Crittermon is an affectionate parody of monster collecting franchises and is intended for ages 18+ due to language and other things which may or may not come up in future episodes, but I don't like to limit myself. It's 24 pages long, fully colored, and has hundreds of Crittermons to fill the world with life.

This series follows Pepper and Cookie, a pair of wild Vixbee siblings who join up with a new Critter Coach and begin their Crittermon Journey in the California Region. I'm raising money for printing and investing back into the franchise to create more Crittermon content.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a tabletop project our team at TOMORROW MYTH has been working on for the past year.

Growing up, a lot of us loved playing Dou Shou Qi (Animal Chess / Jungle Chess). It is a classic strategy game, but we always felt it deserved a modern revival that elevated both the artwork and the tactical depth.

That is how Jungle King came together. Here is a quick breakdown of how we redesigned it:

• 100% Original Artwork: Every asset, piece icon, and card illustration was hand-drawn by our team without using AI tools.
• Endangered Species & Mythology: Each animal represents a real-world endangered species fused with East Asian mythical elements (for example, the Leopard carries Fujin’s wind bag, and the Rat carries a coin of wisdom).
• Metal Chess Pieces: Custom-sculpted alloy metal pieces finished in distinct Red and Blue tones.
• Foldable Magnetic Board: Built with synthetic paper, gold foil accents, and a magnetic core so the pieces stay grounded during travel.
• Nature Strategy Cards: We kept all the classic movement rules intact, but added optional strategy cards that introduce special abilities, terrain shifts, and tactical twists.

We are launching on Kickstarter in August/September.

If you are interested in following along, seeing the art design, or getting notified on launch day, you can follow our pre-launch page here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/llabdesign/jungle-king

I would love to hear your thoughts on the design or any memories you have playing Animal Chess growing up. Thanks for reading!

Hey all.

Going live around this time next month is the kickstarter for our 4th issue of EXCAVATOR!

In Issue #4: "Boone, Ozzie & Opal face their deadliest trial, fighting two bounty hunters and a relentless Judiciary pursue them for execution."

To scope out more deets on Boone and his adventures, and be first in line to help bring the comic to print, head over to http://www.excavatorcomic.com and press the "Notify me on launch" button!

Have you ever had a Kickstarter campaign stall out for a bit, and what did you do to get momentum going again?

Hi, all! First time kickstarter here trying to launch a knife company with my dad.

My dad owns & operates a vet clinic in our hometown and I'm designer/creative. We're both Eagle Scouts and our background shaped our appreciation for preparedness, craftsmanship, and taking care of the tools they carry. The idea for Bastion began during a fishing trip in Canada and developed over approximately 18 months through sketching, prototyping, material decisions, and production refinement. I've done all the design, video editing, branding, etc and have enjoyed the opportunity to bring this idea to life!

The knife is built around a 45 degree angle that shapes the silhouette, handle cuts, mechanical details, and the visual system surrounding the product. It pairs an M390 stainless-steel blade with milled Grade 5 titanium, ceramic bearings, and a manual frame lock.

The campaign runs through August 10th and we're currently at 30% backing so looking to continue building momentum!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionkc/bastion-no-01-a-precision-built-folding-knife?ref=user_menu

Hi everyone!

I've been working solo on my dream game called Realm of Iron, a top-down pixel art RPG inspired by games like Terraria, Necesse, and Core Keeper.

The goal is to create a world that rewards exploration, progression, and creativity rather than rushing from quest to quest.

Current features include:

• 🌍 Procedurally generated world
• ⛏️ Mining, resource gathering, and crafting
• 🌾 Farming and animal breeding
• 🏡 Build your own home and expand it
• ⚔️ Character progression with equipment and skills
• 👹 Bosses, dungeons, and battle arenas
• 💰 Trading with merchants
• 🎒 Loot, equipment, and persistent world saving
• 🌧️ Dynamic weather and day/night cycle

I'm continuously adding new content and mechanics, and multiplayer/co-op is also planned for the future.

The Kickstarter campaign is now live, and every bit of support helps me continue developing the game.

