▁capture ▁people ' s ▁attention ▁and ▁Go ble ▁was ▁" b low n ▁away ▁by ▁how ▁great ▁the ▁visual s ▁turned ▁out ". ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁couple ▁were ▁low ▁on ▁funds ▁and ▁so ▁turned ▁to ▁a ▁K ick st arter ▁crow df und ing ▁campaign ▁to ▁further ▁game ▁development . ▁ ▁They ▁set ▁a ▁target ▁of ▁$ 5 , 0 0 0 , ▁which ▁was ▁met ▁within ▁ 2 4 ▁hours ▁of ▁the ▁campaign ▁going ▁live , ▁the ▁campaign ▁ultimately ▁finished ▁with ▁$ 3 2 , 9 9 9 ▁raised ▁for ▁the ▁game . ▁ ▁An ▁early ▁access ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁that ▁same ▁month , ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁exhib ited ▁at ▁P AX ▁East . ▁ ▁The ▁game ▁proved ▁popular ▁at ▁the ▁three - day ▁convention , ▁with ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 3 5 0 ▁people ▁playing ▁it ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁convention ▁and ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁stopping ▁by ▁at ▁their ▁bo oth . ▁ ▁By ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁after ▁sp ending ▁over ▁two ▁years ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁tree ▁house , ▁the ▁couple d ▁moved ▁back ▁into ▁an ▁a partment ▁and ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁full ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁released . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁was ▁mixed ▁and ▁the ▁game ▁currently ▁holds ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 2 ▁on ▁review ▁aggregate ▁Met ac rit ic ▁based ▁on ▁