Update #9: More Lookouts Art, a New Reward, FAQ Update, Jerry Cosplay
With 15 days left, we've raised almost $400,000, which is nearly a half-a-million dollars, which is basically a million! Right? Or...? Listen. We don't have time to thrill you with our incredible mathematics right now. It's time to reveal the terrifying revelations of Kickstarter Update 9!
More Lookouts!
Gabe drew more concept art for Daughters of the Eyrewood to further entice you:

I know this level seems out there, but we still have 15 days! We are also adding another reward level at $50 for a hi-resolution, 8.5” x 11” print of the above Lookouts image sent to your door. Please add $3 for international addresses. (this level also includes all previous rewards!)
Jerry Cosplay Poll Results!
I'll be honest, I'm actually a little shocked at the result. The winner is... the Fruit Fucker? I just feel like... that doesn't have a lot of shame-factor to it. This was an opportunity to really get some ridiculous photos of Jerry, and the community chose the Fruit Fucker? All right, we'll try to do something with it that will maximize embarrassment.
Oh! And I forgot to mention in the last update with honorable mentions that we also got a lot of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew suggestions, which would have also been really funny.
Updated FAQ Questions:
Q:What if I'm out of the country, and I am unable to use Amazon payments?
A:We also accept Paypal on the side (clubpa@penny-arcade.com is our Paypal address). Make sure to send an email to ks@penny-arcade.com with the transaction ID and what reward you'd like.
Q:If the mobile app level is reached, will it be ad-free?
A: We had not considered this! But after thinking about it, we decided that yes, it will be ad-free.
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Pledge $1 or more
2541 backers
Gabe will shout out your name as he chases a duck, there will be no ads (based on what stretch goal tier is reached), and you'll be listed on our "Supported By" page!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $15 or more
1148 backers
All previous rewards, Gabe will think about you during sex, and a certificate of appreciation will be mailed to you. (Add $3 for non-U.S. addresses)
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $25 or more
1798 backers
All previous rewards, a never-before released digital version of Penny Arcade Book 1, Attack of the Bacon Robots, and Tycho will name your pet.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $35 or more
1094 backers
All previous rewards and receive a copy of On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness 3 on Steam!
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $50 or more
586 backers
All previous rewards and a hi-resolution, 8.5” x 11” print of the Lookouts image (from Update #9) sent to your door. Please add $3 for international addresses.
Estimated delivery: Feb 2013Pledge $75 or more
126 backers
All previous rewards and remastered digital versions of Tycho's Penny Arcade Singles (including My Belruel and Are You Really A Woman?).
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $100 or more
215 backers
All previous rewards, a never-before released digital version of Penny Arcade Book 2, Epic Legends of the Magic Sword Kings, and Tycho will name your band.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $125 or more
192 backers
All previous rewards and an autographed (by Gabe and Tycho) 12" x 18" "Dickstarter" print on heavyweight cardstock. (Add $7 for Non-U.S. Addresses)
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $150 or more
752 backers
All previous rewards and an exclusive t-shirt commemorating the Kickstarter (Add $12 for non-U.S. addresses).
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $150 or more
46 backers Limited (29 of 75 left)
Be a beta tester for On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness 4! Will also include a copy of the game on Steam upon release.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $250 or more
22 backers Limited (8 of 30 left)
When we made Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1, we had manufactured 50 USB Credit Card drives (seen here) for media kits, etc. With this reward level you’ll receive this Flash Drive in the mail filled with the digital versions of Books 1 and 2 and the remastered Jerry tracks! We have two versions of the drive (Gabe and Tycho) – which you receive will be picked at random. Add $10 for International addresses. (See Update # 6 for a picture of the actual USB drive)
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $300 or more
9 backers Limited (1 of 10 left)
1 lb of Jerry’s Coffee Roast! Jerry will ship to you a one pound bag of his signature coffee beans that he roasts himself. Add $10 for International addresses.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $300 or more
19 backers Limited (31 of 50 left)
@cwgabriel will follow you on twitter for one year. Your day is now a constant source of his entertainment.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $300 or more
27 backers Limited (23 of 50 left)
@tychobrahe will follow you on twitter for one year. You can bombard him with 140 character requests all year long.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $500 or more
25 backers All gone!
