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Kickstarter diary number six : The aftermath

Posted by Germain on 01 Sep 2012 / 56 Comments



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1
2012
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Good evening ladies & gentlemen

This is the final Kickstarter diary. Don’t worry this is not the last you hear from us, because starting next week we’ll go back to our regular (more fun to read) dev diary model. But in the meantime we still have a few issues to adress.

Before we do that however, there’s something we absolutely need to say. I’ll put it right here in front because I want to make sure you guys read this:

Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves

We owe the idea of Castle Story to two dudes:

Sang Froid

The first guy, we call him Vince. He taught a game development class during university that totally blew our minds. He pretty much single-handedly taught us how to program and create games. We owe him a LOT.

The second guy, we call him Louis-Félix. He was Vince’s teacher assistant during that class. He showed us a game of his that gave us the inspiration for Castle Story. He then convinced us to go take a game design course he had taken which led us to go indie as well.

So without these two dudes, Castle Story would not exist. We would probably not even be making games for a living.

It turns out that they founded an indie studio together. The game they are working on just launched on Steam Greenlight. This is really important: go vote for it! This is the first game about Québec/Canada folklore ever made, so another good reason to vote for it. You can vote for as many games as you want, but I wanted to bring this one to your attention.

Vote for Sang Froid: Tales of Werewolves on Steam Greenlight

With this said, let’s get back to business.

Kickstarter: the aftermath

Sorry for the lack of news during the week, we spent these precious moments of respite to track down the Kickstarter funds and make sure they safely complete their journey into our bank accounts. The bulk of the Kickstarter money will be frozen until September 14th, according to Amazon Payment’s policies. But we’re not dirt-poor anymore, the Paypal funds are coming in our pockets as we speak. More on that later.

Thanks to many motivated people we passed the 700,000$ mark in the last hour, which is incredible, to say the least. The curve on our funds tracker has this nice little spike at then end.

We’re currently preparing a very complete and thorough post-mortem on our campaign, so I’ll keep this short. No need to bore you with needless details right now. They will be in our next blog post.

We will also begin contacting every backer according to the reward tier you signed up for. For example, those of you who wanted t-shirts, we will ask you what size, which design, etc. Same thing for all other reward tiers.

The Paypal is still online

Until 23h59 EDT tonight, our Paypal will be online. We kept it going for a few more days because we felt that people who could not pledge on Kickstarter had only a very small window of opportunity : we only got the Paypal account ready 3 days before the end. So if you live in Europe, you still have a chance!

We will be shutting it down tonight though.

Back to work

The campaign now over, we can get back to work. Your generosity gave us the means and the confidence to create a great game. We also feel a deep responsibility to create something that will live up to your expectations. It’s quite a big challenge.

A million thank youses to all of you! Expect news from us early next week!



Ciao amigos!

The Sauropod Team




56 Comments for Kickstarter diary number six : The aftermath


Adam
9 months ago


Awesome! Super excited for more updates :~)

    easy
    9 months ago


    please have paypal back up I am really upset about not being able to pre order

      Jesse
      9 months ago


      They had a kickstarter for a month, then a paypal for about a week. If you can’t buy something in almost 40 days, then it’s your own fault you didn’t get it. You had time, but didn’t do it, so now you don’t get it until final release in 2014.

      NMP

    Game is Due
    9 months ago


    Kickstarter prototype said due aug 2012, beta oct 2012….. i work 2 hrs after tax for the extra $10 and I don’t get prototype

      Lets Be Reasonable
      9 months ago


      They have stated over and over again that the kickstarter would not let them change the dates. Prototype: September-October. Also, I don’t see how you having a low paying job affects your inability to see what has been posted a thousand times by the people making the game. Sorry, I am being blunt, but blind impatience makes me angry.

Fenrakk101
9 months ago


If I live in the US, can I still make the $15 pledge for beta access? I ask because you only mentioned Europe, and I only just got the option to buy… :C

    Germain
    9 months ago


    A lot of people in Europe don’t have access to Amazon Payment (Kickstarter), but Paypal is available to everyone. Even you!

      kuzyn
      9 months ago


      Yea it’s true. I’m from Poland and Amazon didn’t accept my card, so I must change it to paypal ; p

    Fenrakk101
    9 months ago


    Sorry, meant opportunity*. I didn’t have the chance to buy until just today.

