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on May 18
Mike Meyer
backed a project
MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by Jay Silver
Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to your world and start inventing the future.
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969% funded $242,400 pledged
- 5,266 backers
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on March 3
Mike Meyer
Posted project update #4Reward Games!
Post CommentAll the reward games got made! here's a big list of the descriptions and links to the games:
- Player is on a boat surrounded by sharks. Fish to make money to buy anti-shark devices. Fishing tower defense! http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/wiki/Fisher_Fears
- Socially awkward conversationalist http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2420
- Bovine Budget Analysis http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2222
- 19th century whale hunting under the stars and moonlight: searching through the vast ocean, chasing a glimpse & the brutal harpooning and short-lived climax of the kill. Does the captain, blood on his hands and that special white whale still elusive, question his life's work? xD I ramble. Take what you want (read: can) from that and make what you like. Thanks guys! http://openchord.org/Whaling/
- My wife is an ANTI-circumcision activist and I would like a game made for her about protecting foreskins. (Seriously.) http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2212
- Meat Stacker: stack irregular hunks of raw beef as high as you can http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2223
- Lemmings, only if there are survivors at the end of the course, you lose. http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/3068
- A game where you work your way to the top in a job, Dreams and determination http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2802
- A horror game based on the pipe glitch from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and possibly other glitches. Video for reference, the most interesting part is at 1:14: http://youtu.be/wpQTsPbZu6Q http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2493
- Anything that comes to mind from "The domestic struggle of a Yakuza" http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2627
- Combat Princess Golf - Chihuahua edition http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2260 http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2261
- Grey Aliens playing some kind of game. http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2970
- Wasps VS Demons! A love story http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2302
- Gatekeeper. Jeremy Penner knows what I'm talking about. It's basically a single-player Pong where the paddle is in the center, balls come from both sides, and some balls must be avoided.Let me know if you need more info. http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2556
- Giraffe Rampage http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2485
- puzzling towlr http://sos.gd/towlr/
- punching monkeys http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2461
- A monkey named Gavin has to ride a horse or a unicorn into a castle. Gavin lives on Mars and wears a crown. He is playing games and stuff in the castle. The name of the game is "Gavin on Mars." (Courtesy Eric, age 4) http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2237
- Make taxes fun. http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2278
- Make a game based on the title of any talk scheduled for GDC (http://schedule.gdconf.com/). http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2910 http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2905 http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2890 http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2931/
- a zelda-esque dungeon crawler, but you only have one hit point, various weapons are hidden to ease the difficulty http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2258
- Birthday game for my friend Hennell -- goes without saying, but does not need to be good. The more the better... http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2518
- A game about Bronies, but with explosions and stuff. Include Derpy Hooves. :) http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2828 http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2887
- Lode Runner VS Daphny http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2866
- Making the bed http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2282
- Try to save web pages before the yahoo monster deletes them all http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2511
- melon collie http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2251
- A British Parliament game where you play by launching backhanded complements at each other, similar to insult fighting, called "the fine gentleman" or something with giraffe's in it. t's game 9 at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9766731/piratekart/piratekart.html also standalone: http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2942
- This might be a terrible idea. But how about a game about making a game in 2 hours for Klik Of The Month? http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2963
- a game about taking care of a virtual pet and dressing it up and decorating its home http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/3020 http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/3067
Thank you to everyone who made a game!
(If I left out someone's game or a request, it was a mistake! Yell at me!)
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on February 9
Mike Meyer
commented on a projectThey do! I made the mistake of adding them to the Kickstarter late, and it doesn't let me update the $60 reward description :/ I need to get the count and addresses to Zoe still. I admit I'm moving a little slow on the rewards, but getting things ready in time for Pirate Kart Weekend and GDC is keeping me super busy. Like, I have literally skipped parties that happened _at_my_house_ and worked on this stuff instead. Shirts, posters, charms, and songs might not get out to everyone until after GDC in March, but I'll make sure you get them!
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on February 1
Mike Meyer
commented on a project updateThanks! I appreciate it!
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on February 1
Mike Meyer
Posted project update #3Time up!
We reached the deadline!
