Blade Lords is the very first free fighting game developed under Unreal Engine 3 technology. We focused our efforts on its gaming experience and its fluidity so they can immerse you in an Asian / medieval visual landscape and environment. For now, there are 6 fighters in Blade Lords: Sakuraba - the sword master, Kateryn - the war maiden, Cirtan - the paladin, Hitodama - the demon, Kyogen - the assassin and the last but not the least, the Dark Lord - the pure evil.

We started the production two years ago before launching it in January 2013. Our goal was to create a high quality game that reflects our will: get the fighting experience we ever wanted to play on mobile and tablets. Even if we managed to do so, we know it's not enough. Blade Lords is lacking some contents that we want to bring to make it a real and true fighting game.

Below you will find all the details about our crowdfunding campaign: our objectives and new ambitions for the new version of Blade Lords, the reasons why we decided to launch such campaign, why we need your help and the rewards you'll get from helping us.

We hope you will enjoy it and you will be ready to support us after reading it!

As it is shown on the ladder above, we’d like to bring new content to Blade Lords. And it will only be possible with this IndieGoGo campaign. The following explanations detail our first goal and the others goals stretched in time we’d like to achieve.

Two things in this level: the possibility to play Blade Lords with a controller and the addition of a completely new fighter.

·  The controller will lead the game to another level both for you and for us. On our side, we will discover a brand new technology we’ll never use before and on your side you’ll fell like playing Blade Lords on an arcade and/or console. You should know that for the moment, we don’t really know which controller to choose. The idea of the MadCatz controller came up, but nothing has been decided yet. We’ll continue our researches on the domain, but in the meantime, if you have some tips or envies don’t hesitate to share them with us :)

·  A completely new fighter will be added to the game. Then it means a completely new gameplay such as attacks, combos and Heaven Art as well as new items such as weapons and armors. By the way, if you contribute, you'll be able to choose which new character you'd like to have in the game, between these three :)! Which one will you choose? Balmung the pirate, Kokoro the Geisha or Vlade the Vampire Hunter?

With this level, the local multiplayer will be finally available. Then you’ll be able to challenge your friends on the same device.

We really want to improve the number of fighters in the game and we would like to do it quickly. Because, truth must be told, a fighting game without enough fighters to select and to play with isn’t a true fighting game.  If we manage to achieve this goal, we assure you that the fighters family of Blade Lords will be well improved!

If we are lucky and if we go beyond the $27,000 level in our ladder, we will pursue next objectives. Then, with your help and support, here is what we would like to do:  

· The port of Blade Lords on Android

· The addition of new fighters

· The creation of the synchronous multiplayer

· The port of Blade Lords on PC!!

As you’ve seen it in our ladder, we need to raise a minimum of $6,000 to keep supporting the team, which will be really helpful for us and for Blade Lords. Of course, if we can manage to have more and go higher in the ladder, it’s only an awesome bonus.

All mentionned the features are the most important to add to the game right now. And this is why we are requesting your help with this IndieGoGo campaign! We cannot keep investing upfront in the game development for now, unless you help us.

It’s important for us that you know how your money will be used. So we decided to be completely transparent with you. So, voilà, we’re sharing with you our budget split of this project:

·  Developers: 45%

·  Artists: 23%

·  Game Designers: 7%

·  QA: 5%

·  Audio: 3%

·  Rewards: 10%

·  IndieGoGo fees: 7%

This split is quite the same whatever the level of the ladder we achieve. As you can see the major part of the funds will be used for the production team, whether it be the developers, the artists, the GD or else.  

Who are the people behind the Blade Lords project? We’re people from the French and Polish studio Playsoft Games. We’re a small and close-knit group of passionate and hard-working designers, artists and programmers… So please meet:

·  Nicolas B., the Boss

·  Maxime M., the Head of Publishing

·  Piotr M., the Project Manager

·  Christophe B., the GD

·  Benjamin L., the GD too

·  Piotr S., the Developer

·  Piotr H., the Developer too

·  Tomasz H., the Developer too

·  Christophe M., the Art Director

·  François K., the Animator

·  Grzegorz W., the GUI and 2D artist

·  Frédéric B., the Concept Artist

· Mateusz L., the 2D Graphic Artist

·  Adam F., the 3D artist

·  Fabien R., the Community guy

We know there wouldn’t be a crowd funding effort without goodies in return of your contributions. So here are the feature you'll find in every rewards: 

·  Title Credits, because we want everybody to know how helpful you were for us. There are different titles you can have, depending how much you contribute.

