What is The Tale of Alltynex?
The Tale of ALLTYNEX is a trilogy of arcade shooting games, created for the PC (Windows) by Japanese indie developer SITER SKAIN. All three games are legends in shmup / shooting game communities, both in Japan and overseas. We are currently working with SITER SKAIN to bring the complete trilogy to gamers worldwide in English for the first time.
Western gamers will finally be able to fully enjoy the unique mechanics, carefully crafted play experiences, focus on destructive fun, dramatic presentation and engaging score attack gameplay which have made the ALLTYNEX games renowned in Japan. Sci-fi fans will also enjoy the backdrop to the action, which is a millennium-spanning saga which encompasses global civil war, an ages old alien threat and humanity in need of salvation as it teeters on the edge of extinction.
Why kickstart the localization?
The money raised by a successful Kickstarter will allow us to apply additional resources to the final polish and quality checking phase of the localization and will go in part towards promoting the games to overseas gamers. This last point is hugely important for The Tale of ALLTYNEX to successfully make it through Steam Greenlight and onto Steam distribution. Japanese games struggle to gain attention and recognition on Steam Greenlight, so much so that only ONE Japanese indie game has managed to pass Greenlight out of over greenlit 70 games so far! The awareness and marketing budget from a successful Kickstarter will provide The Tale of ALLTYNEX a boost on Greenlight and hopefully contribute to bringing these games to the world's biggest digital distribution platform!
Of course, in the event that The Tale of ALLTYNEX successfully passes Steam Greenlight, everyone who has contributed $15 or more will receive a free Steam key for the games.
Important tiers:
- $15 (soundtrack) a digital copy of all of the soundtracks
- $15 (game) a copy of one of the games
- $35 a copy of all of the games
- $45 A copy of all the games and soundtracks and to be eligible for physical stretch goals
Stretch Goals:
$12,000 The Tale of ALLTYNEX Official Guide Book (Digital)
The guide book is an 82 page booklet with full color cover and black and white inner pages explains the history and characters of each game in the ALLTYNEX series and sheds light on key parts of the story not directly explained the games. In addition, it contains detailed guides to the gameplay mechanics, stages, bosses, glossaries of terms used in each game, bonus information about the soundtracks, packaging design, development history and even ALLTYNEX 4-koma manga strips!
A digital copy in PDF format will be sent to all backers who have contributed $25 of more.
$22,000: The Tale of ALLTYNEX Official Guide Book (Physical)
IMPORTANT: Only 450 of these editions will be created and will be allocated to the first 450 people to have contributed $45 or more. No further contribution will be necessary for these backers to receive the guide book.
$28,000: The Tale of ALLTYNEX Limited Physical Edition
* IMPORTANT: Only 450 of these editions will be created and will be allocated to the first 450 people to contribute $45 or more. No further contribution will be necessary for these backers to receive the guide book.
The physical edition will comprise of a 3 disc DVD case containing one DATA DVD (English localized builds of all 3 games, plus high quality digital versions of the soundtracks, audio extras and high res art assets), and 2 AUDIO CDs containing the original soundtracks to KAMUI, RefleX and ALLTYNEX Second.
We'll also include a LIMITED EDITION POSTCARD SET based on the original game cover art and collected in a clear poly sleeve.
Who is Nyu Media:
Their games currently released on Steam are: Cherry Tree High Comedy Club, Fairy Bloom Freesia, Ether Vapor, eXceed 1-3, and SataziusWe are a London-based independent publisher whose mission to bring great Japanese PC games to English-speaking audiences worldwide and support independent game development in Japan.
You may not have heard of us because we don't get a lot of press, but we've been hard at work in support of Japanese indie developers! Since beginning operations in October 2011, our small team has localized and published 9 games for overseas users and we have the highest number of Japanese indie games (7 titles) published on the world-leading Steam distribution platform and presently have 2 games for consideration on Steam Greenlight.
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