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Friday 24 August 2012

Pens down! 

The campaign is done, and the news is sweet! 89 of the world's finest people gave us money to help us make Tasty Tasty Grandpa a reality, and for them we say a massive THANK YOU! We exceeded our $5000 goal, ultimately basking in the warm and mighty generous glow of $6511. Yeeehaaaar!



So what happens now? A few things simultaneously, actually. We start getting all the rewards out to our backers. We start looking for the perfect programmer who we can now pay (YES!) to help us finish our game. And we fire up the great Grandpa production machine to full heat and slam through our tasks to get this game into YOUR EAGER LIL' HANDS! It'll be a few months away yet, but thanks to you all, it won't be infinite months away. YOUZ IS AWESOME!


BEHOLD THE FINE FINE EIGHTY NINE!

TRENT kusters BIG rick MARK serrels DEREK proud TROY mitchell JENN sandercock PAUL callaghan GERRI mills MEREDITH tucker-evans NATHAN thomas SIMON bachelier TYSHAN carey PETER wayne JOYCE hwang JORDI fine DEAN natov BEN britten CLINTON shepherd LAURA van dyk SHU SHU zheng DREW taylor ROB caporetto GISELLE rosman ANDI spark ERIC hemal akmeemana ROBERT gallo DAVID woodman MICHELLE van dyk CHRISTOPHER hawkins ELROY el BEN mckenzie SARAH jansen MICHAEL davies NEIL fillingham ANDREA fillingham DOROTHY duturbure MATT curtis BRENDAN bottomley HELEN stuckey JOSHUA mapleston AARON dunton ALEX hutchinson JAMES filippone STEVE fillingham GERALD poon AMANDA kool JEFF brasket TIM rogers STEVE spangaro BRAD giblin DEREK elliot GOATi outsourcing BROOKE hodgman JEREMY kool STEVE duda FRED milgrom NICK grodzicki RUSSELL dilley CHEN-PO sun ANON ymous DANIELA palstra GREG palstra ENTER audio ANTHONY hayes DANNY mcgillick CRISPY brown NATALYA pemberton DENNIS mills ALSO anonymous BLAKE mizzi STU campbell BARKUS francis JOANNE haddon BEN pfarrer RUSSELL ashdown PETER madden RAHNI tucker ADAM rippon MARK morrison MELINDA chapman BEN crossman BRODIE court CLAUDIO gallo DAVID macminn ANTHONY o'dempsey PAUL green CRAIG peebles PASCAL stang HILARY armstrong LEENA van deventer JASON bakker KATE millett

And special thanks to Pozible for their support and their magical portal and to Freeplay Independent Games Festival for helping promote us. And to EVERYONE who retweeted, reFacebooked, re-emailed, and spread the word far and wide!

Friday 17 August 2012


Target hit! Target hit!


Yesterday, 7 days remaining on the campaign clock, the magic happened. BOOM -- we hit the crucial target for our project's funding! Which means... we get the funding! WE GET THE FUNDING! You people are awesome! Thanks so much for supporting our project! We're holding off full celebrations until the campaign has come to a full stop, but for now, know that we're crazy happy with this and with you!


There are now 6 days left on the clock, and it turns out that we're already 1/4 of the way towards achieving the $2500 we need to hit our NEXT goal! THIS PROJECT IS STILL SEARING HOT! So yes, all lines are still open to help fund the project and help us hit our stretch goals. If you've been thinking about throwing in some lovin', we will be happy and also covered in lovin'. The more funds we get, the more content and polish the game will have, and the better THE WHOLE WORLD will be all round. You can pledge here!

So that's where we're at. If this were Toy Story, we'd be Buzz and Woody, clinging to the little car, after having lit our rocket. We're soaring, we're happy, we're a bit terrified... and we're overshooting the removal truck where we were originally headed... "We missed the truck!" screams Woody. "We're not aiming for the truck," replies Buzz, eyes on the sweet sweet sunroof ahead. 


AN UPDATED LIST OF AWESOME PEOPLE (NOW WITH MORE AWESOME):

(these folks are helping make our game a reality!)


