Rapstar Heroes; A Hip-Hop Infused Videogame

A project in San Francisco, CA by Nitric Burn Studios
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What happens when an indie game studio joins forces with a hip-hop crew? A free online sidescroller with funky-fresh beats, awesome raps, and aliens.
Backers: 25
Average Pledge Per Backer: $84

Funded: $2,107 of $1,620
Dates: Feb 28th -> Apr 1st (33 days)
Project By: Nitric Burn Studios
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Latest News

Nitric Burn Level Editor

August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Allow me to introduce the NBS Level Editor, a utility being developed alongside Rapstar Heroes. Check out the following screenshots, and read more at www.nitricburnstudios.com.  (Read More)

Latest and Greatest

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, everyone! We are rounding the home stretch with the asset creation for the game, and working up a level designer (a program which will allow us to build levels, change assets, and script events very quickly). The level designer is separate... (Read More)

A big thank you to all of our backers!

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
To everyone who supported Rapstar Heroes, we would like to say THANK YOU! We now have the financial backing we need to finish this game before starving to death. We have been rather busy drawing, coding, and congratulating each other the past couple... (Read More)

More donor characters!

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Two more weeks to go and we're over halfway there--thanks again to everyone. Check out Jim and Sean, two new donor background characters.  (Read More)

New Concept Art and our first donor character!

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Many thanks to all our new donors--in addition to more progress on animations and other final design elements, we're working on the reward characters and tags. Check out the concept art for the Beatmaker and a big alien boss, as well as Elliot's... (Read More)

Rapstar Heroes: The Core Features

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Firstly, thanks for all our initial backers and support. It's been really fun getting the word about the project out, and encouraging that people are excited to play the finished game. We have a development blog up on the Nitric Burn site here (... (Read More)

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