Let us know if you haven't gotten all of your items by February 28th
Remember how we said to let us know at the end of January if you haven't received your packages? Well... som...
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Weird Giraffe Games
4 months ago
Shipping Nearly Complete!
Shipping is nearly complete! If you completed your pledge manager after mid-November, your game will be in the second wave of shipments. I'm also still in the process of getting...
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Weird Giraffe Games
6 months ago
Nearly Shipped!
There's been a few delays but shipping is going to start so soon! In fact, if you ordered add-ons, you might have things on the way already! Turns out, not much happens during E...
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Weird Giraffe Games
8 months ago
Dreams of Yesterday Pledge Manager Information
Pledge Manager
Soon, you’ll receive an email with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since I need this in...
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Weird Giraffe Games
10 months ago
June Update
The proof copy came in! I've been making fixes and running unguided playtests to make sure the rules and components are clear.
One aspect that took longer than expected was ...
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Weird Giraffe Games
12 months ago
May Update
Things have been moving along with Dreams of Yesterday! I submitted the files to manufacturing and they've made the proof copy. They sent along some photos, too!
Manuf...
Let us know if you haven't gotten all of your items by February 28th
Remember how we said to let us know at the end of January if you haven't received your packages? Well... some shipments are taking longer than expected, and others are pinballing from customs to customs and taking their sweet time to make their way to you.
So, rather than letting us know in a few days if you haven't gotten your items yet, please wait until February 28th to let us know. I'm very sorry about this, it's absolutely unanticipated and I'm constantly surprised by new fulfillment issues. You'd think with as many campaigns as I've fulfilled, and as many issues I've seen in the past, nothing would surprise me. But here we are!
This includes anyone who filled out their pledge manager after mid-November, as the second wave of shipments was submitted!
Retailer orders
We've gotten messages from a handful of retailers following up on their orders. Please know they aren't lost or anything, we just haven't even reached out to you to finalize your orders yet. However, we'll be doing that soon. Thank you so much for being patient!
We have a discord server!
You're always more than welcome to reach out to ask questions or chat in the comments across this campaign, but if you want a quicker response or to see what's going on with Weird Giraffe Games, we'd love it if you join our server! We also have a several special events running now and starting soon that we'd love to have you take part in. You can join here.
Two of the most meaningful things you can do for us after you play Dreams of Yesterday is to post a picture of yourself playing the game on social media or BGG and to rate the game on BGG. It's so amazing to see people having fun playing Dreams of Yesterday because it means we have brought you joy, which is why we make games! If you choose to post a picture, please tag us (@weirdgiraffes on twitter and Weird Giraffe Games on Facebook)!
We have loved hearing your stories, and it makes our day to know that you enjoy Dreams of Yesterday! I sincerely thank you for your sharing your kind words and thoughts.
You can rate Dreams of Yesterday by going to its Board Game Geek page here. Then, you can select how many stars you want to rate it. If you hover over the stars, it will give you a description of what each number means. I really appreciate you taking the time to rate Dreams of Yesterday!
In Conclusion
It's definitely been an adventure getting to this point, but everything is nearly done! Thanks for sticking with us for this long and I can't wait to hear what you think about the game!
Shipping is nearly complete! If you completed your pledge manager after mid-November, your game will be in the second wave of shipments. I'm also still in the process of getting add-ons sent out, as they're a particularly complicated process, but those should be finished by the end of January.
If you don't receive your game by mid-January or your add-ons by the end of January, please fill out a helpdesk ticket. This is really the best way to contact us, as these create an email that goes to both me AND Beth and both of us check email more often than anything else.
Missing or Broken Parts
If there's anything wrong with your game or it's missing any parts, please fill out a helpdesk ticket.
Discord
We have a discord server! You can join here: https://discord.gg/V5ZwdK3 If you're interested in talking about board games, game design & publishing, and future Weird Giraffe Games, you're more than welcome to join! You should especially join if you'd like to talk about time travel in games as I do have a number of games in progress in the Dreams universe.
Thank You!
I especially want to thank everyone for being so incredibly patient in this process. It's definitely been a lot more than anticipated, between me getting COVID, needing surgery, and generally getting through 2023. There were definitely more hiccups in the process than anticipated, but I appreciate all of you for your support throughout!
If you have any questions or comments, definitely feel free to reach out!