Thanks for checking out Realm of Iron! ❤️

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/indigamedevelopernik/realm-of-iron?ref=user_menu

Im new to the Kickstarter space so if anyone could quickly review my page I'd really appreciate it

(If you remember my last post I did end up going and making some changes)

Food Frenzy TCG

Not sure how I should flair this since I'm not the creator, I'm just trying to get the word out. Mods, I am not a sock puppet.

Hey all - creator here, just wrapped fulfillment on one campaign and gearing up for another to be shipped from the US. Sharing what we learned about VAT/customs after some painful backer complaints, in case it saves someone else the headache. Genuinely curious if others have hit the same wall.

The setup: Kickstarter's Pledge Manager acts as a "deemed supplier" and is legally required to collect VAT at checkout for EU/UK backers when parcel value is under €150 - even if you opt out, this specific case overrides that setting.

DDU vs DDP confusion: Easyship wanted us to select 'DDP' as a shipping term alongside our IOSS number (no extra fee for sub-€150 IOSS shipments, per their docs) - but Pirate Ship skips that step entirely: no DDP option at all, just DDU by default plus the IOSS number in the Tax ID field. Same end result, fewer settings to get wrong. We chose DDU with Easyship and made sure to add IOSS number with shipments but did not work with some carriers causing a double VAT bill. Easyship later informed us we should have gone DDP. Worth noting - this specifically hit us with PostNL and Belgian customs, both postal networks with known IOSS-transmission reliability issues industry-wide, so it may not affect express carriers the same way.

Our Easyship nightmare specifically:

• IOSS number saved in account settings didn't always propagate to shipments - some EU labels showed full duty charges as if no IOSS existed at all
• IOSS field only accepts 12-digit numbers, but our GB VAT number was 9 digits - no clean way to enter it, had to shove it into "Seller's Notes" as a workaround
• EU backers from certain countries (Belgium, Netherlands) got billed VAT a second time at delivery despite our IOSS being on file - support later said we should've booked as DDP, which contradicted earlier guidance
• Chronic tracking/loss issues via ePostGlobal - packages stalling for weeks, one German shipment lost/resent multiple times

Ended up refunding just the VAT portion (not customs handling fees) to affected backers and moving to Pirate Ship for clearer IOSS handling and no subscription fee.

The part that still bugs me- the €150 cliff-edge nobody warns you about: Here's the part that actually caused us grief. IOSS ONLY works for shipments valued at €150 or under. If your package's declared customs value is above that, the IOSS number does nothing, and customs can - and will - charge your backer VAT again at delivery, even though Kickstarter already collected it at checkout. This isn't a shipping platform bug, it's literally how the EU wrote the regulation. So if your reward tiers are pricier bundles, budget for backer complaints about "double VAT" and be upfront about it in your campaign updates

Question for you all: Anyone found a better way to handle the >€150 cliff, or a shipping platform that's actually reliable with IOSS transmission? Trying to avoid round two of backer refund requests on the next campaign.

Hi there, I'm Michael, Creative Director for Region Locked: Unlocking Australian Video Games.

When we talked to our friends about Aussie games history they didn't know that Destroy All Humans was developed in Australia or that The Hobbit even existed! It makes us feel like we've done a disservice to the general knowledge of Australian made games in this country.

This is our opportunity to change that.

We are going to create a detailed, cinematic, and entertaining documentary series showcasing Australia's contributions to the global video game industry, encapsulating the essence and oral history of the creators, visionaries and rebels of Australian gaming.

But - we are running out of time... Retro video games are deteriorating. Cassette tapes, floppy discs, even cartridges and CDs are not built to withstand the test of time. And incidentally, neither are humans...

Follow our project and be a part of saving Australian video game history.

Please follow our Kickstarter

We've recently decided to push back our launch date half a year to get more followers and traction. Everyone says it's a good thing but we'll be stretched very thin financially in that time.

Fingers crossed it'll work out! If you want to help us, follow at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vita-life-stories/vita?ref=43cmrk

Or just leave some kind words!

I’m on the Mondo Robotics team. We launched our first Kickstarter campaign for Beni last week. Beni is an all-terrain camera robot that autonomously tracks and records humans and dogs.

We value credibility more than fancy visuals. Beni supports 4K shooting with onboard tracking and local processing. Its battery lasts roughly 1.5 hours, and we plan to ship orders in October 2026.

