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Hey backers,

We just released a new version of Meriwether through the Humble store! This update fixes a number of critical bugs and incorporates much of the incredible feedback you've... Read more

Dear Backers,  

This is the star-spangled news you've been waiting for. We will be shipping you a Kickstarter-exclusive "Silver" build of Meriwether on Flag Day: June 14!

In game... Read more

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The Kickstarter-exclusive version of Meriwether fast approaches! (Remember, you get the game before the general public.) We will be updating more frequently in the coming weeks as we... Read more

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We're nearing completion, and Carlos was the first team member to finish all his work, so with the writing complete, he is now taking on the task of... Read more

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We listened to your feedback from the Beta build, and are excited to announce a new Beta release that takes much of that feedback into account. 

LEVEL CONTINUITY... Read more

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It's been a cold but busy week here in Brooklyn. We are just finishing a major Meriwether crunch session and we are finally ready to make a major announcement:... Read more

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Since our last Meri-making, we’ve focused on tying up the few remaining loose ends in the gameplay. There were a couple game mechanics that we have struggled with... Read more

Hey everyone,

Back by popular demand, Carlos and Josh will be streaming Meriwether live on Twitch tomorrow at 6pm eastern. Why, you ask? Last month we had some technical problems and our... Read more

Tomorrow afternoon we'll be streaming Meriwether on Twitch! We'll play through the first level of the game for about an hour, and then stay on to listen to your feedback... Read more

Meriwether Original Soundtrack

We are thrilled to announce our release of the Meriwether soundtrack! The 25-track album is simultaneously beautiful, exciting, and mysterious. We’ve been listening to it on repeat... Read more

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This weekend we'll be at Indiecade East in Astoria, NY. Friday February 14, at 4:30, Josh is giving a talk about another game he co-designed called Killer Queen... Read more

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Normally in our Meri-making updates we cover a little bit about all the various facets of Meriwether’s development. However, this month we wanted to do something a little... Read more

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In this month’s Meri-making, we’ll be focusing largely on art, as well as some logistics of finishing Meriwether and getting it into your hands.

Music

The tracks you’ve... Read more

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Last week Barb and I (Josh) attended the annual conference of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation in Bismarck, North Dakota, hosted by one of our backers,... Read more

Howdy, backers, and welcome to the latest installment of...

This month's update includes new music and visual art, a discussion of how trading will work in the game, and an... Read more

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As promised, here is a video of our experience at PAX East. Kickstarter was kind enough to invite us to exhibit our demo in their room. Tl;dr —... Read more

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Welcome to our first installment of "Meri-Making"! About once a month, we'll be giving you a substantive update as to our progress on the development of Meriwether. We... Read more

We had so much fun doing Meri-Thon yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came and watched, commented, and promoted us! And double thanks to all of our incredible guests! 

We got... Read more

We just went live with Meri-Thon and our first guest Adam Saltsman, designer of Canabalt. Please watch us live on YouTube, and feel free to ask questions for us or... Read more

Great job everyone! You just got us to the first stretch goal: Lewis's outfits and Girardoni air rifle. Because of you, Meriwether won't have to cross the North American wilderness... Read more

Wow! Backers, you have simply amazed all of us! Your support, inspirational words, and willingness to help spread the word is truly humbling and incredibly encouraging.

We're so excited to... Read more

We’ve been very clear (we hope!) about the fact that Meriwether isn’t edutainment. And yet, here we are offering “Scholarship” editions. How do those two things fit together?

We begin... Read more

Happy New Year! Here's hoping you have a productive, fun, and healthy 2013.

For update 17, Meriwether's lead writer, Carlos Hernandez, provides more details about telling the Corps of Discovery's... Read more

Today's update features Carlos Hernandez, the project's lead writer, talking about how we're weaving together gameplay and storytelling in Meriwether. It comes at a great time, too, since just... Read more

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Thanks so much for all the support on Reddit yesterday, and welcome to all you Redditors who recently joined us! Thanks to you, yesterday we broke our record... Read more

Thanks to all of you, we’re just about to hit $20k! In preparation for this final push, here’s our exciting list of stretch goals. These features are the icing on... Read more

We're happy to announce that we are now offering a couple add-ons. All add-ons are available at the Trading Post ($50) level and higher. Just add the appropriate amount to... Read more

The Lewis and Clark story is just as much about the places they went as anything else. By immersing players in a 3D world that is heavily inspired by those... Read more

We have another really exciting endorsement to share with you. Dr. Moulton is the editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the definitive, thirteen-volume edition of the... Read more

I'm excited to share another glowing endorsement from Richard Lemarchand, lead designer on the Uncharted series, and now Associate Professor at USC. Thanks Richard!

"We've barely begun to explore the... Read more

What a thrilling first day! We couldn't be more excited: 10% of our goal met within the first 24 hours! Thanks so much to our backers. The positive response we've... Read more