Celebrate the launch of Moonbeam by backing participating projects on BackerKit
Are you ready to revolutionize live streaming? Back any of the Moonbeam Collection projects today! Moonbeam is a new live streaming and community platform that empowers creators, fans, and communities worldwide while tackling the critical issues of online harassment, unfair monetization, and community fragmentation with innovative solutions tailored just for you.
On Moonbeam, you don't start a mere channel; you create a Realm—a community hub where you can chat via text and enjoy live streams or other video content together.
The five other projects joining Moonbeam are the first five Realms to launch on Moonbeam! Each project is offering exclusive rewards tailor-made for their Realm and community on Moonbeam.
Back more campaigns, get FREE rewards! Here's how:
When you back a participating project, you get early access to Moonbeam.
When you back Moonbeam and any Moonbeam Collection project, you'll unlock an exclusive Premium Badge, earn 100 moonstones, and gain two additional months of Moonbeam+. You can earn these rewards each time you back a Moonbeam Collection project!
If you want to learn more about Moonbeam, check out their project page for details about this revolutionary new live streaming platform.
Join Moonbeam's live streaming revolution today by backing a Moonbeam Collection project and spreading the word! The moment is now—be part of the change!
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Hey everyone, Anthony here! Just wanted to let you know I'll be doing a live stream tonight at 9pm EST / 8pm CST / 6pm PST with one of our pre-alpha Realm owners!
We'll be talking about Moonbeam, their Realm, and more! Come join us if you want to chat and hear more about what we've been doing in pre-alpha as we race to release alpha.
Hey everyone, Anthony here with an exciting update: Moonbeam is in pre-alpha!!
Join me tomorrow night, September 18th at 9pm EDT / 8pm CDT / 6pm PDT as I talk about what we’re doing in pre-alpha and what that means for you! I’ll be live streaming here, on Twitch, on YouTube, on X, and more!
Things are moving on track and in some cases better than expected—so I look forward to us launch alpha soon so we can have you all aboard.
See you tomorrow, and yes, I’ll make sure the video is on our YouTube channel in case you can’t make the live stream. Cheers!
Thank you all so much for a great crowdfunding campaign to make The Anywhere Door real. We realize this was a little different from our usual stock, but we were overwhelmed with the love for this project and by the support of our fans.
Thank you all!
Art of a round portal to a purple and green fantasy scape announcing Moonbeam as a community hub
Creative Fund applications Cypher Streamer Creative Fund applications will be opening at the end of this month. We’ll put out more info on that along with the online application form soon. Updates will be on here, by email and also on our socials. Applications are open until the end of October 2024, so you won’t miss the chance to be part of this!
The Anywhere Door opens
We’re looking at September for early access to The Anywhere Door for backers. We’ll be working with Moonbeam to make this a terrific and creative space that everyone can enjoy.
Old Gods of Appalachia Deeper Still campaign art of an old dilapidated house in the woods
In the meantime, if you’re after more mystery and want to step through to the world of the Old Gods of Appalachia, we’re crowdfunding Deeper Still. Make sure you back this award winning roleplaying game now!
A couple exchange a piece of coal as they picnic on a hill above an early baseball stadium where play is in progress
With Gen Con now behind us, we're excited to announce that we're in full swing, working diligently to get these magnificent maps shipshape and ready for distribution to our amazing backers!
Our team is dedicated to ensuring that each map meets the highest quality standards and is meticulously prepared for its journey to you. To achieve this, we've once again enlisted the expertise of legendary fantasy cartographer Rob Lazzaretti, who is diligently finalizing the project alongside our talented team of artists and designers.
We're delighted to announce that The Chaldea Gazetteer will be available to our backers in November 2024!
Want to see these maps in action? Tune in to Gen Con TV TONIGHT at 6 PM Pacific for the season premiere of Actoroke: Nearly Departed where Dungeon Master Mike Boozer leads players on a wild adventure through the World of Chaldea!
The tick, tick, tick of crowdfunding is over and we crossed the finish line with 424 backers and almost $12k in pledges. Thank you to everyone for your support!
Most of the pledges have been collected at this point although BackerKit usually needs another week to round up all the payments and transfer them to us.
Next up: We will be working with our partners at Moonbeam to begin building out the community space that will host the streams. Moonbeam integrates a collaborative online community directly with livestreaming. It includes cutting edge moderation tools so trolls and spammers don't ruin our good time.
