The Kickstarter campaign for Sekai Project’s Grisaia Trilogy was recently funded in roughly a day.
The crowdfunding not only funded the game entirely, it blew past their stretch goals and sat comfortably at $280,000. Something curious happened, as the funding dropped down to $206,000, and with that came a clarification from Sekai Project:
“As some of you have already noticed, a few hours ago the campaign funding had a sudden drop from $280k to $206k. We were not able to keep the existing tiers with dakimakura or bedsheet rewards as Kickstarter has removed them entirely along with the associated pledges. Removing the pledges also meant we fell below the ports stretch goal amount. These events are unfortunate but ultimately it is their platform and we will respect Kickstarter’s decision.”
To be clear, Sekai Project got the notice from Kickstarter earlier, and they made an attempt to appeal the decision:
“A bit of unfortunate news for you folks. We were informed just a moment ago that some of the backer rewards that we had available were deemed inappropriate according to Kickstarter guidelines and have been asked to remove certain tiers. What happens now is that those tiers, and the pledges attached to them will be canceled in the next 48 hours. There is no way to adjust the tiers as Kickstarter has made it clear they must be removed.”
Despite their funding getting cut down, it quickly bounced up to $240,000, meaning the game is potentially coming to Playstation Vita, alongside the confirmed PC, Mac, and Linux platforms.
Sekai Project isn’t letting the removal of the dakimakuras or the bedsheets prevent them from continuing to appeal the decision. The new reward tiers may be different, however:
“In the meantime we are working with Kickstarter to amend the tiers and get them back up as soon as we can. The revised tiers may not have pillows or bedsheets anymore, but we’ll make sure to add some worthy replacements. For the limited tiers we will announce dates and times for their return in a future update so everyone will have a chance to reclaim their slots.”
If you’re considering backing The Grisaia Trilogy, you should head on over to their Kickstarter page.
