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Skullgirls Crowdfunding campaign for DLC character Squigly - opened and now accepting donations on Indie GoGo

Posted by DreamKing23
February 25, 2013 at 11:22 a.m. PST

The fundraising page for Squiggly, the next DLC character in Skullgirls, is now up on IndieGoGo and open for donations. The amount Lab Zero is looking to achieve is $150,000 in order to fully complete the first Skullgirls DLC character and the campaign will be active for the next 30 days.

Below is a video from Mike Z and Alex Ahad that explains the goals they hope to achieve, rewards for donating including wallpaper packs, t-shirts, soundtracks, a Steam code that gives early access to the Skullgirls PC beta and more. The video also includes a breakdown of Squigly and discusses her playstyle and story.

For even more information on donations, rewards, stretch goals and more, be sure to visit the Indie GoGo campaign page.

Tips by Eternal, HooliganComboFTW, Nyoro, jetfox, Marsh, AlgeKevin, werewolfgold, Vawned, zferolie and andresbernalc.

Comments

Threedawg said on February 25, 2013 at 11:27 a.m.

$40k already? Where are all these Skullgirls fans?!

HooliganComboFTW said on February 25, 2013 at 11:28 a.m.

Raised over 25K within the 1st hour and over 40k within 2.5 hours.

Skullgirls team deserves this, never seen such a passionate fighting game dev team

FuZzY_NUFC said on February 25, 2013 at 11:32 a.m.

Who's gave money?

Vawned said on February 25, 2013 at 11:34 a.m.

It is just sad that they don't feature this game in Tournaments, they put Melty Blood and PA4 instead of this, made by some guys from the community, and they don't get as much support as they need.

I'm totally helping them, already bought the pre-order for Steam. Hope they can make much more than they expect.

xShonuffx said on February 25, 2013 at 11:34 a.m.

@1 What do you mean "Where are all these Skullgirls fans?" They have ALWAYS been here. People just put down Skull Girls because it is'nt by Capcom or a big developer or something. People forget this game was marketed by Konami which is a big company, of course its gonna have a huge roster of fans, you can't deny the charm the game has too. Very beautiful and well done American fighter.

Even if you don't play the game you can't deny it is a great fighter if not overshadowed by the big boys. People want this game to do well.

Mr_Pyro said on February 25, 2013 at 11:36 a.m.

We've got this, guys. There is a lot of time.

illness690 said on February 25, 2013 at 11:37 a.m.

They'll get more than enough money from the fans. I'm not donating, but it's cool to see how much fan support this game has. Too bad I can't ever find any of them online.

Guybrush20X6 said on February 25, 2013 at 11:37 a.m.

The high tier rewards just flew off the shelf! The highest left is $300 and there's only 13 of those left. I hope they can get lots of small supports to go along with the few huge ones. Also they promise Team Fortress hats. How can a man you say no to hats?

Blaken7 said on February 25, 2013 at 11:37 a.m.

Skullgirls fan can be found at the Skullheart! (http://skullheart.com/forums/index.ph...)

I already supported with 30! I will see if I can support more later.

Let's go!!!!!!

@7 If you can go to the forums there is a matchmaking thread.

ShinAkiraDesu said on February 25, 2013 at 11:39 a.m.

mmm yes! SG fans unite!

#10

Spaghetti_Time said on February 25, 2013 at 11:39 a.m.

The Skullgirls keep ME growing IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

#11

HooliganComboFTW said on February 25, 2013 at 11:48 a.m.

Zone-Tan is gonna be a background character if this is successful

https://twitter.com/Z0NE/status/30612...

Also Ravi is looking into expanding the higher tier rewards....he didn't expect them to sell THAT quick

#12

Spaghetti_Time said on February 25, 2013 at 11:48 a.m.

Damn I wish I was still working. Probably would've gone $100 or more.

Let's hope this $30 helps!

#13

KissofPoison said on February 25, 2013 at 11:49 a.m.

The problem I have with this, is once you pay to get it developed... they will charge again for the content. Considering the content to come after squigly as well isn't that impressive, I may as well pass. Perhaps if they put out something worth while.

