BackerKit Trust and Safety Team
CREATOR
about 2 months ago
Project Update: Project Update from BackerKit Trust & Safety
BackerKit community,
This message is being shared by BackerKit’s Trust & Safety team following an extensive review of the Grimwild project by Oddity Press.
After multiple months of review, repeated outreach, and exhaustion of all available communication channels, BackerKit Trust & Safety is formally designating this project as abandoned. Situations like this are extremely rare on BackerKit. The vast majority of projects on the platform either deliver successfully or remain in active communication with backers, even when delays occur. In the uncommon cases where a creator becomes entirely unreachable despite sustained outreach and review, the outcome is deeply unfortunate for everyone involved.
What this means
- The creator of this project, Oddity Press / J.D. Maxwell, has not been reachable by BackerKit, backers, freelancers, moderators, or known collaborators for an extended period of time.
- We have made repeated attempts to contact the creator across all known channels to request clarification, updates, and fulfillment timelines. These attempts have not received a response.
- Based on the information available to us, we were not able to verify the creator’s current status, nor the status of fulfillment activities related to this project.
- In situations where a creator may be experiencing a personal emergency or other sensitive circumstances, BackerKit handles reviews with care and discretion while still upholding our platform rules and responsibilities to backers.
Creator standing on BackerKit
As a result of this designation, the creator has lost good standing on the BackerKit platform.
- Delivered rewards, or
- Made substantial, verifiable progress toward completing the project.
At BackerKit’s discretion, creators who have not fulfilled past projects or who have violated platform guidelines may be prohibited from launching or using BackerKit services in the future. At this time, the creator behind Oddity Press is not eligible to use BackerKit services unless they return, re-establish communication, and meaningfully resume fulfillment of this project.
Pledges and refunds
BackerKit does not directly handle or hold crowdfunding funds, and we are therefore unable to compel refunds or issue them on a creator’s behalf. As outlined in our Terms of Service and Refund Policy, responsibility for fulfillment and refunds rests solely with the creator.
We understand how frustrating this outcome is, especially given the time that has passed. Our Support and Trust & Safety teams always work diligently and enact policies and review standards to avoid outcomes like this. We will continue to respond to backer questions and provide clarity wherever possible.
Statement from collaborators with Oddity Press
Hi everyone, we are the freelancers who worked with Max on Grimwild and related projects, as well as members of the community moderation team. We appreciate that there has been a long period without updates. None of us own or control these BackerKit projects, and we are not part of Oddity Press. We have not received communication from Max for over several months and have exhausted all known methods of contact. We do not have access to project funds or the ability to move fulfillment forward. BackerKit has been kept informed throughout this process, and we have shared all information available to us. If we learn anything new, we will pass it along through BackerKit.
BackerKit will keep this project page available should the creator ever reappear and resume fulfillment, but until then our role remains limited to monitoring, transparency, and support. You can reach our team directly at [email protected] with any questions.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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