A Grand Entrance for Visual Novel Grisaia: Phantom Trigger

Full-print T-shirt design reveal!
about 7 years ago – Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:02:56 AM

 

The design for the full-print T-shirt has been finished, and here it is! This full two-sided design is exclusive to the Kickstarter, and is included in almost every tier from $125 and up, or as an add-on for $40. It's the perfect way to show off your love for Phantom Trigger!

We're just a hair shy of $120k at the time of writing this, which puts us only $20,000 away from the next stretch goal! We'd love to meet that and be able to reveal the next one before the final week of the campaign!

One last thing: it turns out we may have been a bit overenthusiastic setting our Thunderclap goal at 250 people, so we've gone ahead and lowered that down to 100. That means we're less than 10 people away from reaching the goal, so if you haven't signed on for it yet, please consider doing so!

Stretch goal #2!
about 7 years ago – Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 06:35:54 PM

Very sorry for the wait! We've finalized the details for the next stretch goal and here it is: a plethora of awesome enhancements for the physical game set!

If the stretch goal is hit, all physical backers will get upgraded to a special box for Vol.1&2, plus receive a set of 4 heroine buttons, a postcard set, and another goodie or two we're still working out!

This stretch goal was the overwhelming winner of our poll, so we're sure it should please a lot of you, but we would like to address some of the comments and suggestions we received when we put the poll out, as well as other potential questions:

• What about a bonus game/side story/drama CD stretch goal?

We spent a good amount of time looking into making some kind of stretch goal that brings you more story from the world of Grisaia possible, but the truth is simply that we don't have enough time to do something like that. Vol.2 of Phantom Trigger is still in development, and we're having to put all the manhours we have available into just getting it perfected for the release date. After that, Vol.3 and 4 are up to bat, and we want to get them finished as soon as possible, so there just isn't any way that we could get anything along these lines out in a timeframe that we would be comfortable committing to. (This is essentially what we were hinting at before when we mentioned a stretch goal idea which we had to give up on.)

• Does it really cost $30k just to make some boxes and buttons?

Indeed it doesn't! However, you have to remember that even though the goal has been reached, a good chunk of each new contribution still needs to be put towards producing the rewards for that person. The actual cost of the items we're producing this stretch goal will of course vary based on the number of physical backers we get, but will likely be somewhere in the range of $8-10k.

• So what's next if we hit this stretch goal?

We've gone through a number of ideas, and we have decided on one that we think will be attractive. We still need to confirm a few particulars about it before we can announce it, but it's something a large number of you have asked for, and we'll share the details with you as soon as we're able!

Lastly, here's an idea of what you can look forward to in updates over the next week or so: the finalized full-print t-shirt design, new add-on items, previews of the game, and more!

Stretch goals? Stretch poll!
about 7 years ago – Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 06:46:09 PM

Hey folks!

At the time of writing this, we're just over $1000 away from hitting our $110,000 physical manga stretch goal! It's way past bedtime here in Japan, so we expect the stretch goal to be hit while we're asleep, but we want to go ahead and thank everyone in advance for bringing us this far!

Now, onto the thing that we're sure is on everyone's mind: subsequent stretch goals. Unfortunately, the original idea we had for the second stretch goal ended up not being feasible for this campaign - but we're going to keep the idea under wraps in case we can revisit it at a later date! Instead, we'd like to get your opinions: what would all of you like to see for subsequent stretch goals? We have three ideas that we're confident we can make happen:

• Extra goodies for the physical game set! (Stickers, buttons, and more)
• English-language versions of the OP and ED theme on the CD!
• Remixes of the OP and ED theme on the CD!

Stretch goal #1 reached!
about 7 years ago – Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 06:46:05 PM

Thanks to all your generous contributions, the $110,000 stretch goal has been reached, and all backers receiving the physical version of the game will also receive a physical copy of the Grisaia: Phantom Trigger manga for free! The physical manga will also be made available as an add-on, and we'll have a price for that very soon.

As far as the next stretch goal is concerned, check out our previous update for more info on that! Thank you to everyone who's voted in the poll so far, as well as those of you who left comments with other suggestions. We hope to announce two new stretch goals once we return to the office on Tuesday and hammer out the details!

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger official website updated!
about 7 years ago – Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:49:20 PM

Hey everybody! We wanted to let you all know that the Grisaia: Phantom Trigger website has updated with a plethora of new character profiles, gallery images, and more! We've added a selection of the new content below, but you can check it all out here!

 Meanwhile, we're less than $3,500 away from our goal! Get the word out to your VN-loving friends and help us blast past $80K this weekend!