    9 months ago


    @Fenrakk101 Just try it before 11:59 EST tonight to find out! :D

McGuff
9 months ago


When is the prototype being sent out or released?

    FracturePath
    9 months ago


    Meooww…

    Hunguwi kitty wants Prototype :3

    Pweeese???

    Steve A
    9 months ago


    mark your calendar for “sometime on or before Oct 17th”…

Josh
9 months ago


HEY! FAWK YOU SAORPAWD!

… I’m sorry. I just wanted a hug.

    9 months ago


    @Josh lol nice :)

Lubo
9 months ago


this is great and all but when will we get the beta i cant find any info on that I REALY want to play this EPIC game so please its not that hard make a post or just reply on my email just please please tell us when is the beta comming at least give us a month or something. BTW i voted :)

    Jeremy
    9 months ago


    Beta is supposed to be sometime mid-October, I’m assuming you meant the prototype?

      Kim
      9 months ago


      I think he meant the beta.

      “Pledge $15 or more
      Get the BETA at a pre-release price and get your name in the final game. The BETA WILL BECOME THE FINAL GAME, we are going to update that version to you for free, forever until the final release.”
      11362 Backers

      There was lots of people who didn’t buy the prototype, so when does the beta(not prototype) come out ^^

      Lubo
      9 months ago


      thank you :) i cant wait :P

Mike
9 months ago


Would be awesome 2 see how much we Paypalers donated ;)

Tyler
9 months ago


Wow, Sang – Froid: Tales of Werewolves actually looks really awesome! Definitely better than most of those green light projects.

    Chris
    9 months ago


    You should look up towns; it’s like dwarf fortress, only easier to understand and is just a really great game. It’s not even in beta and there is just so much stuff you can do and there are currently around 5 maps to play on. I have yet to get the same map layout twice. the website is http://www.townsgame.com/
    They also have forums that you can post on at http://www.townsgame.com/forums/

Bentley
9 months ago


I find it quite incredible the amount of people that cant either read, or fail to look at all! How many people have asked the same question about the prototype with the same damn answer by the folks who know, Why do these people not simply look at past posts, there is the same question asked twice in the space of 2 comments here Oo.

Our worlds intellect is falling apart around us, what happened to the eduction system?, Madness!

    Tom
    9 months ago


    What education system only the rich can afford an education now days!

Tom
9 months ago


Thank about the reminder for sangfroid I’ve voted, but I have to say that Green light system is stupid just put all the games up that way even if the games aren’t popular ppl who want to play them can still get there hands on them and the developers dreams rant crushed by another big company saying NO.

Bunnybacon
9 months ago


Remember to take your time with the game!

Roar
9 months ago


Can’t wait for the prototype ;D

HungryMan
9 months ago


700,000 dollars…jesus…. there better be farming in this game.

Ethan
9 months ago


I think you meant “Our world’s intellect”. You also have a ton of punctuation errors. Good point though. :/

    Ethan
    9 months ago


    @Bentley btw.

n00bmaker
9 months ago


Est. delivery: Aug 2012

This is written on every reward tier that has the prototype, and I haven’t even gotten the email asking my information yet. I am a really big supporter of your game but I think that if you set a deadline then you should obey it. Its already September guys, at least give us a set date.

    Elbereth478
    9 months ago


    There was no way it was ever going to be done by August. From what I’ve heard it sounds like mid-October for the prototype. Beta may not be out until closer to Christmas. I don’t know about everyone else but I’d rather they took their time and concentrated on making the game as good as possible instead of rushing it out for impatient people.

Gage
9 months ago


Ypu really should leave the PayPal option open longer

iChavez
9 months ago


Thank you guys for the news.
I’m looking forward for playing your awesome game. Also I wish you all the best.

Cheers from Italy.
Ciao!

Thomas
9 months ago


Hi Guys,

Congrats on the succes. Don’t worry about high expectations. We gave u money based on what we saw in the prototype. Just finish what you showed there and we will be happy. Keep your focus on doing those things good instead of adding a bunch off extra features. And most of all: keep enjoying the ride!