Within reason, Gabe and Tycho will retweet one of your tweets.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $750 or more
1 backer Limited (49 of 50 left)
For next year's PA:The Series filming (Strip Search - our new reality show for finding the next big webcomic), you can be one of 50 people in a live studio audience component in Seattle, WA. (you need to handle travel costs)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $1,000 or more
8 backers
Shirt of the month club! You'll be delivered one exclusive-to-this-offer design or color variant per month, to your door. (Add $240 for non-U.S. addresses)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $1,000 or more
5 backers All gone!
Be immortalized in On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness 4, as your likeness is turned into a NPC for the game. Includes a copy of the game on Steam. Please note, the "estimated delivery date" below was picked arbitrarily. We don't know the exact release date.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $1,500 or more
5 backers Limited (5 of 10 left)
Logo Design by PA Design! Give Kiko and Erika the name of your company and a synopsis of what exactly it is you do, and delivered to you will be the one-colour AI/PDF/PSD files for your further manipulation. This is the team that designed the PAX Logo, the Trenches Logo, the Child’s Play logo, etc.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge $2,000 or more
38 backers Limited (12 of 50 left)
Get a 5-year pass for all existing and newly created PAXes (including PAX Dev if you are in-fact, a developer).
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $2,500 or more
0 backers Limited (4 of 4 left)
Brew with Jerry - $2500 (4 available) It’s no secret Jerry loves brewing, and this reward gives you the opportunity to brew with Jerry in Seattle. You only need to handle your transportation, and Jerry will take care of the rest. Must be 21 or older.
Estimated delivery: Apr 2013Pledge $2,500 or more
5 backers All gone!
Jerry Holkins will do a Beta Read of your work (novel or otherwise), providing notes and opinions throughout.
Estimated delivery: May 2013Pledge $2,500 or more
0 backers Limited (10 of 10 left)
Robert Khoo will do a full analysis of your business plan, how it fits in the marketplace, what you're doing right and what opportunities you might be missing.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge $2,500 or more
0 backers Limited (10 of 10 left)
Mike Krahulik (Gabe) will do a full portfolio review of your work, providing notes and opinions throughout.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge $5,000 or more
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
Ping Pong. Your Team vs. Team Inferno (aka Team Penny Arcade). Invite you and up to 9 of your friends for an officially sanctioned match against Team Inferno in Seattle, WA. The most expensive pizza you have ever purchased will also be included. You just need to handle transportation.
Estimated delivery: May 2013Pledge $5,000 or more
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
PA will crash your birthday party - Mike and Jerry and possibly some other people will crash your party and totally eat all of your food and drink everything in your fridge. Must be in the Seattle area.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $5,000 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
Lunch with PA Business. Have a lunch with Robert Khoo, Mike Fehlauer, Brian Sunter, and Jeff Kalles in Seattle. (You need to get yourself to the venue, sorry.)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $5,000 or more
3 backers All gone!
Play date with Penny Arcade! You and one other person can come to PAHQ (you need to arrange travel) for an evening of pizza and games.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $7,500 or more
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
Khoo will plan your bachelor party - This is for planning and day-of execution only. Robert Khoo will take whatever your pre-determined budget is and plan a… uh… experience for you and your friends. A more detailed description to this reward would be against the code. See PA:TS S02E28 for reference.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $7,500 or more
2 backers All gone!
Intern at Penny Arcade for a day! You'll be put to real work under the supervision of Khoo. (you will need to arrange travel)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $8,000 or more
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
Mike and Jerry will be your DM for you and 3 of your friends, running an adventure just for you. You just need to handle transportation to Seattle.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $9,999 or more
1 backer Limited (2 of 3 left)
Lunch with Mike and Jerry. Just get yourself to Seattle and we'll handle the rest.
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge $10,000 or more
0 backers
Even more rewards! Since KS has a $10,000 limit, we have a number of off-menu rewards for those looking for a more... exclusive experience. [1 x $25,000: Gabe will do an original medium sized painting of your favorite videogame character.], [2 x $25,000: You'll be given the grand tour of Penny Arcade HQ and afterwards we'll all go out for dinner and ice cream!], [1 x $100,000: You can appear in a non-commercial PA strip that you conceive with Mike and Jerry.] But you'll need to purchase these off-site at www.penny-arcade.com/kickstarter/
Estimated delivery: Jun 2013
Comments
Creator Olivier Finlay Beaton on January 11
Just got the poster, it's absolutely gorgeous. Any update on if we could get a PDF of Tycho's Daughters of the Eyrewood poem to mount bellow it?
