

By October 2019, the company had raised over $7.7M. Subsequent to the Kickstarter fundraising multiple webstore special events were conducted, such as the Settlers Of Elyria, and Searing Plague events. Development Ĭhronicles of Elyria had a Kickstarter campaign from May 3 to J raising $1.36 million, surpassing their goal of $900,000. The developer blog is being updated with information about new developments concerning the game, showcasing the progress being made. As of October 2022, the game has been marked for release sometime in 2024. Several months later, CEO Jeromy Walsh claimed the project had resumed. In 2020, the game development was placed on an indefinite hiatus, and the studio laid off all of its staff. The game was originally marked for an estimated December 2017 release, but this target was not met. Subsequent fundraising raised over $7.7 million on their website. Production started in 2016 with initial financing achieved through a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter that raised $1.3 million. The game has received widespread criticism for raising and spending over $9 million, staying in development for over 6 years, yet never releasing any playable content, let alone a playable game, as promised. The game was planned to utilize a dynamic quest system, feature a closed economy, finite resource management, need-based NPCs, player-run diplomacy, and many other complex gameplay features. It is in development by Soulbound Studios for Microsoft Windows. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ĭhronicles of Elyria is a planned massively multiplayer online role-playing game widely believed to have been a crowdfunding scam.
