@k0rt4, glad to here there are alternatives if the kickstarter doesn't work out, much as I hope it will.

Oh and yes, my lady and I would be glad to contribute voice acting, both of us have acted in games before, and have on stage experience (professionally in my lady's case).

I've backed the project and am looking forward to playing the full game. I'd be glad to contribute voice acting as well.

Oh, I thought the goal was 25000, but is that actually 2500? I assumed he was trying to raise 25000 and do voice-acted multilanguage dialogs.
It says 2210000 something JPY, so the kickstarter setting looks exactly $25000. It should be 2500000 something JPY, but kickstarter is subtracting what they're going to take I think.

Hi I just found this topic and I heard the demo and downloaded it.  It sounds amazing.  I can help with music if needed.  I also love sound effects and have lots of them.

I think what the dev did wrong in the demo is that he released the navigation only, and didn't include any combat or anything that would really get the people hyped for this project, which unfortunately doesn't go well with the goals, I will back it up in less than a week though, that's for sure.

I was worried this might happen, really Kickstarter just doesn't work for audiogames, not with the amounts of cash involved.

I also very much hope though that development will still continue in spite of that setback.

I believe A hero's call managed 2k, which would strike me as a more reasonable amount.
Still, I hope we see the game in some form though.

Here's the thing though. Kickstarter doesn't charge you if the amount doesn't reach the goal. I don't know why people need to worry if "it's not gonna reach anyway" is a reason.

I don't know as jump in sause did well on kick starter. normally a problem like this is caused by not enough advertising, but i'm not saying that this is the case for Deadfright. I'm sure that this game could do well on kick starter with a bit more help.

DeadFright Is Still Alive!

Hi everyone it's me, you friendly neighborhood Korta.

First of all I want to apologize for my disappearance after the Kickstarter campaign, but I've been super busy trying to survive the pandemic abroad, working multiple jobs and all that. But I've been working on DeadFright in my free time and, since Halloween is coming, I thought that it would be nice to have something to show for this holliday. I have a plan, and I need your opinion on the matter. But first let's catch up on what i've been doing

Ok, so here is a list of the things that I've been working on that didn't require money, just my precious life time

Control Schemes: I polished everything regarding the player input. So now you can play the game with:

The standard Keyboard and Mouse.
Keyboard only using both hands.
Keyboard only using one hand.
Mouse only.
Game Controller (any game controller will work on Windows and Mac)
Full remapping on keyboard, mouse, and game controller. (There is a small bug on the controller remapping, but i will resolve it soon..I hope)

Asist Mode Settings: I added some setting for the gamers that requires some assistance, that can be turned on and off, which are:

Automatic Run, when being chased
Automatic Fight, when caught.
Automatic Compass, the compass will always tell you the cardinal direction as you rotate.
Automatic Doors, they will open automatically when you reach them.

*All this means that if you activate all the Asist Mode Settings, you could play the whole game just using the joystick of the controller

NVDA Localization: This one is big, and it did cost me some money I purchased a plug in to be able to have the game in multiple languages using NVDA. (You will need to have NVDA installed) and right now I have the game translated to Spanish, Italian and Russian. French and more are on the way. This works as “captions” when a voice actor is speaking and regarding the menus NVDA will be the voice.

Living Corpse Player: Well, this one is being able to play as a living corpse for a while after you die. You can roam the town attacking everything until someone manages to kill you...again.

I expanded the map just a little bit to the north, as a matter of level design.

More Interactions: Now the doggo is interactable (You can pet or kill him) and more interactable objects are on the way.

More Sounds: I purchased some audios to have more sound variation, for example the doors.

And that's it, now for the PLAN.  I intend to launch an early access on steam on the 31 of October, but before that I need a voice actress, it has to be a female, and it is a paid job. But I'm still hoping to involve the blind community on the project, so I'm looking for blind voice actors (female in this case). Please let me know if you know of somebody or where I can find one.

The second thing I will need from you is your feedback on the game, and how much you will be happy paying for the early access of this game, so if you want to test the game write me an email to [email protected], and I will send you a download link of the game.

So that's it, the game is still alive, i'm gonna try to have something for october 31, and send me an email so I can give you the links to the updated game (It will be after the new voice over is implemented)

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm still moved by the lots of good comments about the game, and I'm still positive about the future of this game.

Let's make this happen!

Cheers

I would like to encourage and challange you to develop a version for the Xbox. The Xbox has accessibility for the blind.