#kickstarter update

[redspringstudio]

Our first Kickstarter update of the new year is live! 🌟 Backers get sneak peeks at merch and more…

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#touchstarved game #indie game dev #indie games #visual novel #kickstarter update #sneak peek #merch

[latgbg]

It’s been a long time coming, but our long-awaited update video is officially here!

We appreciate your patience and hope it explains a little about what we’ve been up to. Thank you all so much for supporting Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy! 🌟🌌

PATREON | KO-FI | SHOP

#lumi and the great big galaxy #latgbg #indie animation #lumi #animation #artists on tumblr #update #Kickstarter update #indie pilot #indie #update video

[pawborough]

Hello everyone! 

First off, apologies for the later update this month! 

The truth is that the software developers were on a slow bend this month. A majority of time was spent on theoretical economy balancing and item number crunching. While this is important work for the long term, there’s not much to show for it aside from spreadsheet numbers. We’re now back in full swing!

Originally, we wanted to wait to update the demo with Longhairs before releasing a check in. You all deserve some substantial content. 

However, the devs reported that they were not going to be able to do this until next week. Hearing this, we didn't want to continue the wait after that!

That all being said, Longhairs and Cheeks/Lollipop are coming this month, full promise! The art has all been ready, we just had some technical kinks to buff out!

Moontails are next up with the majority of their patterns done. The breed currently needs 3 more patterns illustrated. Moontail wing color-picking has also been a mighty task that is nearing completion! Check out a few wing color previews: 

We expect Moontails to be up soon after Longhairs. 

We have in the meantime begun concurrent production on illustrating Thumpers, with Fyrets and Bovines close behind. 

This update, we will majority talk about what concrete expectations you as a follower can have for our timeline! 

Let's look at some art first! 

New Fauna

Nautitum 

This aquatic fella saves snacks for later in his belly!

New Accessories

We have completed a backer accessory!

Firefly Chime

The illustration of the Firefly Chime was a great experiment for us, as we worked with a copy-past-able asset and still positioned it in unique ways. 

With these two, we were able to test our pipeline for different types of accessories. The Firefly Chime was finished in record time, and we believe that we can illustrate quite a few simple accessories. 

This is all very exciting for our catalog! 

Guild UI

With this screenshot, we see how roll for outcome scenarios are played out!

We want to talk about our expectations for the future! 

Our goal for a dedicated alpha is to have a test of about 100 concurrent users run for two weeks straight. This is to stress test the servers and weed out apparent bugs. We already have many playable states, but this test would mark a tangible transition to beta. 

After which, we will move to beta to test things like number balancing, item drop rates, and general mechanic feedback. Beta is planned to run for several months while we iron the kinks. 

So what should you expect? 

Our original plan was for alpha to remain strictly internal and invite only. We wanted testers to understand that this would be a rather laborious volunteer job with less fun, more QA. However, we have been shown by the sheer dedication and passion in our supporters that some of you would want nothing more! 

So, we're opening alpha applications! 

Alpha Applications

Alpha will be a two week long test with an average of 100 users. 

We must stress that this is a volunteer job with more expectations than beta. You will be given a checklist of functions to test and buttons to click daily, and be expected to report any bugs or lack thereof each time. All alpha testers will be compensated for their time and energy with an exclusive fauna. (As mentioned before, exclusive Fauna will not be counted for Faunapedia completion rewards.) 

Compatible volunteers will be chosen at random from our application. 

Sign up here! 

Applications will close upon announcement. We will make an announcement of a closure date one week before they officially close!

Timeline

We are planning to have alpha up and running within 30-60 days from now.

Closed beta will begin 3 weeks after alpha. 

From there, we plan to open our doors for people without beta keys during registration periods. This will be "open beta." 

Projection for this is August of 2024. 

This asset will be pinned to all our social media. 

While we've had general estimations before now based on different factors, this is our first promise of an established expectation. We had a lot of learning curves, personal setbacks, and growing pains as a team, but we've ironed out much of the kinks seen in our early development. August has been a consistent goal of ours for opening registrations from the beginning, and we're now finally comfortable enough to announce it. 

