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Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a 2D Fighting game for Windows/Mac/Linux with adorable animals in an original universe designed by Lauren Faust (producer and developer for "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"; creator, director and developer for "Super Best Friends Forever"). It is the spiritual successor to “Fighting is Magic”, with improved gameplay mechanics and graphics, an entirely new (and awesome!) dynamic music system, a graphic lobby, and a whole bunch of new features.
Mane6 (Hi, that’s us!) is the team behind creating this 2D fighting game where players can explore and do battle across the mysterious lands of Fœnum. We want to create a game that is fun and rewarding to play for all players across all skill levels.
Here are some of the gameplay features in Them’s Fightin’ Herds:
Magic System: Emphasize your character’s special abilities through a dedicated button and a unique resource.
Juggle Decay: Opponents become gradually heavier during a combo, but ONLY after the juggle decay bar is filled. This manages combo length without imposing a hard limit. In addition, filling the juggle decay bar prevents standing infinites by removing the opponent's ability to remain standing for the rest of that combo.
Enhanced Super Attack: Spend an additional meter to add utility to your main super attack with effects that stay true to the characters’ unique personalities and talents!
Dynamic Music System: Rockin’ character themes that adapt in the heat of the battle makes every fight a treat to the players AND the spectators.
GGPO powered netplay for the smoothest possible fighting game experience.
Ranked/unranked matchmaking for quick and efficient fightin’.
Visual lobby which allows players to explore (read: goof around in) locations within the world of Fœnum with other players. Customize your avatar with cosmetic items you collect through exploration and single/multiplayer gameplay!
Visual Lobby
Them’s Fightin’ Herds visual lobby is an immersive online environment where players can explore the world of Fœnum from a top down perspective. Players can chat as well as challenge each other to fights, or jump into a circle of spectators, all while wearing cool stuff.
Dynamic Music System
Here’s a look at how the dynamic music system will react to the gameplay of a fight (compressed to a single round for your viewing convenience). You’ll hear an early example of how it’ll sound when Arizona fights Velvet on Paprika's stage. Alas, this is just a quick demo! For a more thorough explanation of the depths we are going to with the dynamic music in this game, check the article on our site.
First Impressions at Xanadu
We had a bit of an event at Xanadu during their last monthly to showcase the game’s progress and let the locals have a bit of an early test of our current build. Here’s a small featurette with some of their first impressions on Them’s Fightin’ Herds
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refer our Indiegogo campaign with anyone that you think would be interested in Them’s Fightin’ Herds!
The person that raises the most out of referrals will get everything in the Custodian of Worlds ($5000) tier AND the unique, one and only ‘Golden Super Toot’ lobby item that does cool stuff for everyone in the lobby. The second and third to raise the most out of referrals will receive the Horned Guru ($500) tier as well as one of only two ‘Silver Super Toot’ that do cool stuff for everyone nearby.
Everyone who raises at least $100 in referrals (including our grand winners) will get the exclusive ‘Tiny Toot’ lobby item. And everyone that raises at least $15 will receive the (also exclusive) ‘Launch Party Hat’ lobby item, just what you need to party out during launch day. Note that you must have backed a tier that includes the game for you to be able to receive in-game prizes.
You can check the number of referrals and amount referred in your Indiegogo profile. The referral contest lasts until the end of the crowdfund. Click here for some more details in how to participate.
Fœnum is a world inhabited entirely by sentient four legged, hoofed mammals.
Across the land, these creatures have thrived much as we humans have, building societies and creating cultures revolving around the natural environment their particular species is indigenous to.
Right now, Fœnum is dominated by these hoofed mammals, but this was not always the case. Long ago, the very lives of the Fœnicians were threatened daily by the presence of PREDATORS. Toothy, carnivorous beasts who were eventually BANISHED to a magical realm generations ago, ushering in a prosperous and peaceful era for the grateful grass eaters.
But the time of peace is almost over. Countless packs and prides of Predators have discovered a way to escape their supernatural prison and are on the verge of infiltrating Fœnum en masse, led by the greatest and most horrible of them all!
And so each nation of Fœnum has sent their strongest, bravest, most skilled of their race to face the Predators’ Leader and close the portal of the prison realm with an enchanted key. But it is up to each of these “Key Seekers” to become the one and only “Key Keeper” by securing the key for themselves – even if it means to take it by force! Which it does.
Who will claim the key? Who will face the terrifying leader of the predators? And will she save Fœnum? You will have to play to find out!
ARIZONA
Just as all inhabitants of Fœnum, Cattlekind were immensely concerned when the call for a Key Keeper went out.
