Hello, this is H9O6! Today’s post is an announcement about the future of the game MY DEAR☆LOVE and its extended version, MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+.

We now have less than 9 days to reach our funding goal of $6,500 CAD, but we are only 20% funded. While we remain hopeful, we thought it is important to share our thoughts and plans for the future.

After careful consideration, we have decided we will not relaunch a campaign for MY DEAR☆LOVE.

What happens if the campaign is not funded?

Kickstarter will cancel all pledges. No rewards will be produced, however we plan to release the following for sale in the future:

• Epilogue DLC “Wedding Day”: a new 3-part story with new sprites for the major characters. KS-exclusive CGs and content that are part of the backer rewards will not be produced.
• Digital Artbook: will only contain contents of the free release. Any KS-exclusive content or content that were planned for the full extended version, MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+, will not be produced.

What does this mean for the game?

If we are not funded successfully, MY DEAR☆LOVE will be developed at our own cost and will be released as a free game for everyone! Consequently, the extended version MY DEAR☆LOVE PLUS+ will not be produced at this moment due to time constraints and the lack of funds.

Future Plans & Thoughts:

We have a few announcements planned for the end of this campaign, including one that will be backers-only, so if you are a backer please look forward to it! There will be a small surprise :)

We are not discouraged at all by the lack of funding. In fact, we are very glad for the amount of support from the community despite us being fresh to the indie industry. We started our social media pages, game page, Steam page and etc. in such a short period (approximately 1 month and a half); everything was new to us and overwhelming at times, but we are proud of our tremendous progress and growth as an indie studio and as individuals. This journey has helped us to grow greatly and your incredible support drives us to continue! We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your belief in our work. Thank you!

We have many projects planned alongside with the free release of MY DEAR☆LOVE. Please stay tuned by checking out our Twitter and MY DEAR☆LOVE on Steam.

If you like our work and would like to support us, please consider making a donation through our Ko-fi or PayPal Me. Any support means the world to us!

In closing, we would like to share a rough draft of a side character, Tamami, a new classmate at Katsuya’s kindergarten. She has an important role in the story so please look forward to it!