We are still hesitant to announce dates at this time, as frankly anything can happen and we're loath to have users wait months for a date only to be disappointed by a push to the next week, but this is what our team is expecting and projecting. 

Dates will be announced when they are within 2 weeks time! This will give us a tight enough window to accurately predict when the game will be ready, and ensure there aren’t last minute pushes. It will also give users time to prepare for grabbing early registrations. 

From open beta, we'll be working to transition into a formidable game. All our focus will be on readying content and making sure our mechanics are balanced. This ballpark is dependent on a number of factors, so we'll need to update as we transition into Phase 4! 

One more note for users to expect: Throughout alpha and beta, there may be placeholder assets for smaller things such as food icons or items. These will be visually indicated as placeholders. 

The intention for these game states will be to make sure our software runs as smoothly as possible, the economy is balanced, and the game is fun to play. Our program will not be "launched" until all assets are final, but it will speed our development to both test and produce at the same time! 

Our artists during this phase of development are all freelancers, and their availability is largely dependent on outside factors. We must remain vigilant to this fact while we plan out our timeline, and we appreciate everyone's support and patience!

We realize this update has less content than previous updates, but a large amount of our manpower at this moment is going towards monotonous things such as repeat pattern illustrations, repeat accessory illustrations, and refinement of mechanics already featured.

Thank you to all our supporters who have stuck by us while we continued development and faced new challenges! It's a huge step for us to be at this stage, and we're all very excited!

To Summarize: We showed a new fauna, new backer accessory, guild UI development, and opened applications for 2-week dedicated alpha testing. 

What to expect next month: Further asset and UI development, peaks into alpha gameplay and dedicated game loops. 

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[wolfbeestudio]

Hey everyone~ I'm a dumbass!

So I checked with my factory on the state of the plushies of Blue, Cross, Error, and Killer.

Turns out, I NEVER ORDERED THEM FOR MASS PRODUCTION

I thought I did, but I guess I didn't, so they're starting today and they work pretty fast, so it should be too long, but there will be a delay in the shipping of all the rest of the Kickstarter orders

I'm so sorry for this, it's a huge blunder on my part, and I hope ya'll can forgive my stupidity ;_;

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[aquaspiderart]

The Mothman Sticker Project is 90% funded! We're less than $200 from our goal!

If you haven't checked out this project for yourself yet, go take a look! Your pledge could be the step we need to make it to the goal!!

#kickstarter #kickstarter update #mothman #moths #cryptids #black witch moth #stickers #cryptid #character design

[konveeart]

Phelan celebratory animation I made for the funding of my first Enamel Pin Kickstarter! I like to imagine the sound his hoofs make as they touch the grass and go back up~

The campaign has been beyond successfully funded and is now over! I am shaking at the sheer idea that I’ll be getting the books & pins in your hands!

Every like, reblog, ever so kind message (I read them all!), share in any sns has tremendously helped this project come to life. I am nearly in tears as I type this (oh no the tears have escaped.. ... shh...), but each effort to push this campaign outside my own circles has been an effort to make it noticed, seen and supported. It all counts, and I am thankful it has reached your eyes and earned your curiosity and trust.

Thank you!!! This wouldn’t be possible without every single one of you!💓

.note//: I will be posting pin updates most-likely exclusively on KS. I’ll see how I’ll react once the samples come in (haha), but until then I’ll go back to working on everything else that is of priority. February is busy and I am excited~

#animation #centaur #oc #phelan #phelan & delano #update under the cut! #In fact I am audacious when I say trust me- but I know for fact I can deliver and I couldn't be more pumped!! #update #kickstarter update

[platearmourpiglet]

Kickstarter Update!! Such a week of updates!!! 😃

They've started the mural wall! The image shows the three of them with the biggest doners and all the other doners are gonna be written around it! My name will be there, too!!! 😃😃

Also...

...Adam cornering Rowan in possessive-anime-boy-style because...

...he did unappropriate things to their faces.

I mean, come on...

