Vampire Princess Army,

How is everyone?

XERO`s Producer MOKA and Sugawara-san discuss the latest news with MiKandi Japan.

Today, we're going to jump right in and address a few very important topics about our current post-Kickstarter progress:

Funds : How much have we actually raised?

: How much have we raised? BackerKit Surveys: How many have responded?

How many have responded? PSVita and Android Progress : How close are we?

: How close are we? BackerKit Tier Update: "Wake Up My Master" Question Added to Survey,

"Wake Up My Master" Question Added to Survey, BackerKit Reminders: Survey Recovery, Lockdown Date

Survey Recovery, Lockdown Date Shoutout! "Bloody Chronicles": A new VN from Polish/Japanese team, Igrasil Studios!

Funds: How Much Have We Raised?

Libra was an incredible success ("Thank you!"). We surpassed our initial goal and even secured 3 of 5 stretch goals. But since then, how much have we raised?

There are a few things to account for because, in the end, the totals posted do not reflect the actual amount. The important factors are...

1. Dropped Backers/Pledges: These are backers who's pledges were unable to be collected from Kickstarter after our campaign ended. Note that dropped backers occur in any campaign.

*We were unable to collect $6,400 (estimated 3.5%) which puts our actual Kickstarter total from $183,000 to $176,600.

2. BackerKit Funds: Last update, I posted a screenshot of our total raised in BackerKit, but then realized, while it looks great, it's not accurate.

The BackerKit total does not account for...

BackerKit's services and fees.

Add-on production costs: All BackerKit add-ons are physical goods and therefore come at a higher cost.

We've put together a chart to show you how our BackerKit totals are allocated, and what percentage is realistically available for Stretch Goals:

Libra's BackerKit costs breakdown chart.

BackerKit total raised does not reflect the actual amount! See pie chart for cost breakdown. Thank you!

That being said, BackerKit current total is $23,700, while actual total towards stretch goals is $8300! When we add this amount to our Kickstarter figure, we arrive at about $184,900. This is our actual total.

Also, it's important mention that, just like with Kickstarter, our BackerKit total will fluctuate due to...

pledges that backers adjust before lockdown.

lockdown. pledges that fail to be collected after lockdown.

BackerKit Surveys Answered?

With 2 weeks before lockdown (March 18th), we have collected survey responses from nearly everyone. For those who have not taken the time to go through the survey process, please do it soon!

Overall, we're doing quite well! We still have our victory and nothing can take that away! ^_^

Vita and Android: The Good and Not-So Good News.

As we can see, our total raised pushes the Vita goal a lot further away than we all imagined. What's more, we underestimated the total costs to bring Libra to Vita (costs are steeper than what we'd researched). So now, even if we were to get SONY's approval, pursuing a Vita port would be even more difficult to reach. With our limited funding time frame, the cost to achieve our Vita goal has become unrealistic, at least for now.

Before our Kickstarter launch, we ran a poll asking if players would prefer the "mature" version or regular version. The overwhelming majority (96%) were passionate and in favor of the "mature" version.

As everyone knows, the PC version of Libra will have a patch available to unlock the mature content, but recently we have learned that SONY will not allow us to offer this patch for Vita. We feel this is unfortunate, as we wish for all players to have the option to play the version they'd like across all platforms. Vita distributors seem to agree. Vita players would most likely be let down and even reject the game after learning that their version isn`t equal to other versions.

So without Vita, what happens with remaining stretch goal funds?

These funds will all be used for Libra. Since MiKandi has years of experience with Android development, we are looking for ways to lower dev costs and still deliver a great mobile version w/patch on Android. Also, if we can lower those costs, that means Mini Episode 3 will be even closer!

This may be all for now, but you haven't heard the last from us, SONY!

To Our Vita Fans,

You are a great legion of passionate warriors and we sincerely thank you for helping us fight for this stretch goal -- even though you knew we were up against a beast of a challenge. We hope you will continue to support us as we move forward! <3

Key points:

BackerKit Tier Tweak

We've made an update to $250 "Wake Up My Master".

If you have selected this tier you should now see the following question as part of your survey:

For "Wake Up My Master", what name would you like Mari (Mayumi Shindo-san) to call you by? No profanity please. Thanks!"





Important: If you need to access your survey to make any changes, be sure to always start by RECOVERING YOUR SURVEY HERE!

Reminder: BackerKit lockdown is scheduled for March 18th!

After lockdown you will only be able to change your shipping information.

And finally... We still have several slots remaining for our special cosplay tier: "Libra Girls Become Flesh".

Since our last update, we've been able to place a few backers into this tier. If anyone out there would like an upgrade into one of the remaining slots, please reach out to us here, in a message, or via Twitter. Thanks!

"Bloody Chronicles": A New VN Enters The Ring!

Bloody Chronicles, a new VN from Polish/Japanese team, Igrasil Visual Studio

We'd like to welcome, Bloody Chronicles to Kickstarter (coming VERY SOON)!

B.C. comes to us from Igrasil Studio, a brand new, talented team of Polish/Japanese members. This campaign was brought to our attention by the VN community, and we're happy to see them join the fight in bringing Japanese VN's to the west! <3

Bloody Chonicles Synopsis: The plot focuses on the character of Kazuki who lost his parents in an accident. After graduating from the police academy he was recruited by the non-governmental organization Igrasil which solves murders the police deem are impossible to explain due to lack of evidence.

Kazuki’s partners in the organization include the crazy and funny Ishikawa siblings; Kaoru Moriyama, the daughter of a millionaire and the founder of the whole organization; and Suzumi, the head of the organization who is responsible for making all the major decisions.

Please support them by following them on their social sites before the Campaign launches! ^O^

Homepage: Igrasil Studio

Igrasil Studio Twitter: @Igrasilstudio

@Igrasilstudio Thunderclap Campaign: Bloody Chronicles

Bloody Chronicles Company Bio: Igrasil Visual Studio is an international group of Visual Novel fans who dream of creating their own Project based on inspiration from titles such as: Grisaia no Kajitsu, Fate Stay Night, Kanon and many others.

Onward to Immortality!

MiKandi Japan and XERO