THANK YOU!
almost 4 years ago
– Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 02:37:21 PM
Thank you all so much! Because of you, not only did we hit our funding goal, but we also managed to hit two stretch goals, ending the campaign with 622 backers at $21,699!
What does this mean now?
We unfortunately didn't manage to hit our other stretch goal collaborators, but that's okay! We'll be continuing to work hard to find funding to get them onboard, whether that means getting more funding through BackerKIt, or negotiating with our partners to get our costs down.
As for our next steps, we'll be:
- Getting all the text in the coloring book clarified
- Onboarding and working with Matt W (welcome to the team Matt! We'll be giving you all an introduction on his work soon) on a section to clarify the difference between residential schools and boarding schools, with information on residential schools
- Getting ALL the text edited by quinn b. rodriguez (we already have our rules edited by Jeff Fraser, but we need eyes to look over grammar and inconsistencies)
- Working with Jon Merchant to get all the graphic design and layout ready
- Building out the BackerKit and getting it ready in a few weeks
- Sending out the digital copies
- Sending out the Google Slides version of the game
- SENDING THE FILES OUT TO PRINTTTTT (before they send us the copies—this process is the most unpredictable and can turn into a bit of a waiting game)
Thanks again and we can't wait to share this game with you all!
Collab In Color: A Charity Marathon Stream Raising Funds for Trans Rights & Ukrainian Relief
almost 4 years ago
– Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:59:15 AM
We are excited to be working with Collab In Color! They are raising funds for Trans Rights and Ukrainian Relief, so if you are interested in seeing what they have in store for this weekend, here's the schedule:
You can follow Transplanar's Twitch here.
You can follow DiceyAmazon's Twitch here.
You can follow Huetopia's Twitch here.
You can follow Friends Who Roll Dice's Twitch here.
If you missed yesterday's actual play of Deimos Academy with Transplanar, no worries, you can still catch the rerun here:
For our future updates, we'll be introducing the rest of the Deimos Academy team and hopefully introducing some of our stretch goals when we hit our $15,000 goal.
Thanks for following along and for the support and enjoy the livestreams this weekend!
Poorna M is joining the team!
almost 4 years ago
– Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 01:14:28 PM
Thank you everyone for pushing us to get Poorna M on the team! We are so excited for what she'll be creating (it's definitely going to be a spooky time).
Next stretch goals...
Our stretch goal at the $20,000 mark is…
MORE ITEMS BY AMANDA!
Each room has its own items that players can choose to tell the story from and attempt to collect memories by rolling dice. However, as we played the game, we realized “What if someone doesn’t like the items that we have already in the room? Why not give more variation in the different items in each room? We can just make a sheet of them and let players cut them out and paste them over the rooms!” So Amanda, our lead illustrator and art director has decided that she would create even more items!
Our stretch goal at the $24,000 mark is…
A scenario written by Mabel Harper!
Mabel Harper is a musician, writer, and game designer residing in Philadelphia. Through narratives inspired by her own experiences as a trans Filipina woman, she candidly explores topics such as trauma, queerness, dissociative identity disorder, and the complications of intimacy, with a DIY ethic and a sincere, if critical, love for genre fiction. When she's not telling stories, she can usually be found plopped in front of her laptop playing Morrowind or scouring the internet for obscure alchemical texts.
Mabel will be writing a 1980s scenario and we are gushing over how cool this is going to be (because she is so cool).
Thanks and let's get more folks on the team!
9K hit and a new pledge level!
about 4 years ago
– Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 08:35:14 PM
THANK YOU! We're so excited with all the support that we've received so far! We decided to create a new pledge level—Valedictorian ($300)! For folks who are interested in playing with the designers online over Zoom and Google Slides, they will get a chance to at this level.
Actual plays
If you are interested in seeing what a playthrough of it looks like using Google Slides, you can check out some actual plays! Keep in mind that the Slides doc that you see in both of the actual plays below are not the final version that has been laid out by our graphic designer yet.
ALSO we also noticed how popular the Dean's List ($110) reward level is so we've added 25 extra pledges!
Alright, now for even more fun...
Introducing more collaborators!
Amber Seger (they/she/he) is our logo graphic designer. You can find them and their work on Twitter.
Dare Hickman (she/they/fae) is our art's sensitivity reader. You can find her and their work on Twitter.
quinn b. rodriguez (they/she) is our sensitivity reader. You can find them and her work on Twitter.
Thank you all again! If you can, please share this campaign with your friends so we can get closer to hitting those stretch goals!
Over $11K and a new ghost friend
about 4 years ago
– Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 06:48:44 PM
Thank you everyone for getting us past 70%! We polled Twitter on what we should give away when we reach $11k and someone suggested a ghost friend. We offered a ghost as an option...and of course it won the poll. So Banana decided to copy Amanda's style (so sorry Amanda) and create a ghost paper doll that you can download for FREE and use for the game! Austin has also offered to create a character sheet specifically for this ghost friend when we hit $12k.
And now to introduce more collaborators!
Drak (he/they) is a scenario writer. You can find him and their work on Twitter.
Noordin Ali Kadir (he/him) is a scenario writer. You can find him and his work on Twitter.
(Evil) Jeff Fraser (he/him) is a scenario writer. You can find him and his work on his website.
Thanks everyone and let's push it to $12k for that SPOOPY CHARACTER SHEET.
