Toada Brava's Hand-Drawn Prison Break Reaches Its Kickstarter Goal

In a bright forest clearing, a pair of cartoon adventurers face three angry orange plants. The playful scene is one glimpse of Toada Brava, a hand-drawn RPG whose Kickstarter campaign has passed its initial $35,000 goal.

The official game's website displayed more than $38,000 pledged on November 12, with the campaign still open. Asteristic Game Studio and artist Mateus Grazina are developing the game, and the campaign is scheduled to end on November 13.

Cartoon movement and a jailbreak

Kako, a young monkey, enters the Duke of Santacrúz's estate to rescue his imprisoned mother and is captured himself. The developers describe a story drawing on Brazilian history, folklore and wildlife, with resistance and escape at its centre.

The characters are animated frame by frame, according to the team's November 9 announcement. In the screenshots, thick outlines and expressive faces sit against leafy scenery and torchlit stone corridors, carrying the cartoon look from the forest to the dungeon.

Visit the official Toada Brava website

Music becomes magic

The team describes turn-based battles with timed inputs that can add hits or block attacks. Each main playable character also uses an instrument to cast a different kind of magic, connecting music to the combat system.

A free demo is listed on Steam, where the full PC game's release date remains unannounced. Passing a Kickstarter target while the campaign is still running is a milestone rather than a completed release or a guarantee of delivery.

See the game and demo on Steam