· Contribution exchange, for every contribution you'll make, it'll be converted into in-game currency!

Important note:

· For all title Credits rewards, please include the name by which you’d like to be credited in the ‘Shipping Information’ when contributing.

· Please add 8$ in our contributions for all shipments outside France

So now, it's time to reveal our rewards tiers. Before going into details let us know if you want more info on a reward and we will provide it.

$1: Thank you pack

·  A special thanks listing on the website dedicated to Blade Lords and also on the Facebook fanpage.

·  You vote for the new complete fighters you’d like to see in the game, from the 1^st one to the 3^rd one.

· Your $1 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Backers’ title

$10: Picture pack

    (digital + non contractual document)

The above items, plus:

·  A pack of 5 wallpapers you’ll use on your PC and/or your smartphones and/or tablets. They’ll be created by our Artistic Team so you can always watch your fighters

· Your $10 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Backers’ title

$15: Sound pack

       (digital + non contractual document)

The above items, plus:

·  The digital original sound track of Blade Lords, so you can treat to a delicious meal your ears

· Your $15 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Contributors’ title

$40: Access pack

The above items, plus:

·  An Access to our VIP Forum, so you'll be able to talk with us ;)

·  An early access for the Android and PC versions only. Thus you'll be able to show off a little in front of your friends. These accesses will be available only if we can reach the levels concerned. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to make early access for iOS

· Your $40 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Supporters’ title

$50: Clothes Pack

(physical+ non contractual document)

The above items, plus:

· The exclusive T-Shirt of the game, to wear your fighter everywhere and show of a little :)

· Your $50 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

· Your name in the credits under the ‘Hitodama Enthusiasts’ title

$75: Digital Art pack

           (digital + non contractual document)

The above items, plus:

·  A full and digital art book, to admire all the drawings of our concept artist, Frédéric B.

·  A digital PaperToy, to bring the fighters to life, after a short session of cutting ;)!

· Your $75 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Supporters’ title

$100: Physical Poster pack

The above items, plus:

·  An exclusive character poster: you’ll choose which character would like to have! And then you can watch your fighter in a 40 x 30 cm piece of paper

· Your $100 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Sakuraba Passionate’ title

$120: Controller pack

The above items

+ The controller, so you can play the new Blade Lords experience

+ Your $120 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

+ Your name in the credits under the ‘Sakuraba passionates’ title

$150: Exclusive pack

The above items, plus:

(physical+ non contractual document)

·  The physical OST, because getting a digital version is not enough for you

·  An exclusive and physical postcard, to use to get in touch with a friend or to collect, to decorate your room…

· Your $150 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Sakuraba Passionate’ title

$250: Physical Art Book Pack

The above items, plus:

(physical+ non contractual document)

·  The physical Art book, to still admire all the drawings, but this time on paper!

· Your $250 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Hitodama Enthusiasts’ title

$300: Super Posters pack

(physical+ non contractual document)

The above items, plus:

·  Set of 4 posters, and with these 4, you’ll have a complete team of fighters guarding your room

· Your $300 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Kateryn Admirers’ title

$400: Signature pack

The above items, plus:

·  Set of 4 postcards and 4 posters signed by our Artistic Team. You can keep them until we’re famous enough so you can sell them back and get a lot of money :)

· Your $400 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Kateryn Admirers’ title

$500: Production pack (limit of 5 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  Your participation in one of our production meetings, made through a Skype Call. Thus you’ll know how everything works and you’ll be able to share your opinion with us directly!

· Your $500 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Kyogen Groupies’ title

$600: Colorist pack (limit of 20 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  Design the color scheme of your choice, by working with our team to design an all-new palette for the character of your choice, which will be released free to everyone.

