Kickstarter Campaign Completed ... What's Next?
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 09:45:45 AM
Hello Pets Gone Shady Backers,
The Pets Gone Shady Kickstarter campaign officially ended on Friday, October 16 as an amazing success! Thank you all for your incredible support. We're so excited to bring this super fun card game and the amazing expansion, pet packs and baby octopus to life. We achieved 579 backers and nearly $28K in pledges! Here's how we finished:
See our top reward levels selected below. Over 50% of our backers selected the Ultimate Combo Deal!
What's Next?
It usually takes Kickstarter about 7-12 days to process your pledge and complete your pledge payment. Once that step is completed, we will open our pledge manager. This should happen within this time range; Oct 27 - Nov 6, 2020. We will push to open the pledge manager as soon as possible!
What is a Pledge Manager?
A pledge manager allows our Kickstarter backers to alter their pledges, choose additional items, personalize what they bought and type in and confirm their shipping address. This is done through an online survey process. Since we mentioned in our Kickstarter campaign that shipping fees would be added in the post campaign pledge manager, you will need to make payment for your shipping in order to receive the game.
The pledge manager will allow you to add more units, swap from the Original to the NSFW, add one or multiple Throw Octopuses or Baby Throw Octopuses, and so on. You can fully customize to ensure you get exactly what you want!
We will be using Backerkit as our pledge manager for this campaign. Backerkit will be open starting October 27 (or sooner). On November 20th, we will begin the last stage of pre-production so please complete your surveys quickly so we can ensure we get your shipment delivered to you asap!
The invitation will be sent directly to the email address linked to your Kickstarter account. Be sure to check your spam folder in case it was captured there!
We will have additional updates available shortly.
Please let us know if you have any questions and requests!
With Octopus Hugs,
Brian, Jenn, Kenna & Monkey (the dog) - The Shady Team
$25K Stretch Goal Reached! Upgraded Expansion Packs + $1,800 prize pool for Amazing Pet Stories Contest
over 3 years ago
– Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 12:28:22 PM
With only 6 days to go, Pets Gone Shady has raised $25,155 which over 200% to goal! We're very pleased to see that we have backers in 9 different countries! See graphic below:
We have been thrilled to receive all the requests for Free Print and Play cards which feature your pets. Here's a few of the latest pet cards we've created in the last week!
To get yours, please click here: https://shadypets.com/free-print-and-play-card/
$25K Stretch Goal Unlocked
UNLOCKED! We're now going to update all the expansion and pet packs! When you print foil packs the paper is aluminum (silver base color). There is no white color in the process since artwork white usually translates to transparent (on white paper), and hence it appears white. In order to make the whites show on foil packs, you have to use a secondary "white" color process which is actually quite expensive. All of our backers are going to receive upgraded expansion packs that contain the extra white color process which will make these packs look even more spectacular.
Amazing Stories Contest - $1,800 Cash Prize Pool!
Hitting $25K, also means our Amazing Pet Stories Contest prize pool is now $1800! There are two types of stories you can enter; Non fictional (true story about your pet) or Fiction (tell a wild and crazy story with no boundaries) and both have the same prize amount!
Enter Contest
Non Fiction Contest - $900 Prize Pool
Fiction Contest - $900 Prize Pool
So far, we have just about 100 entries in the non fiction contest and under 10 in the fiction contest! Your chances of winning are much greater if you submit a fictional story!! Good Luck!
Plus winners will be featured on the printed Pet Cards in the Pets Gone Shady game!
Entry Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2020 (when this Kickstarter ends!)
Learn more and enter
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Again thank you for backing us!
We look forward to sending you our next update!
If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know.
With Octopus Facial Hugs,
- Brian, Jenn, Kenna & Monkey (the dog) - The Shady Team
First Stretch Goal & Contest Prize Pool
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 09:09:23 AM
Hello Backers!
Happy October! Our Pets Gone Shady Kickstarter is off to an amazing start and has already raised $23,768 which is 190% to goal! We were so thrilled to receive all the request for Free Print and Play cards which feature your pets. Here's a few of the pet cards we've created in the last week! Great pics!
To get yours, please click here: https://shadypets.com/free-print-and-play-card/
$25K Stretch Goal
We're excited to almost hit the $25K threshold which is our first stretch goal! When we unlock this goal, we're going to update all the expansion and pet packs! When you print foil packs the paper is aluminum (silver base color). There is no white color in the process since artwork white usually translates to transparent (on white paper), and hence it appears white. In order to make the whites show on foil packs, you have to use a secondary "white" color process which is actually quite expensive. At $25K, we're going to upgrade all of our expansion packs to contain the extra white color process which will make these packs look even more spectacular.
Amazing Stories Contest
Once we raise $25K on Kickstarter, we're also adding $1,000 to the prize pool of our Amazing Pet Stories Contest! Have a great story about your pet? Enter our contest today. You can even submit a 'fictional' story! Contest Entry period ends on October 16, 2020! Just 15 more days to get your entry in so you can be eligible to win cash and other prizes!
Learn more and enter
Again thank you for backing us!
We look forward to sending you our next update!
If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know.
With Octopus Facial Hugs,
- Brian, Jenn, Kenna & Monkey (the dog) - The Shady Team
Thank you! We funded in 3 hours! Woo hoo!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:16:15 PM
Hello Pets Gone Shady Backers,
Woo hoo!! With a super thanks to you, we reached our 100% funding goal within 3 hours yesterday. We're so excited to say that Pets Gone Shady and all our expansion and pet packs are going to be made and sent to you. It's such an amazingly fun game that we know you will have a blast playing. With 23 more days to go, we will have some cool stretch goals to announce very soon.
Free Print and Play Card: As promised, all of our backers have the option to receive a print and play card for their pet. To get yours, please click on link below.
https://shadypets.com/free-print-and-play-card/
Or (even better) ...
Amazing Pet Story Contest - $1,000 guaranteed prize pool!
Enter your pet story in our contest (100 to 1000 words) and have a chance to win big. Hurry. The contest ends on October 16. The more we fund in Kickstarter, the bigger the prize pool!
Enter Contest
View the current Top 10 entries
If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know.
With Octopus Facial Hugs,
- Brian, Jenn, Kenna & Monkey (the dog) - The Shady Team
