New Video: T-Shirts, Survey on Denizens, And More!
It’s me, Rick Dakan, explaining things in a video! You should watch it!
For those of you who did, here are the links to the two surveys I mention:
Shirt Designs:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/haunts_shirts
Denizen Designs:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/haunts_denizens
For those of you who didn’t or just want a handy reference sheet, here’s the text version:
Things are going great, and we’re closing in on our $25,000 goal. In order to push things along and because lots of people have asked us about them (and because we want them too) we’ve added some new rewards, including T-Shirts.
The t-shirts are now a reward for the new $45 level, which means if you’ve already pledged more than that, you’ll be getting a t-shirt (free shipping in US, additional charge TBD outside)! When the Kickstarter ends, you’ll be asked to pick a size - and we’ll have men’s and women’s shirts available. But what does the shirt look like? We don’t know yet! But we have seven options, and we’d like your opinion on them. So, go here and vote:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/haunts_shirts
We’ll announce the winning design next week, on June 18th, for those of you who want to wait and see what wins before you pledge.
At the higher end, we’ve added a $150 pledge level. Those generous donors will get a caricature of their Gallery of Generous Ghouls portrait, done by Austin in the game’s style. This portrait will appear IN GAME on various walls.
Push that up to $200 and Austin will send you a hand-drawn version of your caricature as it appears in the game, with some extra TBD charge for shipping outside the US.
Furthermore, we’d like your help picking some of the master-level characters for the game. Here again we’ve got a survey and some options for you that we’d like your opinion on. So follow this link and help decide the kinds of denizens you’ll be facing/playing in the finished game!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/haunts_denizens
Thanks again to all of you for your amazing support so far, and we look forward to your feedback on both the shirts and the denizens.
Rick
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Pledge $5 or more
699 backers
A code to download the finished game. For every $5 you donate, you get additional codes that you can freely transfer or even sell to other people
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $10 or more
214 backers
Your Initials in the credits (up to 3 letters).Two (2) copies of the game.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $25 or more
98 backers
Your Full Name in the credits (up to 40 characters). Five (5) copies of the game.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $35 or more
95 backers
BETA access to the game this Summer, which will let you both help guide the final game. Your full name in the credits, in the exclusive Beta Bosses section. And of course Seven (7) copies of the game.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $45 or more
20 backers
A Haunts T-Shirt! In the winning design, available in men's and women's styles. Shipped for free in the US, and for an additional charge abroad.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $50 or more
47 backers
All of the above rewards plus a copy of the sound track. Additionally, you get to put a Tweet-length personal message into the credits (Full name plus 140 characters - subject to editing for objectionable content at our sole discretion). Also, naturally, ten (10) copies of the game.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $100 or more
6 backers
All the above - beta, name, message, soundtrack - plus your picture in our Gallery of Generous Ghouls on our web site. And twenty (20) copies of the game!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $150 or more
2 backers
Your Caricature In the Game - your Gallery of Generous Ghouls portrait turned into a caricature of you by Austin and incorporated into our game, where it will appear in various rooms, halls, dungeons, libraries, and other terrifying locales.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $200 or more
0 backers
Your Caricature, in the real world! Austin will hand-draw a version of your caricature, sign it, and ship it to you. Suitable for real world framing as well as digital. Additional shipping fees may apply outside the US.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $250 or more
20 backers Limited (5 of 25 left)
A cameo role in the history of Tyree Manse! Your name will be given to one of the characters in the century-long saga of our haunted setting. Of course you also receive everything that has come before, along with a credit in you Gallery of Generous Ghouls portrait for which character is named after you. Oh yeah, and an insane FIFTY (50) copies of the game - enough to open your own online store!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $7,000 or more
1 backer All gone!
MAKE IT HAPPEN reward pledge. This will put us over the top and make the game happen, so it has to be special! Everything listed above plus: 1) YOU are the Seventh Intruder - a version of you as a playable character in the game. 2) YOUR Story - you get to script TWO scenarios for the game - one from the Intruders POV and one from the Denizens. We'll do the hard work of implementing it in the game, all you have to do is come up with the story (with our helpful input of course). 3) A hand-made, suitable for framing Deed to Tyree Manse, in your name. 4) An appearance on the Pod Macabre to ask us whatever you want. So come on, let's make this happen!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
Comments
Creator Veav on June 13, 2012
You'd like a mummy wearing a tie? That sounds pretty sweet.
Creator Kevin on June 11, 2012
Ok...I loved both the mummies. But, alas, there was no tie choice.
Creator Kairam Ahmed Hamdan on June 11, 2012
One shoulder hunchback!
Creator Kairam Ahmed Hamdan on June 11, 2012
I didn't like any of the Frankenstein monster/Swamp monster drawings, they're a bit too extreme for me, either too gaunt (which I find unfit) or too bloated (which I think was messy [an uniform mess], and lacked identity [which was unappealing to me]). Maybe some detail added to the big guy design can solve it. A hunchback, perhaps?
Best.
Creator robarg on June 11, 2012
The characters look pretty great, and in particular the finely attired creatures of the night made it difficult to choose between the woman and the classic Nosferatu look. With respect to the Burton influence (which was far from my first association), some guy who knew things about art once said good artists copy, great artists steal: his intent was not to call everyone a thief (well, it might have been that too) but to suggest there is something fundamentally problematic about seeing an art style as "owned", and whatever it is, it is incompatible with the obsession over intellectual property in the modern age.
To me, the game has always seem influenced by Edward Gorey's sense of tone and style, and I think that's great. While the game will be made or broken by the gameplay in the end, it was the look that was the initial draw for me and what continues to make this stand out.
In any case, with respect to the T-shirts I think more confidence in the art rather than pursuit of branding would make them feel more appealing. In general, most of the designs are good but overwhelming by virtue of spanning the entire front of the shirt, and if it's feasible moving "haunts etc" to the back would make them much more appealing and less billboard-like. Thanks and good luck!
Creator Alex Earp on June 11, 2012
Don't call them "somewhat reminiscent" and then mention a legal issue because you think they're an exact copy. Could you tell me what law there is that says you can sue someone for having a similar art style?
Creator jim collins on June 11, 2012
The characters in the survey are somewhat reminiscent of Tim Burtonesque line drawings. Which is cool. However, I'm concerned about a potential legal issue; they look that close to me.
Creator Irfon-Kim Ahmad on June 11, 2012
Also, in terms of encouraging people to up pledges to the t-shirt level, it would be more compelling if you mentioned what sizes would be available.
Creator Irfon-Kim Ahmad on June 11, 2012
Sumerian only has one 'm' in it, as far as I can tell. :)