- Just 1 year after raising $340,000 on Kickstarter to make a 'vibrant' new JPRG, Studio Camelia abruptly closes - 17 June 2025
fter raising nearly $340,000 on Kickstarter in a crowdfunding campaign that ended in June 2024, Studio Camelia, the developer of "a vibrant tribute to the golden age of JPRGs" called Alzara Radiant Echoes, has announced that it's shutting down... Read more.
- Studio Camelia is shutting down - 17 June 2025
We’re deeply saddened to announce the closure of Studio Camelia. More details can be found in the public update shared with our Kickstarter backers. Thank you for your continued support from the very beginning. Take care.
- From our hearts to yours: THANK YOU! 💛 - 14 June 2024
Here we are! The Kickstarter campaign for ALZARA Radiant Echoes has just concluded. Together, we have gathered €283,270 from 4945 backers. Thank you for making this possible! 💛 Our party at rest! Illustration by Maud Bihan. (@maud_bihan) It's past midnight here in France, so we're going to try to get some rest to recover from all the excitement. ^^ In the coming days, we'll share a more detailed retrospective of the campaign, as well as information on late pledges, the secret goal, and the surveys. But we wanted to already express our deepest thanks to you. Thanks to your support, we will be able to give wings to ALZARA, and we are super excited about it! 🤩 Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! ❤️ We'll see you soon, 💐The entire Studio Camelia team
- A word (or two) from Motoi Sakuraba... 🎼✨ - 8 June 2024
Happy Saturday, backers! I hope you've got cartoons and cereal on your docket this morning as we air our trailer in the Future of Play show, Saturday Morning Cartoon-style. We've also got a new social reward unlocked, and some words from our renowned composer! Let's get started! Goal update! Stretch Goals Current goal: Japanese Voice Acting - €195k/€205k We're past half way on our progress to our next stretch goal: Japanese Voice Acting! We hope we can hit this before the end of the weekend so we can reveal our next stretch goal in our final week, let's go! Social Goals Current goal: Printable Box Art - 11/12 Goals We have unlocked our next social goal reward: a mini digital artbook for all tiers! That means even if you didn't back at an artbook tier, you'll get a mini PDF version, which will still give you a taste of some of the art and concepts from development. Plus, the fanart from…
- An Interview with Mosqi, an FAQ update, and two new goal unlocks! - 3 June 2024
Hello everyone, we are back this week with a big brand new update for you folks! In today's update, we get some answers to questions and unlock a couple of new rewards we earned over the weekend! Let's dive in. Goal update! We've unlocked our next stretch goal and social goal reward, which means we'll also examine what's next... Stretch Goals Current goal: Skill Tree Improvements €182.5k/185k We are glad to include even more character designs from our talented collaborator Yoshiro Ambe! Ambe-san will now help us design four major NPCs, which will bring these characters to life in the same way our heroes have! Next, we have a stretch goal to improve and expand on our heroes' skill trees! These improvements will give players ways to specialize and customize the heroes' roles. This feature is still in development, so more detail on hero progression will be available in a later update. Soci…
- Say hello to Hugust & Nakheel! Plus, a Reddit AMA! - 28 May 2024
Hey folks! We’re now into the second week of our Kickstarter campaign, so let’s review our goals and see what comes next… Stretch Goals Next goal & unlock: Full Soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba - €159k/160k We're on the cusp of our next stretch goal! (Vinyl backers, don't forget this stretch goal will mean much more Sakuraba for your listening pleasure) Keep an eye out; we will hit it very soon! Social Goals Next goal & unlock: Demo Access - 8/9 Goals We're also almost at our next social reward, and with a social goal in reach, we're only a handful of new Discord members away from demo access for almost all tiers! Facebook | Instagram | X | TikTok | Discord Colin’s Joke Corner We’ve made some (terrible) puns about our heroes, but what about some of the wildlife in the world of Alzara? (we’re about to take some long walks to some very specific references, but these are my jokes, so buckle up…
- Let's dive into combat! ⚔ - 24 May 2024