If the whole world was threatened, that meant their beloved home, The Prairie, was as well! Immediately, one calf came forward to volunteer to be Cattlekind’s proclaimed Key Keeper and protect her homeland and the bovine way of life.
Arizona exemplifies what is best of Cattlekind. Honest, hardworking, honorable and brave, she cherishes the life she leads and believes that green grass, clear skies, and a life free of fences should be available to all of Fœnum. She’s immensely righteous, the kind of kid who fights off other kids’ bullies, who never tells a lie, who believes in always doing the right thing. In fact, she’s so idealistic she can seem a little naïve, and sometimes her good intentions get her into trouble simply because she isn’t always realistic about life.
It’s kind of hard to believe such a big heart sits inside such a small frame. She’s only a calf, but her determination and compact, muscular build packs a surprising wallop! As an opponent, her greatest strength is… well, her strength. Though her horns are only budding, they’ll throw a challenger across the field, her back hooves hit like a freight train and she’s so literally down to earth, she’s nearly impossible to knock down.
Gameplay: Arizona tramples all over her foes with devastating headbutt attacks. She can quickly close distance and maintain her proximity with her amazing lasso skills!
Keep close to your enemies with your above average movement speed and shorthops, then maintain momentum with your lasso grabs! Get in and stay in, as most of your basic attacks do not reach very far on their own!
VELVET
Once the call for the Key Keeper went out to The Tundra, absolutely ALL of the reindeer in the nation entered Rein’s competition to win the honor, for all the Deerfolk of Rein thought highly enough of themselves to take the prize. But it was a young doe named VELVET who ultimately prevailed. Delicate and lithe, she is by no means the strongest, but she is by far the fastest and most agile of the Ice Sprites’ pets, and she demonstrates a talent for conjuring and controlling snow and ice that no other deer could hold a candle to.
Almost as if to flaunt her superiority to jealous competitors, Velvet’s fighting style is not only formidable, it is a vision to behold! Her technique could easily be mistaken for dancing, and she takes down her opponents with the utmost ease and grace. One would say she was simply PERFECT if being completely full of yourself was not considered a personality flaw— and she, for one, does not consider it so. Don’t get her wrong — it’s not completely “me, me, me” all the time with her. She does care about the fate of her world. She just knows it will take the best to save it, and that is undeniably HER.
Gameplay: Velvet's ice cold magic stops opponents in their tracks. She'll allow you to admire her beautiful sculptures, but only from a distance!
Control your opponent's movement with your magical ice crystals from afar. Velvet channels her magic faster the farther she is from her opponent. Keep them out of your personal space!
For generations, the deer in Rein have been revered and pampered by magical, elf-like creatures called Ice Sprites. Besides using their magic to provide the deer with one of the most beautiful cities in the world, the food the sprites provide — golden oats — imbue the deer with their own magic, making them able to leap so high and far it seems they can fly, and giving them the ability to control aspects of the wintery weather of their homeland.
PAPRIKA
For decades it was believed that the reclusive Alpake Clan of The High Plains knew nothing about the world beyond the remote Huacaya Mountains. That is until they learned the Alpake had received news of the situation. Suddenly the whole lot of them just showed up in the capitol of High Plains, pushing —no, SHOVING— their champion forward with uncharacteristic fervor and enthusiasm before running away, singing with glee.
Her name is Paprika and she has a lot of love to give. A LOT. If only she could find somebody to give it to. Somebody. Anybody. She’s not picky. All you need to do is have a heartbeat and she will devote her heart, her life, her very SOUL to your mere existence. And should she have her heart set on you, whatever you do, don’t run. It seems that her neediness and desperation infuses her with some kind of super strength that makes her extremely dangerous! Her hugs are crushing, her declarations of adoration will burst your eardrums. She will leap passionately into your arms – and knock you through a brick wall. Once she decides you are the love of her life, there is no escape. You are doomed. Whenever Paprika the Alpaca is in the mix, love can KILL.
Gameplay: Paprika is quick on her feet and confusing in her approach. Her attacks are bewildering and full of fluff. Don't breathe that!
This playful alpaca has tricky movement and specials to confuse opponents. Add even more variables to the fight with her randomized magic attack!
OLEANDER
When the call for a Key Keeper finally reached the unreachable ears of the Unicorns deep in the shady forests of The Woodland, it was ignored. The reclusive and reverent Order of the Horn does not participate in violence of any kind. They believe that Light Magic will ultimately prevail, though they did not presume to know how.
