48 hours to go!
You may not have noticed (or even cared) but Kickstarter added 24 hours to everyone's project schedules, to compensate for their servers going down recently. So our project will finally be funded on Saturday morning, my time.
So, I'll save the prolific thank you speeches until then. This is just a short heads-up to say hi, and to remind you all that Amazon will start taking your hard-earned cash from your credit cards soon, then sitting on it for a couple of weeks, taking their cut and hopefully giving the rest to me! I mention it because some of you have pledged quite staggeringly large amounts (thank you, thank you, thank you!) and I don't want anyone taken by surprise and ending up over their credit limit!
Hey, we've very nearly reached 200% of what I asked for! I'm so grateful. It's made a lot of difference to my plans and my ability to do something exciting with the project.
579
Backers
$56,818
pledged of $27,000 goal
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seconds to go
Funding period
Feb 27, 2011 -
Apr 9, 2011
(40 days)
- First created · 1 backed
- Has not connected Facebook
- Website: stevegrand.wordpress.com
Pledge $15 or more
4 backers
DONOR: A signed "thank you" postcard of Lucy the robot (signed by me, obviously - Lucy has no hands!)
Pledge $25 or more
33 backers
VOYEUR: A photo of Lucy or Grace, plus access to an exclusive online 'look over my shoulder' at the state of the game as it develops, my personal programming diary, explanations of the theoretical stuff, and my raw laboratory notes.
Pledge $50 or more
205 backers
TESTER: As for voyeurs, plus become an official beta tester with an influence on the game's development, and get a free copy of the game when it's final.
Pledge $75 or more
102 backers
GURU: The same as testers, but become an advanced 'community guru' beta tester, with back-door access to my personal development tools (gene editors, advanced medical monitors, etc.), plus detailed technical info and email support with the biology and game API, as well as access to a special discussion forum.
Pledge $100 or more
168 backers
SPONSOR: Be an advanced beta tester, plus get some game merchandise (e.g. a mug or mouse mat), and get a personal thank you in the in-game credits.
Pledge $500 or more
15 backers All gone!
SUPERHERO: As for sponsors, plus a signed and framed piece of original storyboard artwork or a page from my lab notebook, with my original experimental brain or biochemistry diagrams and notes on it. Think how much one of Leonardo's notebook pages is worth now ;-)
Pledge $1,000 or more
5 backers All gone!
FRIEND: All of that stuff and I'll buy you lunch (continental US only). I may even kiss your feet!
Comments
Creator Jamie on April 9, 2011
I agree with Amokrane. I'm sure we all have faith you'll do a great job and complete the project, but even on the odd chance something goes wrong we've got a good year or more of interesting blog postings and a look into the mind of an AI/A-Life coder. That alone is worth $100.
Creator Steve Grand on April 8, 2011
haha! Merci, Amokrane.
Creator Amokrane on April 8, 2011
That's more exciting to can see the progression of the game, i guess ! I'm so happy to have discovered that before the end of the donations :) And also happy to see that a lot of people are as enthousiastic as I am ! I have just reinstalled creatures 3, still a fascinating game !
Creator Steve Grand on April 8, 2011
Lovely to see people so excited! You do all know I haven't even written the game yet, don't you?!? ;-) But seriously, it gladdens my heart, and much to my surprise I'm actually excited too!
Creator Donna Crawford on April 8, 2011
Its fantastic how much has been raised :)
Creator BenS on April 8, 2011
So excited! Came up with enough money to become the 100th Guru with a little over 24 hours! ;)
Creator Jamie on April 8, 2011
Thank goodness! New debit card arrived today. Was worried I was going to miss the deadline. Grats on cracking the 200%.
Creator K.G. on April 7, 2011
Oh, goodness, it is over the 200% line now, isn't it? Congratulations!
Creator KingFrog368 on April 7, 2011
Congratulations on the 200% mark. I've been following your work, as I've been able, for a few years and am greatly looking forward to seeing what is next!
Creator Chad Blevins on April 7, 2011
So, I didn't quite wait until the last possible moment...
Glad to be the latest Sponsor. I hope this project goes well.