The smartphone game app development group "Acord Bank" has been calling for development cost support for new games from December 21st at the cloud funding service site "Ready for".

This group develops game applications based in Aomori Prefecture, centered on Masaaki Saito and Sai Miura, who are from Hirakawa city and are classmates. Mr. Saito is currently working as an engineer in Tokyo, and Mr. Miura is a programmer in Hirakawa City working on system development.

3 years ago, the two set up the group with the goal of "starting a game company in Aomori", and in May 2015 the ancient wizardry-like 3D dungeon game "Abyss and Dark #1 Ruins of Lil Mazua" full version Released. He has been active energetically such as exhibiting at Tokyo Game Show 2016 and participating in local pop culture events.

"We decided to use crowdfunding to efficiently collect new illustrations, BGM productions, and program development costs. We want to attract funds to reduce the distance from the series' fans," Saito said.

The amount of support to be offered is 3,000 yen to 150,000 yen per unit, and for the return item, we will prepare access rights to the beta version and naming rights for monsters that appear in the game.

Saito said, “In our days, we had to go to Tokyo to make games, but now we can exchange data on the cloud and continue game development even in areas other than Tokyo. Game application development in Aomori By creating a company, children's work styles will become more diverse, and they will serve as a foothold to stay in the local area and get a job.”

The application period is until 23:00 on February 24th next year.