...Greg is not from the town of Goodhead!! 🤣

#vldl #viva la dirt league #kickstarter #kickstarter update #rowan bettjeman #adam king #alan morrison

[batwynn]

Just a small heads up:

Please don't message any questions in the inbox on Kickstarter because they will get sucked into the millions of messages of scammers trying to 'advertise' or offer some kind of services, unfortunately. The best place to contact me is on social media, my contact forms on my website, or via the questions section of the Kickstarter page. I'm sorry for the trouble, it's just super cursed in that inbox. 🥲

#kickstarter campaign #messaging #kickstarter update #Sorry about this #I don't know why it's so much worse now than before #I have literally hundreds already

[cykelops]

Kickstarter update! Please read.

There are currently 41 packages in the mail on their way to you. International packages have shipping information for tracking, but domestics do not. I have updated your Kickstarter info to reflect as much if your package is out and about! 

On to less happy news. After a lot of moving money around and scrambling to make it work, I was not able to provide the free sticker set promised. I didn't want you to be surprised when your package arrived without. This is due entirely to a miscalculation on my part. Inflation has not been kind to small businesses, and the post office has been struggling all the same. Shipping was infinitely more expensive than I could have anticipated. I wanted your packages to look nice, feel expensive, feel like a little treat, but I failed you on that. You will safely receive every pin you pledged for, that I can promise, but I am very sorry not to have been able to go the extra mile.  This is specially disappointing because stickers have given me trouble before (one of my Kickstarters had half of its freebies damaged in a hurricane), so I am particularly sorry to repeat supporters.

In order to make up for this mistake on my part, I will be offering every backer a sketch, free of charge! All you have to do is contact me via Twitter (@optyck) or Tumblr (@cykelops) via DM or ask and give me your backer # and your request, and I will draw you something like the image below. I truly am grateful for the support, and in the future I will strive for smaller, more realistic goals. 

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[mcczines]

Thank you for all the support! I’m so excited to announce I finished the zine cover!

#zine promo #zine preorders #kickstarter campaign #constellations in flux #cfanthology #kickstarter update #zine merch #zine crowdfunding #zinetown #zineville #zine club

[redspringstudio]

A festive Kickstarter update is live! 🎊 Thank you to all our backers who made this year so mind-blowing for us… We hope you enjoy our final update of 2023!

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#touchstarved game #indie game dev #indie games #visual novel #kickstarter #kickstarter update

[pawborough]

Hey all!

Happy 1 year anniversary to the launch of our Kickstarter! Meow! We just can't believe it. The project has grown and matured immensely since its inception, and with the hard work of the team it's become something amazing!

We know that for a monument this big, it's expected to see a big update; something which immortalizes our accomplishments.

We are working on a HUGE November drop!

November celebrates our funding milestone, so we'll be going all out! This update is business as usual. But brewing under the surface of our team… we are preparing something grand.

New Fauna

Sponsored and concepted by Apollo, designed and illustrated by Hydde

A wonderful backer-sponsored design!

*Name is not final 

New Gene

Speaking of backer sponsored assets, we have finished rendering a gene sponsored for our game:

Sponsored and concepted by Venex, final design and illustration by Fulemy

Here are a few color previews!

Hawthorne, Apple, Daybreak, Radish, Beetroot, Lily, Peony, Dragonfruit, Catmint, Fire, Flame, and Silver

Aaaaand we are working on translating Overgrowth! Check out this ivy version!

Illustrated by Remmie

New Backdrops

It's a great month for environmental art! 

Harvest Outskirts

Illustrated by Jerso

Zenith Outskirts

Composition by Runeowl, illustrated by Jacksonjoker

Luna Outskirts

Illustrated by Harriertail

And that's it for this time around!

Mechanic Updates

We've completed the backend for:

Item storage and item "safekeeping" mechanic

Daily hunting party duties (item gathering) and cat-dependent advantages in daily activities 

Customize and dress-up for a cat

We also built the item card and accessory preview functionality on the frontend!

Frontend designs for all of these mechanics are done, it's onto frontend building! Once we wrap up this section of development, it's onto the Guild, cooking/crafting, and market mechanics! After which, the game will be in a playable state... wow! 