· Your $600 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Kyogen Groupies’ title

$750: Dorian Gray pack (limit of 10 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  The digital portrait of you, designed by our artists, as if you were a Blade Lords character... Yep :)

· Your $750 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Cirtan Fans’ title

$1,300: Designer pack (limit of 3 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  Design your weapon or armor for one of the new fighters, to create the equipment you always wanted in Blade Lords. It will be free for everybody in this version (or in the other, if we don’t have enough time to do so) 

· Your $1,300 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Dark Lord Servants’ title

$2,500: Super Dorian Gray pack (limit of 10 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  The physical portrait of you, because you’re too good to have it only in digital.

· Your $2,500 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Dark Lord Servants’ title

$5,000: Super Designer pack (limit of 5 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  Design your character, make him/her as you want, he/she's yours : it’ll be available for free for everybody in this version (or in the other, if we don’t have enough time to do so)  ;)

· Your $5,000 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Blade Lords Lovers’ title

$7,500: Traveler pack (limit of 2 rewards)

The above items, plus:

·  The meeting with the Blade Lords team in Paris. It includes : airfare, 3 nights’ stay in a Paris hotel and dinner with the team.  So you'll discover the City of Light and our offices too, and you'll work with us on Blade Lords for a few days

· Your $7,500 contribution will be exchanged into an in-game currency

·  Your name in the credits under the ‘Blade Lords Lovers’ title

·  Why create such reward? If we want to raise more money, we need to make some really good noise. And thanks to this, this campaign will make our Blade Lords project go live. In other word spread the word and voilà, the campaign is successful!

·  How does it work? You just have to use the “share this campaign” link above and post it everywhere. This way, all your friends, relatives, folks, neighbors, workmates, classmates... can join in on the fun. So the more people that use your link to contribute, the better your odds are for getting the special social rewards.

·  Ok, enough with the chit chat, what’s the reward? The top three referral sources (by dollars raised)… will be our new three fighters! Yes we’ll design characters to exactly look like you J. Plus they’ll be free for everybody ;) These new fighters will be added to Blade Lords in this version or in the others.

This special social reward is the perfect solution if you can’t afford a contribution but want to go for our Blade Lords projects ;)

Q. Will this new Blade Lords project will be free or paid?

A. The actual version of Blade Lords is based on a free-to-play economic model. And we won’t change this model for the new version. We really want people to have fun with our game and spend money only if they want to.

Q. When do I receive my perks?

A. That depends on the perk and where in the world you are. We are experiencing some delays in shipping out perks. But of course, we’ll be updating the campaign page. Basically, you should expect your physical perks sometime winter 2014. But be sure that if we can do it before, we’ll do it.

Q. Can I upgrade my donation to get a higher tier?

A. Yep. You can donate the additional amount to bring you up to the tier level you want. So, you will receive everything in that new higher tier. And don’t forget to leave info in the comments so we can notate it and confirm that the donation information is correct.

Blade Lords is the game our studio believes in the most. Within it, there're all our hopes, wishes and faith.

We all hope you'll consider contributing to our project. Your backing will not only guarantee that we see it done in the coming months, but also tremendously boost our morale to keep working hard on the game until it can shine at its brightest!

We really think such games must be done for and with their players.

Our vision for the game goes beyond the current one, and with your help, we'll continue create the universe of Blade Lords,

Thanks for the reading,

Sincerely,

The Blade Lords Team

Discover our main features:

·  Each fighter can be customized. You can change his appearance with new weapons and armors, each visually unique. You can also adapt your play-style, with pieces of equipment and items to boost your character's Attributes (i.e. damage, health...)

·  The fighting gameplay mechanics: we decided to make the controls as accessible as possible. But there's no fighting game without any special moves or "fatality". So each fighter has his own special attacks and super attacks aka "Heaven's Art". 

·  We focused our efforts on offering a RPG-inspired "quest" mode too.So you can live each character's story. Eventually, earning XP and improving attributes will make your fighter strong enough so he/she can face and defeat the Dark Lord once and for all!

·  Diversity is also important for us, so we decided to propose different types of missions, such as the Arena which allows you to test your skills against specific AIs, the Daily Chaos Portal in which you play randomized fights...