Y Press Games

Kickstarter Drama

Added 2021-09-27 00:55:49 +0000 UTC

I have good news and I have bad news. First the bad news:

We didn't make the Hardcore Cruising Kickstarter. The goal was too high. We're trying again, but I've had to scale it down to a much smaller campaign.

The problem was: Kickstarter rejected our original campaign. We had to revise it so it was much tamer than the game was. We lost a ton of marketability. Secondly, we had a new campaign way too soon after Vampire Slave. This was my fault.

The new campaign does not have any physical rewards. Those tiers were not backed enough to justify the manufacturing costs. Making 2 of something costs almost the same as making 50, meaning it's way too expensive when you only have 2-5 high tier backers.

This means no physical rewards are available for Hardcore Cruising. I'm sorry about this, but before you cancel your patronage please wait for the good news:

Y Press Games Patrons will be able to save up for rewards from the upcoming Dear Monster Kickstarter.

Y Press Games is the publisher for the Dear Monster visual novel now. We're talking about THAT Dear Monster, by THAT Artist. (The famous Jouvru).

Sorry for the trailer screencap in lieu of a promotional poster. We are hard at work on the demo game (just waiting for the last of the live 2D sprites--we have all the CGs!) and are launching the game trailer in a few weeks. We don't really have any Patreon-friendly promo pics yet.

The Dear Monster Kickstarter will be our largest ever with a $50,000 goal. That means a ton of different physical rewards to choose from. Stay tuned!