Hi everyone! We are officially LESS THAN 24 HOURS left until the end of the WLCW Campaign around 10AM PST tomorrow! That means everybody who has pledged will be charged then, if a charge falls through, you'll have a week to fix your payment method otherwise we'd have to cancel your pledge.
That being said, now is the time to either get in your last-minute pledges for physical rewards to be shipped once Season 1 is ready! (Please note that digital rewards will be available at the end of 2026, while physical rewards will likely ship towards the end of Q2 2027)
WLCW Key Visual by Kotori
There was alot of stuff we had hoped to finish during the actual WLCW campaign, that ultimately fell through due to the ever-expanding and frenetic nature of animated production. A couple of new WLCW Shorts will still however be releasing in August and WLCW's full-scale production is scheduled to start as soon as the campaign funds are forwarded to us after the campaign ends.
HOWEVER, we are comfortable to say, that right now, with the support of over awesome 800 backers: that we have secured a path to the future, I am personally confident that we'll be able to hire a great crew to produce the WLCW Pilot without half-measures, and without sacrificing the independent spirit and attention to detail that made the original thesis film and shorts what they were.
Production updates will continue on a bi-weekly basis, same as on the Backerkit, same as the Patreon updates, and all future updates will be mirrored to the Discord. Rewards when ready to be fulfilled, will be fulfilled using Backerkit's Pledge Manager and you will be sent out surveys by EMAIL when we're ready to ship, regarding your address and fulfillment. (If you have any change of address or email before we ship, please keep a screenshot or record of your receipt and contact us directly by Email or in the Discord server, and we can help you out!)
Please note the challenges of an independent small-scale production however, if there are any potential delays due to unexpected production costs or time needed, we will communicate this, if you have any further issues, please feel free to email / contact me at [email protected]
We Love Cold War!! has been a passion project that I've been developing since 2023, I never thought it could have a future beyond something I make for myself or that it would have an active audience and fanbase willing to support it.
We've raised quite a lot of support for WLCW's production, but now we actually have to deliver. A one-year turnaround for a full-length TV Pilot is actually quite short, I am however dedicated to this project and want to see it happen no matter the time, resources, and energy required to make it happen.
Now as for stretch goals, we are PROBABLY going to fall short of the $145k goal to fund Episode 3, not only really because of Backerkit's fees and taxes would make producing 3 entire episodes on the budget we did raise be very difficult, but also because producing 3 entire episodes is gonna take quite a damn while!
So regardless, if we hit the goal or not, I'll drafting plans for the rest of the Season, if we run out of money by next year, after we fulfill the rewards for the Pilot, we might do another campaign, but the goal is for WLCW to be fully self-sufficient by merch sales and for the series to really blossom into its own thing once the Pilot is 100% finished~
This will be the last update for the active campaign period, but we WILL be back soon in a few to update y'all on how production kicks off! AND if you pledged for any of the Backerkit "Name in Credits" or "Producer" tiers, your name will show up in all of the upcoming 6 WLCW Shorts + the Pilot once it's out! Thank you everyone for an amazing 49 days of support!
