Topic: The first sign rises with the full moon.

[Reinhart77]

hope we get the mini-game.  i'd like to see this franchise become a series sooner than later.  hope it gets a "Bloodstained:  Subtitle" title, rather than a "Bloodstained:  Ritual of the Night - Subsubtitle" name.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

It's a shame that a third playable character is so high on the goals...I really just want a "not alucard" type of character to be playable in this.

[Darth Cariss]

I don't expect we'll make all the stretch goals at this point, seeing as only have six days to go, but I do hope the final stretch goal is revealed. I'm just curious to see what it is! Haha.

[Gunlord]

We need just about 1 million bucks to get the prequel...that's hoping for a lot. Unless there's a huge surge of enthusiasm in the waning days, 4m alone would be lucky.

[Kingshango]

I expect the final stretch goal to be a gritty Bloodstained reboot outsourced to Mercurysteam.

[Nagumo]

And if it doesn't then what?

You don't want to find out.

[Castle34hk]

Nooo no more Mercury Steam.....    Anyway PS Vita is reached amazing so amazing...

I hope for sure we know the ast strench goal is or sure this kickstarter is most exciting for me.

[Charlotte-nyo:3]

Sadly I'm rather skeptical they can make it to 5mil even though Kickstarters usually ramp up near the end, but a few more stretch goals should be able to be met.

Plus I'm really not sure what they could offer at 5mil that would be realistic but also enticing to a wide variety of the people interested in the game. I get the feeling something like a level editor is just my dream and most people wouldn't care; also I tend to forget that a level editor for a 2.5D game is much more problematic and complex than one for a purely 2D game, which is a far simpler affair. Offering 2D art even at 5mil simply wouldn't be realistic especially given they've committed to 2.5D.

I was hoping one of the goals would be to bring some ex-Konami devs from the GBA or DS games that IGA knew on board, but I doubt that would excite too many people, and it looks like it isn't happening. The vast majority of people don't know much about the people who worked on those games besides IGA, but they had an impact in making those games what they were.

Also I'm a little worried about the mini-game, as a mini-game by its nature -- if it's of the same genre as the real game -- is going to tend to be less impressive than the final product and the exploration would definitely be gimped by the small scope. If that results, it may harm the sales of the final product. If it isn't similar in design to the final product though it could give people the wrong idea about said final product and harm sales that way. It's definitely not something I would've come up with for sure.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I'm interested in the mini game for portables.

And this: Lol. I wonder what cheat code they'd assign us.
 "...each Credits Clan will be given a cheat code to enable fun modifications -- custom masks, weapons, and other kinds of accessories."

Mega64's video is funny! And I still have a Nokia 3310 (silver).


Aha! So this is the result of their response to my question on tumblr.
A: Yeah! We just weren’t expecting such mind-blowing artisan crafts, so now that you guys have risen above and beyond the call of duty, we’ll find a place for it. Thank you so much everyone for such loving artwork and crafts, the game design team really does get a lot of motivation from seeing these! You are their fuel ♡

[Lelygax]

Found this on the Bloodstained tumblr:
So those runes on Miriam's tattoo actually spell something.
Source:http://eirikrjs.tumblr.com/post/120735761087/ovaltine-stained

Thanks, I was trying to decipher it for a while.

Enjoyed the mega 64 skit 

It's not that bad maybe not the biggest update but it's better than nothing 

Also I love this picture
A smile a day keeps grimy sadness away.

Johannes is even more suspicious in this photo, he isn't even smiling


Also, someone knows what a "Pyrite Coin" is? This would help us to discover what this bonus stretch goal is...
edit: okay, it seems that pyrite is fools gold, so its a fake coin? This can mean a fake castle too right? Or maybe $100+ backers will receive a pyrite coin as a gift? lol

[TatteredSeraph]

Anyone else notice that it appears to be Gebel in green and Johannes in red, whereas later it's the other way around?  Definitely seems suspect.  I thought it was other way around at first in the new pic.

[Nagumo]

Actually, left is Gebel and right is Johannes. They decided to give Gebel glasses for some reason.

[TatteredSeraph]

They just look like Johannes' glasses oddly enough in style.

[Maedhros]

Sadly I'm rather skeptical they can make it to 5mil even though Kickstarters usually ramp up near the end, but a few more stretch goals should be able to be met.

Plus I'm really not sure what they could offer at 5mil that would be realistic but also enticing to a wide variety of the people interested in the game. I get the feeling something like a level editor is just my dream and most people wouldn't care; also I tend to forget that a level editor for a 2.5D game is much more problematic and complex than one for a purely 2D game, which is a far simpler affair. Offering 2D art even at 5mil simply wouldn't be realistic especially given they've committed to 2.5D.

I was hoping one of the goals would be to bring some ex-Konami devs from the GBA or DS games that IGA knew on board, but I doubt that would excite too many people, and it looks like it isn't happening. The vast majority of people don't know much about the people who worked on those games besides IGA, but they had an impact in making those games what they were.

Also I'm a little worried about the mini-game, as a mini-game by its nature -- if it's of the same genre as the real game -- is going to tend to be less impressive than the final product and the exploration would definitely be gimped by the small scope. If that results, it may harm the sales of the final product. If it isn't similar in design to the final product though it could give people the wrong idea about said final product and harm sales that way. It's definitely not something I would've come up with for sure.

Pointless worry: MN9 had a small game (Mighty Gunvolt), for 3DS. It's REALLY small, seriously.

[knightmere]

I'm going put down $100 now that vita carts have been confirmed