{"id":47174,"date":"2025-04-17T16:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47174"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:07:07","slug":"serial-experiments-lain-rpg-signal-crowdfunds-over-48k-in-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/serial-experiments-lain-rpg-signal-crowdfunds-over-48k-in-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial Experiments Lain RPG \/\/signal. crowdfunds over $48k in two days\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been two days since Team MJM launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/serial-experiments-lain-rpg-signal-gets-crowdfunding-campaign-over-high-demand-for-physical-editions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campfire crowdfunding campaign<\/a> to help fund production of extra physical editions of Serial Experiments Lain RPG <strong>\/\/signal.<\/strong> Since then, the project has exceeded its initial 1,500,000 yen ($10,214 USD) goal and currently has a funding of 6,901,000 yen ($48,358 USD). This has allowed the developers to produce the pre-ordered physical copies as well as work on additional game content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u7686\u69d8\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<br>\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30c3\u30c1\u30b4\u30fc\u30eb450\u4e07\u5186\u306e\u76ee\u6a19\u3092\u9054\u6210\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br>\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30d5\u30eb\u30dc\u30a4\u30b9\u5316\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3067\u3059\u2728<br>\u4eca\u56de\u306e\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u306b\u306f\u30dc\u30a4\u30b9\u306f\u3064\u304d\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\u3001\u5f8c\u65e5\u30d5\u30eb\u30dc\u30a4\u30b9\u5bfe\u5fdc\u5546\u54c1\u306e\u5b8c\u6210\u6b21\u7b2c\u3001\u3054\u652f\u63f4\u8005\u69d8\u5168\u54e1\u306bDL\u30ad\u30fc\u3092\u304a\u9001\u308a\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\ud83e\uddf8<br>\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lainTTL_signal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lainTTL_signal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lainTTL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lainTTL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xWE5aNuVGP\">pic.twitter.com\/xWE5aNuVGP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \/\/signal.\u544a\u77e5\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@MJM11663102) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJM11663102\/status\/1912472545586225283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Post translation: Thank you, everyone! We have reached our stretch goal of 4.5 million yen! The game will now be fully voiced. While the <\/em><em>initial<\/em><em> release <\/em><em>will <\/em><em>not include voice acting, we will send a download key to all backers once the fully voiced product is completed. Thank you so much!<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon reaching the 4,500,000 JPY stretch goal, Team MJM announced that it will be adding full voice-over audio to \/\/signal. While the base game will not have full voice acting at launch, Team MJM promises that all backers will receive a download key to the fully voiced version once it is complete (hopefully non-backers will still be able to play \/\/signal. fully voiced through a free patch.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6b21\u306e\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30c3\u30c1\u30b4\u30fc\u30eb\u306f\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306eOP\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u5236\u4f5c\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u53f6\u3048\u3089\u308c\u305f\u3089\u697d\u3057\u305d\u3046\u3060\u3068\u3001\u4f5c\u696d\u3092\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u308f\u304f\u308f\u304f\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<br>(\u652f\u63f4\u8005\u69d8\u3078\u306e\u914d\u5e03\u5f8c\u3001YouTube\u7b49\u52d5\u753b\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u3078\u306e\u914d\u4fe1\u3092\u4e88\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059)<br><br>\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u672c\u7de8\u306e\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u753b\u9762\u3082\u7d20\u6575\u306a\u3082\u306e\u304c\u4e0a\u304c\u3063\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f<br>\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\ud83e\uddf8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lainTTL_signal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lainTTL_signal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lainTTL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lainTTL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \/\/signal.\u544a\u77e5\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@MJM11663102) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJM11663102\/status\/1912477377260814429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>&#8220;The next stretch goal is to create the game&#8217;s animated opening movie. We are excited thinking about how much fun it will be to work on this! (After releasing it for supporters, we plan to post the video on platforms such as YouTube.) The start screen for the main game has also been updated, so please look forward to it.<\/em>&#8220;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the physical edition crowdfunding campaign reaches 7,500,000 JPY ($52,556 USD), Team MJM says that the next step will be to create an animated opening movie for \/\/signal. The completed video will be first shown to backers before being uploaded to YouTube and other platforms (the game itself will presumably include the opening animation too). As \/\/signal. is based on the original 1998 Serial Experiments Lain anime and derives from <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/serial-experiments-lain-teaser-sparks-hope-for-port-or-remaster-of-rare-ps1-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the 1998 PlayStation title<\/a>, creating an opening animation for this <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/serial-experiments-lain-gets-new-rpg-adaptation-with-original-creators-seal-of-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">officially approved derivative game<\/a> would bring things full circle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1081\" height=\"631\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250417-47174-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250417-47174-001.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250417-47174-001-380x222.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250417-47174-001-768x448.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\/\/signal. is set to release on May 19 for the PC via Steam and itch.io for 1,000 JPY ($6.71 USD). 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