Tagged: kickstarter

October 18, 2016 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Kickstarter announced its new reward scheduling feature, which will notably make engaging backers and building excitement easier. The rewards-based crowdfunding platform shared that in addition to setting backer limits on rewards, campaign creators will now be able to set a time-based limit. It… Read More

October 18, 2016 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elan Lee (Xbox, ARGs) and Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), launched Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday to raise $10,000 for their new game, Bears vs. Bears. The duo previously secured $8,782,571 from 219,382 backers for the hit card game, Exploding Kittens.  Bears vs Babies is described as a card game where players build handsome,… Read More

October 17, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, the Smithsonian Institution returned to the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise $300,000 to conserve The Wizard of Oz’s most famous props, Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers. The organization, which previously raised $719,779 for Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit on the crowdfunding platform last year, revealed that the Ruby Slippers, which were made… Read More

October 14, 2016 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter announced it is set to host its very own “Ghost Arcade” Games Festival at BRIC in Fort Greene Brooklyn on October 29th. The reward-based crowdfunding platform stated that visitors would get to experience both video and table games from New York-based creators…. Read More

October 12, 2016 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Zane Lamprey’s latest project, the Adv3nture Hoodie, is set to close its Kickstarter with over $1.73 million from more than 12,600 backers. The new article of clothing is said to be the updated version of Lamprey’s Drinking Hoodie, which raised $574,630 on the crowdfunding platform… Read More

October 12, 2016 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just one week until its epic Kickstarter comes to an end, vinyl desk toy, Fidget Cube, is close to securing $6 million thanks to over 140,000 backers. The toy has six sides that feature different ways that users can fidget. These are the following: Click:… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, rewards-based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced it has teamed up with Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to create a new Art of Business Bootcamp. This event will be hosted by RISD and is to help artists develop a business plan, market and promote your work, find… Read More

October 10, 2016 @ 12:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 60 hours until its Kickstarter campaign comes to a close, Zane Lamprey’s Adv3nture Hoodie is nearing $1.4 million thanks to more than 10,000 backers. The new article of clothing has nine pockets, sunglass holder, pillow conversion, bottle opener zipper, reflective cabling, reflective logo,… Read More

October 6, 2016 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter and Indiegogo alum Knix Wear has released a limited edition Evolution Bra that is especially for breast cancer treatment and prevention. The clothing launch is part of the company’s new FivebyFive campaign. The company revealed that the limited edition Evolution Bras will feature… Read More

October 6, 2016 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter announced it has teamed up with TurboVote to help increase voter participation for the upcoming 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, which will be taking place this November. Kickstarter revealed that its team believes in the power of personal expression and that is why… Read More

October 5, 2016 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, video game studio inXile Entertainment launched its Fig crowdfunding campaign to raise $2,750,000 for its new video game, Wasteland 3. Within just hours of its debut, the initiative secured over $1.6 million from more than 6,300 backers. As previously reported, Wasteland 3 is described as a party-based roleplaying… Read More

October 4, 2016 @ 5:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, 90’s all boy-band Otown launched a Kickstarter for their fourth album.The group revealed that this is the first time that they are creating an album free of any label. They noted: “We decided to take on the challenge of reviving Otown, a… Read More

October 4, 2016 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2015 a small Spanish company named Hawkers was looking to enter the North American market for sunglasses.  They decided to utilize Kickstarter to help cross the Atlantic and expand their brand. Jump forward to today and this company has just raised $56 million to… Read More

October 3, 2016 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly one week until its Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, Zach Lamprey’s Adv3nture Hoodie has successfully secured over $1 million from nearly 8,000 backers. As previously reported, each of the Adv3nture hoodies have nine pockets, sunglass holder, pillow conversion, bottle opener zipper, reflective cabling,… Read More

October 3, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Cyanide & Happiness announced it was starting to ship its Kickstarter-funded  card game, Joking Hazard. The popular webcomic launched its campaign on the crowdfunding giant’s platform earlier this year and raised a grand total of $3,246,588 from 63,758 backers. This made Joking Hazard the… Read More

October 2, 2016 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coolest Cooler, the 2nd most funded Kickstarter campaign of all time, continues to struggle in its quest to deliver coolers to campaign backers. Late last month we reported that Amazon was selling Coolest Coolers for about what you had to commit during the crowdfunding campaign… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, technology startup Kano returned to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $500,000 for its new creative computer systems. The company previously secured $1,522,160 from 13,387 backers for its small, DIY Raspberry Pi-powered computer. According to Kano, the new computer sets are the following: The Camera… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter announced it was set to present The Future Fablab, which is described as a collection of machines that turn digital dreams into physical reality, at World Maker Faire 2016 at the New York Hall of Science this weekend (October 1st and 2nd)…. Read More

September 27, 2016 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The reboot of the beloved cult classic Mystery Science Theater 3000” is finally back in production! The creator of the hit series, Joel Hodgson, announced on Monday that the crew is back and ready to get started with filming. Hodgson and his team shared on… Read More

September 26, 2016 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Playtonic Games, the creators of the Kickstarter-funded video game, Yooka Laylee, unveiled its new trailer that featured Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight as a guest star. Shovel Knight, which was also funded by the crowdfunding platform’s backers in 2013, is the main character in a 2D side-scrolling platform game…. Read More