Elysian Shadows, the indie RPG being developed by Falco Girgis and his team for the Sega Dreamcast, has been causing quite the stir in the indie game scene. With the developers promising to bring the next generation of gaming on the Sega Dreamcast and Ouya platforms, paired with what looks to be a promising story with solid RPG mechanics, a steady following of the game has already started gathering and are anxiously awaiting for the game’s Kickstarter to launch at the beginning of August. With the developers already feeling the pressure from fans, it’s only natural they be prepared with some crazy stretch goals for their Kickstarter campaign.
With Towards The Pantheon’s release date of May 16th nearing, lead developer Connor O.R.T. Linning has written an open letter offering a free Steam key and a free Bandcamp soundtrack key to all Elysian Shadows backers.
Joanna Mueller writes: "Elysian Shadows raised $185,322 with the help of 2,282 Kickstarter backers in 2014. This 2D pixel art/3D environment fusion RPG featured dynamic lighting, shadows, physics, and positional audio. Basically, it was a really ambitious project being created by a relatively small development team. As such, there was some team drama that threatened the future of the game late last year."
Dylan Cunningham writes: "This comes after a nine-month silence without updates. A post from last December went into some intimate details regarding a team member suddenly leaving and taking everything with him. That was the cause of major delays, says the team."
