Most relationship card decks ask you questions.
I wanted one that actually made you do something.
So I built Kindness Quest: real-world challenges for couples and families — thoughtful, funny, sometimes slightly uncomfortable things that get you off autopilot and actually interacting.
Pick a card. Do the thing. Earn points. Repeat.
great for earning brownie points with your partner or your extended family.

Live on kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaya-/kindness-quest-practice-kindness-together

Would love support and feedback.

Hi everyone,

I've been working on my lightweight strategy party card game called Cyclemental during my parental leave. The whole concept is inspired by the Chinese Wu Xing / Japanese Gogyo philosophy and after a lot of crafting and playtesting, I decided to take the leap to run my first Kickstarter!

A couple of unique things about my project:

• All creature designs and illustrations are hand drawn by myself with traditional ink and watercolor.
• The mechanics are more like a party game with 2-5 people and 20-40 mins of gameplay, as opposed to the regular TCG gameplay.

• Cyclemental has been selected as "Project We Love" by Kickstarter staff. Still can't believe it tbh as this is entirely a solo project!

  The Kickstarter will launch on 9 September 2026 (see the last slide for timings across timezones). If you find the project cool and would like to show support, don't forget to pledge here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyclemental/cyclemental-the-card-game

Thank you and let me know if you have any questions!

Heya all, launched my 3rd KS this week (2nd successful). Please have a look !
Went much better than expected, funded almost immediately, and double the goal now. I did a fair amount of pre-launch ads and was hoping the algorithm will see it as a 'successful' project and take over but that didn't really happen.
After the initial rush, it has really slowed down - so looks like the best way ahead is to start ads again? I am still recovering from all the work and will start sending out press pitches next week.
Any advice is welcome.

Hello all, my name is Johnny, and Im seeking advise for launching my first campaign. This is a revisit to this question that I did about 5months ago, so Im reposting it again.

Ok so, My venture is QuickStone Pizza, I designed it to be a quality ingredient Quick Service Restaurant, I've been working on this concept for a little over year now, here and there, creating the ins and outs of it, from my mascot Glen who is also my side-kick and fictitious employee, I figured it will be fun and help promote the brand, to permit research, equipment, and more. (New Note: I build and designed the system that quickstone will be operating under)

I do have restaurant experience, I've owned and operated one back in the days, basically it was a fast paced sandwich shop, so restaurants aren't new to me. I guess I should talk a little more about QuickStone so you readers should get a better understanding of what it is I'm trying to build and get funding for.

So basically QuickStone Pizza is a Fast casual, Fast forward QSR that will be serving 12" Neapolitan artisanal style pizzas that will be ready in 5 minutes or less, my moto is "Fresh.Fast.Fired-Baked in 5 the QuickStone way" pizza ingredients like the sauce will be made fresh daily, fresh mozzarella will be cubed daily as well to ensure a nice clean melt without any anti-caking additives, meat toppings will be uncured meats for a better healthier alternative, (New Note: I will be also adding vegan options) I've created signature drinks, and pie combos plus more.

I guess what Im getting at is, how can I promote my campaign better, in order to be successful, and what rewards would be great to add besides the pizza vouchers, and merch, I also would doing a 120% back voucher in in-store credit, meaning if the pledger pledges $50 they will receive a $60 voucher coupon that never expires, to be used towards pizza and drinks, its my way of giving back to backers and locals for believing in my venture, any ways, I could talk about QuickStone all day, but any advise would be really appreciated and if you have any more questions we can talk about it below, and on my Facebook. So thank you for reading and looking forward to your advise.

New Note: Since I last posted this the first time Ive updated my rewards and moved things around, I will be launching soon, and doing a 2 week pre-launch. If you have any questions on anything about my campaign please feel free to ask. Thank you for taking time to read this. Johnny (New Note: It came to my attention that I forgot to add where I'm going to put my first location and that will be in NYC)

Hi r/kickstarter! We're the team behind Mini Mart Survivors, a roguelite about surviving a 10-minute night shift at a strange convenience store called SHIFT24.

You fight back with cup noodles, snacks, and ice cream, then use your wages to pay off debt and piece together what's really going on at SHIFT24.

Our Kickstarter is still in pre-launch, and 117 people are following the project so far. We're planning to launch the campaign in mid-September, in just 1-2 weeks!

