There's a new update posted to the Kickstarter--we're almost up to 75%, and we want to hit 20K this weekend! Whoever gets us to 20K gets a free Phoenix Online t-shirt along with their Kickstarter rewards!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller/posts/139056
Keep spreading the word and pledging--let's leave 20K in the dust!
We're close! Only $667 to go until we hit 20k!
$19,536 this morning! That's 78% of the way there--but until we hit a 100%, we can't officially call the Kickstarter a success and be guaranteed funding. Keep spreading the word and pledging if you can!
Update #7: A T-shirt Raffle for every $1K between now and $25K!
Congratulations to Lisa and Matthias, our raffle winners who helped get us to $20K! Thank you!
Looks like you guys like free t-shirts! Well, really, who doesn't? So here's what we've decided: for every $1K between now and our goal of $25K, we're going to raffle a t-shirt to someone who's either pledged in that span or increased their existing pledge! Meaning you've got five more chances to score some stylin' Phoenix swag.
As always, thank you for your support, and keep spreading the word about Cognition!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller
Wow. You guys really are having no problems at all raising this money. Pretty impressive!
whoot way ta go guys
Today we're starting out at $20,851--82%!
It seemed more fitting to change the thread's topic. :)
So, we're getting close to $21,000 today--and when we get there, another raffle happens! A stylin' Phoenix Online t-shirt could be yours... :)
We are discussing some ideas for raffles or thank yous we can do for those who donated earlier on as well, so stay tuned!
Personally, while I think it's great to have a little fun here and there, I think the best 'thank you' would be to direct the time, effort, and money towards making this game as great as possible ;)
We broke 21K! Less than 4K to go!!
We're at $21,561--that's 86%! I'd say that's close enough to call this the homestretch to our goal!
$19 away from $22,000!!
And we broke 22k!!!
We are at 22,201 right now! W00t!
Getting money in about ten days, and I'm definitely going to give a little. This project deserves it! :)
Thank you!
And we just jumped to 23,241!!! W00t!!!!!!!
$23,461!!
only 5% to go! You guys are amazing!!!!
Added incentive: Want to see Toegoff LP Skyrim? If we hit 25K he will!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Z477in-mA
Click Refresh! DO it NOW!!! ;D
$25,022! :o
WE REACHED 25K!!!!
:o
I am once again amazed and totally floored, and....just, holy crap! Thank you all so, so very much for your support! Reaching our goal means that we are officially guaranteed to be funded and the Kickstarter is officially a success! You will get your rewards, and you have helped Cognition happen!
Of course, what's even better? It doesn't stop here! We have 19 more days left before the Kickstarter ends, and every dollar that is raised goes right into Cognition's development. We'll have more updates coming on what we can do with any extra money we raise, but again, for what you've done so far, thank you!
(http://www.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs6/2745106_o.gif)
Totally awesome!! Any money beyond our initial goal of 25k will just help us to get Cognition done even sooner so keep those donations coming, our fans rock!
A hearty congrats, guys! Glad to see new adventure game projects getting real support. I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing what you guys can do with an original IP. And with input from the Messiah, no less! ;)
Good Job all! Seems like you should do well in the business world, and it's a world that could definitely use your influence. Seems like the momentum of the donations have not slowed either, up another half a K and 19 days to spare. I wonder how much of a pay raise you will all be getting? Probably a better salary then the last 10 years anyway!
Lambonius: So you finally acknowledge her as the Messiah? Praise be! You may get saved yet!
Reposted from the KS updates page:
Update #8: Funding goal of 25K reached!
We reached 100% of our $25,000 funding goal today!! And we're still 19 days out from the end of the Kickstarter! OMG!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much to everyone who has supported us. This has been a truly amazing experience and frankly downright heart-warming for all of us. This week, in the US, it's going to be Thanksgiving, and it goes without saying what everyone on our end is thankful for this year!
So, what does this mean? Well, for one thing, it means that we are guaranteed the funding that is raised on the Kickstarter. Come Dec. 11th, it's going to happen! There will be financial support for the development of Cognition, thanks to all of you! And all of the rewards that you've signed up for will also come through.
But what's even better is that since we still have days to go, we still have time to go above and beyond 100%. Everything that is pledged before Dec. 11th will go into funding this game, no matter how much more than $25,000. If we can make this happen at 25K, imagine how much we can do on 30K, 35K, or dare we dream, even more than that!
