Just as it was set to complete and withdraw money, the Kickstarter campaign for hardcover physical versions of Hand-Drawn Games Guides by Philip Summers and Dreamprism Press has been canceled. If you missed the initial campaign, it was essentially raising funds to publish guides featuring, as the name implies, hand-drawn art for video games like The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Ninja Gaiden, and Contra. However, due to brewing “legal trouble” with what is implied to be at least one of the holders of those IPs, the whole thing is scrapped. Prior to cancellation, the Kickstarter campaign had raised $322,337 in pledges.
Even more important to note is that we haven’t yet gotten all the details in order. We decided to take down the campaign to be on the safe side. We didn’t want to have money change hands, THEN find out we couldn’t print the guides or something drastic.
