Indie JRPG from Final Fantasy vets is doing well on Kickstarter
When we first learned aboutProject Phoenixlast month, I was starry-eyed. It was famedFinal Fantasycomposer Nobuo Uematsu’s first indie game, the art director worked on my favoriteFinal Fantasy, Final Fantasy XII(in addition toIIIandXIV), and more.Project Phoenixsounds delightful. And it’s doing well on Kickstarter, currently sitting $714,000 earned on a $100,000 goal, with a week to go.
Anupdate detailsthe $650,00 stretch goal. “This will allow us to create a more detailed and explorable 3D model of each major city/town. Now there will be so many things to explore, including many easter eggs and hidden ‘special’ NPCs besides your usual shops, bars/inns etc. Not only that, we will be providing players with a character customization on non-main characters. Currently, players will be able to customize gender, hair style, hair colour, beard and skin colour.”
Doesn’t seem like it will hit the $1,025,000 stretch goal, barring a late spur. Was a bit excited for a “fully explorable overworld and upgraded combat transitions.” Still, some more of how the game will play has been updated, too. It’s starting to look quite a bit like the recentXCOM: Enemy Unknown. There’s even a “Fog of War” feature that obfuscates unexplored parts of the battlefield.
There’s also more lovely concept art on theKickstarter pageas well as the best explanation for the main character Ruffles’ name. “A lot of people have asked this already, much to our surprise. We just figured she’s really cute, and ‘Ruffles’ seemed to fit.” Yeah, you got us, that nameisdamn cute.