I hope to get the rewards out sometime before GDC! Depending on shipping I may or may not make it in time, but for the digital ones I'll have no excuse :). For those of you who are getting expo passes, I should be getting those around the end of the week and will send those along at that point.
In the interest of transparency about where your money is going, I made a quick spreadsheet of what money came in and where it's going.
Check it out if you are interested: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiGDGxM1mcXVdFMxQ0l0Y3FpQTNYeFY2akhnRlVSeEE&hl=en_US&pli=1#gid=0
(And yes, by the time I pay for making and shipping the shirts and posters I will definitely be losing lots of money but the plan for this was always to make it so I could possibly afford to do it, not necessarily fully cover all the costs)
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on January 31Funded!
Glorious Developer's Konference 2012-in-1 Pirate Kart!!! by Mike Meyer
Make as many games as we can! Put them in a kiosk in the expo at the Game Developer's Conference!
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117% funded $4,718 pledged
- 82 backers
- Funded Jan 31, 2012
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on January 25
Mike Meyer
Posted project update #2What are you doing with the extra money?
Post CommentWhoa! It looks like we're beating the goal by more than just a little bit! I must confess I didn't actually plan out ahead of time how extra money would be used, but what a great problem to have! Here are some ideas of what could end up happening with the money:
- Lose less money - The $4000 amount was originally planned to cover the costs with little to spare! So now if making making t-shirts is more expensive than expected or something, we have some breathing room and/or can give out slightly nicer rewards!
- Glorious Trainwrecks business cards at the booth for people to take
- Setting up a webcam to livestream people playing at the kiosk!
- Hardware - depending on whether I can borrow a PC from someone in the area, I may need to ship a PC to San Francisco or buy one!
- Buy dinner at a Glorious Trainwrecks meetup/game jam?
- swag to give out. like little pirate flags or DVDs or something.
- A BIG PIRATE FLAG
- Do you have a cool idea? Leave a comment!
Here are some things the extra money WON'T be going towards:
- Buying GDC passes
- Paying GDC travel/lodging expenses
- Reimbursing Mike for costs related to the IGF Pirate Kart (if you are interested in that, the t-shirts and donation still work over at http://www.piratekart.com/igfpiratekart.html)
The Pirate Kart is well-enough funded that it's going to GDC for sure and can even afford some extras! So if I may presume to suggest how potential backers give out their money, maybe you could instead donate to OAK-U-TRON 201X! They are setting up a Winnitron-style arcade cabinet for the Oakland Rise Up Festival and making games for the event! I think that's a really freaking cool idea and they could use your help more than the Pirate Kart at this point! They only have a couple days left!
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on January 24
Mike Meyer
Posted project update #1WE MADE IT
Stop giving me money :)
Kickstarter doesn't let me update a reward once someone has selected it, but Aaron Kearns/muteKi/@captain_panties offered to make a Genesis/NES-style chiptuney song for those who pledged $60 or more! (sample work from him: here)
We've still got a week until the actual deadline. At that point I will be contacting backers about things like T-Shirt sizes, game ideas, and GDC pass info but for now: Thanks everyone!
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Eliot Lash on January 25
Cool! If you have overflow money I'd be totally cool with it going to the OAK-U-TRON - https://www.wepay.com/donations/oak-u-tron-201x
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on December 31
Mike Meyer launched a project
Glorious Developer's Konference 2012-in-1 Pirate Kart!!! by Mike Meyer
Make as many games as we can! Put them in a kiosk in the expo at the Game Developer's Conference!
- $4,000 funding goal
- 01/31/2012 Funding Ended
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on February 14, 2011
Mike Meyer
backed a project
We're Throwing a Scandinavian Indie Games Party! by Kill Screen
An indie games party in SF in honor of the wondrous work of Scandinavia? Yes, please. Free beer + Aquavit, a Swedish DJ, and much more.
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151% funded $9,114 pledged
- 313 backers
- Funded Mar 01, 2011
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Mike Meyer
Orlando, FL
I make games.
I could do GDC pickup if that would make delivery cheaper for you. I bet others would be in the same boat.
Thanks! I appreciate it!