Our Evil Hat Realm should get spun up next month and then we're going to do some internal testing to get our legs under us before we start sending you all invites to join the platform.
So expect things to simmer along in the background for a bit and we'll update you as things get solidified.
Greetings everyone! I want to thank you all so much for a resounding BackerKit success! We've done something no other live streaming platform has—we have shown that the best way to build a platform for creators and fans is to involve them from day 1!
The Moonbeam Collection raised over $136,524 from 2,253 backers, all of whom are now joining Moonbeam's alpha and beta phases! We also have 177 Realms launching in alpha—this is going to be epic and exciting. I can't wait to see what you all have in store for us!
Pledge Manager
We have a few things to do over the next few months, including sending out surveys via BackerKit's pledge manager by the end of August. At that time, you can increase your pledge or get some add-ons if you'd like. Once this period ends, we will email you individually regarding your pledge level and the corresponding rewards.
Moonbeam Community
We are focusing all our resources on building Moonbeam ASAP to onboard everyone in Q4 2024. In the meantime, feel free to begin creating Discord servers for your Realms, check out this unofficial Moonbeam community on Reddit that popped up (FYI, we have no official affiliation with this community), our Facebook page, or our X.com (formerly Twitter) profile, or start collaborating amongst yourselves to come up with ideas for your Realms of other collab projects you'll want to do on Moonbeam. Also, you might want to start setting up your channels on other streaming platforms so you can multistream once Moonbeam is live—we want you all to stream as many places as you want from day 1.
Live Stream to Chat
I'll be live streaming on Thursday, August 15th, at 9pm EDT / 8pm CDT / 6pm PDT on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. Join me to chat about the next steps for you and Moonbeam.
I look forward to seeing you all around and can't wait to see what you all have planned for your Realms and communities on Moonbeam. Cheers!
Hey y’all. This went SO MUCH FURTHER than we anticipated. Thank you so much for the madness, support, and cheerleading. It was absolutely wild to watch the ticker rocket 30 minutes PAST the project-end deadline, and we owe it all to you. We cannot wait to unveil what the 𝕍𝕆𝕀𝔻𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕄 holds in store.
You may have noticed that in the past 48 hours, 𝕍𝕆𝕀𝔻𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕄 leapt from $15k to $23.7k.
We are tremendously pleased with this developmentseveral developments that we intend to lay bare here in this handy newsletter. Let's jump in:
SPLENDID, SIMPLY SPLENDID.
Update Summary
Secret team-up with QUADRA ZONE: UNLOCKED (and each backer is getting something cool)
$15k Stretch Goal Unlock Guide
$20k Stretch Goal Unlock Guide
We interviewed Luke Gearing *and* we recorded it
1. SECRET TEAM-UP WITH QUADRA [Unlocked! 🔓]
The prophecy has come to pass. You are powerless before it. Also, look, software!
The Panic Institute (The Panic Table + DNGN CLUB) is joining forces with QUADRA ZONE of PARADISO (Warped Beyond Recognition, Hundreds, Traaa.sh) to give EVERY SINGLE BACKER a free gift: access keys to TAT: Tabletop Audio Tool, a brand new way for Wardens and DMs (and their players) to interact with immersive audio... Tell your friends, tell your family, et cetera.
The horse does not have a name insofar as we are aware.
That means 30 minutes of exquisite, haunting original score from BE/HOLD, one of the most badass composers to slither into the TTRPG/Actual Play space in 10,000 years.
Check out the incredible work he did for Elliot Davis's solo timecrawl, Project ECCO.
3. $20k Stretch goal: TRANSMISSION PACK I [Unlocked! 🔓] 3 MORE VIDEOS + AUDIO ASSETS
Written in collaboration with chillingly talented game designer Elliot "moreblueberries" Davis (Something's Wrong with the Chickens, Project ECCO, Rom Com Drama Bomb)
Elliot "moreblueberries" Davis, oil on canvas, 1936
... And featuring the unmistakable voice talents of your 7th favorite hip-hop artist, Nur-D, who Cameron met at GenCon with whom he instantly became blood brothers in a bizarre but meaningful ritual an a Waffle house. Check out this sick music video.
The man, the myth, the misfit.
4. Lastly, we had the delicious misfortune of sitting down with LUKE GEARING.
And apparently we all got the Hawaiian shirt text.
Cameron's still working on the edit, but expect it SHARPISH.
That's SO MUCH ALL AT ONCE. Let's get to 30k, you creeps.