This was not good enough for one Unicorn — and this surprised no one. Oleander has been long known as the Order of the Horn’s resident rebel. Frustrated with the closed mindedness of her people’s philosophies, she longed for progress and new ideas, and she found these in a book. A book of DARK MAGIC. She believes, that harnessed for the right reasons, dark magic is just as good as light magic. But the use of the book and its spells has marked her. Unlike the rest of her clan, her white coat has turned dark and now they turn deaf ears whenever she tries to speak her mind. It’s no matter. She does not need their permission to save Fœnum. And when she does, she’ll prove that darkness is as good as light.
Gameplay: Oleander literally uses every trick in her demonic book to devastate her opponents. As she reads, her power grows and a horrifying creature makes its presence known!
Initially Oleander only has enough magic to cast one type of projectile. Her gameplay transforms completely when she gains additional knowledge from reading her book, allowing teleportation, casting of spells mid air and explosive traps!
POM
Sheepkin, the citizens of the small city-state of The Meadow, are a democratic society, following the will of the masses, the herd, if you will. Problem is, all of the Sheep will vote for the very first suggestion any Sheep happens to make.
When they heard the call for a Key Keeper, they immediately held an election to decide if they should decide who to send. Amidst all the bleating, one small voice squeaked out an opinion. “Of course we should.” The Sheep were stunned silent. Someone who speaks their mind? Someone with their own opinion? How bold! How brave! She must be… THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL! So a vote was called for and the decision was unanimous. The squeaky lamb, Pom, found herself charged with finding the key with only a small pack of Sheep Dog puppies to accompany her.
Instead of roaming Fœnum competing for the key, she is doing everything she can to avoid it, but she keeps running into the other Key Seekers. And to make things worse, her puppies’ protective instincts make them formidable fighters. She keeps winning the key! So the other Key Seekers keep tracking her down, picking fights! She’s desperate to find the strength to escape her predicament – but what she doesn’t know is that the one little lamb who had the strength to speak her mind just might have the strength to save the world.
Woof, Ruff, Tuft & Puff
You may be surprised by the notion of a predator not only existing in Fœnum, but actually living with prey. No one really knows how it came about that Sheepkin live side by side with Sheep Dogs, but the popular theory is that the dogs are descended from friendly omega-wolves who were harmless enough to hide with the sheep while the rest of their kind were disappearing. The wolves changed over generations, their predatory instincts evolving into protective ones. They now shield the Sheep from harm... and their own stupidity. That’s the theory any way, the Sheep cannot corroborate the story. Or understand it.
Gameplay: Pom is the unwilling leader of a pack of protective puppies. Watch your step, as her supporters are more numerous than you realize!
Puppet style gameplay allows you to control Pom and her puppies simultaneously to control a huge part of the battlefield! Bounce your opponent off of a carefully laid obstacle course of puppies for the KO!
TIANHUO
High above the clouds atop the highest of mountains lies the diminutive Empire of Huoshan (known to other Fœnecians as The Volcano), built over the gaping maw of an active, lava-spewing crater. The Empire’s subjects are Longmas, a very proud race who are half horse, half dragon. Every Longma is a member of the military, sworn not only to protect their beloved Empress (Daughter of Heaven, Empress of the Miniscule yet Mighty Realm of Magnanimous Magma, Lava, and Fire) and their honored volcanic home, but all of Fœnum itself.
It took the Empress not even a moment to make her choice for Key Keeper. Her name is Tianhuo, and amongst her people, she is undoubtedly the greatest the noble half-breeds have to offer. As Captain of the Imperial Guard, Tianhuo is the frontline defender of her Royal Highness!
For certain she is an intimidating sight, emitting stoic confidence, but not a hint of arrogance. She has no disdain for her opponents. In fact, she greatly admires skill and strength and cannot enjoy a duel unless she faces a combatant who offers her a challenge… and it takes quite a combatant to stand up to her bat-winged, aerial attacks or the force of fire she is able to magically conjure when she reaches her greatest speeds. Indeed, not many are even able to get past the daggers that shoot from her fiery, dragon eyes when she stares you down. No one is more disciplined, no one more determined, and even the Predators’ Champion should beware.
Gameplay: Tianhuo, Captain of the Imperial Guard strikes from above, below and all around! Flexible, aerodynamic, and explosive, she is a real firecracker!
Flight-based attacks keep your opponent’s head in the clouds! Cancel any and all of your attacks into her Firecracker Magic attack to overwhelm your opponents, or use it to move quickly across the stage.
Developing games costs money.
You might be asking, “Just where is my money going? Am I buying the developers a golden-plated life-sized ice-reindeer sculpture and a lifetime supply of booze?”, and the answer is: All of the money is going towards the development of the game, and is based on an 18 months dev cycle, from the moment the crowdfund money comes in and we can start paying people.
