Anica Seelie
CREATOR
4 months ago
Project Update: A BIGFOOT-SIZED THANK YOU!
And with a final, triumphant howl of the Michigan Dogman, our BackerKit campaign for The CryptID Show has drawn to a close. To all you true Bigfoot believers (and Squonk skeptics, doppelgänger doubters and everyone in between), thank you! We managed to raise $11,146, blowing our original goal of $2,500 out of the water. With the incredible support of our 263 backers, we unlocked all our stretch goals, including fantastic cryptid-crafting guest writers, bonus book art, a companion website with extended prompts and soundboards, and even a fund to help financially support other indie TTRPG designers! Our gratitude for your support could fill even the deepest, Nessie-dwelling parts of Loch Ness.
In terms of what comes next, with the additional art being added to the book, we have a little bit more layout work than we accounted for with our original fulfillment date. Beyond that, while we’re lucky to already be set up with US-based printers, we’re nevertheless seeing some delays there due to the influx of publishers looking to switch to stateside vendors. While we’re still aiming to have The CryptID Show available for pickup at PAX Unplugged (November 21st-23rd) and ready to ship out December 10th, we will make sure we’re staying in contact and providing updates in case that timeline changes at all!
And finally, a personal note from me:
I really cannot begin to express my gratitude for everyone who backed, shared, and otherwise supported this game. Creating something that’s a little bit silly, a little bit spooky, and a lot o’ bit a framework for people to customize their own cryptid sightings and broadcast formats has been such a fun project to throw myself into, and seeing everyone get on board with it has meant the world to me. Whenever things get to be a bit too much, my go-to comfort watch is old episodes of Scooby-Doo, and The CryptID Show is my version of that: a place where hijinks abound, monsters aren’t too monstrous, and problems get solved after at least two commercial breaks. Thanks y’all, can’t wait to see the cryptids you create.
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