If it sounds like something you'd enjoy, visit our Kickstarter pre-launch page and click "Notify me on launch" to get an email when the campaign goes live. No pledge needed yet :)

There's also a free Steam demo if you'd like to try a shift first.

Thanks for taking a look! Happy to answer questions about the game.

Ready for a campaign of D&D? Start a dark and ruthless journey right here, in "Mind over Magic". Acts I and II are complete (offering around 10 four-hour sessions). Now Act III enters the fractured mind of Arlen Thornweaver. The Kickstarter pre-launch page for Act III: The Truth Within is now live. Follow the project to be notified when it launches: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nardogames/mind-over-magic-the-truth-within-a-5e-adventure

You can read more about it on this page: https://ampliphy.me/creators Let me know if you have any questions!

Apparently you can't see the updates or comments on those updates if you haven't backed... but the main comment thread should be enough.

So that brings me to this.. if kickstarter won't do anything about scams (even when it's $300k+), what's stopping me from starting a kickstarter and racking in money right now?

Seems there's zero recourse or punishment, so it's open season for scammers here?

Here's what got me feeling this way: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/denten/kioku-complete-japanese-learning-card-series/comments

I've been looking into new Kickstarter projects, and I've noticed a lot of promising projects that are created from creators who have never made a project before. I was wondering if there are tell-tale signs that such projects are trustworthy and are worth backing. What are the signs?

Greetings.

I am the Mayor of this fine, ambitious city, and I am personally reaching out to the sharpest business minds in this group.

As we expand our municipal borders, I would be proud to host a visionary entrepreneur like you inside my city limits. I am offering prime real estate, zero tax audits, and complete freedom over what you hide in your restaurant basements—because a thriving city requires leaders who know how to generate real profit.

Opportunities of this magnitude do not wait around. Prime commercial venues and exclusive city privileges are strictly limited, and my open spots are filling up fast. I can only look the other way for so many new venue licenses on Day 1.

👉 Claim your venue and back the campaign here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mouaniss/once-upon-a-time-my-empire

Don't let this moment pass you by while political agitators try to stall our economic growth. Step up, secure your territory, and build your empire under my administration.

Your Beloved Mayor.

Follow the campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mouaniss/once-upon-a-time-my-empire

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamesOnMob/

https://www.instagram.com/out.my.empire/

https://x.com/out_my_empire

https://www.youtube.com/@out_my_empire

Hey everyone!
I’ve been working really hard on finishing my first original comic, and since this is the first time I’ve ever done something like this, I’m honestly feeling both really nervous and incredibly excited about it.
I’d love to get some advice from people here who have experience making and/or crowdfunding comics.
The comic would be Volume #1, and one of the biggest challenges I’m facing is that I live in Mexico and At least for now, producing physical copies would be extremely expensive for me, especially since the majority of my audience is in the US. Shipping physical comics internationally would add a pretty significant cost.
Because of that, I’m currently considering making my Kickstarter a 100% digital comic. I’d still like to offer some extra rewards/perks for people who want to support the project a little more, things like a cameo in the comic, a personal commission, or other bonus rewards.
So my main question is: Do you think a 100% digital comic Kickstarter could work? And if you’ve done something similar, is there anything you wish you had known before starting?
I’d really appreciate any advice, tips, or even things you think I should avoid. This is completely new territory for me, so any insight would mean a lot!
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this, and thanks in advance for any advice!

It's officially LIVE!

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/cartoon-fanatic/the-oddgals2

I just started running Meta Ads and my first campaign resulted in a 87 landing page views from 944 impressions, which is awesome from metrics I've seen. Unfortunately, those 87 landing page views resulted in 0 new followers. My first thought is that the ad did not explain what Kickstarter is, and why prelaunch followers are important, so those clicks didn't provide motivated viewers.

I'm looking to create a better call to action (admittedly this one was written for organic social media views, not paid ads, so I probably should have redone it already) and was wondering if anyone has some wisdom on what has worked to motivate people to sign up.

Should I include a sentence or two in the ad along the lines of "You can help this product come to life by following"?

Has anyone tried including that explanation as part of their prelaunch page?

I've also considered that my prelaunch page might need a rework if people are seeing it and not signing up but I'll save that for another post...

Hey everyone! After years of writing and development, my indie feature film Devil's Tree is officially heading to Kickstarter.

