It can be easy to forget that a big pile of money can’t solve all of your problems. Sometimes you need two big piles of money.

At least that is what Epic Minds discovered with its crowdfunded “90’s inspired action-adventure” game Midora, which successfully raised over $70,000 on Kickstarter in July 2014, more than $10,000 higher than its original goal. The studio had initially planned to use the money to develop the game to the point that it could be released on Steam Early Access for further funding, but now it looks like that may not be possible.

According to that game’s director, who simply goes by the name “Mhyre,” the team knew that it could not complete Midora on the original Kickstarter goal, but they had believed that they would be able to push it to Early Access and seek other investors before they ran out of money. That did not happen.

“We tried as hard as we could to bring you Early Access and we nearly succeeded,” Mhyre said in an update on the game’s Kickstarter page. “What we have done in three months last year was the most we had ever done on any project, and it was amazing. And yet we could not release anything due to lack of money, often doubts and poor timing. Running out of money quick has a way of pressuring you and transforming your life into a mess, simply because you need to secure more before it happens.”

Mhyre admitted that in order to finish Midora, the team would need an additional $120,000 to $150,000.

“I would like to call all publishers and investors that could potentially be interested in the game,” He said. “We have all that you need to make a decision and we’re ready to be generous, provided that you help us in the first place. We want things to move on, to progress.”

While Midora’s plight is bad news for Epic Minds, it is also bad news for Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general, as it could scare some people away from backing other projects in the future.

Image courtesy of Epic Minds