Nirvana Noir – A psychedelic adventure game

A project in New York, NY by Feral Cat Den
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A neo-noir adventure in two realities; one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other an explosion of color and crime.
Backers: 888
Average Pledge Per Backer: $65

Funded: $58,064 of $40,000
Dates: Jun 4th -> Jul 4th (30 days)
Project By: Feral Cat Den
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Latest News

Final Day!

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
It’s our last day! Preparing for and running this campaign has been a long road, but it’s really been so much fun getting all your great submissions and support! We’re going to keep you updated on our game dev journey in Kickstarter updates -... (Read More)

2 Days Left + Inspiration: Jodorowsky

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Just two more days left on the Kickstarter!  Speaking of twos, Nirvana Noir is a game of duality and is very influenced by the works of Alejandro Jodorowsky - the visionary artist, writer, and filmmaker. You might know of his masterpiece, The Holy... (Read More)

Final 72 hours + Fanart winner!

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Final 72 hours! We're thrilled to have reached our goal and are overwhelmed by the incredible messages and doodles submitted by our backers. We’ve received really beautiful poems, messages to friends and family, silly jokes, and meaningful... (Read More)

Team Bio: Evan Stark (Production, Writing, QA)

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
For today’s Kickstarter Update, we look to our producer, writer, QA specialist, Evan Stark! Evan Stark hails from Binghamton, a sleepy town in Upstate New York. He blew through school, read voraciously, embraced clarinet, marched in the band, and... (Read More)

New Add-On’s + Comic and Art book Details

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all!  The campaign is entering its last week, and we're looking forward to the final push to hit some of our stretch goals! To help reach these targets, we're now offering the poster and sticker/postcard pack as add-ons. We've also got a... (Read More)

Another laurel + NYC Indie Dev Night + Team Bio: Noah

June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Heya Kickstarter. Some good news came our way - Nirvana Nor has been selected for the SXSW Sydney Games Festival!  Unfortunately we can't make it to Australia, but we can make it to the NYC Indie Dev Night down the block from our studio. For those... (Read More)

Nirvana Noir is now fully-funded on Kickstarter

June 25th - via: gameshub.com
Nirvana Noir, Feral Cat Den’s surrealist neo-noir adventure about parallel universes, is now fully-funded on Kickstarter, and is barrelling towards its stretch goals. After a brief taster of the game via LudoNarraCon 2024 on Steam, its success feels very well-earned – and should spell greater things to come for this sequel. (Read More)

Team Bio: Marcin

June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Kickstarter,My name’s Marcin and I make art and assets for Nirvana Noir. Actually, being such a small studio, we all wear many hats. But I mainly do concepting and storyboarding, as well as building digital sets for the story to take place on... (Read More)

Neo-Noir Inspirations + Team Bio: Andri

June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Grab your popcorn, because we've got some neo-noir cinema inspirations to share + our Icelandic animator Andri introduces himself! --- Another Paul Thomas Anderson banger. Incredible performances, costumes, and filmmaking. A deliriously noir to get... (Read More)

Team bios! Skillbard + Evan A

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, we’d like to tell you a bit more about the team working on Nirvana Noir! Today we’ve got a little bio from Skillbard (composers) and Evan A (creative lead). — Hello, we’re Skillbard! We’re a friendly creative audio studio with a... (Read More)

Success! + Stretching to catch a glimpse of cosmic vistas

June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Nirvana Noir has reached our goal of $40,000, thank you so much for helping us achieve this goal! We’re really excited to see how far the campaign can go - and to help it further along we’re revealing our first stretch goal! Our first goal is to... (Read More)

Half way! + Exploring Our Sonic Influences

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
The campaign is half over and we’re just inches away from reaching our goal of $40,000! Currently 99% funded wow! We’re super grateful and we’re excited to share our stretch goals and see how much further we can go.  In this update, I (Evan... (Read More)

A collaboration of creativity: Introducing Fellow Traveller

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all! We’re so close to hitting our goal, currently at 95%! Can we hit it today 💪 ? Let’s make it happen 🙂 One of the huge reasons for our success has been our partnership with indie game publisher Fellow Traveller. We’d love to... (Read More)

Some words on our very welcome fellows at Lost In Cult

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
As we at Feral Cat Den have passed +87% funding(!!!), we would like to take a moment and share how utterly tickled we are to have Lost in Cult on board for this kickstarter.  It all started when Genesis Noir was featured in [lock-on], LIC’s gaming... (Read More)

From Skyscrapers to the Alps - Nirvana Noir ascends in Annecy

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
In our first week we’ve hit 70% of our funding goal, we’re really grateful and stoked by the momentum! Thank you!Evan A, writing to you from… not NYC this time!  I’ve just arrived in Annecy, France, a beautiful city on the border of... (Read More)

Halfway to Nirvana! + Inspiration 01: Paul Kirchner

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We smashed through 50% funding! We can’t wait to reach our goal and reveal some cool stretch goals, so let’s keep sharing and keep the momentum : )Throughout this campaign, we want to share some of our favorite inspirations for Nirvana Noir and... (Read More)

How we're stopping bugs from taking over the cosmos - a debugging discussion!

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we have a short piece by Jeremy, technical lead, about our super handy debugging tools! ---  Video games are hard to make. One of the biggest problems we had with Genesis Noir was fixing bugs, both during development and after launch. Because... (Read More)

Text Transformations: Turning backer's messages into wild art!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
+40% funded in 24 hours, wow! We’re so happy with the momentum of the campaign and all the supportive messages we’ve received. Thank you! If you’ve been following any of our social media you may have noticed these weird animations. What’s the... (Read More)

25% Funded! + About Feral Cat Den

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Nirvana Noir hit 25% funded for our cosmically psychedelic neo-noir adventure! 💥$12,500 of our $50,000 goal raised so far cosmic wanderers. Thanks to all the backers! Let's keep this trip going. Since we'll be on this trip together, we think it'd... (Read More)

The Collaborator Reward Tier - Fixed and FAQ!

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! We're off to a great start, hitting 100+ backers in the first few hours!  One hiccup you may have noticed, however, was that "The Collaborator" reward wasn't working! And this the reward tier is what motivated us to create a... (Read More)

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