To Summarize: We shared new fauna, backdrops, the new backer gene, a preview of Overgrowth, and an update on where we are in development. 

What to expect next month: Something big... 

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[aquaspiderart]

The Mothman Stickers are currently 65% funded! We've been stagnant since this morning though, so your support is fully appreciated! Let's bring the momentum back!

there are also only two slots left for the Deluxe Everything Pack that lets you add a new moth to the collection! Act fast if you want to ensure your favorite moth gets a spot in this pack!

#kickstarter #mothman #cryptids #character design #stickers #kickstarter update #digital art #illustration #clip studio paint #character art #bugs #moths

[bonegloss]

HUGE update just went out for Kickstarter backers whew ( *︾▽︾)

#bonespeak #Kickstarter update

[platearmourpiglet]

The Kickstarter backers just got informed that we'll get early access to the guys' new D&D campaign "Tales of the Misfits", I'm assuming that'll be the girl's campaign! 😍 Which means I get to see episode one on the 13th of February instead of the 20th and so on.

Of course I don't want to spoiler anyone or cause the guys trouble, but I guess I could still share sneak peeks if you guys want?? 😍

#vldl #viva la dirt league #girl's campaign #kickstarter update #the great expansion #tales of the misfits

[nerdykeppie]

Launching Tuesday - Historically Queer, our next enamel pin collection!

We Have Always Been Here.

Ten pins - two pairs, five single pins, and the La Maupin mega pin (she needed extra room for her headdress) - each with multiple unlockable colorways.

We launch Tuesday, 9/12, at 3PM Eastern, noon Pacific. Follow us on Kickstarter to be notified when we launch -- or just to help out! The visibility to Kickstarter from having followers on our campaign helps a lot. :D

Featured in this campaign:

Enheduanna, oldest named author. Incorporating trans themes into writing thousands of years old.

David & Jonathan, king & prince whose love surpassed the love of women.

Sappho, Lesbian poet. She should need no other introduction.

La Maupin, also known as Julie d'Aubigny. The original disaster bisexual. Opera singer, swordswoman. May have burned down a convent.

Publick Universal Friend, American religious figure. Going by gender-neutral pronouns since the year the Declaration of Independence was written.

Anne Lister & Ann Walker, the Gentleman Jack & her wife. Acknowledged as the first same-gender marriage in modern Britain.

Dr. James Barry, British surgeon. A transgender man, Dr. Barry performed the first C-section done by a European in Africa in which both mother & child survived. He is also credited with vastly improving conditions for wounded soldiers in the British military.

Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American genius. Listing Tesla's inventions would take a series of posts. Liked pigeons better than people.

If you don't see your favorite historical figure, don't fret! We've planned multiple sets of Historically Queer figures. We can't use them all up at once. :) Help ensure we can make future sets by helping us create this one!

Frequently Asked Questions under the cut.

Hey, what flag is that on Sappho?

That's the Sapphic flag, created by @tepkunset. NerdyKeppie's owner, Spider, is a butch lesbian who uses that flag for their art.

Hey - what about [historical figure]? How could you forget [historical figure]? This is erasure!

We didn't forget, we promise - this is the first of several installments of this project. After the absolute stress of the last Kickstarter when we had 300+ different SKUs by the end of the project, we decided to take a more focused approach to Historically Queer. We attempted to provide a good cross-section of identities, and will continue to expand in future projects. Spider has a huge folder on his computer full of planned pins and reference images.  

But historically...

Yes, we know that it isn't totally proper to use today's terms to discuss people who lived a long time ago. But also, how else do we talk about our community history in a way that's understood, and celebrate our shared queerness, other than to use the words and iconography which are understandable to us now? We celebrate our shared history with the words and understandings most accessible to all of us, and we hope that by providing not just the pins but a few elementary facts about these historical figures, we'll encourage people to read more about them in their original context.

#nerdykeppie #lgbtq #queer pride #trans pride #enamel pins #update #lgbt #pride #news #kickstarter #kickstarters #crowdfunding