) and flexible payment terms (wonder if this includes interest).
One of the funded games is called CODENAME SÜSSKARTOFFEL. Sounds like a mouthful!
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