Campaign Update #5 - Choosing a Boss and BackerKit
about 8 years ago – Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:09:38 PM

VOTE FOR THE NEXT BOSS

Our American neighbours have finished choosing their next boss... Now it's time for our 5-Minute Dungeon Kickstarter backers to have a go at it too!

For our next stretch goal, we'll be creating a new Kickstarter-exclusive boss, so we asked our artist, Alex Diochon, to sketch up a couple of candidates for you to consider. He's come up with this pair of heels:

Which do you prefer? Make your voice heard!

BACKER KIT

We're only a little over a week into the campaign, but we're already working hard to make sure that we'll be able to get your games to you as quickly as possible once the smoke clears. To help with this, we're going to use BackerKit. They're used by many successful Kickstarters and they have a great system that will make it much easier for you to finalize your pledge choices as the end of the campaign. As an added bonus, it will also speed up and simplify our fulfillment and shipping process!

Thank you once again for all your support. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

Campaign Update #4 - Challenge Cards and an EPIC Stretch Goal!
about 8 years ago – Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 12:08:48 AM

NEW CHALLENGE CARDS UNLOCKED

We've unlocked a set of 5 new challenge cards for all versions of the game, which brings the total to 15. We'll be hosting a poll that will give you the opportunity to add your voice to the development of these new cards.

AN EPIC STRETCH GOAL!

As for what's next in the stretch goal department, we thought it was time to mix things up a little bit with something EPIC for the Timer App!

If we hit our next stretch goal, the Epic Voice Guy, Jon Bailey, has agreed to provide his amazing voice for the Timer App!

You'll love having Jon as a narrator option in the free Timer App! (I mean, just listen to him!)

STRETCH GOALS

We've been listening to your feedback, so we've changed the way we're showing stretch goals on our campaign page. Now you'll see the current stretch goal in a larger box with more information at the top of the campaign page. Plus, you'll get a glimpse at some of the upcoming stretch goals!

NEW SHIPPING LOCATIONS

We're also happy to announce that we've added a variety of new shipping location options to the many that we already supported:

• Cyprus
• Greece
• Singapore
• Malaysia
• South Korea

We're Funded!
about 8 years ago – Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 05:07:41 PM

WE'RE FULLY FUNDED!

Wow...Just wow!

Thanks to all our backers! You blew us away today with all your support! By way of thanks, please accept a hug from this friendly cactus. (Or, if you prefer, you can play 3 shield cards to get past him.)

Now that we're funded, it's time to look forward to unlocking our first stretch goal: the Timer App! You've seen this app in the videos and many of the reviews... it's a fully functional beta and adds a lot of flavor and functionality over a regular timer. There's still a lot to do to make it even better, like hiring real voice actors, but you're going to love what it brings to your 5-Minute Dungeon game sessions. And it's only the first of many exciting stretch goals to come!

Thank you for all your feedback and comments as well! This is our first Kickstarter, so it's great to have so many members of the community getting involved.

First Stretch Goal Reached!
about 8 years ago – Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 05:07:38 PM

TIMER APP STRETCH GOAL ACHIEVED!

Did you hear that sound? That was us zooming past the first stretch goal!

We've unlocked the Timer App stretch goal already! We'll do an update tomorrow to tell you more about the features of this useful little app.

For now, though, it's time to set our sights on the next stretch goal. If you've been reading all the reviews of 5-Minute Dungeon, you've heard several reviewers rave about the quality of the components. They're great, sure, but those were just the prototypes! We'd like to improve them even more to deliver the very best experience we can. So, on that note, we're pleased to announce that our next stretch goal is improved player and boss mats.

By upgrading these mats to thicker stock material, we'll significantly increase their durability and general quality. You'll appreciate the difference!

Thanks for all your pledges, and we look forward to sharing more exciting goals with you as the campaign progresses!

Campaign Update #3 - Upgrades, Timer, and Looking Forward
about 8 years ago – Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 01:14:59 PM

UPGRADED EVERYTHING: MATS, CARDS AND BOX!

Thanks to all of our enthusiastic contributors, we've now unlocked thicker player and boss mats, as well as thicker linen cards and an improved linen box! We're amazed by your support!

TIMER APP DETAILS

In 5-Minute Dungeon, keeping track of time is vital, and also a challenge, because all players are rushing as fast as they can to fight their way through the dungeon. When we first developed the game, we tried using conventional 5-minute sand timers, but the problem was that it was all too easy for time to run out without anybody noticing.

So we tested for a while with digital timers and generic timer apps. Those were better, but most generic timers only make a sound when the timer runs out. We felt that it would be helpful to have audio warnings every so often to help the players get a sense of how close they were to running out of time.

We felt that a custom timer app was the right answer. That way, we could design the app to taunt you or encourage you as you played, and provide time warnings at certain intervals. We could theme the app to have appropriate music, graphics, and narrators to help set the adventuring mood. And because we knew our way around app development (our company has made more than 30 apps!) we were able to get a beta version ready quickly for use by reviewers.

So what's left to do? Well, it needs some polish. We'll improve the look and feel of the app, hire some real voice actors instead of doing the narration ourselves, and deploy the apps to the Apple and Google Play app stores so they're available shortly after the campaign ends.

IMPROVED MAT, CARD AND BOX QUALITY

Rounding out our trio of quality upgrades are these two stretch goals that we never even got to announce before they were reached!

We'll now be shipping all versions of the game with thicker cards that have a linen finish to make them really durable. This upgrade applies to all the cards in the game: Player Cards, Door Cards and Challenge Cards.

As for the box, we're upgrading to a linen finish, which will improve the look and feel of the game box and also reduce wear.

SO WHAT'S NEXT?

Time to start adding content! Our next stretch goal will add 5 more Challenge Cards to all versions of the game (a 50% increase in challenge cards), which will add to the replay value and variety of the game!

Thanks so much for all your support for 5-Minute Dungeon!