American McGee turns to Kickstarter to fund his Japanese inspired take on Red Riding Hood
1/6/13 11:50pm
Game developer and Spicy Horse founder American McGee, who’s most famous for his dark interpretations of Alice in Wonderland (Alice and Alice: Madness Returns) and various fairy tales (Grimm), is currently developing a new game that gives a dark fantasy makeover to another beloved piece of children’s literature.
Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is a free-to-play RPG that takes place in 19th century Japan and borrows (slightly) from the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Although I don’t recall Red being a demon slayer.
McGee says the game is almost ready to go but he needs an additional $200,000 in order to complete it with with all the features he wants it to have and to make it multiplatform. So rather than risk his artistic vision by turning to a publisher, McGee has decided to turn to Kickstarter to raise the money through gamer pledges.
If the $200,000 is raised, Akaneiro will be released on iOS and Android in addition to the PC and Mac versions that are already in the pipeline and some nifty multiplayer features will be added as well.
I have to say, given his name recognition, the cool concept, and that the campaign has already garnered over $33,000 in pledges with 26 days left, I can’t see this Kickstarter failing.
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
They Call Me The Fizz
Color me intrigued...
darkhyrulelord
The game certainly looks unique. I hope its kickstarter succeeds.
RiaraTan
I don't know why, but that image just screams persona to me and that gets me super excited for a possibility to play this. I never even played this guy's previous works!
Spriggan_Razzy
I'll buy that for a dollar!
Evilkinggumby
it looks almost like american mcgee remakes torchlight in mythological japan.. **Backed for $55** gimme that ring!
Anssi
American is a nice guy. I hope he gets the money, I'm not sure how Spicy Horse foray to social gaming has gone...
Janos
American McGee? Sold.
TriForks
Hold on a sec... Faiytales? Little Red Riding Hood? Demon Slaying? I would buy that!
Ben Littlejohn
I always thought Red and Momotaro fought off the zombie hordes...
Ryugaknight
This sounds like it could be pretty good.