It will help to pay our staff to work on this game full time over 18 months (the planned dev cycle), as well as our friendly neighbourhood contractors in an as-needed basis during that same time, to license the tools and software that we need to develop the game (it’s not just the engine; In fact, the engine has already been licensed, courtesy of Mike Zaimont and LabZero), and to cover the costs of operating the company, such as taxes, legal checks, and the lawyers to perform those legal checks so that the game can release safely.
Here is a helpful pie chart to show you just how the funds will be allocated.
30.5% - Graphics and design
This covers the budget for the people responsible for the bulk of the game production (90% of the art, and all of the animation, mechanics, scripting, UI, and also of character, world and combat design).
21.1% - Legal/administrative fees & taxes
To cover the costs of trademarking stuff & legal checks, the taxes we’ll have to cover for developing the game and raising funds through IGG, the lawyer & the accountant to handle them and the costs of keeping Mane6 running (website hosting, domain names, mailing list, etc.)
13.4% - Programming
This here is the programming budget. It covers our two programmers, as well as the licensing of anything they need to complete their work, including GGPO, which will power our netplay. Our two programmers are responsible for modifying the Z-Engine to better fit our needs, for handling the Geobox engine that’ll power the graphic lobby, and for the creation of the tools we use in our work pipeline.
13.1% - Audio
This portion of the funds will go towards paying our music team to create all the tracks we need for the game, to our audio designer contractor, the voice talent for the characters, and the software libraries licensing for the dynamic music system.
11% - Crowdfund costs
This is the cost of crowdfunding; Indiegogo & Paypal fees, and the production, shipping and handling of the pledge tier rewards.
9.2% - Quality Assurance and testing
Exactly what it says on the tin. This will cover the hiring of our internal QA & testing team so we can be sure the game releases as balanced, and as bug free as possible.
1.7% - Miscellaneous costs
This just covers the standardization across the board of the graphic tools required to work on the game, as well as the hiring of a contractor for background art concepts & engine implementation of the same.
Of course, should anything in this list end up costing less than expected, we’ll have a small cushion of funding which we’ll be able to redirect to add extra polish to the game, such as dedicating the time to create or polish more animations (unique taunts, match specific intros, etc.)
The funding for the game will come through the moment we reach our initial funding goal. The sooner we get the money, the sooner we can begin paying people, working on the game and showing you more things, so if you’d like to contribute to our campaign please do so as early as possible!
What happens if the goal isn’t reached?
The crowdfund campaign for Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a fixed funding campaign, which in here means that if we do not reach our target goal, any and all funds collected are reimbursed to the backers. Unfortunately, it also means that any promised backer rewards aren’t delivered (given no transaction is taking place), and that our plans regarding development of Them’s Fightin’ Herds will be subject to a revision.
And it’ll make Lauren Faust sad. And that’s terrible.
Mane6 is an indie game developer, and Them’s Fightin’ Herds is our first commercial title. We are a small, 120% indie team with members spread across the world in places such as California, Maryland, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.
We all work online, conducting our day-to-day meetings and coordinating our efforts through IM and voice chat applications. The M6 office is located on the internet, in our chatroom, and we work from our homes, from offices, pubs or libraries... Wherever we can find a place to plug a computer to the internet.
Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a project of passion for every one of us in the Mane6 Devteam, from Lauren and the guys at our core team, to our QAs, programmers and audio guys. The costs of making the game and establishing the company (including legal fees, taxes and some other administrative stuff) have so far been funded out of our collective pocket, and the development has been done in our free time, with volunteer effort. We’ve poured our hearts, souls, time, sweat, tears and some blood over this project over the past couple of years in order to craft the best game experience possible to share with you guys.
As an indie studio, we strive to fulfill three ideals: A high standard of quality, creative integrity and, above all else, crafting FUN gaming experiences for our players. We believe it’s important to be in control of the development, from a mechanical, financial and artistic perspective, without having to compromise or bend to outside influences. We are an indie studio because we really want to make games we want to play, and which we hope everyone else enjoys too!
We’re cutting the middleman out of the equation, and appealing to you, the gamers, the fans, the actual people we hope will enjoy playing Them’s Fightin’ Herds. We’re not being funded under the table, or gauging interest for a publisher and asking for a nominal sum while the project’s funding is already secured.
Every dollar, every cent of your donations will go directly to the game’s development, and you, our backers, will have a part in making Them’s Fightin’ Herds a reality.
