Follow Our Kickstarter!

An important update here regarding the game's development and upcoming Kickstarter campaign. So as you may know, this game is being made by a solo developer (me!!!!!) with the help of many talented freelancers. The character art, models, music, and the anime cutscenes and animations have all been done by paid professionals who were willing to lend their talents for this project.

I was able to pay for all the art needed for the demo with a mix of grants and personal funds but have hit the absolute limit of what I can afford to spend. The good news is that the demo is out there as a proof of concept for any curious players, it means I'm ready to start prepping for our upcoming Kickstarter campaign!

With that said though, to have the funding needed to pay for the remaining art that's needed, we need to hit particular funding goals. And to do that, we need to have lots of momentum going into the launch. To help with that, I've had a "pre-campaign" page up that folks can follow for a notification when the Kickstarter launches, and I'm using the follower count there to gauge if there's enough support to be able to launch the campaign.

So what this means is, if you are interested in potentially backing a HeartLinks Kickstart campaign to help get raise funding for the game's development, it would be super helpful if you could follow the campaign page by signing up for a notification here!

While I can program and make levels all day, HeartLinks truly wouldn't be what is without its characters, artwork, animation, or any of the soul that's been breathed into it by all the wonderful people who made contributions both big and small. I want more than anything to continue working with those folks to bring this project to life, and I know you'll want to see what the finished work made by all those hands together will look like too! (Trust me, you don't want a version where I try to voice every character and just use stick figures for the missing sprites 😭)

So tl:dr, it would be super helpful if you could follow the Kickstarter campaign using the link below!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dokitoki/dokitoki-time-slows-down-when-youre-in-love?tab=prelaunch-updates

More news to come soon on the exact launch date once we hit enough followers! Thank you!!