WaterMelon launches Magical Game Factory

[Zebbe]

Hey

WaterMelon, the team behind the Mega Drive/Genesis homebrew RPG Pier Solar and the Great Architects (www.piersolar.com ), has now launched Magical Game Factory (www.magicalgamefactory.com), an ambitious effort to gather the creative retro enthusiasts and take the retro game market further!

When you join the site, you can buy "Gems" to help fund projects and put your own input into the development. Gems purchased will in the long run act like pre-orders, so you will get your money back as games when the project(s) are completed. For more information, head over to the site and join on the fun!

Our current projects are called Project Y, a cyberpunk brawler with RPG elements for Genesis/Mega Drive (you can see some artwork for it below), and Project N, a game for SNES you as I'm writing this can still decide the genre for.













All the best,

/Zebbe of WaterMelon

[MachineGex]

I am truely amazed with what you guys accomplished with Pier Solar. I never imagined you guys would make such a fun and professional game! Good luck with all your future projects, you have my support!

[Zebbe]

Thanks man . We'll do it even better next time!

[Suikoman444]

So you put money into the project and when it gets close to ready you get a pre-order. Is there a limit to the amount you need to put in to get that pre-order and then will you have to pay more when the game comes out?

I also really enjoyed Pier Solar and might now have to get that soundtrack I see on your site. Very enticing.

[Shulamana]

Would definitely be interested in a SNES project if it ever happened, the Genesis/Mega Drive hasn't won me over quite yet.

[Zebbe]

Suikoman444: The minimum to contribute is $50, which is enough for a pre-order .

Shulamana: Try Phantasy Star IV, Gunstar Heroes, Pulseman and Landstalker .

[theMot]

No Neo Geo or SNES? Deprived!!!! :P

[Tron 2.0]

No Neo Geo

There is ngdev team at least.
http://www.ngdevteam.com

[Zebbe]

Yeah. But people don't seem to develop for SNES very much. I wonder why.

[Colorado Rockies]

If we donate 50 bucks do we get our names printed in the manual?

[Zebbe]

Something like it yeah, or at least in the game credits, but it's not a donation this time - it's an investment where the money you spend is converted to a game when the project is completed.