There's been a few delays but shipping is going to start so soon! In fact, if you ordered add-ons, you might have things on the way already! Turns out, not much happens during Essen (other than Essen), I'm basically allergic to Texas, and there's more than one holiday that makes things slower for manufacturing.
At this point, I hope that shipping will start next week and take up to 2-3 weeks to get to you. However, sometimes things take a bit longer than you'd think, so it could be December before the games start shipping. The main thing we're waiting on now is for the games to get into the queue to start being shipped.
If you're outside the US or in the US and didn't order add-ons, you should be getting one package.
If you are in the US and ordered add-ons, you'll be getting between one and three packages. If you haven't gotten all your shipment in one package, don't worry! It could be coming separately. I've also started shipping add-ons and you could be getting them starting this weekend. It's not a for sure timeframe as I have a few places with the add-ons and they are being shipped from 4 different locations. (Yes, this shipping process is way more difficult than needed, but that's life and what happens when both I moved and my main warehouse changed recently.)
I do apologize for the lateness of this update! I had thought that shipping would start... then it didn't. For a month. But things happen and we are definitely closer now than we were!
Soon, you’ll receive an email with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since I need this information to fulfill your rewards.
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!
After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before I close the surveys and get the final counts.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on the BackerKit project page at https://dreams-of-yesterday.backerkit.com.
If you backed either Explosion in the Laboratory or Way Too Many Cats, your pledge has been added to those pledge managers.
If all goes well, I'm hoping that shipping can start near the end of September or early October. I'm hoping to get the pledge manager closed sometime mid-September so please fill out your pledge manager as soon as possible so all the numbers can get in and things can be shipped appropriately!
Thanks for being so patient with everything! This took longer than I thought, but things are happening and that's the important part!
The proof copy came in! I've been making fixes and running unguided playtests to make sure the rules and components are clear.
One aspect that took longer than expected was the box! It turns out it was a bit too small. So small, in fact, that it's hard to get the cards out. This is definitely not the best experience, so we did some iteration on the size of the box. To most people, the box will look the same. However! It will be a much better experience and should fit sleeved cards.
At this point, I've resubmitted the files to manufacturing! I still have to make sure that they've gotten all the file updates, but it won't be long before manufacturing starts.
In Closing
Manufacturing should be starting soooon! Now, my focus is on getting the pledge manager out and making sure things are set up for fulfillment. The next update should be about the pledge manager! It's taking a bit longer than normal as I'm switching fulfillment companies, but hopefully it won't be too much longer.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or anything else please submit a help ticket.
Things have been moving along with Dreams of Yesterday! I submitted the files to manufacturing and they've made the proof copy. They sent along some photos, too!
Dreams of Yesterday Proof Copy
Motley Proof Copy
Manufacturing is in the process of sending the games to me and I should be getting them in at some point in May. After the games come in, I'll make an update with more photos, as these photos are nice... but there could be more!
Once the proof copies get in, I'll go through both games, making sure everything is great and correct. This might mean that mistakes will be found and files will need to be updated. As such, if I had to estimate, I'd think that the playtesting, fixes, and second round of manufacturing checks could take 2-6 weeks after I get the games. The estimate is a bit open, as fixes take longer than not needing fixes and Origins is happening in June. Convention preparation tends to mean that other things don't happen as fast as I'd like.
I'm also working on the pledge manager! I need to verify all the weights for the games so this can't be complete until the games arrive, so hopefully the pledge manager will also be ready in the next month or so, as well.
In Closing
Things are moving along and I can't wait for you all to experience Dreams of Yesterday! We're more than on track to deliver before the end of the year and might even start shipping in September, if all goes well. But there can be delays!
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or anything else you can comment below or submit a help ticket. I highly recommend the help ticket option as BackerKit doesn't notify me when there are replies and I check here if I remember... but the help desk sends notifications.
Thank you so much! What a fantastic finish to a great campaign: 391 backers and $8,548! It has been so rewarding to receive such a fantastic response. We are so proud of Dreams of Yesterday and cannot wait for you to receive the game and get a chance to play it!
Campaign Status
I have updated the main campaign image to be the status image for the campaign. You'll be able to quickly check the status of everything, so you won't have to go through all the updates to know where we're at. I do hope you'll read the updates, though!
