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Corvus Elrod

Portland, OR

Co-founder of Zakelro!, a two-person, one-poodle creative studio in Portland, OR. Drawing on 20 years of improvisational performance, RPG & board game study, and experimentation with a wide variety of creative expression, I explore the intersection of Story, Play, & Community through the art of games, performance, social media, and craft.

  1. XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

    A festival this September in Portland, Oregon bringing together artists and toolmakers to celebrate disruptive creativity.

    • 135% funded $169,083 pledged
    • 627 backers
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  2. Tropes vs. Women in Video Games by Anita Sarkeesian

    In this video series, Feminist Frequency will explore five common and reoccurring stereotypes of female characters in video games

    • 311% funded $18,685 pledged
    • 704 backers
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  3. HAND Stylus by Steve King

    A finely crafted, pen-like stylus featuring the world's smallest (4mm) retracting, rotating, replaceable tip.

    • 639% funded $159,794 pledged
    • 4,018 backers
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  4. Storybricks, the storytelling online RPG by Storybricks

    Storybricks is the toolset that allows users to tell stories in a computer RPG and share them with friends.

    • 9% funded $23,239 pledged
    • 392 backers
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    High Score - 3rd Edition: A Game History Book by Rusel DeMaria

    High Score is out of print. We need your help to bring it back - new, improved and expanded!

    • 140% funded $35,165 pledged
    • 416 backers
    • Funded Apr 04, 2012
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
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    VivaJava: The Coffee Game by Dice Hate Me Games

    A refreshing blend of Eurostyle flavors for 3 to 8 players.

    • 373% funded $56,052 pledged
    • 771 backers
    • Funded Feb 29, 2012
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    The Written World by The Written World

    The Written World is a multiplayer storytelling game that lives on the internet.

    • 104% funded $18,272 pledged
    • 300 backers
    • Funded Jan 20, 2012
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    Forge Quest - A Sandbox Action RPG by Chase Grozdina

    A classic zelda like adventuring game inside of a sandbox world. Explore, fight, craft and build inside the always changing landscape.

    • 178% funded $13,372 pledged
    • 464 backers
    • Funded Jan 13, 2012
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    Puzzle Clubhouse: Crowd Designed Episodic Game Dev by Schell Games

    Ready to be a Game Designer? At Puzzle Clubhouse, people who PLAY games help MAKE games! Design, Submit, Vote and Play!

    • 114% funded $11,403 pledged
    • 214 backers
    • Funded Jan 08, 2012
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    LangGuini a Card Game! by Ryan Morrison

    LangGuini is a card game for 3 or more players. Take word parts on the cards and CREATE A NEW WORD and DEFINE it, with a twist.

    • 245% funded $5,397 pledged
    • 144 backers
    • Funded Jan 16, 2012
  12. Mountlake Terrace Children's Theatre by Eleri Hamilton

    Growing a shiny new community children's theater group in Mountlake Terrace, WA

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/28/2011)
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    Matriarchy: A Social Game by Ben Lehman

    You are the queen of a remote mountain kingdom, isolated but being drawn into the outside world. Will your people thrive or perish?

    • 136% funded $4,090 pledged
    • 69 backers
    • Funded Dec 06, 2011
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    Genderfantasy by Kaj-anne Pepper

    Genderfantasy is queer glamour. Dance, sound collage, and installation at the crossroads of identity, sexuality and power.

    • 103% funded $2,590 pledged
    • 87 backers
    • Funded Dec 01, 2011
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    Ghost Pirates - a board game of ship to ship tactical action by Tim Rodriguez

    Ghost Pirates is a savage showdown between a two crews of scurvy skirmishers. Make your enemy walk the plank!

    • 126% funded $9,472 pledged
    • 213 backers
    • Funded Dec 09, 2011
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    Writer's Dice - Roll over writer's block! by Daniel Solis

    Dice for writers, storytellers and gamers! Use 'em to plot your next novel! Roll 'em into your RPG! Gift 'em to your gaming buddies!

    • 843% funded $8,435 pledged
    • 475 backers
    • Funded Nov 05, 2011
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    Survival Camp : Card and Dice Game by valerie hope

    A 'survival of the fittest' card and die game where players build camps before others to ensure they survive the zombies.

    • 111% funded $4,467 pledged
    • 113 backers
    • Funded Dec 16, 2011
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    Warparty by Mark H. Walker

    It's four-player Dungeons and Dragons meets Axis and Allies, on steroids, with a lemon twist.

    • 165% funded $13,260 pledged
    • 167 backers
    • Funded Dec 02, 2011
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    Miskatonic School for Girls Deck Building Game by Luke Peterschmidt

    The Miskatonic School for Girls is the first deck building game where you get to build your opponent's deck! Plus, it has Cthulhu!

    • 554% funded $63,763 pledged
    • 1,102 backers
    • Funded Dec 05, 2011
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    Borogove - A Wonderland Card Game! by KoryBing

    Wabe the gimbles, friend! A unique card game based off the nonsense words and imagery of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland series.

    • 546% funded $30,033 pledged
    • 1,507 backers
    • Funded Sep 19, 2011
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    Shelter In Place: A Live Game of Zombie Horror by Brennan Taylor

    It's Humans vs. Zombies in a desperate conflict to survive! Recreate the action of a zombie movie in 2 hours for 10-25 players.

    • 222% funded $5,551 pledged
    • 139 backers
    • Funded Oct 13, 2011
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    Carnival - A deck and dice game. by Dice Hate Me Games

    A deck and dice game for 2-4 players from Dice Hate Me Games.

    • 688% funded $34,436 pledged
    • 814 backers
    • Funded Oct 02, 2011
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    VENUS PATROL: charting a new course for videogame culture by Brandon Boyer

    Venus Patrol is a new videogame website in search of beautiful things, from former Offworld.com editor and IGF Chairman Brandon Boyer.

    • 210% funded $105,398 pledged
    • 1,785 backers
    • Funded Oct 07, 2011
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    The Videogame History Museum by Videogame History Museum

    The Videogame History Museum will house the world's most comprehensive videogame archive in the Silicon Valley area of California.

    • 167% funded $50,266 pledged
    • 356 backers
    • Funded Sep 01, 2011
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    The Seven Swan Brothers by Megan Skye Hale

    Mask and puppet performance of the lesser known fairy tale The Seven Swan Brothers. Collaborative effort of movement, masks, and love.

    • 134% funded $2,016 pledged
    • 36 backers
    • Funded Aug 10, 2011