It upsets me the cool character in the game is a charge character, and the rest are meh.

It's a shame.

#14

HooliganComboFTW said on February 25, 2013 at 11:52 a.m.

#14

Pay again? No its FREE FOREVER as long as you download within the 3 month time period

PC Version will also be covered along with beta keys and TF2 hat

Its gonna be three characters/Stages/Story Scenarios. The 3rd character will be determined by VOTE.

"Something worthwhile"? Please do tell

#15

OhYouDontSayThat said on February 25, 2013 at 11:52 a.m.

lol.

just... lol.

#16

TrishThreesome said on February 25, 2013 at 11:54 a.m.

@3 vawned

"It is just sad that they don't feature this game in Tournaments, they put Melty Blood and PA4 instead of this"

Why are you hating on persona 4? At WinterBrawl persona 4 had 120 PRE-REGISTERED players, with more signing up on-site.

eventhubs only posted top 4 results for skullgirls. Did skullgirls even get 10 entrants???

shoutouts to skullgirls and their 4 man bracket at winter brawl

all this effort for a dead game lololol

#17

Zentsurugi said on February 25, 2013 at 11:56 a.m.

Already gave my money! Dropped $158 for this!

#18

Viro_veteruscy said on February 25, 2013 at 11:57 a.m.

Donated 150 myself, glad to see this truckin on through. SG fans basically have the site Skullheart to set up fights and such online. Have to get online more often than just randomly and playing at Salty Cupcakes X3 That and actually practice the game lol. Anyway, hope to see this progress :3

#19

EndlessWitch said on February 25, 2013 at noon

@4
Oi Melty Blood is a sick game, don't you slander it.

#20

Schwoi said on February 25, 2013 at 12:19 p.m.

donated.

#21

kara said on February 25, 2013 at 12:22 p.m.

whoa the weaboo is strong in this one,
no hate on SG i think it's pretty creative

#22

Dravidian said on February 25, 2013 at 12:25 p.m.

Before the drive ends I'll give either 100 or 150. I just need to get paid first.

#23

InitialR said on February 25, 2013 at 12:27 p.m.

IMO I would take a lobby feature over more stages any day... He should of made the donation drive for that instead...

#24

Vawned said on February 25, 2013 at 12:42 p.m.

I'm not slandering Melty Blood nor Persona 4. The problem is that the community wants sick games, and when someone from the community makes it, there is no support. That is wrong.

#25

HooliganComboFTW said on February 25, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.

50k+ within 3 hours?

I didn't even expect it to go this well and I was very optimistic

#24 Lobbies and more will come in PC which in turn will come to consoles

#26

bugonisx2 said on February 25, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.

@ #24

Lobbies are coming with this new content. They actually announced it when they said that they had a new publisher for the PC version.

#27

Professor_Icepick said on February 25, 2013 at 12:44 p.m.

Donated $50. Man, it's already at 50k in the first day. I hope we get all three characters and their story modes/stages.

#28

xShonuffx said on February 25, 2013 at 12:54 p.m.

This is awesome im so glad this game is getting more love.

#29

Piro said on February 25, 2013 at 12:56 p.m.

Donated $30. The donations just keep coming...

#30

Cammystrike said on February 25, 2013 at 1:10 p.m.

@17 Only reason P4A had that many entrants was because it was free to enter with a thousand bucks up for grabs. I don't even play the game and I would have entered for the hell of it.

#31

LordProsper said on February 25, 2013 at 1:12 p.m.

@17 Oh yeah, this game is dead. That's why it's managed to get $50,000+ in 4 hours, because no one cares about it.

#32

hazelnut1112 said on February 25, 2013 at 1:16 p.m.

Also, there is another addition for this if the funding goes well, they are going to add their first male character as DLC. I sent you guy the tip.

#33

InitialR said on February 25, 2013 at 1:22 p.m.

They surely picked the right time of year to hold a donation drive... Right when everybody is getting their tax returns back.

#34

Zombie4u said on February 25, 2013 at 1:26 p.m.

Donated!! Skullgirls FTW!!!

