Kickstarter Backer Reward characters

[Matt]

I was reminded recently that all of the higher tier Kickstarter backer rewards were for the inclusion of your own character, in whatever capacity, somewhere in the game. If Kickstarter is to to be believed, 10 people purchased the "BAR ROOM HERO" tier, allowing them to design their own playable character.

Austin, are you at liberty to reveal which of the characters were backer-designed? You've done a great job of keeping them all feeling consistent, to the point where I wouldn't like to guess.

[Smufius]

I bet the pornography artist guy with the weird mask is one of the backers. He has that very "original character, do not steal" vibe that, for me, doesn't fit in the game's world at all.

[Commissar Jake]

Sonny the Insane Wolf wrestler is also one, But yeah I'm also intrested in seeing who is a Kickstarter charecter. I'm also going to guess... Jack.

[Simakaze]

Yazan is a backer character.

[Miles Bluefalls]

We already know that the "bonus boss" backer pretty much just said they could just "wing it", due to not being able to be available to give enough needed input in time for the game's release (unfortunately).

[Ajogamer]

I know for sure that Sonny, Yazan and Garth and Jack are backers, and while I've never heard any confirmation on it, I'm pretty sure RT is also one. If there's 10 total, that would be half of them, but I feel a lot less certain on the other 5. I've got a couple guesses, but think I'd prefer to see if Dingaling confirms anything first.

Oh yeah, then there are also the non-party member insert characters. I'm not sure of all of those, but as Miles pointed out above, we know Satan's the bonus boss backer (he's an insert of the youtuber MikeNnemonic). Only one I know for sure is a kickstarter backer from the village idiot tier is the Horse mask guy in the bathhouse. Aside from that, I feel like most of those guys blended in pretty well, so I'm not too sure beyond that, especially since I believe some inserts aren't from that tier, but Dingaling simply referencing or inserting certain people, plus with that tier, I don't think they're all necessarily gonna stick out or be flashy. There are a total of 30, so a lot are likely to just be random NPCs that say little more than a couple lines of dialogue.

[MegaLobsterFace]

I've seen the Tumblr pages of the backers that made up Garth and Sonny. Sonny's backer seemed like a cool enough guy. Do not go to Garth's backer's page.
Lets just say the drawings therein cause status effects in real life.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Geese might be one of them, too. When I read his profile from the art book, he sounds almost exactly like a character from the anime Mirai Nikki. Dingaling could just as easily made those references, it could be sheer coincidence, but my bet is that he's the product of a backer.

[Smufius]

Originally posted by Sima:

Yazan is a backer character.

An overweight western weeaboo with a knack for cats. Yeah, kinda guessed that one.

[Sternutator]

probably goes to reddit too

[Commissar Jake]

Originally posted by MegaLobsterFace:

Do not go to Garth's backer's page.
Lets just say the drawings therein cause status effects in real life.

I didn't listen and I'm pretty sure it gave me half the status effects on the list.

-Shudders-

Well as much as some of these charecters don't seem to fit perfectly into the World of Lisa, Dingaling did a fantastic job doing so, with thier own twisted sensibilities. Hmmm I've a feeling that Crisp may be one but I can't be sure.

[Ichidoge]

Bucket seems like the edgy type, maybe he's one the backer characters?

[Ajogamer]

Originally posted by Commissar Jake:

Well as much as some of these charecters don't seem to fit perfectly into the World of Lisa, Dingaling did a fantastic job doing so, with thier own twisted sensibilities. Hmmm I've a feeling that Crisp may be one but I can't be sure.

Yeah, I agree. A couple did stick out to me, though not majorly, so I may not have even suspecting any of being Kickstarter characters initially if I didn't know there were some going in. Crisp was one of the ones I was guessing too. hard to say for sure, since he fits relatively well, but his moveset seems a bit simpler and weaker (and I know the kickstarter backers at designed those in part, if not fully), and his recruitment method's pretty simple.

Originally posted by E!Damnation:

Bucket seems like the edgy type, maybe he's one the backer characters?

I'm pretty sure Buckets isn't, since he can be seen on this image, which was created before the Kickstarter was even a thing:

http://rpgmaker.net/games/4719/images/35320/

That picture really helps for narrowing down the options, too. Based on that and the in-game info (which lets us pretty quickly rule out some, like Terry and Fardy), I'd say the most likely possibilities for the remaining 6 would be Ajeet, Beastborn, Carp, Crisp, Clint, Pink Ranger (his actual name gets censored), Fly, Geese, Ollie, Queen, and RT.

I already mentioned that I feel pretty sure RT's one of them above (kind of sticks out to me, plus it's odd having a guy named RT with no mention anywhere for what it stands for) and that Crisp seems possible for one (doesn't stick out but doesn't have much connection to the world either), but far as my other guesses go, they'd be Beastborn, Geese, and Fly. Beastborn was one that stuck out to me slightly, if less so than some of the confirmed ones (and having his own one-room area seems like something that would've been easy to add in order to recruit him), Geese I thought fit pretty well, since the game has characters like Harvey, Carp and Bo (plus I liked the guy), but he is just kinda 'there' (and what MegaLobsterFace said above make it seem more likely, too), and Fly I'm kind of back and forth on. His design's a bit more unique and he's apparently the founder of Garbage island, and his backstory of being a Ramen-loving guy who based his new self off of a Super Sentai anime seems like something a backer may have thought up (not that I'm trying to knock it, since I found his profile pretty amusing).

There are definitely other possibilities too (and if there's a total of 10, there'd have to be 1 more), but I think Ajeet's less likely since he's a reference to a wrestler named The Great Khali, who also has the nickname "The Punjabi Playboy", like Ajeet (though I guess Dingaling's not the only one who may reference wrestling), and he's also a reward for going joyless, making him more significant, then Pink Ranger and Queen have fairly significant in-game roles as well, making them seem unlikely to be kickstarter-created. Clint and Ollie are possibilities, but they don't stick out at all, and fit the pervert/criminal/downtrodden theme a lot of the original characters have, so I think they're less likely, then Carp is also possible, but I think it's less likely since his backstory involves fishmen (which seem to have plot relevance), along with having connections to Morrace Dinkle and the orphans, which makes him seem pretty strongly connected to the game world.

But yeah, kind of interesting to theorize, but it's tough to know for sure which the 10 characters are, since I feel like aside from a couple, the kickstarter characters blend in pretty well.

[Musty Dusty Crawlman]

it's interesting how close you guys are. Yazan, RT, Jack, Beastborn, Sonny, and Garth are the backers.

[MegaLobsterFace]

Was I right about the Mirai Nikki thing, though? Cuz if not, that's a heck of a coincidence. Teacher/Incompetant serial killer who always wears a mask and is obsessed with theatrics is a pretty niche trope

[Musty Dusty Crawlman]

Mirai Nikki? do not know what that is. I played about an hour of Yume Nikki. That's the extent of my knowledge. I figured what is the most messed up job for a serial killer to have. teacher right?

[MegaLobsterFace]

Thats a super weird coincidence