Neon's Crowdfunding Experience
In which NeonWabbit describes what happened to Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Patreon and other crowdfunding projects he contributed towards.
Pledged: £50 (+£22 shipping)
Rewards: “How to THINK When You DRAW Vol. 3” hardcover, “How to THINK When You WRITE” hardcover
Kickstarter start date: April 28, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: TBA
Estimated delivery date: November 2020
My brother owns the earlier volumes in this series of art and writing tutorial books, so I figured I should get the rest.
TBA.
Pledged: €70
Rewards: Two special edition books (comic anthology, art book) signed and sketched in by Novil, three PDFs (comic anthology, art book, first book)
Kickstarter start date: November 7, 2018
Kickstarter funded on: January 3, 2019
Estimated delivery date: February 2019
I haven’t kept up with this webcomic in such a long time, that I only heard about this Kickstarter while scrolling through Facebook. Fortunately, this physical edition has every comic I need to get caught back up.
The books arrived on April 11, 2019.
Pledged: $277
Rewards: Hardcover book, three exclusive keychain charms, sharpie sketch of favourite character drawn in book, scratch-and-sniff insert, figurine in burlap sack, all previous books (two softcovers, four hardcovers), pack of 10 PVC rubber charms, 30-page B5 embossed-cover notebook, Silkscreened PVC pencil case, 12-piece fridge magnet set, Reusable vinyl cling stickers, card game
Kickstarter start date: October 26, 2018
Kickstarter funded on: November 26, 2018
Estimated delivery date: February 2019
I’ve been a fan of the webcomic for more than 10 years now, so I couldn’t pass this new opportunity to get a physical copy of it.
Rewards arrived on April 5, 2019.
Other rewards:
Pledged: £22
Rewards:Signed first edition hardback, eBook, Name in the back of the book
Unbound start date: July 25, 2018
Unbound funded on: N/A
Estimated delivery date: N/A
The Region Locked book comes from the Did You Know Gaming team, and even includes excerpts from Ashens who made the campaign I posted about before this one. It also seems it will talk about Wonder Project J and Live a Live, my favourite Square-Enix SNES games.
The book is not yet released.
Pledged: £34
Rewards: eBook download, Physical paperback copy of book (signed by Cyriak Harris), Name in the back of the book
Unbound start date: May 18, 2018
Unbound funded on: N/A
Estimated delivery date: N/A
Cyriak is a surrealist animator, who suddenly announced they wrote a book, so I backed it.
The eBook has been sent to backers and my name is credited on page 371.
The physical signed copy of the book was received between May-June 2019.
Left: Front cover
Right: Cyriak’s message and signature
Pledged: £30
Rewards: Physical hardcover book, Name in the book
Kickstarter start date: March 20, 2018
Kickstarter funded on: April 21, 2018
Estimated delivery date: April 2019
The only Oddworld game I’ve finished is the 2nd Abe one on the PlayStation One, but I’ve been interested in how the series all came together and the art and lore behind it, so I opted for this book.
The book arrived at my place on January 3, 2020.
Pledged: £35 (+£17.45 shipping)
Rewards: Signed hardback, eBook, Name in the back of the book
Unbound start date: October 25, 2017
Unbound funded on: N/A
Estimated delivery date: N/A
Larry Bundy Jr. has a good YouTube series on facts about video games, so I decided to check out the book version of the series also.
The book arrived at my place on February 11, 2020.
