Hi, I'm Niko, founder of Soul Shard Studio, a small indie game team in Kemi, northern Finland.

For the past year we've funded everything ourselves from the little money we make. We built a playable demo of Fornaught, a stealth adventure starring Nuqdoc , wind-up puppet sneaking through a world that wants him gone. We travelled to cities and business events to pitch it, and it worked: publishers are interested, and we're very close to a deal.

But right now, life is getting really hard. We're a team from Iran, Pakistan, the Netherlands, Finland and beyond, trying to build something in a region with few game industry jobs. We want to prove it can be done here, and create opportunities for the talented people in Lapland who'd otherwise have to leave.

Your help goes toward:

• Keeping us going while we finish the push toward the publisher deal
• Polishing the demo and covering the next pitch steps
• Registering the studio so we can apply for grants

Even a small donation matters. And if you can't give, sharing this does just as much.

Everyone who donates will get the Early Supporter role on our Discord server, this role will only be available during this fundraiser. You can join our Discord server through our website.

If you wish to help us in any other means, you can contact us directly, either through Discord or LinkedIn.

We'll post updates here as things move, and we promise to tell you honestly how it goes. Thank you for believing in us.

Niko and the Soul Shard team

soulshardstudio.com