KatzeKreations
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2025
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Group-Collab Leader
7 days ago
Project Update: WE DID IT! Pintopia 2026 is a wrap! What's next?
We crossed the finish line, folks! Pintopia has come to a close once more!
First of all, thank you all SO much for supporting this campaign. I've said it a few times now, but the N64 is so near and dear to my heart. Making these designs was truly a labor of love and I am so glad the designs hit home with so many of you!
I've got some fun stats to share regarding how this campaign did in comparison to last year's Pintopia, but I know that's not everyone's cup of tea, so those will be at the bottom of this update.
More importantly, though, I wanted to give you all a timeline of what the next steps are in this campaign's process!
First of all, thank you all SO much for supporting this campaign. I've said it a few times now, but the N64 is so near and dear to my heart. Making these designs was truly a labor of love and I am so glad the designs hit home with so many of you!
I've got some fun stats to share regarding how this campaign did in comparison to last year's Pintopia, but I know that's not everyone's cup of tea, so those will be at the bottom of this update.
More importantly, though, I wanted to give you all a timeline of what the next steps are in this campaign's process!
- I have submitted the survey for review! Look at me, little ADHDer ahead of the game this time around. I'm looking forward to getting feedback from Backerkit and fine tuning everything there.
- Payments are currently being collected by Backerkit. About half of the payments have gone thru from what I am able to see. If they haven't yet, please be patient, it should today or tomorrow -- with 200 some odd projects ending all at the same time, things are a bit more overloaded than usual on the Backerkit side of things!
- You have two weeks to fix any errors with your payments. There are currently around ten of you who need to fix your payments, please check for an email from Backerkit titled Your payment has failed for 64 Bit Memories. Please update.
- Then, on February 26th, the survey will go out to all of you!
- You will have an option in the survey questions to indicate if you would like me to charge your card for shipping and add ons ASAP from the time of submission, or later once the survey period ends.
- The survey is due March 12th.
- Backers who did not indicate they wanted their card charged ASAP when submitting their survey will have their cards charged on the default date of Friday, March 13th.
- I will then begin the manufacturing process and post updates as often as possible when my manufacturer provides me with info as the pins come along!
- I intend to have everything shipped out by the end of August, and will let you all know if there happen to be any delays that affect this.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this process! I'm happy to answer!
Aside from that, I do want to take a quick moment to remind you all that my next campaign goes live on March 10th as part of a new group collab here on Backerkit, A Pin of Pride! This campaign is for a set of pride flag themed Pokeball mini pins! I'm really excited for this campaign -- if all things go right, I should be able to have them in-hand for my in person Pride events this June + July. I hope you'll follow the campaign by clicking the banner below!
Finally, let's get to those stats I mentioned earlier. These are here because I want to celebrate these achievements with all of you -- because you are who have made them possible.
I saw a 227% increase in pre-launch followers, and a 47% increase in backers for this campaign compared to last year's Pintopia! I also raised almost 80% more than last year's campaign!
My audience has grown a lot since last year (we're over 500 followers here on BK, yippee!), so seeing those stats makes me feel very fulfilled, and like I'm doing something right, lol. It's really cool to see genuine growth over this past year!
I hope each and every one of you realizes just how much you impact indie creators with your pledges. Being a full-time artist wouldn't be possible for me without the support you've shown me. Pintopia is made almost entirely of small indie creators as well, and it really warms my heart seeing how much we able to achieve as a whole!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Game Over banner that I ran this year, and to everyone who supported Pintopia in general. It really does mean the world.
That's all the sappy talk I have for one day, though. Here is a picture of my cat for tax if you read to the bottom of this update.
Talk to you soon,
Katze
Owner + Artist @ KatzeKreations
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