TRENT kusters BIG rick MARK serrels DEREK proud TROY mitchell JENN sandercock PAUL callaghan GERRI mills MEREDITH tucker-evans NATHAN thomas SIMON bachelier TYSHAN carey PETER wayne JOYCE hwang JORDI fine DEAN natov BEN britten CLINTON shepherd LAURA van dyk SHU SHU zheng DREW taylor ROB caporetto GISELLE rosman ANDI spark ERIC hemal akmeemana ROBERT gallo DAVID woodman MICHELLE van dyk CHRISTOPHER hawkins ELROY el BEN mckenzie SARAH jansen MICHAEL davies NEIL fillingham ANDREA fillingham DOROTHY duturbure MATT curtis BRENDAN bottomley HELEN stuckey JOSHUA mapleston AARON dunton ALEX hutchinson JAMES filippone STEVE fillingham GERALD poon AMANDA kool JEFF brasket TIM rogers STEVE spangaro BRAD giblin DEREK elliot GOATi outsourcing BROOKE hodgman JEREMY kool STEVE duda FRED milgrom NICK grodzicki RUSSELL dilley CHEN-PO sun ANON ymous DANIELA palstra GREG palstra ENTER audio ANTHONY hayes DANNY mcgillick CRISPY brown NATALYA pemberton DENNIS mills ALSO anonymous BLAKE mizzi STU campbell BARKUS francis

To hang with the cool kids, you can pledge here!: Pozible Tasty Tasty Grandpa!


Sunday 12 August 2012


Funding enters the nail-biting final lap!


DING DING, friends! The bell's a-ringin', and that can mean only one thing -- there is one lap to go in the all-important, Olympic-style fundraising race we've set for ourselves to fund and finish Tasty Tasty Grandpa

WE'VE GOT JUST OVER 1 WEEK TO RAISE AS MUCH AS WE CAN! (Deadline: August 23!)

First up, we really want to say a massive THANKS to everyone who has pledged money to the project so far. We're stunned at the generosity of you fine, fine people. At the time of writing, we are at $4500 -- almost at our core goal of $5000! 

We now announce... THE STRETCH GOALS (and a project update)!



Stretch goals are what we promise to add to the value of the project and to your contribution if we can hit higher targets than the core $5000 goal. This is not about greed (since the core team members aren't getting any of the funding money -- it's all going towards hiring an extra programmer!). Rather, it's a way to hit higher targets of quality and features in the game. If we can reach the $5000, we'll be stoked. But if we can make more, then all that extra money above and beyond the $5000 will make the game EVEN BETTER and will be mighty, mighty appreciated. You can see the new stretch goals in a Pozible campaign update here. And if you're a first timer to the project, we welcome you! You can read the full description on the Pozible campaign main page here!

So, as we hit this final week of our funding campaign, we ask you (we down-on-knees beg you!) to please think about contributing if you can, and to share the links across the world with people who might be interested in the project. A lovely bunch of independent game developers trying to catch a break will be so grateful, and imagine the warm feelings of human kindness you'll experience, just like all the backers listed below!


THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ARE AWESOME:

(thanks so much for already pledging to help our game live!)

TRENT kusters BIG rick MARK serrels DEREK proud TROY mitchell JENN sandercock PAUL callaghan GERRI mills MEREDITH tucker-evans NATHAN thomas SIMON bachelier TYSHAN carey PETER wayne JOYCE hwang JORDI fine DEAN natov BEN britten CLINTON shepherd LAURA van dyk SHU SHU zheng DREW taylor ROB caporetto GISELLE rosman ANDI spark ERIC hemal akmeemana ROBERT gallo DAVID woodman MICHELLE van dyk CHRISTOPHER hawkins ELROY el BEN mckenzie SARAH jansen MICHAEL davies NEIL fillingham ANDREA fillingham DOROTHY duturbure MATT curtis BRENDAN bottomley HELEN stuckey JOSHUA mapleston AARON dunton ALEX hutchinson JAMES filippone STEVE fillingham GERALD poon AMANDA kool JEFF brasket TIM rogers STEVE spangaro BRAD giblin DEREK elliot GOATi outsourcing BROOKE hodgman JEREMY kool JEREMY geddes STEVE duda FRED milgrom NICK grodzicki RUSSELL dilley CHEN-PO sun

To join the awesome, you can pledge here: Pozible Tasty Tasty Grandpa!