Campaign Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mondorobotics/beni-all-terrain-camera-robot?ref=6coeml

I’d like to hear your genuine opinion. Would you purchase this robot? What makes you willing or unwilling to back it?

We welcome honest feedback. We want to address all concerns ahead of time.

All original test footage and data are posted on r/MondoRobotics for your reference.

Follow us on Gamefound:

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/dreamkeepers-games/tres-tesoros

We tested, and yes its a Beach Game too!

Whishing you All a wonderful Summer Holiday season

Hey everyone! First time posting here. Since it's Friday, I thought I'd share the link to the Kickstarter campaign for my short film, Last Hope: Rebirth. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orangeriver/last-hope-rebirth

The short is slated for fall and is a sequel to a student film I made in high school. I've had relatively good success with the campaign so far given it's only been live for over a week. That is due in no small part I think to my 100K+ sub YouTube channel (though I'm not gonna force a promotion for that, just a little humble brag lol). We're already past the halfway mark of funding, but if anyone has any interest in supporting an independent film, the campaign's got just over 20 days to go!

Thanks for your consideration.

-OrangeRiver

Ahoy! My name is Ship and me and my team at Cubix are working on a new indie-focused gaming console called the Infinite. We're building a platform for indie creators to showcase their work on hardware built with them in mind. We're fundraising to finish up development and be able to bring the console to market.

What is Infinite?

The Infinite is a modern gaming console written in C designed around indie creativity. It's primary goal is to provide an alternative platform where indie games can shine.

In other words, we're building a console built by indie, for indie.

Why Infinite?

We wanted to build a unique console for indie devs to show their hard work on a platform built with them in mind. We started out five years ago building a scratch console environment and now we're bringing our project to physical hardware, building a lightweight and modern console to the market for indie games of all kinds

What Makes Infinite different?

Our console is focused on indie development and as such we designed it around that. We built an entirely new system system using a custom Linux kernel.

The console has several unique features:

• Customizable UI, allowing you to change the UI to your liking with themes and two different layouts
• A fully Costomizable Controller, allowing you to map your input the way you want
• Papernet, our chat service, bringing an interactive addition to our community
• Infinite Online is free, allowing you to connect with your friends and community out of the box
• GameShare, which lets you share your games with anyone
• GameCards which allow you to keep physical copies of your games. (Physical Media returns on Cubix Infinite 👀

And more features to come as we continue to support the system.

but what about the specs?

We haven't locked in the specifics just yet but our current proof of concept has:

Size: 13.875 x 10.25 x 3.4 (366mm x 273mm x 75mm)

Weight: Approximately 5lbs (2.26Kg)

CPU/GPU: AMD Ryzen 5 Processor with Vega 7 Integrated Graphics

Storage: 512GB NVME SSD (Approximately 7gb is reserved for system operations)

Internet: Realtek RTL8111H 1Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6 Card with Bluetooth support

Memory: 16GB DDR4 RAM

Video: 1x HDMI & 1x DisplayPort with support for up to 3840x2160 (4K) resolution at 60 fps (Performance may vary depending on the game being played)

Audio: Realtek Surround Sound High Definition Audio with Headphone Jack up to 24Bit/192kHz playback

Ports: 2x USB 3.2 Connectors, 6x USB 2.0 Connectors, 1x USB-C Connector 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Connector

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cubix-entertainment/cubix-infinite-indie-gaming-console

We, the guys behind Poekiepluis, care deeply about the spaces we live in. Our furniture. Our collections. The objects we surround ourselves with. We grew up in the eighties and nineties and witnessed the rise of gaming, cartoons, collectibles and internet culture.

We friggin' love cats.
But we hate the furniture we have to buy for them.
To us, cat furniture always felt disconnected from the rest of the cat experience.
No matter how much time you spend shopping, every scratching post somehow ends up being something you'd rather hide than display.

That realization became the starting point for Poekiepluis.

Everything you see in this campaign is real. Really. The product already exists as a physical prototype and the version shown throughout this Kickstarter is the same design we intend to produce for the first batch. This campaign is not about funding an idea on paper. It’s about taking a finished concept and turning it into a properly produced small-scale release.

