Patapon creator's Ratatan Kickstarter funded within an hour

UPDATE 3/8/23: Ratatan has smashed through even more of its Kickstarter goals.

After getting funded in less than an hour, the team has now passed stretch goals for a console version of the rhythm strategy game, as well as a chiptunes version, a secret ending and more.

At the time of writing, the funding is sitting at £781,979 pledged, with 5,627 backers supporting the project.

The kickstarter is open until Friday 1st September, so these numbers will surely rise.

The original story continues below.

ORIGINAL 1/8/23: Ratatan, an upcoming rhythm strategy game from the creator behind Patapon, hit its Kickstarter funding goal in under one hour.

The Kickstarter went live yesterday, with a pledged goal of £109,331. It surpassed this figure in 47 minutes.

“RA-TA-TAAAAAAN!!! We did it!” the creator celebrated on Kickstarter. “Thanks to all your help we were able to clear our initial goal in 47 minutes and give everyone at Ratata Arts the chance to make their dream game.”

The Ratatan team noted others have had “bad experiences with crowdfunding”, and was nervous this project would not be supported. This evidently was not the case.

“We are so happy to see even today this many people have faith in this project! It really is the only way for a creator to own their IP and have full control over the games they make so thank you again!”