Netgear117
9 months ago


Hey sauropodstudio developers, I am curious as to how the multi-player would work out, would it be like a co-op game or will it strictly be a pvp game? Are you planning on bringing out both options and if so would they be released on game release date or later on in an update of some sort?
Thanks for reading my comment and keep up the amazing work, I am looking forward to this game so much and I hope you continue to bring out other games like this. It is a truly unique game and I cant wait to build my very own castle :)

Sorry for the repost guys, I would just like my question to be answered or at least get told that I will find out more in the future in some way :)

    Hylci
    9 months ago


    My crystal balls says: You will find out in the future :-)

CameronS
9 months ago


Hey, After the full release, will there be patches, if there are bugs, if so will they be free? You said the updates will be free up till the full release?
Just wondering.
P.S. I would love to get this game but not sure if i could run it, thus could you make some more graphics options if you haven’t already and/or tell us the system requirements… Sorry if I am asking too much…

Best of Luck,
A fellow Saurotron.

    Rob
    9 months ago


    I guess the patches will be free ;) otherwise this would be the first game that would charge you for patches that fix bugs in their game:P that would make no sence at all… (ofcorse if you are talking about expansions, that is a different story)

      James
      9 months ago


      A castle story? :P

      Rob
      9 months ago


      Lol XP

Gage
9 months ago


Yay! The PayPal was left up a little longer

    Theodore
    9 months ago


    I know, right? I’m pledging $15 tonight.

Gage
9 months ago


Looks like its down now. Hope you paid in time

HolyKronos
9 months ago


Ok, my congratulations on the fund-raising and bla bla bla… kidding, im happy for you guys being able to obtain that much funding, use this money wisely to live well and make an excellent game.

Speaking of which, I’m curious as when the e-mail with the prototype will arrive (since I’ve pledged 25 bucks for this)? I may be a bit hasty but, damnit, it’s Castle Story we’re talking about here! I’m overly anxious to play it!

BigDaddyXD
9 months ago


I’ve come here to approve my appreciation of this game.

I hope you will get over this whole reward tier stuff as fast as possible, so that you can finally get back to making the game again :) Because that is what we all are REALLY waiting for. But don’t let those “Release the game asap”-guys make you mad. You are working for and own, independent studio, what gives you the great possibility of working at your own pace, and delivering the game the way you want it to be, and when you feel it is “done”. Enjoy this fact every single day :)

Aldo
9 months ago


From our 7yo who wants to be a game designer when he grows up and checks every single day if there’s news about Castle Story (we donated through Paypal of course):

The game doesn’t have to be perfect and it is okay if there are a few mistakes in it. I also don’t mind if it crashes a lot. I just have waited sooooo long already and I can’t wait to play Castle Story. I also would like to play it on my iPad. Can I send you my drawings for new games?

Redwarp
9 months ago


Damn, I discovered this game just today… I wan’t to pledge, but… to late :’(

    Luka
    9 months ago


    yeah i would also be disappointed if i missed this game. You probably can find someone that bought 2 copies of game. Surf the web ask around check official forum or others perhaps. I hope you will find someone. Please help him if you can.

nezdehny
9 months ago


Can i buy game by mobile phone?

Laura
9 months ago


I wish I had discovered this game earlier. I definitely would have pledged. I hope there will be a way to access the beta for non-pledgers, or something.

Either way it is cool to see some fellow Montrealers developing an awesome looking game. Can’t wait!

Game is due
9 months ago


Kickstarter prototype said due aug 2012, beta oct 2012….. i work 2 hrs after tax for the extra $10 and I don’t get prototype

    Joshua
    9 months ago


    Just read the blogposts bevor you complain…
    They said it in one of there texts that they can’t get the prototype out till October.
    The prototype release date will most likely be the 17th October.
    Every time someone complains about not getting the game or asking for release date I get angry because it was said a million times in the blogposts and comments already.
    Are you people really unable to read?

      Stylo
      9 months ago


      Then why should we pay for the prototype if it will be released in october just like the beta?

      Joshua
      9 months ago


      The release date for the Beta is not in october…
      They don´t know the release for Beta by themselves
      I think the Beta will be release somewhere near november or december

WMD
9 months ago


I paid via Paypal and got a email receipt from Paypal but nothing from Sauropod ?
Did anyone else pay via Paypal get confirmation email from Sauropod ? Or will we have to wait until beta starts
Thanks

I am hoping it will be more stronghold then minecraft.
Hope to see more soon.