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Jan Szpila

Chicago, IL

Father-in-training, webmonkey extraordinaire, tech aficionado, metal connoisseur, firearms enthusiast, and sci-fi nerd.

  1. The Canyons by Braxton Pope

    The Canyons is a contemporary thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis, produced by Braxton Pope and directed by Paul Schrader.

    • 140% funded $140,262 pledged
    • 792 backers
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    Arcade Brewery by Arcade Brewery

    Arcade Brewery connects the public to their beers from conception to consumption, letting you create labels and our beer recipes.

    • 109% funded $32,760 pledged
    • 529 backers
    • Funded May 24, 2012
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    Tour for GHOSTS WITH SHIT JOBS, a Lo-fi Sci-fi Feature by Jim Munroe

    If you buy our completed mockumentary now, we can go to different cities to start discussions about the future. And giant spiders.

    • 399% funded $19,999 pledged
    • 820 backers
    • Funded May 18, 2012
  4. Day Maker : the Charging iPhone Alarm Toaster by Habitco

    Add a little extra ‘Pop’ to your day when it’s time to rise and shine with Day Maker, the bedside morning station / iPhone charger.

    • 13% funded $38,190 pledged
    • 347 backers
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    Boot Hill Heroes - Wild West Retro RPG with 1-4 Player Co-op by David Welch

    Boot Hill Heroes is a 4-player retro RPG set in the American Wild West with influence from spaghetti western film and SNES fantasy RPGs

    • 361% funded $18,092 pledged
    • 499 backers
    • Funded May 21, 2012
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    The Dead Linger by Sandswept Studios

    The Dead Linger is an FPS that embodies the gaming community's hunger for a true, open-world, zombie apocalypse survival sandbox.

    • 258% funded $154,968 pledged
    • 4,218 backers
    • Funded Apr 29, 2012
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    The Banner Saga by Stoic

    A mature, story-driven, turn-based strategy game steeped in viking culture, by three game industry veterans.

    • 723% funded $723,886 pledged
    • 20,042 backers
    • Funded Apr 20, 2012
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    Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes LLC

    Shadowrun Returns brings back one of our most original & cherished game settings as a 2D turn-based RPG for tablets & PC.

    • 459% funded $1,836,447 pledged
    • 36,276 backers
    • Funded Apr 29, 2012
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    TAKEDOWN by Christian Allen, Serellan LLC

    Join the game designer of GRAW and Halo Reach to help create the spiritual successor to the original Rainbow Six and SWAT4.

    • 110% funded $221,833 pledged
    • 5,423 backers
    • Funded Apr 01, 2012
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    Wasteland 2 by inXile entertainment

    Wasteland 2 is a sequel to the amazingly popular 1988 RPG Wasteland and the post-apocalyptic predecessor to the Fallout Series.

    • 325% funded $2,933,252 pledged
    • 61,290 backers
    • Funded Apr 17, 2012
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    STAR COMMAND: Sci-Fi meets GameDev Story for iOS and Android by Star Command

    Star Command is a game for iOS and Android where players can build their own ship, recruit their crew and explore the universe.

    • 184% funded $36,967 pledged
    • 1,167 backers
    • Funded Oct 06, 2011
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    GLI.TC/H 20111!?▐▐▐▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▀▀▌▌▌▐▐▐DIT▀▀▀▀▀Do▄it▄2gather▀▀▀▀ by GLI.TC/H

    GLI.TC/H is a festival celebrating the glitch! Artists, thinkers, performers, makers && breakers gather to intentionally F▒C◀SH▓┐UP↕

    • 173% funded $5,543 pledged
    • 146 backers
    • Funded Sep 27, 2011
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    Robots Love Ice Cream game for the iPad by Burton Posey

    Play the role of an ice cream truck driver defending the galaxy from robotic invaders in this fun, fast-paced, beautiful iPad game.

    • 105% funded $18,950 pledged
    • 243 backers
    • Funded Jul 31, 2011
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    No Time To Explain indie game by tinyBuild

    I am you from the future. There is No Time To Explain. Follow m-- AAAUAUUGHHH!!!! Be part of an indie game with a sense of humor.

    • 372% funded $26,068 pledged
    • 2,052 backers
    • Funded May 26, 2011
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    Chip Maestro - An NES MIDI Synthesizer Cartridge by Jarek Lupinski

    I've developed a special Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge that turns your NES into a true 8-bit MIDI synthesizer.

    • 1,308% funded $15,045 pledged
    • 260 backers
    • Funded Jun 07, 2011
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    The Oona: Whatever You Need It To Be by Sam Gordon

    The Oona is a simple, versatile smart phone stand that can do as much in the physical world as your phone can do in the virtual.

    • 1,312% funded $131,220 pledged
    • 3,915 backers
    • Funded Jun 03, 2011