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Press release:
Breda, The Netherlands – 2 November, 2016 – HomeBearStudio’s Kickstarter, for the animé inspired graphic adventure, NAIRI, has sucessfully funded, finishing at €8253 – 110% of its modest €7500 goal.

“To our 278 backers and the press, a huge thank you for the support and interest in our game! With NAIRI’s Kickstarter now complete we now have the funds to deliver the game that we promised in our campaign.” said Joshua van Kuilenburg, project lead at HomeBearStudio. “It’s been a long journey, but with some help we achieved our target, and now the real work begins. We have now also opened a PayPal webstore for those who don’t possess a credit or debit card. We will continue to achieve further stretch goals with these additional pledges.”

NAIRI tells the story of an abandoned upper-class girl who meets Rex, a criminal-turned-scholar. Together, they adventure through the animal-inhabited oasis city of Shirin. Become familiar with Nairi and Rex while uncovering the dark history and mysteries of an oasis based city, Shirin! The city’s infrastructure – water supply and sanitation, social class differences and more are all considered within the environment, without taking away from the quirky and unique fantasy setting.

About HomeBearStudio
HomeBearStudio was founded in July 2016 by two Game Architecture & Design graduates: Joshua van Kuilenburg and You Miichi, of Dutch and Japanese nationality respectively. The undeniably cutest game company in the Netherlands was established with two core principles in mind: creating adorable yet intrinsically compelling gameplay experiences for a wide audience, and active engagement with our potential customers and fans.