The campaign has officially ended and Huzzah!!! We finished at 112% funded
Final tally from the Realm: • $11,236 raised • 176 backers • Fully funded in under a week • Cracked the trending list and hit #17 at one point • Made it as the Featured Project on the BackerKit homepage
All from an 8-day campaign!
Honestly, I’m really, really proud of this :D
Crowdfunding campaigns already have a fairly low success rate overall (something like 22%), and most run much longer than this with actual studios, teams, ad budgets, marketing plans, etc. Meanwhile this was just me and all of you showing up for the realm.
Thank you all so much again for all of the support <3
Thrilled to announce that earlier this morning, with our 125th backer, we officially HIT GOAL!!! Which means we managed this feat in under a week’s time (and with two days still left in the campaign)
As promised: because we hit goal before EOD today, all backers will receive an additional bonus digital print as a thank you for sparing me another two days of pacing the house in absolute panic lol.
Seriously though— thank you all so so so much. For backing, sharing, brainstorming with me, offering your skills and help, cheering this project on, and honestly just pushing me to finally do this in the first place.
This has easily been one of the most nerve-racking things I’ve ever done. Anyone who knows me in real life can confirm I have been in absolute shambles with anxiety all week (longer, honestly lol).
I’m so excited for the next steps and to start getting rewards out to everyone, so stay tuned!!!
ALSO— absolutely wild news: I got an email that the campaign was selected as a featured project on the BackerKit homepage (GO CHECK IT OUT!)😭 So our realm is currently "front page news"
And!! If you are reading this and have FOMO there is still a little time to back the campaign if you want access to some of the exclusive rewards before things wrap up.
We should also brainstorm some kind of overall Realm celebration/thank you event for everyone— so if you have ideas, drop them in the comments!!!
Thank you all so much for the support thus far. We crossed 100 backers which unlocked a brand new realm character, so if you have not yet, make sure to go participate in the poll to help determine who joins the realm next :)
I have also already begun speaking with several consultants and contractors who are ready to be engaged should we meet our goal, and I’ve been preparing physical and digital rewards for everyone as well. We have come far too close to not see this thing through now!!!
Additionally, if we hit the funding goal by tomorrow at 11:59pm EST, I’ll add another bonus digital print for everyone who backed (as a thank you for an early escape from campaign-induced anxiety).
If you’d still like to help push us toward the gate:
keep sharing the campaign link (not zelda) around
keep engaging with posts about the project (all the comments and reposts really help both us reach more in the realm AND me feel less a fool lol)
and remember you can always increase your pledge level before the campaign ends if you decide you’d like to help the goal move along a bit faster or if you want more rewards!
Thank you again for being part of the realm and all your support <3