Hello again, friends; we’re back with another update to close out week two of our campaign! Let’s check in on some of our goals… Stretch Goals Next goal & unlock: English Voice Acting - €148.5k/150k We are only €1.5k from our next stretch goal! We are so close, and with your help, we can give voice to the incredible characters our team has been working on. Social Goals Next goal & unlock: Animated Discord Stickers - 6/7 Goals We're also so close to our next social goal! With only a handful of followers on some platforms and a few messages on our Discord goals to go, we are also close to our next reward: demo access for almost all backer tiers (minus the "Keep Me Posted" tier). We'll also be starting our TikTok content very soon, and I'll be doing some fun and silly stuff, so come join me there! Facebook | Instagram | X | TikTok | Discord Colin’s Joke Corner I almost left out my jokes la…
- Get to know Kayla & Adil! - 22 May 2024
Hello, ALZARA backers and community members! We’re now into the second week of our Kickstarter campaign, so let’s review our goals and see what comes next… Stretch Goals Next goal & unlock: English Voice Acting - €150k We're still working our way to our first major stretch goal! We're almost there with only €4k-ish remaining! After that, our next major stretch goal will be having esteemed composer Motoi Sakuraba on the entire soundtrack! Social Goals Next goal & unlock: Animated Discord Stickers - 7 Goals We've unlocked our next major social goal: avatars and banners! This pack of avatars and banners will be available for use on profiles and social accounts on any platform. It's a bit of a throwback to forum signatures (if you are also old enough to remember those!). They will be included in a future Kickstarter update. Next up for rewards, we have: a pack of animated Discord stickers,…
- An interview with Ambe, and take our element quiz! - 17 May 2024
Hello again everyone! We’re back with a new update as we wrap up our first week! Let's check in with our latest updates to our Stretch & Social Goals… Stretch Goals Current goal: €150,000 - English Voice Acting We are now at €116k and we've gotten a little closer to our first stretch goal! We wanted our first two stretch goals to really make a difference, and we're excited for us to reach to them so let's go! Social Goals Current reward: Avatars & Banners We hit our first tier of followers on Twitter! That leaves us only one goal away from our next social goal reward. I hope folks enjoyed the first set of jokes in our last update, because this next set will blow you away. :D 🌬️ Q: What did Adil say after solving a tricky puzzle? A: "That sure was a breeze." Q: Why does Adil wield a flute in battle? A: It's a woodwind! Adil is always getting invited to parties, you could say he is often…
- Fully funded! Plus: Game Inspirations, Music, and Social Goals - 16 May 2024
Hey folks! We'll start by saying, we are fully funded!!! Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far, we are reading everything and the team has been blown away by the kindness we've been shown. We’re now on day two of our campaign! Let's check in with our latest updates to our Stretch & Social Goals… Stretch Goals Last unlocked: €100,000 - Fully funded! Current goal: €150,000 - English Voice Acting Next goal & unlock: ??? - Motoi Sakuraba on the entire soundtrack! We are now fully funded and working towards our first stretch goal, english voice acting! The voice acting will primarily be found in main cutscenes, and combat. After that, we have a goal to have composer Motoi Sakuraba take on even more of the soundtrack! Social Goals Last unlocked: Jokes & puns Current goal: Avatars & Banners Next goal & unlock: Discord emojis We unlocked our first social goal! Which means all of our…
- Sakuraba & Ambe, Stretch Goals Reveal, and our Discord server! - 15 May 2024
Hello to our wonderful community! First of all, thank you & merci for your support of our campaign on Kickstarter to help us make ALZARA Radiant Echoes a reality. We are so excited to be working on a love letter to any of the JRPGs we grew up with, and we are grateful to everyone who joins us on this journey. In this first update, we are going to introduce two of our exciting collaborators, share our early stretch goals, and share the corner of the internet we’ve carved out to bring our community together: Discord! Now, here's a bit of an intro for myself: Hello folks, my name is Colin! I am the community developer for Studio Camelia during our crowdfunding campaign. I’m the voice behind our updates and our social media, and I’m the admin of our Discord server! I’m very excited to help this team bring this project to life, and I’ll be here for the whole campaign to support the team and…
