It's been a few months since our last update, but we're here to share the exciting news that Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line officially enters production later this week!
The production team is heading out to the Pacific Northwest on Friday for a week of planned interviews with some very recognizable Sierra alumni.
Who will we be interviewing? Project backers can find out below in the exclusive "backer-only" part of this update, but be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for live updates throughout this production phase of production to see what we're up to.
But this is just the beginning. We'll embark on an even bigger shooting block this spring, taking us all over the United States and beyond. More interviews, more locations, and more stories about the history of Sierra On-Line from the people who were there.
None of this would be possible without you – the backers – so thank you again for helping us get to this point.
Stay tuned for more updates about additional cast members, rewards fulfillment, and some big surprises we cannot wait to share!
A Wild Game Grump Appears
You likely know him from his work on Game Grumps and as the frontman of Ninja Sex Party, and now Dan Avidan can add Legends of Adventure cast member to his impressive resume.
Dan was kind enough to record a quick message for us about his love of Sierra games and why he thinks the documentary is an important project. Watch it below:
That's all for now – look out for our next update in mid-November after this phase of production is wrapped.
Backers: Be sure to visit the Legends of Adventure Community page to see our exclusive "Backer Only" announcement about our first round of interviews!
That's a wrap on the Legends of Adventure crowdfunding campaign!
What an exciting final day it's been – thank you to all of our new backers who helped us go into overtime mode on the campaign, exceed 477% funded, and reach an incredible $357,557.75 raised! And to those who upgraded your pledges over the past few days, thank you for helping us get across the finish line with style.
Although we didn't reach our final stretch goal, we did come very close – and because of that, we may have some news to report about Legends of Adventure: The Book very soon.
In the meantime, our team will be taking a much-needed break tomorrow – but stay tuned because we'll have more updates for you soon about the next steps, from when production of the documentary will begin to rewards fulfillment, additional cast and crew member announcements, and more!
And, in case you missed it, you can watch a recording of our Campaign Wrap Party live stream – with a cavalcade of amazing guests from the world of adventure games – below:
And if that's not enough Legends of Adventure content, you can still ask us questions on our Reddit AMA from earlier today here.
Thank you again for all your support!
- The Legends of Adventure Team (Dave, Cade, and Will)
We know you're likely tired of our emails asking for your pledges. However, we also know that sometimes things that you intend to do can simply slip your mind. So, we're sending out a reminder that the 80s Babies campaign only has another 7 Days left to receive pledges!
That said, we still have mountains to move to reach our goal. We've racked our brains on how to receive more support, but we're fresh out of ideas. The ball is in your court.
If you could PLEDGE HERE TODAYwe'd really appreciate the support. Please share with your friends and family to drum up additional pledges.
Remember: If we do not meet our goal by the close of this campaign on Jan 20th 3pm EST, none of our funding will be collected and it is possible our film does not see the light of day (though we will re-strategize and continue to seek funding by other means).
We are getting all of the final pieces of the Puppet Master trading cards together and ready to begin shipping. soon. As of this moment the printer is telling us once they begin packing out the cards, we should have the cards by the end of the month, and if so, we are looking at fulfillment starting on Friday 1/31. As the final pieces arrive at our warehouse we wanted to take a quick minute to remind everyone to please make sure you have filled out your survey / shipping information on Backerkit. Right now we have received approximately 85% of the surveys filled out. That means we still need info from 15% of our awesome backers. If you missed the survey or it got lost - here is the recovery link where you can find your information and complete it:
I stopped at Oakhurst on my way to Yosemite not long ago. In the hotel, they had some brochure that smelled exactly as the Sierra manuals. My point is that very likely they were printed locally and the place is still around.
Please try to find it. I suspect you'll find someone interesting to chat.
We truly hope you had a wonderful holiday season full of family, friends, fun, and those classic 80s films that make this time of year even more enjoyable. Can you believe it's already 2025? Somehow it still feels like the 80s were only 20 years ago, but maybe that's just us.
We're just posting an update to state that our campaign here on Backerkit only has 2 weeks remaining to collect pledges. That being said, our pledges thus far have been rather few and far between. This poor turnout was unanticipated as we'd received nothing but high praise and excitement about our campaign from our hundreds of lovely supporters.
That said, we're reaching out again to all of our supporters in hopes to encourage more pledges. Please remember that the most surefire way for us to make this film is through crowdfunding; if we meet our goal, 80s Babies will definitely see the light of day. However, if we are unsuccessful with our crowdfunding efforts, there is no guarantee that we will have the ability to acquire funding for the project by other means--but we will continue trying, regardless of our campaign outcome.
So, if you would like to see 80s Babies become a reality, we humbly ask for your help. Please please pledge today if you can: PLEDGE HERE TODAY
We have loads of cool rewards available for your pledges! With the help of 80s enthusiasts such as yourself, we can share the love of this special decade with the world.
We are pleased to share our brand new trailer with all our BackerKit supporters!
We also wanted to remind all of you about our WeFunder equity funding campaign. Here, you can invest in our pilot episode, and possibly make a little (or a lot of) money back on your investment! While the campaign is going well, we are really striving to reach our next major milestone of $250,000! This figure is important for several reasons, primarily because at this level, WeFunder will begin marketing our project to its massive group of previous investors, specifically targeting those who have already invested in film projects. This list is over 100,000 strong! Just imagine if even 1% of those people would invest in Manhattan Transfer -- we’d have over 1000 investors!
So if you, or anyone you know (including aliens who want to abduct Manhattan) would like to do more to support our project, please check out our WeFunder campaign page: https://wefunder.com/manhattan.transfer.film.fund.1
And as always, thank you for believing in our project and thank you for our support!
Hey, quick question. Will we be notified when shipped? Or they will show up randomly? I am sorry I havent used this site before, so I am not sure if its a little different. I received and submitted my survey both on 11/19. So just at a month, would love to get them before christmas, but if I am going to get a email with shipping then not going to happen before christmas.
Thank you!
