I am full of stupid questions today |D

Can you not see yourself on the list of backers? Someone said they saw me and I can't find me for the life of myself.

Past the halfway mark everybody!!! 51% !

Thank you all for collecting half of the money needed for a remake. We are very inclined to take the risk and start the work in the hopes that the remainder will be collected while we are working. But we can only take a final decision after thorough consideration and some research.

The more we collect now, the more confident we will feel!

I'm curious about the extension too. It's an opportunity to gain more but also it's not a so-good idea. Most of the TEF players have already sent their parts, we can bring home new and curious players of course but we're also entering the Christmas period =/ Honestly, I think we are not able to do the 40K within a new month. This will require more time, the next year.

Keepiru,
Like we'd lose anything. Besides, this remake isn't for us TEF players but the internet in general. Give the internet a way to chip in. Keep spreading the word.

This campaign is one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I was unpleasantly surprised to see they would not extend it.
The sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter are excellent hubs as
a]. you can redirect all your/player-driven advertising efforts there and
b]. people will entrust Indiegogo with their money rather than some niche deer roleplaying site,
c]. easy to give out and manage perks, attracting more practical-minded crowd,
d]. like on any market there'll be people on a shopping streak who may see it and throw spare money at it.

Shame all of the above ends in two days.
I'm certain the campaign had more unlocked potential yet.

Donated, wish I could give some more but it's not possible for now. The extension would be nice, as I think we could reach the goal given a bit more time. I know I'd chip in more, once I get my next paycheck, but if they decide not to extend it I understand. Reaching more than 50% is already an amazing achievement <3

Uitleger, by "not so-good" I only mean the end of the year was not the best time for starting a crowdsourcing campaign. They can let it run another month of course. There is nothing wrong with that.

If I had the money I'd donate more :x But I honestly think we need an extension. We got half so far, which to be quite frank, is a miracle considering the size of the game currently. I think giving it another month or two could potentially get you over 40K

Sent a 100 your way, finally.
I wish I could give more.

It would be great if you extended the campaign to be honest, so many people are willing and really want to see a remake of the game!

Ah, I was about to back this project, but for some reason it will only let me pay via paypal with credit card. I never had this problem before as it would always let be pick between credit card or debit.

Did you all have to pay via credit card?

If so, I am really sorry, because I sadly won't be able to back this project then.

Technically two.

I've just made my last donation of €200. I'm so glad to see we've leapt over the 50% mark.

I don't want to brag —
but I knew you had that strategy in mind! Even though I didn't count on my hunch even myself.

Giving the time of year, I'll be honest... I was doubting 50% would be reached, but as of now it's close to 60%! That's amazing!

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a kind of grant out there that would match a 50% community funding :') would solve the problem instantly.



Perhaps you should consider setting up a Patreon in a few months down the line when the project has started and is in full swing? And the reason I say a few months is because with patreon, the main lure for people to pay a monthly contribution/subscription is the incentive of getting behind-the-scenes access/things that aren't available publicly. Such as access to any concept art, screenshots etc. The key thing is exclusivity, so you could limit update activity here and those who want those updates and that access would have to donate for that privilege, and know that at the same time they are directly involved in sponsoring the game. You could keep it going for as long as the project is live, so in theory it could possibly top you up beyond the 40k mark depending on how well the extension goes.

Just a suggestion :B

I hate to sound like a broken record but the questions keep getting lost among everything else, it seems. ;; A lot of people are wondering about the tin set concepts that were supposed to be released this past week?
Know a few people hard pressed for money thought of tossing some at the campaign if they liked the tin set enough for some incentive.

qanat's referring to this:



and that was posted on the 18th, so it's been well over a week. which isn't to say the crowd waiting to see it doesn't understand they're busy people, we were just hoping to have gotten a glimpse by now and before this initial campaign is over since it was never assured the perks would still be available afterward.

ah, i see. a lot of us don't use twitter, so that clears things up. thanks!

What Keep said. I think this is definitely worth the 1k donation. Of course, there is no way I will be donating such a sum, but I think this would reflect the amount a lot better.

I also feel a similar way about the pelts; although amazing! I start to think 300+ euros is a huge amount of money to reach a single pelt with no extra set items. Of course, I also understand that its difficult to cater for higher tiers for the amount in question.

Perhaps it scales more like -
300 gets you all the limited edt. god pelts.
500 As is, although to be honest I think 500 should warrant an entire set. Of course, you guys have creative guidance and curation.
700 Should be added, or something between 500-1000. Maybe you get to have, as keep suggested a small personalisation of the forest. Could be from existing assets for ease's sake.
1000 - get to have chats with you to create a new biome in the forest. Maybe for excuses sake, this biome could be smaller patches than the previous ones to keep production costs down. And of course, this would be available in the new version.

I know making games and art is expensive, but Ive never made a game. So anyone please step up and tell me if this is a silly idea or disproportionate to 40k euros.....

parrotsnpineapple,

Here's why there can be no change to the existing perks.



As a backer, I would agree with you on getting more out of perks.
As smb who keeps thinking how to rake up more money for TEF, though, I see the nice curve behind perk design.
Example: you get the Forest Believer, the secret perk that comes with it is another 100eu, and with the next 100eu you get the Magician perk.
If you want to design the full set, you'd need 3 Magician perks.
That's fundraising at its finest.
Bc they're not doing perks to please us, they make them to get the game rolling, and expanded.
If you look at it this way, it's practical and will rake em more money in the long run. I'm all for it even though it sets my own pockets on fire.

As for the top tier, they mentioned it's costly to do because of modeling issues that'll come with it.
Basically, needs a lot of work to be put into it.
Maybe they made it expensive so they would not get sidetracked by all the requests, hehe.

The Tin Deer design suffered some delay indeed because of our obligation to speak at V&A in London. But we're back now.

The Forest Patron perk is so high because preparing a custom deer model for 3D printing is quite a bit of work onto itself. But we don't see the perks as products to buy in a shop. They are more symbols of gratitude.

Anyway, we're extending the campaign now. So that will give us an extra 30 days to come up with new ideas for perks etc. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Now would be a great time for someone to take up the initiative to talk to youtube producers to promote the campaign. Is there a list of people that would do such a thing?

May I also suggest for those that are frequenters to Twitch and possibly know streamers with wide audiences to possibly promote the game as well?

Youtube is fine and well of course, it's just Twitch is also a gamer community where there might be some interest garnered in such an interesting, unique, and niche game.

YES PATREON!

We have contacted one of the YouTubers suggested. But most seem to cater to hardcore gamers mostly and I hesitate to expose our beautiful community to the gamergate mob.

Sounds good, let's hope for the best for this next month of the campaign ;v;

Thank you for extending the funding campaign.