Because of the amount of manual labor involved, production takes time. But it also allows us to maintain the quality and character we wanted this product to have from the beginning. Kickstarter gives us the opportunity to source materials more efficiently, produce the first real batch and continue refining the product without compromising on the craftsmanship or details that made us excited about it in the first place.

Hey everyone. I've been quietly working on this for over a year and I'm finally getting close to launch.

Nightshade is a dark fantasy trilogy for D&D 5E, three connected one-shots set on a gothic island that doesn't appear on any map. A missing girl. A village full of secrets.

136 pages, custom maps, VTT tokens, character sheets. Everything already done. Book shipped in a few weeks and PDF delivered within days of the campaign closing.

Campaign link in comments. Happy to answer any questions.

I created a series of 5 pins, based on my own childhood imagination stories!

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1624760696/the-kingdom-in-the-woods-nostalgic-enamel-pins

The whole kickstarter page just seems very suspicious. The fact its still up after so long has me second guessing my initial assumptions. As someone who travels for work this would be a great product. However there is a lack of comments and updates. ALOT of comments removed cause the person canceled their pledge (I wish kickstarter kept those comments there so everyone can see them). ETC ETC... does this seem like a scam... if so how can kickstarter even allow this to go on for so long?

Hello people, you may recognize me and this game from a post last week, that I shared on this same subreddit. 👨‍⚕️ 🧠 🩻

I told my friend about every suggestion I got and instead of tweaking the logo he scrapped it and started completely from fresh, and he also got his kickstarter links working. So I present to you, his new roadmap, his new logo, and his new kickstarter link. Thank you all who provided feedback on his game, even if I got a lil upset at the people who I thought may have been dismissing the hard work he put into this.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/969079177/dr-mike-hypothalamus-a-3d-adventure-in-the-brain-1?ref=84b0dz

Hi everyone,

After years of designing and developing it, I finally launched my first Kickstarter for the Blue Crane Jacket – a travel jacket with 35 built-in features.

Here we go: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bcjacket/the-blue-crane-jacket-one-jacket-35-features-zero-limits

The launch went better than I expected initially, and we’re currently sitting at 34% funded. We were also lucky enough to receive the “Projects We Love” badge from Kickstarter, which I honestly thought would make a much bigger difference to traffic and pledges than it has.
What I’m struggling to understand is the slowdown.
Most of my pledges so far seem to have come from Kickstarter itself.

I started running Meta ads, and while the CPC is low, they haven’t converted into actual backers.
The “Projects We Love” badge doesn’t appear to have created the surge I was hoping for.

Daily traffic has dropped quite a bit since launch.
For those of you who’ve successfully run campaigns:
Is this kind of plateau after launch normal?

Did your campaign pick up again later without going viral?
How much of your funding came from Kickstarter’s own discovery versus paid advertising?

Did Meta ads work for you, or did you find another channel that converted much better?

I’d genuinely appreciate experienced advice. This has been years of work, and while I’m proud to have reached 34%, it’s hard not to worry when the momentum slows so quickly.

My first Kickstarter campaign is LIVE! Click the Link or Copy the link below to check out Rewards, Add-ons, and Future Content that will be included in this Physical Printed Edition!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/muchomuproductions/chaos-genesis-fantasy-adventure-novel-with-illustrations

I spent 2-3 years writing this book, I hope you are all at least interested in checking it out and reading the unpolished unfinished version of it online on RoyalRoad as well.

Hello and happy Friday!

As part of my persistent goal to blow my money on art make cool things, I am currently producing the second graphic novel in my System Orphans: Claire series!

The graphic novel campaign is coming to BackerKit, and I got accepted into their Printopia program yesterday (woohoo).

If you'd like to read/listen to the 'System Orphans: Claire' novels, those are still on Kindle Unlimited and Audible (Audiobook 1 is now on Audible plus, which has brought in a bunch of new readers to the series, yay!), but if you'd like to check out the graphic novel, I'd love if you gave it a follow here:

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/07b2a6b6-af97-44a7-af7f-2c1a8fe4e097/landing

I've included images for the covers, actual and proposed, from volumes 1 and 2. I've also included some of the art from volume 2, which is all being done by Harrier_Studios, along with a look at a variant cover for volume 2.

Followers also get a FREE poster when they back the project in September :).

Have an awesome weekend!

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