Reloaded Productions today announced the launch of its crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter for Hailan Rising.
Hailan Rising is an intense PVP Action-MMO built using Unity 3D. Featuring over 4 billion unique character builds, the game will feature territory control, random loot and will completely eliminate slow grinding elements of gameplay which have become synonymous with this genre of games. The game is Reloaded Production’s first multi-platform online game, opening the door to inter-device gameplay between Mac, PC, Android and iOS.
The game development team spurned traditional funding avenues for Hailan Rising to democratize the game design and launch process. Kickstarter lets the team directly engage with gamers and leverage their feedback and contributions to accelerate the completion of the game by mid 2013. Pledge tiers start at US 8.00, which gives fans the “Founder” title for their ingame characters. Higher pledge levels give fans unique items, early beta access and at the top levels, backers will even get direct access to the game design team for individual contributions to the game development process.
“Our goal is to create the most intense PvP-focused MMO possible, with free-form character builds, territory control and random loot, while letting you jump into the fun right away” said Adam ‘CaliMaestro’ Smith, Producer for Hailan Rising.
Jess Mulligan, contributing Executive Producer for Hailan Rising said “What really attracted me to working with the Hailan team was the unique PvP mechanic they’ve created, all without the traditional MMORPG level-grind.” Mulligan, the former Executive Producer and Creative Director of Asheron’s Call 1 and 2, and an Executive Director of Ultima Online, added “This is the fastest and most competitive PvP environment I’ve ever seen in an MMO.”
The goal of the Kickstarter campaign is to generate $275,000 in contributions, which will help complete the PC and Mac versions of the game in mid-2013. If the Reloaded team reaches the stretch goal of $500,000, they will also create iOS and Android versions of this Action-MMO and free copies will be provided to all fans who contribute at least $20 to this effort.