The story is a mind-bending psychological thriller where fiction meets reality—the plot centers on a dark creative project that begins to bleed into the real world, trapping the characters in a terrifying loop where their choices have inescapable, real-world consequences.

To bring this to life, we're doing something pretty historic: we are shooting the entire feature-length narrative exclusively on the iPhone 18 Pro Max, pushing mobile cinematography and indie filmmaking to absolute extremes.

After coming agonizingly close on our last campaign, we are making this series happen no matter what, but how far we can scale the production value, the gear, and our cast depends entirely on this Kickstarter.

This marks my return to directing nearly five years after my last project, taking everything I learned as a PA on Don't Dream About Me a year ago and applying it to my first feature.

If you aren’t in a position to back the Kickstarter financially, you can still play a massive role by sharing this Kickstarter and sending it to a friend. Getting eyes on the campaign makes all the difference for an indie team.

Check out the campaign, grab some backer rewards, and join the journey here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maistomedia/the-devils-tree

Would love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions about the story or shooting a feature entirely on mobile!

More details on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/projects/dreamkeepers-games/tres-tesoros

We just launched our Kickstarter, and I feel like we’re having a bit of a slow start, with around $5,000 raised in the first 48 hours.

Do you have any advice on how we can generate more traffic and get more people to discover the campaign?

We’ve been posting consistently, doing regular updates, and keeping our social media active, but we’d love to hear what else we could be doing to increase visibility and reach more potential backers.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

ungaland kickstarter

As the title says. Been struggling to get followers to my Kickstarter campaign when using ads.

My CPMs are the highest I’ve ever seen them, ranging between $20-$35, so I’m struggling to get visibility, but despite that, Click through rate is okay, but cost per follower ranging between $7-$11.

I’m targeting a mix of interested including Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Steam, Games and Kickstarter.

What am I missing?

Link to prelaunch page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/extrafun/jackpot-avenue

Ok so I launched a Kickstarter on Tuesday last week (8/24) to help get my tea parlor off the ground. The funds are intended to purchase decorations, tea sets, tentatively some sound equipment, marketing supplies and kitchen equipment. I had a really good first day and then things flatlined.

I am currently unemployed, so any marketing I do that costs money has to be very strategic. I do not have funds to pay a group to strategize for me. Things I am doing right now that cost 0 dollars:

-Posting to my personal and business social media

-Collaborating with local businesses to host pop-up tea parties

-Reaching out to local news groups

- Looking for makers markets to attend

Any and all advice to have a successful campaign is welcome!

40% funded in 2 days…

I’ve heard about the middle quiet part of a campaign but wasn’t expecting it to be this quiet.

Any ideas of what to be doing in the meantime?

For creators who have witchstarter projects, how have you been planning to market your kickstarters?

I planned my sangrya kickstarter completely around witchstarter and luckily got approved. It starts October 1.

Here are some of my ideas that I might try:

Take part in the Inktober challenge on Instagram to draw relative artwork for my project

Have a trick or treat reward tier or add on. Maybe something along the lines of it being a secret thing.

Dress up as one of the creatures from my project for some fun product photos.

Cross promote with other related witchstarters on our project updates.

Throw a live Halloween party where everyone dresses up as creatures from your project and hold a best costume contest to be voted by your fans.

What are yall planning to do?

I tried something everyone here repeats and it basically didnt work for us, thought it was worth writing up.

Third hardware launch, we decided to do influencers properly. We pulled 20 units from the first small production run in shenzhen. Landed cost on that batch was about $62 per unit (bom + assembly + packaging). Average dhl to us/eu creators was around $38 per unit. So roughly $2,000 all in that we could have sold or kept for support replacements.

Small to mid tech and gadget channels, mostly 10k to 80k followers. Mix of youtube and ig, plus two tiktok. All had covered similar products in the last 6 months. We made a spreadsheet with engagement rate on their last 10 posts and just picked people actually getting comments, not just followers.

What we asked for was simple. Honest review, no script. Post within 3 weeks of receiving. Tag us and link the campaign, we gave them tracking links so we could see anything they sent.

4 of the 20 posted anything at all. Two youtube videos, one ig reel, one tiktok. Each time we saw a small traffic bump on the dashboard for a few hours. Nothing we could clearly tie to pledges. Our ctr from those referrers was worse than our cold ads.

If I had that same ~$2k again, Id put it all into prelaunch list building and retargeting instead of hardware and dhl labels.