We love you and we thank you for your support, especially those of you who have been there for us from the very start, and we hope you enjoy playing this game as much as we enjoy developing it.
$486,000 - Them's Fightin' Herds on Linux and Mac
If we manage to raise $486,000 total, Them’s Fightin’ Herds will also be releasing in the Mac and Linux platforms. Backers pledging to the Early Settler and above tiers will be able to choose their favourite platform to receive their game key on!
$546,000 - Additional Character: Goat
If we reach the $546,000 mark, Them’s Fightin’ Herds will get a seventh playable character, including all new character theme and dynamic music system variations!
The almighty Goat, master of balance is determined to be the last standing!
She has seemingly impossible balancing capabilities, allowing her to stand firmly on any steep surface, including walls! Use her magic to run at high speeds across the stage and up walls to rush down and literally walk all over your competition!
$560,000 - Goat Stages/Story Mode
At the $560,000 mark, the goat will get her own stage, lobby stage, and she’ll also get a story mode! - This also includes all new music by our composers for both her fight stage and lobby stage.
And if you still need an incentive to pledge to the crowdfund, we’d like to show you all the shinies we’re giving to our beloved backers, with goodies and exclusive stuff you won’t find anywhere else.
Five bucks gets you our gratitude for supporting Mane6 and helping make Them’s Fightin’ Herds a reality. You’ve got our back and, in exchange, you’ve got our sword, our bow, our axe*, and a nifty set of wallpapers featuring the characters of Them’s Fightin’ Herds once the crowdfund is over.
*Not an actual sword, bow or axe
Not only will you get our deepest gratitude for helping us develop Them’s Fightin’ Herds, and a wallpaper set with Arizona, Velvet, and the rest of our cast, but you’ll also get your name in the Book of Eldritch Lore (read: the game credits). Thank you.
Here’s the DISCOUNTED game tier! If you are one of the first 100 people to pledge 12 bucks to our crowdfund
campaign, you’ll get a digital copy of Them’s Fightin’ Herds for you to
play once it releases, as well as a credit in the Book of Eldritch Lore,
and access to our backers-only forum, where you can get progress
reports in the game development’s status, hear the news before anyone else,
and interact with the devs too. And if that wasn’t enough for you, we’ll
also add a backers-only alternate palette to the game for each of the
characters in the roster!
Here’s the game tier! If you pledge 15 bucks to our crowdfund campaign, you’ll get a digital copy of Them’s Fightin’ Herds for you to play once it releases, as well as a credit in the Book of Eldritch Lore, and access to our backers-only forum, where you can get progress reports in the game development’s status, hear the news before anyone else, and interact with the devs too. And if that wasn’t enough for you, we’ll also add a backers-only alternate palette to the game for each of the characters in the roster.
With this tier, not only do you get everything on the Fœnum Settler package, but once the game is complete, you’ll also gain access to a digital gallery containing high-resolution files of every piece of concept art, flavour art and fun art made by the Mane6 Team (including Lauren Faust) during game development.
For the music lovers. This tier gives you access to a digital copy of the game’s soundtrack, which includes the title theme, all character themes, and all stage themes, plus any other tracks we end up adding (char select, ending, etc.), composed by our awesome music team, in addition to all of the rewards in the previous tier.
NEW: Now also includes access to our closed beta on Steam. Thanks everybody for getting us greenlit!
Do you want to make your grand entrance to the world of Foenum in style (that’s quite important, by the way)? By pledging to this tier, you get not only a unique in-game flair which shows on your portrait and character name while in a fight, but you also get a lobby accessory pack filled with everything you need to make yourself the most stylish champion. Also includes all of Guardian Sheepdog tier’s rewards.
This reward tier gets you a set of 7 postcards. On six of them is the moveset for each of the characters in the main cast, just in case you or a friend need a reference while you play, with the seventh having a Splash art picture of the main cast!
Includes all the previous tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $15 USD for shipping.
Increased predator sightings across Fœnum!
The new Menacing Shadow pledge reward tier includes all of the unlimited digital rewards. That’s the wallpaper kit, the backer credit, the digital copy of Them’s Fightin’ Herds, and the backers’ only palette. It also includes the upgrade from the “Best Of” edition of the digital soundtrack to the Complete Recordings Edition, which is a digital version as well.
Existing backers on the $90 and under tiers can update their pledge reward.
This one is special. This tier will grant the first 100 backers to pledge to this tier access to Them’s Fightin’ Herds - Crowdfund Physical Edition, a limited-edition, one-time-only physical version of the game at A DISCOUNT. This special edition will not be reprinted once the crowdfund is over, and will be limited to the amount of copies rewarded to the backers.