We're discussing what new stretch goals we can set and what can we do if we hit those numbers. For right now: Cesar Bittar, CEO/Designer/Director/Producer/You Name It, is going to be turning 32 on November 29th. So our next goal is to raise $32,000 as the best birthday present he could ever ask for!
Once again and as always, thank you so much for everything. Your belief and support in us and in this game is incredible--you truly are making our dreams come true!
Quote from: Marquillin on November 21, 2011, 08:48:57 PM
Lambonius: So you finally acknowledge her as the Messiah? Praise be! You may get saved yet!
Little by little. We'll have him raving about TSL's awesomeness in no time. Wait for it!
;)
Quote from: Marquillin on November 21, 2011, 08:48:57 PM
I wonder how much of a pay raise you will all be getting? Probably a better salary then the last 10 years anyway!
I doubt that anyone is getting paid much of anything until there are sales. (Though any pay is definitely more than none.)
Truly unbelievable. Congratulations on a successful kickstarter. This is probably too soon, but any idea on when corridor 9 will be released? Correct me if I'm wrong, could you be doing Iphone apps? PS3 / XBOX 360?
Again, congrats on 25k. That was pretty quick!
(Posted on: November 22, 2011, 05:00:13 PM)
Guaranteed to be funded means that you will get corporate backing?
(Posted on: November 22, 2011, 05:05:09 PM)
P.S. I just sent my backing your way via 60 bucks.
Thank you so much Big C!
As for C9, not sure when, but it'll come!
Congrats!
Congratulations! ^_^
Quote from: Cez on November 22, 2011, 01:05:25 AM
Quote from: Marquillin on November 21, 2011, 08:48:57 PM
Lambonius: So you finally acknowledge her as the Messiah? Praise be! You may get saved yet!
Little by little. We'll have him raving about TSL's awesomeness in no time. Wait for it!
;)
(http://www.infamous-adventures.com/blackthorne/LamboLikesTSL.jpg)
;)
Bt
LOL!!
also, this morning we are looking $27,408! That's 109%! :D
:rofl:
Only one week left!!
Get your pledges in while you can, we've got just seven days left before the Kickstarter ends!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller
There we go! :)
One week left, 3.2k should be possible!
w00t! We're almost to 30K!
Also, check out our interview on Validgaming.com! http://validgaming.com/?p=432
Less than 50 bucks from 30K, and only 5 days left!! It's crunch time to see how high we can go! :D
And we're now over 30K! ;D
Awesome! Pretty sweet, guys!
Slowing on down now, though I imagine there will be something of a last push over the last day or two.
Query: Is the comic book prequel a only available to 60+ donors or does a digital copy come with the game? Do you plan to have it be available in comic book stores when the time is right?
We haven't fully discussed the comic distribution options, but it would be nice to make sure everyone gets to see it eventually. I doubt it will be in comic retail stores, though.
Just $46 away from hitting $31K!
The countdown is now in hours instead of days! Ahh! 64 hours left!
Also, less than $800 to our stretch goal!
$31,866!! We're so close!! :o
$32,000 has been reached--the backer exclusive demo stream is confirmed!! ;D
Awesome! Phoenix has the best fans. There's still time to become a backer, for those who want the incentives.
16 hours left!! It's the end times--of the kickstarter ;)
We're at $32,957, and it's your last chance to get in on the rewards and be part of the action!
I can't wait to see where we end up! :D
9 hours left, and we're at $33,439!
33,959!! OMG!
Looks like 34,247! Congratulations Phoenix, you deserve every dollar ;D
Wow! I haven't seen a project this well-funded since the Extra Credits donation pool for their artist's shoulder surgery. Way to go, Phoenix!
I actually also donated to the Extra Credits indie fund and I was pretty surprised to see how much less funding they had than Cognition. XD
Hey I'm wondering would it still be possible to donate to the KickStarter and still get the benefits for it? I wanted to donate $20, but I didn't have the time before to get an account there, and everything.
Yes, in fact. We've had that question from a few people, so we're planning to have a sort 'mini-campaign' in the new year. But no need to wait until then--if you're interested in donating, you can send money as a 'Gift' (so there are no fees for either side) to cfo@postudios.com. Include what reward level you would like in the message! :)
And thank you!!
Ok that's good news cause I'd be glad to support PO Studios after all the cool stuff you guys have done for us KQ fans. ;D However I'm not sure as to how I'd be able to send the money as a gift unless you guys had a PayPal account or something I could send it to. I might just wait until that mini-campaign then.
We do, DQ--the email address I listed in the previous post is the one to send it to via Paypal.