[NUREN] The New Renaissance

A project in Los Angeles, CA by CSP Industries
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Jake Kaufman and Jessie Seely present the world's first animated feature-length virtual reality music experience.
Backers: 1071
Average Pledge Per Backer: $72

Funded: $76,950 of $70,000
Dates: Feb 14th -> Mar 16th (30 days)
Project By: CSP Industries
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Latest News

[STRETCH GOALS!]

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
GREETINGS, SUPPORTIVE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS!!! Let's get right down to it. We're funded, that's INSANE and awesome. You guys have already been so generous. And now we have a chance to push us even farther past our original goal and add MORE POLISH, so... (Read More)

[OMG!]

March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
 OMG.<3- J + J  (Read More)

[AWESOME ART ATTACK!]

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
WHAT'S UP NURENITES!!! EXCITING NEWS: We just have 10K LEFT to meet our goal! LET'S DO THIS!Our interview with Bobby Blackwolf is up in his archives! You can listen to it here. The Bobby Blackwolf Show is a weekly internet radio show and podcast... (Read More)

[A WILD CHRIS HUELSBECK APPEARS]

March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
GOOD TIDINGS, SCIENCENAUTS! Let's cut right to the chase. Chris Huelsbeck is a household name among video game music fans, utterly legendary for his Commodore 64 and Amiga soundtracks including The Great Giana Sisters and the Turrican series. The... (Read More)

[GDC, UNREAL DEV GRANTS, THE COMPLETE VIRT COLLECTION]

March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Space Cyborgs! This has been an ENORMOUS week for us -- in addition to gaining a bunch of huge pledges and having some massive streams with amazing Twitch personalities, we've also been busting our humps / lovely lady lumps at the Game... (Read More)

[MAN VS FREAKING GAME]

March 1st - via: kickstarter.com
TOP O' THE AFTERNOON TO YA, SELF-AWARE ANDROIDS! Just got the final confirmation, so let's DO THIS UNVEILING: Tomorrow (Monday, March 2) @ 5PM PST, we are streaming LIVE with MAN vs GAME, one of the most beloved and awesome game streamers in the... (Read More)

[STREAMERS! GDC! New Builds! Fun!]

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
AVAST, YE RENAISSANCE LASSES AND LADS! Tomorrow, Friday, February 27, 2015, Third Epoch, we will be STREAMING LIVE with two of the coolest people in the game: Xavier "mistermv" Dang (at 3PM PST) and then with Coestar (at 5PM PST)!! As our first two... (Read More)

[SATURDAY MORNING RPG - Original Sound Track GIVEAWAY!!!]

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS, RENAISSANCE MEN AND WOMEN! To celebrate our planned collaboration with Vince DiCola (Rocky IV, Transformers: The Movie (1986), Saturday Morning RPG) and writing partner Kenny Meriedeth, the next 100 backers or current... (Read More)

[VINCE DICOLA and VIRT - The collaboration TO END ALL COLLABORATIONS!]

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We have some INCREDIBLE news for you, our loyal and passionate [NUREN] people. I (Jake) have been practically trembling with excitement to announce this for the past week, because IT IS A LIFELONG DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME. Please, if you care at all... (Read More)

MINI-UPDATE: Upcoming news and awesome reviews!

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
GREETINGS, TIMELORDS[NUREN] is off to a slow but steady start; we need to go deeper! There's still plenty of time left, and 10 grand in 1 week for a VR rock opera is nothing to sneeze at, unless you're allergic to money. We love you all so much for... (Read More)

[Crossing the Streams, Sharing the Love]

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
What up, futurists! We figured it was high time we kicked off our updates. We'll do our best to keep them full of cool stuff, with artist announcements, polls, and giveaways! Jake will also select a favorite tweet from Twitter and include it in... (Read More)

The first virtual reality rock opera's Kickstarter launches today

February 14th - via: theverge.com
All right, it's possible that Nuren isn't technically the first VR rock opera. But it's highly likely. The (eventually) seven-part "feature-length virtual reality music experience" is composed by Jake Kaufman, who's also behind the chiptunes Shovel Knight soundtrack, and it looks like a weird combination of THX-1138 dystopia, adorable neon-haired robots, and 360-degree virtual reality video, which is currently experiencing a bit of a boom. (Read More)

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