Allison Road Leaves Kickstarter in favor of Team17
You might remember Allison Road from the prototype gameplay that followed the announcement of the cancellation of Silent Hills and the removal of P.T., the playable teaser that inspired the game, from the PSN Store. Around the end of September, developer Lilith Ltd. started up a Kickstarter to fund the game development, raising £145,959 (or ~$224,000 USD) towards the game development.
And now Lilith Ltd. has announced that instead of going for the newfangled crowdfunding way of game development, they decided to cancel the Kickstarter and partner up with Team17, the devs/publishers of the popular Worms games (among others).
From the Kickstarter update:
We are delighted to announce that we will be joining Team17’s highly successful games label.
If you don’t know who Team17 are, they are most known for their Worms franchise, however, they run a fully independent games label. For us it’s an incredible opportunity to be part of a label that looks after not only such a massive gaming franchise, but also supports developers like Playtonic,Mouldy Toof and many others.
Working with Team17 will give us the chance to make our game unhindered creatively, but at the same time will give us the resources, support and experience that only a 25 year old studio can give.
Great news for Lilith Ltd, but what about those who already donated money to the Kickstarter? Of course, as per Kickstarter terms the money will be refunded, but what about the rewards?
Lilith Ltd. said:For all of you that have pledged already for in game rewards, we absolutely promise you that we will look at ways outside of Kickstarter that will allow you to be involved in the game at a later date.
Definitely an interesting turn of events for the horror game, I'm curious to see how much/if Team17 will try to change anything in the game before release.
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