Soulbound Studios cracks the first stretch goal and talks about the future funding model of the sandbox MMO with aging process – Chronicles of Elyria.
After only a few days, Chronicles of Elyria – the upcoming sandbox MMORPG from Soulbound Studios – had already raised nearly 1 million dollars on Kickstarter and reached its first goal. The first stretch goal has now even been unlocked.
This prompted the developers to announce their funding plans for the time after Kickstarter, with especially German players likely to be pleased with the latest announcement. Because to the dismay of many Europeans, Kickstarter currently only accepts credit cards, which prevents many German players from “backing”, as credit cards are still quite rare and unpopular in this country compared to other countries like the USA.
To not leave all these players out in the rain, the developers from Soulbound Studios decided to extend the current promotion. They want to offer the current “Original Tiers” for another 30 days after Kickstarter on their own homepage, where they can also be paid via PayPal.
Likewise, they want to give players who have already supported Chronicles of Elyria – the MMORPG where you age and die – the opportunity to upgrade their previous pledges within these 30 days to the current “Original Kickstarter Tier”.
Those who decide to upgrade later will no longer be able to choose any of the “Original Kickstarter Tiers” after the 30 days, but will only be able to receive one of the new “Post-Kickstarter Tiers” that will be released then, which will differ in price and rewards from the current tiers.
The plan is to start the closed alpha at the end of 2016, to then enter the early access phase in the first or second quarter of 2017. The official release is expected for the third quarter of 2017.
What is Chronicles of Elyria? Find out here.
