Fitting two projects into one campaign presents a wide variety of challenges. Separating the financials, providing enough margin for what are often low-lot production costs versus needing some margin to be able to put into the game development and trying to provide as many options as possible. We know it’s confusing and are trying to course correct where we can, but some things are out of our hands and we ask for your patience.
Once a single person has purchased a reward, we cannot re-word the text. This means that if we forgot something through human error, the only thing we can adjust is the main page text or the infographic.
There are some Kickstarter backend limitations that we, unfortunately cannot change. If you purchase a digital tier, you are unable to add on anything physical. This is most likely why some backers are NOT seeing all the add-on options. As it stands, the only solution is to pledge for a physical tier. We understand backers may want a digital game and not a physical one so we are allowing backers who selected a physical tier to change it to digital. The price won’t be reduced as it will create a lot of logistical issues but it is one way around this unfortunate bug.
This has affected the Guns Undarkness collaboration because this reward was set up to be something both digital or physical backers could purchase. We found out that unless the reward type is listed as only digital, this same bug will occur. We have added a new reward that will allow digital backers to add this on now, but it will show two of the same add-on which could be confusing. Please note these are both the exact same reward: they only have different back-end tags that tells Kickstarter how to interact with the reward. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We have thought hard about this and talked with both teams. They want this to be something that benefits both games equally, not one or the other. To that end, the coffee table art book add-on, double Kickstarter Collector’s Choice set add-on, and music box add-on are all going to split revenue 50/50 across both titles. We know these initially had Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood tags in front of them, which created some confusion. This was a mistake when setting up the rewards, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
The standard art book that comes with most reward sets is:
The Coffee Table Art Book set is an add-on and includes:
The Physical OST is 2 discs of selected music from the game listed in that reward.
Not every song will fit on 2 discs, so if you want all the music for the game in a physical collector’s format, you need to choose the Complete Soundworks Upgrade.
The digital soundtrack version will include all songs and will NOT require you to choose the Soundworks Upgrade.
If you want the complete physical soundtrack for both games, you will need to choose a reward set that includes the physical OST, then add-on the opposite Physical OST and purchase the Complete Soundworks add-on TWICE.
Signed rewards are a premium reward that are meant for collectors who are willing to support the campaign in its fullest. It requires us to ship a reward to the creators, stop their work, get their signatures and then send it to the backer. It’s a lot of work, and these rewards are priced accordingly. Currently the only way to get a signed reward is:
NOTE: There was some misinformation about the coffee table book being signed which is NOT the case. We are allowing backers who have purchased a signed reward and a coffee table book add-on to have their coffee table book signed INSTEAD of their art book if they would like that. This will be CLEARLY listed on the survey which every backer must fill out in order to receive their rewards so as to clear up any confusion.
Today we have introduced combo rewards. These mainly package previous specialty rewards like Drawn Together and Bookkeeper into one set and provide a discount. We thought hard about this due to the fact that it would add a lot more reward tiers and there are always ways to a la carte different add-ons together to achieve the same thing. But we’ve had enough people ask for these rewards, so even though it will make reward selection a bit more challenging, it will also provide more options to backers. They include Beta access and individual discord roles for both games. The combo tiers are as follows:
| (AF) Parlor Tunes + (PB) Big Band – OST focused | 26,000 yen |
| (AF) Yarn Spinner + (PB) Clothier – T-shirt focused | 40,000 yen |
| (AF) Drawn Together + (PB) Bookkeeper – Artbook focused | 40,000 yen |
| (AF) Spin the Wheel + (PB) Phonographist – Vinyl focused | 54,000 yen |
| (AF) Full House + (PB) Collector – Includes all 4 base items | 68,000 yen |
| (AF) Test of Time + (PB) Timekeeper – includes the pocket watch and signed artbook | 135,000 yen |
| (AF) It Figures + (PB) Toymaker – Includes the standees, pocket watch, signed artbook, and signed poster | 200,000 yen |
This is only possible via two separate accounts. This is another Kickstarter limitation. We know it’s not ideal, and those premium rewards really help us increase the overall game budget, but this is how other Kickstarters handle this problem. Most backers only choose one premium reward because they are expensive, but in the rare case we have a backer that would like two different premium rewards, this is our current advice.
We looked at our various options and unfortunately the minimum lot is 2000 units per game. Based on our current backer numbers we cannot create a steel case without having a lot of inventory left, so we unfortunately cannot offer this.
Surveys will be sent out a few months after the campaign is over. You will be able to select T-shirt sizes, game platforms, which item to be signed, etc. You will be able to change your address and survey choices until 6 months before the final game ships. Games are shipped separately and post/shipping will be something that customers determine on their end.
We’ve had a lot of questions about Discord Roles so let’s explain what they are and what you can do! First off, if you haven’t joined the DIscord, we strongly recommend that you do. You can talk with other fans, sometimes catch the main creators doing AMAs, and even participate in a wide variety of contests, votes, and challenges.
We have 3 roles:
Q1) I ordered an AF reward and PB as an add-on. Will I get the JRPG Fan Role, the Pathfinder Role, and the Agent of the B.O.I. Role.
A1) No, you will have the choice of either Pathfinder and Agent of the B.O.I. OR the JRPG Fan Role. The only way to get all 3 roles would be to purchase both games 2 times and opt in to the Pathfinder and Agent of the B.O.I. role with 1 set of games and then chose the JRPG Fan role with the other set. Ideally we’d like to keep people to one role per server.
Q2) I chose a combo reward with both games but don’t want the JRPG Fan Role. Can I get the Pathfinder Role and Agent of the B.O.I. Role instead?
A2) Yes you can. You will chose this selection via the survey that it sent a few months after the campaign ends
Q3) Can I give my role to someone else (in case you bought multiple copies)?
A3) Yes, but you can only get one role per purchase unless you choose the combo roles, which allows you to get both the Pathfinder and Agent of the BOI role (one for each server) instead of the JRPG Fan role.
Q4) When will roles be assigned?
A4) As soon as we can, once the campaign closes and surveys have been sent out. It will probably take between 2-3 months.
Q5) Can you go into specifics for what content will be in the JRPG Fan channel?
A5) Since there could be different publishers that have different Discord server policies it’s hard to say but the goal will be to make sure this channel gets a few nice sneak peaks here and there.
