Edo Superstar is a kickstarter funded game that also serves two purposes, funding a game and to also help preserve Japan’s wood block art form.

Edo Superstar is a game about a ninja monkey named Masaru who has aspirations to be famous. The only thing he knows is kicking butt, so naturally he heads to Edo (modern day Tokyo) to fight bandits, corrupt warlords, and so on.

In doing this, he gains fame and fortune. The more fame you get, the more fame points you get, which helps level Masaru up and unlock new abilities.

You can view the game in action below:

The cool thing is that when the game is finished, it will be free. If you funded the game, you get a choice of many wood block prints, which also helps support the wood block art industry.