Alas! But do not despair!
Well, we didn't make it. But we're still not discouraged. We've got some things to attend to but you may see us take another run at this in the next few months. We've learned a lot and we're pretty sure we can succeed next time around.
Thanks to everyone for your support. As many of you have pointed out privately and in the comments below, most Kickstarter projects have more success the second time around. The team here at Brass Monkey will be continuing to chug along on our work and making new friends who can help us with this project when we decide to give it another go. $8685 is still a lot of money, and it's amazing that nearly 300 of you were willing to reach into your pockets to support an open source project (that would have been free to you anyway).
We'll keep in touch, we hope to see you all in another month or two.-Mike