Backerkit
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:21:56 AM
Greetings Fellow Adventurers! Big update!
Internet electrons finally do our bidding, and we've got Backerkit up and running!
Whew! It was a bit more difficult than expected to get everything in order, so apologies for some delay for this update.
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This is where you will:
- Answer your survey for your pledge tier
- Download digital reward items e.g Steam code for the game once available
- Tell Backerkit if you move your shipping address
- Get support regarding practicalities
- Get add-ons and alter pledge level
- Late backers may pledge to some of the reward tiers or pre-order items in the "pre-order store"
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IMPORTANT!
- Change your shipping address and personal information in Backerkit! Please do not contact us regarding these support matters in the comments on Kickstarter or through DM in Kickstarter. That is what Backerkit is for! And all the other minor practicalities :)
- A "smoke test" of the surveys will go out to 5% of you first, and these must be answered before all surveys go out so we can catch any errors. If you do not receive the survey just yet, please wait a few days until the surveys go out to everybody.
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General Information:
- You do not need a Backerkit account to answer the survey
- You will receive the survey on email once they're sent out
- Support is given by Backerkit staff, and forwarded to us if they can't answer question
- Backerkit help: Help section on Backerkit - how to fill out survey etc
- You will be notified by email if a digital reward item is available to download
- Payment processor is Stripe. Accepts most major credit cards. PayPal is not available.
- Additional funding from "late backers" and add-on purchases will go towards funding stretch goals for the project.
- Backerkit surveys for this project stay open until we close orders a few months before end of project and fullfillment. You will be notified well in advance in the future when the game is ending completion.
Shipping Fee Information:
- Shipping Fee for physical items is included in the price of a Pledge Tier on Kickstarter and budgeted on our end
- Shipping Fee for physical items is not included in the price for Add-ons and Pre-orders/Late Backers, and is applied in Backerkit for the purchasers shipping region.
Special Information:
- "Muse" pledge tier: I (Kenny) will contact you directly by email regarding portraits. Please await this email later.
- Distribution of digital items: We will start rolling out the items we can the coming weeks. We will test that stuff works in Backerkit first, first doing the Discord Community Hub invites. Soon, "Steampunk Bundle", "Girl Genius & Buck Godot PDF's", "Digital Wallpaper Poster".
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Discord Community Hub:
- You will be notified by email that there is a Digital Download available in Backerkit.
- Download the file, follow the instructions. It's a unique weblink to get invited into our server and assigned a "Role" as Backer in Discord automatically to see some hidden content in the server.
- Once you're in the server, you should see the chat channels #secret-backer-chat and #behind-the-scenes in the Girl Genius section. We'll post behind the scenes stuff on Discord and some as Kickstarter Update for Backers as well.
- Note! If you are already in the server before this invite, please still do this invite process to get the "Backer Role" assigned to you automatically.
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That's all cool and that, but how about Game Development?
Yay! That's what we're here for, right?
Yes, we are in full pre-production, planning out and iterating over the core game systems. While much of the technology for production is present in the project due to us re-using tech from our previous game "World To The West", there is work to do to update some systems. Right now we are currently working on planning out our way of doing dialogue and cutscenes to fit the "Girl Genius style".
The coming months, we'll work on defining and implementing the core structures of the game, and defining art direction further. We're super excited to get going, and we'll try to share some of this work with you going forward. We'll be careful to mark stuff as spoilers for those of you that want to wait to see...
- Kenny
Twitter: @raingames_kenny & @rain_games