Crescent County: Stylish Indie RPG Becomes A Kickstarter Success After Over 50 Publisher Rejections
Crescent County is an RPG simulation game where you play a witch with a delivery service, but more than that, it is a real-life story of success in the face of resistance. The game was rejected by over fifty publishers before its developers put it on Kickstarter, which turned out to be a great decision. In just twenty-four hours, the game met its $60,000 goal.
What is Crescent County?
The game’s Steam page describes it as a cozy sim game that takes place in a “witch-tech open world.” You’re a witch who makes deliveries on your “motorbroom.” You can get to know the locals, eventually dating them, and you can race people on your broom. The graphics look colorful and stylized, with high-speed 3D thrills when on your broom.
The Crescent County Success Story
The game was rejected by over fifty publishers before the developer Electric Saint decided to take the Kickstarter route. The Kickstarter reached its $60,000 goal within twenty-four hours, and at the time of writing this article, it has generated over $80,000. Art director Anna Hollinrake has been “creating art from the world since 2017,” and the Kickstarter page describes her as “a fervent believer in grassroots support for creativity and art.” It definitely appears that her belief has paid off.
Is There a Release Date?
There is no release date on Steam as of the writing of this article, and a successful Kickstarter certainly doesn’t guarantee a smooth development cycle. The Kickstarter page states that the developers have already “built out the majority of the gameplay and plotted the game out, but filling out a world takes time!” It may be several years before the game is actually released.
Conclusion
Still, no matter how long it takes Crescent County to be released, aspiring game developers can look to it for inspiration. They can see that even if your game gets rejected over and over, it can still find its audience. The indie scene is full of quirky, memorable games that might not fit in with major developers, but they’re still loved by players. It looks like Crescent County is destined to be one of those games.
