British web browser game and toy series Moshi Monsters is returning with a new mobile game in 2027.
Entertainment company Mind Candy launched a Kickstarter campaign on June 16th with the hopes of raising £250,000 to fund the project. In under 24 hours, that goal has already been surpassed with fans contributing over £274,000.
The viral 2000s IP is expected to make a comeback just ahead of its 20th anniversary.
Comeback via Kickstarter
The original Moshi Monsters game was created by Michael Acton Smith, the co-founder of Mind Candy and more recently, the co-founder of meditation company Calm.
Moshi Monsters launched as a Flash game in 2008, and over 11 years, it went on to be played by more than 100 million users in 150 countries. It was ultimately shut down in 2019, roughly a year before support for Adobe Flash Player came to an end.
该品牌在最初运营期间售出了逾9000万个小雕像和1.7亿张交易卡，自睡眠应用“魔石”停止服务以来，Mind Candy一直保持着这一知识产权，该应用旨在驯服脾气、教授字母表并帮助儿童平静入睡。
在收到“数十万”来自粉丝的信件、电子邮件和其他形式的外联活动后，Mind Candy开始探索2025年初Moshi Monsters全面回归的可能性，并最终确定了Kickstarter。这一决定最终在一天内获得了回报，支持已经超出了公司的范围；的目标。
心灵糖果声明魔石怪兽& rsquo复出将不仅是粉丝资助的，而且是“粉丝引导的”，该公司愿意听取粉丝关于如何最好地让这款游戏回归的意见。支持Kickstarter的人有机会加入一个独家的Discord服务器，参与早期测试。
移动标题的前提将是对原始标题的一个meta点头。的服务结束，看到玩家重建Monstro城市后，它被摧毁的“闪光-teroid”。
粉丝们最喜欢的角色如Diavlo，Furi，Poppet，Luvli，Katsuma，Zommer和Dr StrangeGlove也将回归。
“自2019年关闭Moshi Monsters的大门以来，我们看到对游戏的怀旧情绪继续增长，粉丝们不断呼吁我们将它带回来。在其20周年之际，我们:“我们很高兴能带回这款标志性的游戏——不仅是为了我们忠实的粉丝，也是为了全新一代还没有体验过魔怪魔力的孩子们,”Mind Candy说道。
“这个Kickstarter是一个绝佳的机会，让我们可以直接听取粉丝的意见，并与他们一起塑造游戏。我们可以；迫不及待地想一起重建Monstro City。”