Creator Olivier Finlay Beaton on August 15, 2012
Can we please somehow get a version of Tycho’s Daughters of the Eyrewood poem's that we can mount bellow this art piece? Even if you just send people a pdf they can print on glossy paper, so they can mount them together. I think it really completes it.
Creator Christian Summers on August 10, 2012
I still reckon Pikachu was a winner.
Creator Robert Zak on August 3, 2012
Any more details on the t-shirt design from the 150 level? I had asked about a week and a half ago and was told "We'll have a design ready to show in the next week or so I believe", so I was expecting to see something by now. Hopefully in the next few days, since it's down to 11 days?
Creator tpalmer79 on August 1, 2012
Thanks to Mike's amazing daughters artwork, I finally pulled the trigger and pledged what I could. I really hoped Lookouts gets funded!
Creator Paul Purvis on August 1, 2012
You can always paint his head as an orange, and make him wear the fruit fucker as a hat to one side. Fruit fucker thuggin' it.
Creator daft_inquisitor on August 1, 2012
I still say Laharl would have been FANTASTIC. Get a blue wig with antennae-hair, a pair of short-shorts, a long red scarf... oh yeah, he would have been shirtless too. Oh well, what could have been...
Creator Alexander Dietrich on August 1, 2012
Please build a working juice dispenser into the costume.
Creator Nathan on July 31, 2012
The ridiculous and embarrassing choices must have split the vote.
Creator Jason Pollock on July 31, 2012
If I'm at a higher pledge level that includes "all previous awards", will I get the print? I feel like I should probably kick in some more dosh for that! I guess I can do that anyways. :)
Creator Jason Pollock on July 31, 2012
Jerry doesn't have to be the FF, he could be the piece of fruit...
Creator Patrick Hogan on July 31, 2012
Any way we could get Jerry a big fake orange (I am thinking giant orange nerf ball) to periodically hump the hell out of. It's just not Fruit F**ker without the fruit f**king.
Creator James Poag on July 31, 2012
Wouldn't that be a tripping hazard? Just saying.
Creator Maxwell Harris on July 31, 2012
The most embarrassing thing would be to have his actual dick hanging out the fruit chute. Just saying.
Creator Penny Arcade on July 31, 2012
Adam: That is correct!
Creator john vandyke on July 31, 2012
You guys should mount a working juicer machine as a 'belt buckle' for the cosplay costume and force Jerry to provide fresh juice on demand for attendees.
Creator Galen Ryder on July 31, 2012
Well now it needs to be Sexy Fruit Fucker.
Creator Adam Wendt on July 31, 2012
If I'm already at the $150 t-shirt reward. I automatically get the daughters of the eyrewood poster right?
Creator Nicholas Tolstoshev on July 31, 2012
You don't understand. It isn't just dressing up as the Fruit Fucker. He has to go hump the leg of everyone he runs into. The smart folks will stock up on oranges.
Creator Ariel Phifer on July 31, 2012
He rigged it, right? Guys? He dropped some mad hacker bullshit and rigged it.
Creator pantsburgh on July 31, 2012
I think the poll was skewed. People that wanted embarrassing female characters had several options, whereas people that wanted... fruit sexing characters... only had one choice. I bet if you guys did a bracket like Worst Company in America (or like, say, sports) then one of the female characters would win.
The Daughters of the Eyrewood concept looks awesome guys. Thanks for sharing.
Creator Quadro on July 31, 2012
I don't know about the other options, but I think that the Fruit Fucker was a great choice, especially if you can get some other people to dress up as fruit.
Creator Ken Nakai on July 31, 2012
I suspect Jerry just went in and voted ten thousand times for Fruit Fucker since he figured it was the safest one. I say you go and get one of those Guiness Book record holders for something ridiculous like squash or a friggin tomato and have him fuck that in costume on stage at PAX Prime during the Q&A. Mwahahaha!
Creator R Potter on July 31, 2012
I felt like the Yummy-chan comic strip was *baited*. The timing seemed to convenient. Almost as though Jerry wanted the excuse to do it without any responsibility for the choice :P.
Creator Nathan S on July 31, 2012
I believe having Jerry enact Fruit Fucker behaviour for the duration that he's wearing the costume (plus any other embarrassing things you come up with) would go a long way towards maximizing the humiliation and embarrassment.