{"id":24087,"date":"2024-08-13T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=24087"},"modified":"2024-09-30T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T18:58:09","slug":"goodman-games-purple-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/goodman-games-purple-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodman Games Leads Groundbreaking Purple Planet Group-Collab That Raises $380K on BackerKit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight game publishers. Nine crowdfunding campaigns. One fantastic setting: The Purple Planet.<\/a><\/p>\n

In February, Goodman Games<\/a> launched the Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) RPG Adventures on the Purple Planet and Beyond<\/em> on BackerKit, a thrilling sequel to 2014’s Peril on the Purple Planet<\/em>. But this time, they weren’t alone.<\/p>\n

Joining forces with Gaming Honors, Horse Shark Games, Studio 9 Games, Raorgen Games, TSG High Dive Games, RollFunkyDice, and Purple Sorcerer Games, they formed The Purple Planet Horde. This joint effort, known as a BackerKit Group-Collab<\/strong>, saw all nine Purple Planet-themed campaigns launch simultaneously. They also worked together as a team to get each project funded and collaborated on incentives. By the time the nine campaigns had ended, the Purple Planet Horde had raised an impressive $380,505<\/strong> from 5,115<\/strong> backers.<\/p>\n

To conquer a world \u2014 you\u2019re going to need a HORDE!<\/h2>\n

Goodman Games, a role-playing games publisher founded in 2001, is best known for the DCC RPG and line of adventure modules. Over the years, they’ve launched more than 40 crowdfunding campaigns, with four successful projects on BackerKit (including Adventures On the Purple Planet…and Beyond!<\/em> and Roll20<\/em> for DCC, which were both part of the Purple Planet Group-Collab).<\/p>\n

Participating in crowdfunding events is nothing new for the team at Goodman Games. However, with previous endeavors, the participating creators would simply launch projects around the same time. Joseph Goodman, owner of Goodman Games, had always wanted to push this idea further. He was inspired by Pintopia<\/a>, BackerKit\u2019s collaborative crowdfunding<\/a> event in which a cohort of enamel pin creators launches together, collaborates on rewards, and works toward individual and communal funding goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw what BackerKit was doing with Pintopia, it was clear that a similar \u2018-topia\u2019 would be a supportive business platform for our indie publishers to bring even more awesome products to our fans – all in the shared Purple Planet setting.\u201d \u2014 Joseph Goodman, Owner of Goodman Games<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Group-Collab was a success! In addition to raising more than $380K:<\/strong><\/p>\n