Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen missed out on its Kickstarter goals, but that wasn’t the end of the road. Visionary Realms, after an extended trip through volunteer development and a dearth of funding, has raised a seed round to finance further development of the game. No exact numbers have been disclosed, but it’s enough for the game to keep moving forward with development, although further funding will likely be necessary for the game to reach release.

The game is apparently slated for a pre-alpha test later this year and beta testing sometime in 2016. It’s good news for Brad McQuaid and anyone else who was afraid that the game’s failure at crowdfunding would spell the end of the idea, although there’s still a long road between funding and public access.