#35

Phynx said on February 25, 2013 at 2:16 p.m.

Man I can't believe the $250-1000 tiers filled up so fast, that's nuts. I hope they meet their goal!

#36

TrishThreesome said on February 25, 2013 at 2:24 p.m.

@cammystrike

"@17 Only reason P4A had that many entrants was because it was free to enter with a thousand bucks up for grabs."

Dude, back in december at NEC XIII, P4A wasn't free to enter, but they still had 154 players sign up... This time they had 120 people registering early, they would have still signed up even if they had to pay 10 bucks, which they did back in December.

#37

Nago said on February 25, 2013 at 2:29 p.m.

I was going to say 30 days doesn't seem like a lot of time... but damn. Looks like the supposed lack of content won't be an issue anymore if they keep this up.

#38

southpaw said on February 25, 2013 at 2:40 p.m.

Eventually the donations will pan out after the rush is over. I did give them 30$ and hopefully I can add more to that later on.

Looking forward to PC-release, let's make big band happen!

#39

Roge9 said on February 25, 2013 at 2:41 p.m.

Good stuff

#40

ShinAkiraDesu said on February 25, 2013 at 2:46 p.m.

damn still no 360 patch. why don't they just give the patch out with the character. that would solve problems right?

#41

RedRapperSux said on February 25, 2013 at 2:46 p.m.

Nice

#42

roknin said on February 25, 2013 at 3 p.m.

Couple of things.

Really glad to see this is picking up steam so quickly! While I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay, I adore everything else about it and do enjoy watching matches, and I love love love love love the artwork/animation. I'll be donating if I can (looks like it require Pay Pal, which I don't use and for some reason Indiegogo doesn't like my CC), as I also want to at least try Squigly, even if its just casually. <3

Also, people going around yelling "lol your game is dead"... EAD. The more you go around screaming and posting that tripe, the more you prove your unimportance and incompetence. If you don't like/play/understand/care about the game you're about to post about, you should probably not say a damn thing and go find the article of a game you actually like.

#43

No_Surrender said on February 25, 2013 at 3:14 p.m.

I don't play the game much, but I will definitely donate when I get paid this week. These guys deserve it.

#44

theramin said on February 25, 2013 at 3:19 p.m.

At $77,799 already. Unreal.

#45

RW said on February 25, 2013 at 3:37 p.m.

Squigly looks like a great character! I cannot wait to put her (and hopefully big band) on my team! <3

#46

werewolfgold said on February 25, 2013 at 3:48 p.m.

Dayum. At this rate they'll be done before I get paid on Friday...

I'm sure it'll level off slightly, but still...they might pull this off to a great degree...

#47

ryuhayabusa13 said on February 25, 2013 at 3:50 p.m.

Go for it Man! Hope that They achieve their goal and make many more. Lots of support for them and keep up the good work guys.

#48

Esquilax said on February 25, 2013 at 3:50 p.m.

I want that shirt but $100 is a little out of my price limit

Will donate $30 when I get paid

#49

Piro said on February 25, 2013 at 4:01 p.m.

@ShinAkiraDesu The reason for the delay of XBOX 360 patch is due to the patch size limit of Microsoft. They only allow 4 MB in size per patch. The patch for the PS3 version was way over 500 MB.

#50

roknin said on February 25, 2013 at 4:12 p.m.

WTF lmao, they're over half way (87k) already. Well damn.

#51

Cammystrike said on February 25, 2013 at 4:15 p.m.

What does this mean for 360 users? They can't get the patch through, so are they just going to throw Squiggly into it as is? Mike Z should talk about their plans for 360 if they can't make the patch small enough.

#52

Professor_Icepick said on February 25, 2013 at 4:20 p.m.

My guess is that they might include v1.01 with Squigly. Though why they didn't just do that with the DLC color pack in the first place, I'll never understand.

#53

YoYoCheese said on February 25, 2013 at 4:26 p.m.

Mike Z's already said that, if MS doesn't release the patch by her release date, it will be included automatically with Squigly for 360 users. (There's a technicality that makes this possible.)

#54

BeatNinja said on February 25, 2013 at 4:27 p.m.

