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Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.

Elegy for a Dead World: A Game About Writing Fiction

Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.
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Dejobaan Games
Dejobaan Games
3,666 backers pledged $72,339 to help bring this project to life.
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Elegy for a Dead World Launches 3 Months Early!

Dearest Backers,

It is with great joy that we announce the early launch of Elegy for a Dead World! With your help and support, we have completed the Steam version... Read more

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Major Update: The Three Worlds

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Almost There: Beta Keys (and a Mea Culpa)

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Meet the team in Boston!

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Successfully raised $72,339 with 3,666 backers

Update #11: Less Than 24 Hours Left

With less than 24 hours to go, we are still hopeful that Lord Byron will help us reach our $90k goal to create prompt writing tools. Here's our final update before... Read more

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Update #12: Stretch Goal #1 ACHIEVED!

With 32 hours left to go we are at 132% of our funding goal! At $58,000, we hit our first Stretch Goal, DRM-Free Elegy for a Dead World:

At $63,491... Read more

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Update #11: SUCCESS... and Stretch Goals

We've reached our funding goal! To everyone who has pledged, tweeted, written about us, or told a friend: THANK YOU! So, what's next? By popular request, here are our stretch... Read more

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Update #10: What Players Think About the Game

With just over 3 days to go, we are at 100%! Thank you to everyone who helped us get here! 

We are close to having those beta keys so expect... Read more

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Update #9: The Three Romantic Poems

5 DAYS TO GO! We are at 89% to funding, and can almost taste it! Today we'd like to share with you the basis for Elegy's three worlds -- three... Read more

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Update #8: The Evolution of Elegy's Art

With just days to go before the Kickstarter ends (and you get those beta keys), we are at 81% of the way to our goal!

Today, we asked Luigi to share... Read more

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Update #7: Turning Poetry into Art

We are 70% of the way towards reaching our funding goal! Our chances of success are looking good, so a big thanks to all of you for getting us this... Read more

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Update #6: How does one start making video games?

We have just crossed $30k, and have less than $18k to go! Today, we have two topics and 2 blazing hot Kickstarter campaigns to highlight:

1. Do you teach creative writing... Read more

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Update #5: How Programming and Art Connect to Make Games

For about 3 years, Elegy team members Ziba and Luigi have married design, programming, and art to make beautiful games. In today's update video, they talk about how they started working... Read more

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Update #4: Romantic Era Poetry

With your support, we've hit 54% of our funding goal on Day 7. Thank you!

In today's update, we wanted to show you the connection between Elegy and British Romantic Era... Read more

Update #3: On the Evolution of Elegy

Day 5, and we're about to hit 50% of our funding goal -- a huge thanks to all our backers! In today's update, Elegy co-designer Ziba Scott shares his perspective... Read more

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Update #2: Rewards and The Art of Elegy

Day 3, and we're 37% of the way to reaching our goal! We have two items for you today:

1. Rewards: There has been some confusion about some of the reward... Read more

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Update #1: How Elegy Began

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqVAvpb5rc

Hello Backers,

It's been a exciting couple of days, and we wanted to tell you a bit more about how Elegy for a Dead World got its start as a... Read more

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