Irena Genesis Metal Fury

Pre-orders of Irena Genesis Metal Fury temporarily suspended on BackerKit
almost 5 years ago – Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 12:10:40 AM

We regret to inform you that pre-orders of Irena Genesis Metal Fury temporarily suspended on BackerKit because we are currently experiencing a problem with our account on the Stripe platform  which has been blocked due to a problem with our phone number verification.

As a result, it is not possible to accept payments for pre-orders of Irena Genesis Metal Fury.

Stripe has also canceled payment for many pre-orders, but when the situation allows it, payments should be made again to validate the pre-orders.

Despite a large number of requests, we have been forced to block pre-orders on BackerKit until we have a fully functional Stripe account. Refunds also apply to anyone who added additional items to their initial pledge on Kickstarter.

We are doing our best to get the situation back to Stripe and allow you to pre-order a copy of Irena Genesis Metal Fury for all the people who couldn't participate to our Kickstarter campaign.

The White Ninja Studio team apologizes for the inconvenience and we hope that more of you will pre-order our game as soon as we resolve the issue.

Shipping Refunds and Variation Change
about 5 years ago – Fri, May 07, 2021 at 02:55:15 AM

After receiving several questions by messages and comments we noticed there are some confusions regarding shipping credit for US based buyers who have remaining credit, and our offer for Free shipping on a second Metal Core Tier. To clarify this we have 2 points below: 

1. Any Credit for those who over paid during the initial credit will be refunded after surveys are complete.

2. Because of the confusion we have expanded our offer for free shipping on a second copy to any add on copy of the game for all Kickstarter Backers. This will mean you can get a second copy with no additional shipping costs, but any after will be per unit based. After surveys are completed we will refund the shipping to anyone this applies to. 

3. We added 2 variations (Red/Blue) with the partnership of Mega Cat Studios and have decided to allow any backer to choose to switch their Kickstarter Standard edition to this if they choose. Please message use directly for this change so we can mark it down. 

Please make sure to complete the survey as soon as you can, and reach out directly if you have any additional questions about your order. 

Thank you so much for bearing with us, we are working hard behind the scenes to make a great game for everyone!

Kickstarter survey and pre-order
about 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 02:25:24 AM

Thanks to you, the Kickstarter campaign for Irena Genesis Metal Fury was a real success and we are very happy to be able to make a new shoot'em up for the SEGA Genesis. Since the end of the campaign, we have continued to work on the different levels which for the most part have land-based environments with destructible elements. We have also improved the visual rendering with a new color palette for each graphical element and modifications on different sprites to optimize the video memory. In addition, new enemies have been created to add more diversity during the progression.

In a previous news, we mentioned the appearance of a larger screen on the cockpit of the Rayden MG-323 and we decided to use it to display the video telecommunication between Celina and the different protagonists such as Kayshan and Valkun, which will be an opportunity to learn a little more about the mission objective and the story.

In parallel, we continue to prepare the new demo we announced a few weeks ago which will naturally benefit from all the improvements we have made so far. Everyone who participated in the Kickstarter campaign will be able to download a special version that will include an extra full level.

In addition, on April 28th, 2021 we will start sending out backer survey's to confirm pledges, add additional items, confirm shipping address's, and total shipping cost. All survey's will be sent by April 30th, 2021 so don't forget to check your mailbox!

We will also be opening a Pre-order page for standard editions of the game on May 1, 2021 for those who missed the original kickstarter.

For any question about the survey and pre-orders, please feel free to contact us by message or directly by email using the contact form on our official website.

 The entire White Ninja Studio team thanks you for your support.

Digital painting live stream with RedKeas
over 5 years ago – Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 06:19:40 PM

Before the end of Irena Genesis Metal Fury's Kickstarter campaign, our concept artist RedKeas will show you her work on YouTube with a digital painting live stream on February 9, 2021 at 12 p.m. ET on her official channel.

Other members of the White Ninja Studio team will be there to answer your questions about the game in English and French.

We hope that many of you will watch this live with us!

Kickstarter's Demo Update #2
over 5 years ago – Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 06:14:13 PM

The White Ninja Studio team is glad to announce that a new Irena Genesis Metal Fury's demo update will be available soon! We have made many improvements to provide you a better experience by considering all of your feedback.

The level has a new level design and several game-play adjustments to make the action more intense with progressive difficulty. Beware, because the enemies are now more numerous, faster, and shoot in the direction of the Rayden MG-323!

To help you practice, we've added a cheat mode that can be accessed from the title screen with a key combination. This cheat mode allows you to add extra lives/credits and choose the starting weapon. In the final version and the Kickstarter's demo for investors, it will be possible to choose one of the available levels. Keep in mind, using cheat mode will prevent you from saving your new high score in memory and on Megascore.

A new starfield background has been added to make the second part of the level more visually appealing, and we have also updated many elements to be more consistent with the graphic style. Now enemies use a new color palette and have a more pronounced blink color to make the feeling of impact easier. 

A QR Code is now displayed on the cockpit screen to make it easier for you to register your new high score on Megascore and the "Highscore Password" screen is now accessible directly from the options menu.

We are currently working on other improvements, and we hope that this new version will satisfy many players. We also started to work on level 2 with a  scrolling cloud background, which you can see in this video below.

The White Ninja Studio team would like to thank all backers who made the Kickstarter campaign a success. We will be back very soon to show you new features and our progress on the project. 

Stay tuned!