So sorry about the week of silence, I've unfortunately been under the weather with Oregon's allergy season hitting me full in the face. However, I'm back amongst the living and here to reiterate that, as you all know, Pocketopia was a MASSIVE success! Trinkit reached more than twice its funding goal while clocking overtime at the end for nearly an hour as more backers jumped in with seconds to spare. It was incredible to watch!. When we first started planning Trinkit last November we never thought we'd pass our funding goal in 14 hours or reach 160 backers or have so many people interested in our printed patches and bandanas. It's still hard to believe even after a week of sitting in this reality and working towards putting Trinkit into production. Thank you all so, so much for helping us make our first game together a reality. With that being said, let's talk about what comes next.

First and foremost, we should receive our funds from Backerkit sometime towards the end of this coming week or early next. At the moment, there are still some pledges that have failed charges and Backerkit gives backers 14 days to get their cards and accounts sorted out. That being said, if you haven't seen a charge on your account for Trinkit yet or received an email stating you've been successfully charged then your bank may have flagged it as fraud and you'll need to give the ok for it to go through properly. Backerkit has this handy page on how to update your payment method as well: How Do I Update My Payment Method?

Survey Results

The results of our survey are in! More than 50% of you said that you'd prefer a traditional, thick game board and we're happy to announce that that's exactly what we'll be delivering. I looked into the options available from our printer and we'll be going with a traditional thick greyboard stock with a quarter fold. This should give you all a nice sturdy board to play on that will fold up nicely to fit in our intended 5"x5" box. We're excited to be able to upgrade the board quality and make Trinkit even more robust than originally imagined. Thank you all for your feedback!

Printing and Shipping

After we receive our funding from Stripe we'll be able to go ahead with printing immediately. The process might take a month or two as shipping by freight can take a while. We'll keep you updated along the way with any news about completed printing, shipping, and arrival estimates. Once everything arrives here in Portland, we'll send out our surveys with proper shipping amounts and begin packaging up the games with any add-ons you may have purchased.

Meanwhile, the Work Continues

Though the game itself is complete and ready to go to the printer, it doesn't mean we'll be resting on our laurels while we wait for the finished games to arrive. Diana has been working so, so hard making sure the bandanas and patches are the best they can produce and I can't wait for you all to see them in person. They're SO cool! They've also gone above and beyond with a little 'thank you' surprise exclusive to backers of this campaign.

We're happy to say that Côme Martin's A Week with Frog and Rabbit successfully met its funding goal as well, and that means we'll also be working on our collaboration rewards for anyone that backed both of our projects. Diana has already printed a stack of patches for the Trinkit side of things and I'll be working on an illustration to add to Côme's extra Frog and Rabbit story. As I've said before, Frog and Rabbit really tugs on my nostalgia-filled heartstrings and I'm so happy that we were able to work with Côme on the project.

And I suppose, fellow critters, that about sums things up for now. I'll keep the updates coming as we meet our next milestones and we'll work on getting Trinkit out to all of you as soon as we can. In the meantime, follow our Instagram for small updates and insights as well as dates and times for live play events here in Portland, OR.

Thank you all so much for your support,
Ryan and Diana