Lez go. This is a community you shouldn't underestimate baby.

#55

roknin said on February 25, 2013 at 4:46 p.m.

90k.

You know what? I really want to see them raise this money in one day. Just to see if its possible.

#56

Angelglory said on February 25, 2013 at 4:46 p.m.

Jeez, at this rate this they'll have plenty to include Squigly's stage and story mode too.

#57

Mac_Gargan said on February 25, 2013 at 5:38 p.m.

OMG, check out the silhouettes! If that roster is ever completed (+32) Skull Girls is gonna be a contender!

#58

Souless0 said on February 25, 2013 at 5:47 p.m.

I love SkullGirls, one of the best fighting games out.
But it's no surprise it's not tournament worthy.
ONLY because the roster is eight characters. Wayy too low.
BUT the diversity between those three is greater than any fighting game out there. (Capcom wise, since I haven't played Persona4A)
I love the ideas, and innovation for the game.
Camera zooms in on Squigly as she sings, bring the opponent closer by using the edge.
Never thought I'll see that in a game.

#59

zferolie said on February 25, 2013 at 6:56 p.m.

We already raised 104,000 bucks! I think Big band and the 3rd DLC character is quite likely now.

#60

Lyn said on February 25, 2013 at 6:58 p.m.

I wanna see the 380k Character...

#61

mrambitious said on February 25, 2013 at 7:54 p.m.

No one cares about this game or the dev team wouldnt need to beg fans for money. What will the character cost to dl anyway? more money down the drain

#62

Dark_Obliske said on February 25, 2013 at 8 p.m.

@17 "all this effort for a dead game" you almost had my respect,bashing on another game cause someone bashes on yours makes sense right? @62 no one cares what a you think,try trolling harder next time

#63

LordProsper said on February 25, 2013 at 8:05 p.m.

@62 People do care about it, hence why lab zero currently has over $110,000 in donations. And the character is free.

#64

Ninjagoon said on February 25, 2013 at 8:17 p.m.

If anybody cares about how much it costs to make the characters:

$48,000: Staff Salaries - 8 people for 10 weeks

$30,000: Animation and Clean-up Contracting

$4,000: Voice recording

$2,000: Hit-box Contracting

$5,000: Audio Implementation Contracting

$20,000: QA Testing

$10,000: 1st Party Certification

$10,500: IndieGoGo and Payment Processing Fees

$20,500: Manufacturing and Shipping Physical Perks

*Taken from http://kotaku.com/5986592/it-will-blo...

#65

HooliganComboFTW said on February 25, 2013 at 8:49 p.m.

LMAO 115k+ with almost 12 hours (It started 9 am PST) so far.

Yeah, at this rate the initial goal will be funded within the opening 24 hours and the rest of the stretch goals should be met within the 30 days

#66

ryuhayabusa13 said on February 25, 2013 at 9:36 p.m.

Yup looking forward to them meeting the 625k stretch goal.

#67

xanderglz said on February 25, 2013 at 9:56 p.m.

@62 look, dude! I saw a guy bitching about the heavenly sword DLC stage not being free in the most recent PSA thread, and now he's bashing the game. You go, Fido! Attack!

As with some peeps, here's another soon-to-be backer who will gladly donate 30 bucks as soon as he gets paid. Nothing wrong with asking for money in times of need when you have a quality product. We all SG fans know they wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't neccessary (damn legal issues).

#68

Razberryclownsac said on February 25, 2013 at 10:21 p.m.

122,000+ in the first day?!? Damn, people sure are coming out. Good to see support. I dontated, and planned on it anyway, but I was worried it wouldnt happen. Good to see it has a nice following. Quiet, but larger than most think apparently.....

#69

Lyn said on February 26, 2013 at 6:52 a.m.

@68

No, we know as well as they do that this game is a diamond just waiting to be discovered.

This is why there is so much support from the fanbase and the Dev team unyielding spirit to keep SG alive.

#70

wiggaplz said on February 26, 2013 at 5:39 p.m.

I dont even play this game, but it looks great. I'll donate $30 for the steam version since I love gaming on my PC.

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