Includes all the previous tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $15 USD for shipping.
This one is also special. This tier will grant backers access to Them’s Fightin’ Herds - Crowdfund Physical
Edition, a limited-edition, one-time-only physical version of the game.
This special edition will not be reprinted once the crowdfund is over,
and will be limited to the amount of copies rewarded to the backers.
Includes all the previous tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $15 USD for shipping.
This one is special. This tier will grant backers access to Them’s Fightin’ Herds - Crowdfund Physical Edition, a limited-edition, one-time-only physical version of the game. This special edition will not be reprinted once the crowdfund is over, and will be limited to the amount of copies rewarded to the backers. Includes all the Predator Scout tier’s rewards.
Non-US backers please add $15 USD for shipping.
For the hardcore music lovers; the last of our unlimited tier rewards upgrade the digital version of the soundtrack to the Complete Recordings Edition. This has all the character themes, all the stage themes, the title theme and any menu music we end up making, and all the dynamic variations for all stage themes are included in your digital download of the game’s soundtrack. Includes all the Huoshan Soldier tier’s rewards.
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
The limited Winter Sprite tier will let you design your own lobby accessory for your favourite character in the game (within sane, relatively family-friendly limits, of course), that anyone can wear. However, you, as the creator of the accessory, will receive a one-of-a-kind SHINY variant! You will also receive a small doodle from Lauren Faust! Includes all the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn tier’s rewards.
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
This is our new unlimited version of the Winter Sprite Tier. Design your own lobby accessory for your favorite character in the game (within sane, relatively family-friendly limited, of course), that anyone can wear. However, you, as the creator of the accessory will receive a one-of-a-kind SHINY variant. Includes all of the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn tier’s rewards.
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
Sometimes, awesome as they are, the default colors for your favourite character ain’t cuttin’ it, and you’re feelin’ like something else. Something special. That is the moment when you look at your screen and think, “Man, I wish my favourite combination of a certain number of colors was available as a palette in this here game.”
Well, GOOD NEWS. This backer tier aims to help you here.
If you have the awesome style, the iron will and the burning desire to create your own palette for your favourite name-taking and rear-impacting ungulate, choosing the Reindeer Viking tier will let you do just that. Throw us a color scheme, tell us your choice of character, and we’ll make it happen for you, lickety split, so everyone can wear your colors to the battle with pride.
Includes all the Winter Sprite tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
This is our new digital-only tier version of the Horned Guru tier. It includes everything in that tier except for the physical items. So you get wallpapers, backer credits, backer palette, digital gallery, in-game flair, and the Complete Recordings Edition of the soundtrack, a doodle from Lauren Faust and, in addition, you can create your own unique lobby accessory, OC lobby sprite and character palette. We only have a limited number of these so act fast before they’re all gone!
As a Mane6 certified Guru of the Horned persuasion, your knowledge is boundless, your awesomeness is limitless, and your ability to use your lower limbs to strike ungulate-attached tush is incomparable. So why shouldn’t your appearance match as well?
This tier will let you have your very own original four-legged character added to the game as a lobby sprite, that you and only you can use. That means you can prance around the graphical lobby in your own guise. Pretty cool, no? Be sure to read the caveat at the end of the backer rewards, though!
Includes all the Reindeer Viking tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
“But wait!” you say. “What if I’d like to become a part of the in-fight action as well?”
And to that I tell you, “Get your face in here, my friend!”
In this tier, you will see your original character becoming a part of Fœnum by appearing in a stage’s background. Throw us a drawn reference of your character (not written), and we’ll ungulateify it if it’s not ungulateified already. Then we’ll add it to a stage’s crowd. Please read the caveat to this at the end of the crowdfund rewards.
Includes all of the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn tier’s rewards + a doodle from Lauren Faust.
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
In this new limited tier, you will get a 7 inches exclusive miniature plush toy of your favourite Them’s Fightin’ Herds character. Includes all of the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn tier’s rewards + the creation of a custom in-game pallete, and a doodle from Lauren Faust.
Non-US backers please add $50 USD for shipping.
So you’ve got the backer’s palette and you got the postcards. And that’s pretty cool, of course, but you’re still feelin’ the need for something to take to your closest tournament to demonstrate your ungulate rear-kicking prowess. Well, my friend, this tier cures what ails you. As a Stampeding Adventurer, you’ll be able to take names while using your super limited edition Them’s Fightin’ Herds fightstick.
You’ll also be able to leave your signature in the game, by creating your own custom palette for everyone to enjoy.
Includes all of the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn's rewards + a Lauren Doodle. Non-US backers please add $50 USD for shipping.
