🔥Halfway to HELL🔥 - Malys Kickstarter reaches midpoint

Hi folks!

We’re officially at the halfway point of the Kickstarter campaign for our unholy roguelite deckbuilder Malys. That went so FAST our necks rotated 180 degrees and we started walking on the ceiling!

Kickstarter Campaign Update

Let’s light the candles and give you an update: we’re about 35% of the way to making Malys the best it can be with 1,198 backers on the project at time of writing. Kickstarter named us ‘A Project We Love’ which is a massive honour and a great show of faith from the KS team. Our ‘Voice a Demon or Ally’ reward tier has completely sold out and one generous backer has elected to visit the Summerfall office for a tour and to have a deliciously wicked lunch with the team.

The vast majority however have been small pledges from our incredible community and we cannot express enough our gratitude. Times are tough right now and your support means the world.

We know some of you might be asking - what happens if Malys doesn’t get funded? Well, as we said - Malys is coming out to you either way. We’ve had a lot of conversations about Malys and this campaign before embarking on it. We’re also still having conversations with potential partners that could mean we can spend more time and energy on Malys, but we’re not relying on any specific future.

What a successful campaign lets us do is dedicate additional time, energy, effort, and support to development and making it as good as it can be. It lets us talk with you in detail about how the game feels to play and adjust accordingly.

Without the campaign, we’ll have to cut some corners, leave some exciting opportunities on the table, and release what we can, with what we have. We don’t really know what comes next after shipping Malys - we have so many plans for great games, but things are tough in the industry right now and we won’t lie to you - knowing what the future looks like is hard!

We’re only mid-possession of course - we have a lot of exciting conversations, surprises, and things to share over the next couple of weeks that we hope will help more people discover Malys and join us on this journey!

Behind the scenes with David and Ben

We’ve been sharing updates with our Kickstarter backers featuring lots of behind the scenes content, concepts and inspirations - but we’re no gatekeepers! Let’s unload our bag of tricks:

Firstly, we have Benjamin Ee our beloved Art Director talking through the creative process and bringing demons to life.

And next we have Creative Director David Gaider talking about how narrative functions in Malys and why for him it's "the most fun I’ve had writing in ages."

Okay that’s enough from us except for one more reminder to back Malys on Kickstarter, or if you’re unable but still want to support: wishlist Malys on Steam!

Love,

Summerfall