Campaign Status
It should take about 2 weeks for BackerKit to process and send us all of the funds, during that time I'll be working hard to finalize things for manufacturing. I've already sent in the files, so we're a bit ahead of the game already! The box and mini expansions need updating, but I'm hoping to get it signed off in the next week or so.
I plan to post an update every month to keep you informed about what's going on. This means that there might be more than 4 weeks between updates, if one update happens early in the month and the next happens late in the month.
If you have not received an email from BackerKit already, please take a look at your BackerKit account to verify that everything is in order with your pledge. If there's an issue, I'll be sending out messages later today and I can send you another one next week. If you have a different financial situation than when we launched for whatever reason and still want to get Dreams of Yesterday, let me know; I can still get you into the pledge manager later on.
This rulebook has been proofed again and again, but if you have any time and want to verify everything is the best it can be, I'd love to hear if you have any thoughts on the rules!
If you'd rather not use google drive to comment, you can email your comments to [email protected].
Pledge Manager
Once the pledge manager is ready and we are close to manufacturing, I will send out invites, which is the system you will use to pay for shipping, as well as having an opportunity to add on some of our previous titles. Whatever amount you pledged now will be credited to you in the pledge manager, so you will be able to easily pick and choose the items you want.
This is typically later in the process than with most other publishers, but don't worry! I simply want to know exactly the climate we'll be shipping in AND we want to make it easy for all the people that move.
Discord
We have a Discord server! You can join here: https://discord.gg/V5ZwdK3 We'll have contests, giveaways, design and publisher talk, and random chats there, so if that interests you, you're welcome to join! It's one of the easiest ways to see all the most up-to-date things with Weird Giraffe Games, as we post there daily!
Again, Thank You!
Dreams of Yesterday is becoming a reality because of you. Thank you for your pledges, your enthusiasm, and your support. You have helped us create a rather amazing game and we definitely appreciate it.
In Closing
Things are moving along! We're more than on track to get Dreams of Yesterday to you by late 2023. This deadline has a good number of months added, just in case basically every step of the way goes slower than I anticipate. We're currently on schedule to hopefully get Dreams of Yesterday to you in late 2023, but delays will happen at some point, as no process goes perfectly. Here's an estimated timeline, just so you know what's coming up:
Here's what we're hoping to get done by the next update:
We've hit the first stretch goal since the last update, now there's another that's been added! This means that the Urn Mini Expansion will be added to all pledges with the physical game and there's a potential second expansion that could also be added. Plus, the usual card quality goal that I love adding as fancy cards makes for fancy card games. Now, for the triple artifact expansion... these card are super powerful, but also expensive and must go on the right end of your exhibit; you don't get a choice of where to place these artifacts like you do with other artifacts. Plus, the resource cards that are a choice of two, to make artifacts a bit easier to acquire.
Thank You!
Again, you are all amazing! It's definitely been a great experience to work on Dreams of Yesterday and I can't wait to see what you think of the game. Plus, there's Motley! If you like portable games, you might want to add on Motley to your pledge as it's a party game for those who might not be so great at drawing or coming up with great word clues (like me!).
If you'd like to help us get to the stretch goals, please keep sharing the campaign and reviews of the game. With your help, we'll surely meet them all before too long!
You are all so wonderful! This campaign has been amazing so far and it's all due to you. Together, we've guaranteed that Dreams of Yesterday will be a reality and become a game. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Stretch Goals
Since we are now funded, we're releasing some stretch goals! These can be things like mini expansions, quality upgrades, and more! The Urn mini expansion (which will get a better name!) features three new Urns that reward exhibits with Discoveries in them! On the other side of the Urns are new single resources that allow you to choose between two different types. These can be substituted for other Urns so you can mix up your game a bit!
Community Section
One of the best parts of crowdfunding is getting to know the people who support us better! I loved to use the comments section on Kickstarter to get to know you and hopefully we can do the same in the community section here. We have several topics posted already! Let's talk about it in the Community of the project!
Thank You!
We are all so appreciative and humbled by the response to Dreams of Yesterday. It's been amazing to work on, with a dream team of amazing people, and we can't wait to bring the game to you.
Please keep sharing the campaign and reviews of the game. With your help, we'll reach all the stretch goals!
Feel free to reach out, my email is [email protected] and I'd love to hear from you!