This one’s one of our favourite tiers; Champion of Fœnum is a very limited, super exclusive tier. In addition to all the unlimited rewards, you’ll be able to get an exclusive lobby avatar of your character, so you can prance around the lobby in style and, best of all, you’ll also get a pledge reward that we, Mane6, wish we could donate to ourselves for: A 13 inch, certified original, certified exclusive certified plush toy of your favourite Them’s Fightin’ Herds character, made by buttercupbabyppg, who is absolutely godlike at making these beauties. If you get this, we’ll envy you!
… And love you for supporting our game, of course.
Includes all of the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn tier's rewards + a doodle by Lauren Faust. Non-US backers please add $50 USD for shipping.
On this tier:
Wallpaper Set
Backer Credit (“Custodian of Worlds”)
Ingame flair + Lobby pack
Them’s Fightin’ Herds - Digital copy
Backer’s Exclusive Palette for each character
Backers-only Forum access
Them’s Fightin’ Herds Concept Art Gallery - Digital Edition
Them’s Fightin’ Herds Soundtrack Complete Recordings - Digital Edition
Create an exclusive Lobby Avatar of your Original Character!
Your Character in a Stage Background!
You’re invited to a Skype call with Mane6/Lauren Faust
Get an original sketch of yourself or your character as a Fœnum inhabitant- (Or a sketch of your favourite TFH character!) by Lauren Faust.
The maximum tier. The top. The pinnacle. The ultimate pledging tier of game backing +5.
Custodian of Worlds grants you all of the unlimited rewards from the previous tiers!
it also allows you to design a lobby accessory and a character’s alternate palette for everyone to enjoy, and gets your original character in the game as an exclusive lobby sprite for you to use AND a special appearance in one of the background stages, so you can be in the middle of the action.
It also gets you an invite to a skype call with Mane6 (Lauren Faust included), so you can talk with us about the game’s development, Fœnum’s lore, its inhabitants, or even just about the nice weather in your hometown or how your day was!
And if that wasn’t enough for you, Lauren Faust will sketch an original character of yours as a Fœnum inhabitant, or your favourite Them’s Fightin’ Herds character in a pose of your choice! ...Within sane, family-friendly limits, of course.
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for the shipping of physical rewards. Thanks!
A Legal Caveat
Please note that due to the same legal reasons mentioned elsewhere in the campaign, all reward tiers including fan-submitted user content for game inclusion (in particular “your original character in the background” and “your original character as a lobby sprite”) are subject to a sanity check by Mane6 (read: making sure it’s not a troll request), and a legal check by Mane6’s lawyer, and might be vetoed at our discretion. Fan-submitted content must be original, and fully owned by the backer.
For “My Little Pony” styled fan characters (in most cases), this will mean we will give your character a minor makeover to fit within the Fœnum world (e.g. no cutie marks, no alicorn characters, we offer you a species change, etc.), but there might be some exceptions where due to legal complications, we might not be able to fit your character in and we are very sorry about that. If you intend to pledge to these tiers and have doubts about the viability of your character, please ask before pledging. You can contact us about this through the Indiegogo contact form (at the top of the campaign), as well as with our twitter, facebook, tumblr or e-mail address, which are listed at the bottom of the page. Thank you!
Risks & Challenges
Since we’re employing a trademark lawyer to assist us with the legal processes, stuff like sudden cease & desist letters from third party companies won’t be an issue, since we’ll be the legal owner of everything in the game.
The main risk involved in making Them’s Fightin’ Herds is schedule slippage. It is only a problem because Them’s Fightin’ Herds isn’t the developers’ main job at the moment. If the crowdfund succeeds, our team would be able to dedicate more time to the game (in most of our cases, even making it our full-time job), which would help reduce schedule slipping. There’s always the risk of something unexpected and outside of our control slowing the development of the game, but such possibilities become remote once Mane6 has funding to work with.
Even if you can’t donate, spreading the word about the crowdfund campaign helps too! - Indiegogo has provided some easy-sharing tools which you can use to do so.
Remember, the more the word spreads about the campaign, the more likely is that we reach our crowdfund goal and the faster we can begin the main development process! But please be courteous when spreading the word. We want people to -like- the campaign, not hate it. While telling all your friends, or people in your favourite forum helps to get eyes on the crowdfund, spamming the topic or being rude about it will have the opposite effect.
Thanks to everyone pledging to the crowdfund, spreading the word, supporting us and in general being awesome. We wouldn’t be here without you.
We still have a ways to go, though, so let’s make this happen!
