{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a4880e04262df411d887586a","clusterId":"c_ee176127e51b237d6f71d8b9","slug":"after-icey-crowdfunding-passes-25-million-yuan-as-director-urges-restraint","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"After ICEY Crowdfunding Passes 25 Million Yuan As Director Urges Restraint","summary":"TAMASHI GAMING is developing After ICEY, a side-scrolling action sequel timed to the 10th anniversary of ICEY, and its Modian crowdfunding campaign has drawn 170,000 supporters and about 25.37 million yuan with 42 days left. Director Mark Xiao said on a bilibili stream that the team of six cannot scale up quickly and asked backers not to raise expectations too high.","whyItMatters":"The campaign has already raised far more than the team can convert into a bigger game before launch, so the studio is promising quality work and post-launch free DLC rather than a larger or later project.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTAMASHI GAMING is building After ICEY as a 10th anniversary sequel, with a new female navigator whose instructions players can follow or defy. The studio is not the original ICEY developer FantaBlade Network; it was formed by former members who left, led by director Mark Xiao.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe game is set after the previous ending and adds parry and sprint abilities, with three targets to defeat and masks formed from soul crystals to recover. It is planned for PC via Steam in the second quarter of 2027, with a page listing a launch around May 1, 2027 at 48 yuan.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mark Xiao's restraint plea points to the actual bottleneck: six developers absorbing 25.37 million yuan in expectations they cannot staff against, with 42 days of fundraising still open.","twitterPost":"ICEY's sequel raised 25.37 million yuan for a six-person team that cannot scale up quickly. The money is not the constraint.","threadsPost":"Mark Xiao is asking After ICEY backers not to expect too much, and the reason is structural: a six-person team cannot scale up quickly, while 170,000 supporters have already pledged 25.37 million yuan and the campaign still has 42 days left.","newsletterBlurb":"TAMASHI GAMING's After ICEY has raised about 25.37 million yuan on Modian from 170,000 supporters with 42 days still to go. Director Mark Xiao went on bilibili to thank backers and to ask them not to raise expectations too high, noting the team of six cannot be expanded quickly. The game is planned for PC via Steam in the second quarter of 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/05/173171.html\",\"title\":\"横スクACTヒット作『ICEY』続編クラファンの支援集まりすぎで開発者が感謝の土下座しつつ不安吐露-クオリティアップ目指し、発売後は無料DLCなど追加へ\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5838,"outputTokens":644,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791265034,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T05:34:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T05:36:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T05:36:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ee176127e51b237d6f71d8b9","canonicalTitle":"横スクACTヒット作『ICEY』続編クラファンの支援集まりすぎで開発者が感謝の土下座しつつ不安吐露―クオリティアップ目指し、発売後は無料DLCなど追加へ","representativeArticleId":"a_5c5bd0472e5e427719d88812","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ICEY\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Mark Xiao\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T07:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T07:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T05:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/05/173171.html","title":"横スクACTヒット作『ICEY』続編クラファンの支援集まりすぎで開発者が感謝の土下座しつつ不安吐露―クオリティアップ目指し、発売後は無料DLCなど追加へ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ICEY"],"studios":[],"people":["Mark Xiao"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}