Apparently, gamers are starving for a rat-themed Metroidvania.

The Kickstarter campaign for Curse of the Sea Rats - an epic hand-drawn Metroidvania - officially kicked off this morning. Within nine hours of going live, the campaign was fully-funded (and then some).

At the time of this writing, the campaign has received nearly $25,000 in pledge support by over 750 contributors and continues to grow while still having 30 full days left in its live campaign.

In an update post, the indie developing team of Petoons Studio expressed sincere gratitude for the support shown thus far, while noting that stretch goal information will be added very soon in the way of sneak peeks. Though, the post did note that fans can join the game’s Discord server to be the first to receive information on limited-edition Kickstarter content, as well as the potential for a physical edition of the game.

It’s clear that there is plenty of interest in the hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania. The early footage already looks great, and the good news is that fans still have plenty of time to get in on the ground floor and support the indie game’s development.

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