Bo Kho

Here, you’ll find the story that never was. A story written, planned, days and days of work put into it, passion and excitement to finally, put as much effort into something of our own instead of only partner projects, and--

It failed, never to see the light of day. It was a midnight spark that took hold, and nestled its way into my head and wouldn’t let go, and in one sleepless night of creative fervor, I wrote, planned, and...

Well.

It seemed like it wasn’t meant to be. Passion and hard work doesn’t always succeed. The planning, the designs, the storyline, meant to dynamically change depending on votes--

We’d commissioned artwork. Character designs. A little comic series, even, in simple black and white with minimal backgrounds so it could be done quickly as the votes rolled in.

But what we’d commissioned never came in. Deadlines weren’t met, deliverables didn’t show up, and launch day came.

We were, at least, nervous about the progress that was being made, and had our backups ready, of which you see up top. In theory, it doesn’t affect sales, or how the voting goes, or how the flavor can be made, it just...

It just hurts a little. The first thing in a long, long time where we’re putting full creative efforts just for ourselves, to try and believe that our own work can, and should get the same effort that we put into others, and... this is what happened.

It hurts, yes. And it’s something we couldn’t have done anything about.

But is it going to stop us from trying again in the future?

Kid yourself.

It’s another little scar. Another mark, another little memory that we’ll carry into the future, and look at it later when it’s healed and laugh when telling the story of this, and be another reminder of the experiences, good and bad, that make us... well, us.

The time for this, I think, has come and gone. But we’ll try again later, with something else. Maybe we’ll fail on that one too, earn another scar and story, and try again, and again, and again, learning lessons and growing and improving until we’ll succeed.

After all, perhaps the story of the fighters, nicknamed ‘Beef Pho’ and ‘Bo Kho’ won’t be told, but this story has come in its place, hasn’t it?

Below, you’ll find, at least, some of what we did. Concept art, some character descriptions, and the like. Not the full story, because, well... maybe someday down the future, we’ll revisit it for fun. At least, I’d like to think so.