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FAQ
For the music lovers. This tier gives you access to a digital copy of the game’s soundtrack, which includes the title theme, all character themes, and all stage themes, plus any other tracks we end up adding (char select, ending, etc.), composed by our awesome music team, in addition to all of the rewards in the previous tier.
NEW: Now also includes access to our closed beta on Steam
2456 claimed
Curious Foal
$5 USD
Thanks for contributing! - You'll receive a wallpaper set once the crowdfund succeeds!
Estimated Shipping
November 2015
112 claimed
Incidental Background Sheep
$10 USD
This tier will get you in the Book of Eldritch Lore! (read: the game's credits). Includes wallpaper set too.
76 claimed
Foenum Settler
$15 USD
Here’s the game tier! You’ll get a digital copy of Them’s Fightin’ Herds for you to play once it releases, as well as a credit in the Book of Eldritch Lore, and access to our backers-only forum, where you can get progress reports in the game development’s status, hear the news before anyone else, and interact with the devs too. And if that wasn’t enough for you, we’ll also add a backers-only alternate palette to the game for each of the characters in the roster!
4626 claimed
Alpacan Weaver
$25 USD
With this tier, not only do you get everything on the Foenum Settler package, but once the game is complete, you’ll also gain access to a digital gallery containing high-resolution files of every piece of concept art, flavour art and fun art made by the Mane6 Team (including Lauren Faust), for Them’s Fightin’ Herds during game development.
900 claimed
Spirit of the Plains
$55 USD
Our new digital-only tier. You not only get a unique in-game flair which shows on your portrait and character name while in a fight, but you also get a lobby accessory pack filled with everything you need to make yourself the most stylish champion. Includes all of Guardian Sheepdog tier’s rewards.
773 claimed
Predator Scout
$60 USD
This reward tier gets you a set of 7 postcards. On each is the moveset for each of the characters in the main cast, just in case you or a friend need a reference while you play! Includes all the previous tier’s rewards.
Non-US backers please add $15 USD for shipping.
Estimated Shipping
April 2017
319 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Menacing Shadow (Digital only)
$90 USD
Increased predator sightings across Fœnum!
The new Menacing Shadow pledge reward tier includes all of the unlimited digital rewards. That’s the wallpaper kit, the backer credit, the digital copy of Them’s Fightin’ Herds, and the backers’ only palette. It also includes the upgrade from the “Best Of” edition of the digital soundtrack to the Complete Recordings Edition, which is a digital version as well.
Existing backers on the $90 and under tiers can update their pledge reward.
344 claimed
Unicorn Wizard
$100 USD
This one is special. This tier will grant backers access to Them’s Fightin’ Herds - Crowdfund Physical Edition, a limited-edition, one-time-only physical version of the game. This special edition will not be reprinted once the crowdfund is over, and will be limited to the amount of copies rewarded to the backers. Includes all the Predator Scout tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $15 USD for shipping.
Estimated Shipping
April 2017
582 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Huoshan Soldier
$150 USD
Much like the previous tier, this one will give backers the physical edition of the game. It will also give them the physical edition of the soundtrack! All the stage themes, as well as the character themes, are available in this backers-only physical edition, which, much like the game’s crowdfund physical edition, will not be reprinted once the dust settles.
Includes all the previous tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
Estimated Shipping
April 2017
171 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Lusciously Bearded Unicorn
$200 USD
For the hardcore music lovers; the last of our unlimited tier rewards upgrade the digital version of the soundtrack to the Complete Recordings Edition. This has all the character themes, all the stage themes, the title theme and any menu music we end up making, and all the dynamic variations for all stage themes are included in your digital download of the game’s soundtrack.
Includes all the previous tier’s rewards. Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
Estimated Shipping
April 2017
229 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Trendy Sprite
$275 USD
This is our new unlimited version of the Winter Sprite Tier.
Design your own lobby accessory for your favorite character in the game. (within sane, relatively family-friendly limited, of course), that anyone can wear. However, you, as the creator of the accessory will receive a one-of-a-kind SHINY variant. Includes all of the Lusciously Bearded Unicorn tier’s rewards.
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for shipping.
Estimated Shipping
April 2017
66 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Custodian of Worlds Mk2
$5,000 USD
This tier allows you to design a lobby accessory and a character’s alternate palette, and gets your original character in the game as an exclusive lobby sprite AND a special appearance in one of the background stages. You also get an invite to a skype call with Mane6 (Lauren Faust included) and Lauren Faust will sketch an original character of yours as a Fœnum inhabitant, or your favourite Them’s Fightin’ Herds character!
Non-US backers please add $20 USD for the shipping of physical rewards.