A Hat in Time on Kickstarter
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Hello my old friends from Polycount, it has been a while. E3 is coming up and the team and I believe we are ready to start raising funds to bring our game, A Hat in Time, to the public. The game is currently still in early development.
Yesterday we launched our kickstarter page and already we've raised over 50% of our target. Of course we are hoping the stretch goals are met as we would love to put all the love we can into the game. I mean who doesn't love split screen / online co-op in adventure games?
Kickstarter Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaskaerlev/a-hat-in-time-3d-collect-a-thon-platformer
Therefore I introduce to you, A Hat in Time, a collect-a-thon, platforming adventure game in the spirit of the old N64 games you once loved, Banjo K / T, Zelda MM, Mario 64 and Donkey Kong 64.
You control Hat Kid, a time traveller who is collecting Time Pieces in order to fix time. Along the way you'll run into Mustache Girl who wants to use the Time Pieces for evil! You'll travel to new worlds like the City of the Mafia Cooks or the Subcon Forest with the shamed inhabitants who hide behind masks.
We consist of a small team of 8 people from around the world and we are in dire need of funding so that we can put our full focus into this game. Right now we either have full jobs or are students or in my case, unemployed The game is being developed on the Unreal engine and is currently for PC / Mac only however we have had talks with a publisher who might be interested in bringing it to the Wii U. We can't promise this but it's an aim we have in mind.
The game will also include lots of hats! Something we found amusing and it seems to have charmed a lot of people. Of course this game will feature lots of places to explore and things to collect but we intend to add story and character to each one of them so that they don't feel like a shopping list of stuff to collect.
You have the power to make this game a reality, we just need your help to spread the word! Polycount has helped me so much in the past, I'd like to thank them by giving them a game I'm proud of!
Please watch this video to get a glimpse of what we have to offer:
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Thank you!
Awwww yeah so smooth
Yesterday we launched our kickstarter page and already we've raised over 50% of our target. Of course we are hoping the stretch goals are met as we would love to put all the love we can into the game. I mean who doesn't love split screen / online co-op in adventure games?
Kickstarter Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaskaerlev/a-hat-in-time-3d-collect-a-thon-platformer
Therefore I introduce to you, A Hat in Time, a collect-a-thon, platforming adventure game in the spirit of the old N64 games you once loved, Banjo K / T, Zelda MM, Mario 64 and Donkey Kong 64.
You control Hat Kid, a time traveller who is collecting Time Pieces in order to fix time. Along the way you'll run into Mustache Girl who wants to use the Time Pieces for evil! You'll travel to new worlds like the City of the Mafia Cooks or the Subcon Forest with the shamed inhabitants who hide behind masks.
We consist of a small team of 8 people from around the world and we are in dire need of funding so that we can put our full focus into this game. Right now we either have full jobs or are students or in my case, unemployed
The game is being developed on the Unreal engine and is currently for PC / Mac only however we have had talks with a publisher who might be interested in bringing it to the Wii U. We can't promise this but it's an aim we have in mind.The game will also include lots of hats! Something we found amusing and it seems to have charmed a lot of people. Of course this game will feature lots of places to explore and things to collect but we intend to add story and character to each one of them so that they don't feel like a shopping list of stuff to collect.
You have the power to make this game a reality, we just need your help to spread the word! Polycount has helped me so much in the past, I'd like to thank them by giving them a game I'm proud of!
Please watch this video to get a glimpse of what we have to offer:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPnyZ5txtmE"]A Hat in Time - Kickstarter Launch Trailer! - YouTube[/ame]Thank you!
Awwww yeah so smooth
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If I can afford to, I'll back the project (but pretty much in the same boat work wise, just covering the basics at the moment
Looks like it could be a fun one. I'll back it ASAP!
Seems like something I could play a lot without getting tired of it.
And, ohhhhh:
Seriously, the grass looks so soft and fluffy.
Keep up the great work, guys!
As a reward we released this music teaser to give you a taste of the music in the game. Enjoy.
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Also I showed the vid to my other half and she really likes the look of it
good old days
this looks nice so far, dont mess up the controls !
Thanks for the support! Please keep spreading it around as the higher the money we raise, the more work I can put into it since it should cover a full years wage which is what I'd expect for this level of work
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=149671258&searchtext=
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaskaerlev/a-hat-in-time-3d-collect-a-thon-platformer/posts
Just to make it clear, the huge stretch goal isn't all for him, rather it's to make the game even better. He's offered to help us with a special single song.
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Finally we made these, which one do you like?
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We also took it to a Student Gaming bar as seen here:
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These are the winning t shirts that the backers will receive!
and the badges:
As also added more stretch goals:
Showed off the Banjo styled mumbling:
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We explained the Wii U situation and the attention we've received from publishers.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaskaerlev/a-hat-in-time-3d-collect-a-thon-platformer/posts/510837
We showed off the physical box which was inspired by the N64 design:
And a concept of the HUB world, Hat Kid spaceship!
Finally our director did a developer walkthrough of the Subcon Forest:
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And if you want to see more of the game including challenge levels inspired by Mario Sunshine then go here and watch this 3 hour stream by a well reknowned speedrunner, CosmoWright. He really pushes himself to beat that ghost hehe.
http://www.twitch.tv/cosmowright/c/2479445
And it looks like Grant KirkHope is going to be writing you guys some tunes! Congratulations on your huge success!
Any tips for kickstarter success for us? You've all done a phenomenal job.
And thanks a bunch. Actually I've had several people PM me for tips, I can paste in what I said for all to read in the future:
24 hours left, and we've almost reached 4 additional Grant Kirkhope tunes!
In these final hours, we at Gears for Breakfast want to thank you guys so much for your help and support!
A lot of you have been asking if we are ever gonna be supporting Paypal; we are happy to let you know that we've been speaking with the folks over at Humble Bundle to set up a Humble Store for A Hat in Time, which supports Paypal, Amazon and Google Wallet! We hope to bring you this feature on our website soon, so even if you missed the Kickstarter you'll still be able to get in on the action!
And one last thing... please consider voting for us on Steam Greenlight! I know we bring it up often, and we wouldn't if it weren't really important!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaskaerlev/a-hat-in-time-3d-collect-a-thon-platformer
- D. Carmine