Heart of the Woods Limited Merchandise Store

Campaign Concluded! We did it! 🎉✨
over 4 years ago – Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:01:56 PM

It's finished! Thanks to you guys, we were able to raise over $30k! We're blown away by all the support you've shown and super grateful for it. When we first launched this campaign, we had no idea what to expect, and certainly didn't anticipate blowing past our funding goal within the first couple days. Seriously, thank you, all of you.  

While we didn't manage to hit the physical Nintendo Switch goal, that doesn't mean that they won't ever happen! We'll be talking with our publisher to see if there are other options we can explore, as well as using funds raised on Backerkit to push towards that goal. You can expect your Backerkit surveys to be sent out in the next couple weeks. Since the PC version of the game is already out, we'll be sending out digital PC keys to those who pledged for that reward as soon as Backerkit closes.

Now that the campaign is finished, we're going to get back into the recording process, as well as start the port for the Nintendo Switch version! Recording for the voice acting will be done before the end of this year. We'll have some previews of it for you when we can 👀 Speaking of which, we'll have one last spooky treat for you later tonight~ 

Once again, we want to thank everyone who supported this campaign, not just by pledging but by helping spread the word, too. We read all of your messages and comments on here and on Twitter, and appreciate each of them. We won't let you down!

$20k Stretch Goal Hit!
over 4 years ago – Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 01:10:00 AM

We did it! Thanks for helping us hit our $20k stretch goal. This one adds some improvements and touch-ups to the base game, as well as additional voiced content. So just what does that entail?

For the voiced stuff, we're going to be recording narration for a few select parts of the game. The base voice acting goal accounts for all of the dialogue in the game, but none of the narration. With this stretch goal achieved, we'll be recording some Maddie's internal monologues, the epilogue scenes, as well as a few other parts that I won't get into for fear of spoilers.

The touch-ups are mostly on the art side. In particular, we're going to be adding a few additional backgrounds and replacing a couple existing ones. We might also do some tweaks to the character art as well. There won't be any story changes, though.

Our next and final stretch goal is the big one - physical copies of the Nintendo Switch version of the game! We've been getting a lot of questions about that one, so just to explain how it works:

The physical Nintendo Switch copy will be priced at $25. You can either increase your pledge containing a physical PC copy by $5, or your pledge containing the digital Nintendo Switch key by $10. You can do this by increasing your pledge amount on Kickstarter, or in Backerkit after the campaign. Either one works! We'll also make new tiers available that are identical to the current ones, but come with Nintendo Switch copies of the game and that already have the price increase included. If you've got any other questions, we're happy to answer 'em.

100% Funded - Thank You!
over 4 years ago – Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 07:23:26 PM

We're ecstatic to be able to finally announce that we've reached the 100% funding mark on our Kickstarter!

More specifically, YOU'VE helped us reach the 100% mark. Without your support, we'd never be able to get this far - that includes everyone who supported Élan as a new studio in the years leading up to Heart of the Woods' release, to everyone who discovered the game after its launch and declared their praises in the months since, to everyone who's just joining us in the past months following our Kickstarter, VA & Nintendo Switch announcements, as well as everyone in between.

It's been only 72 hours since the Kickstarter launched, but you all have made your support and dedication clearly seen and heard. Every success we've won and every challenge we've overcome has only been possible because of your steadfast belief in us and our work, and this campaign is a shining example of that confidence.  From everyone at Studio Élan, from the bottom of our hearts - thank you.

We hope you can look forward to the addition of voice acting to Heart of the Woods on PC and Nintendo Switch, as well as our future projects. Until then, let's aim for hitting those stretch goals!

90% Funded - Adding Digital Keys to Collector's Editions
over 4 years ago – Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 09:55:25 PM

Hi everyone!

Thanks so much for such an insane show of support on our campaign so far 😭 We can't believe that we're starting Day 3 at nearly 90% funding already.  To say thank you, we wanted to add a slight bonus in: all copies of the Collector's Edition of the game, whether you get it as part of a tier or on its own, will also include a digital key for the game as well. That way, if you want to keep the box sealed or don't have a CD tray, you can still enjoy it! Or, if you wanna just give the extra key away, that's fine too.

Stay tuned for further updates, where we'll be offering a closer look at some of the merch rewards that we're including, as well as hopefully some sneak peeks of some of the scenes that have had their voice acting recorded already 👀

Lastly, we'd like to give a quick shout-out to our friends Alice in Dissonance, who just released their wonderful game "fault - milestone one" on Nintendo Switch today! It's the first in an amazing series of VN's, and one of the prettiest games out there. The artist, Hare-san, is the one who drew our wonderful fairy-tale keychains for this Kickstarter. Be sure to check it out!