This summer marked the second year of BackerKit Crowdfunding, and naturally, we had to look back and reflect on the journey so far.

Since its release in July 2022, our crowdfunding platform has grown 5x in the number of projects launched year over year and hosted some of the most beloved creators and biggest campaigns in crowdfunding. 

We are so proud of our team and all the creators and backers who have joined us to build something special together and innovate on the future of crowdfunding. 

Today, we’re excited to announce and celebrate even more milestones that illustrate how we are crafting the new crowdfunding together with the most forward-thinking creators and the fans who make it all happen.  

In this product update we’ll cover: 

Introducing BackerKit Collab-Funding

In our last product update, we shared a vision of a more collaborative crowdfunding. 

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that vision is now our newest offering at BackerKit.

Introducing BackerKit Collab-Funding – a whole new way of crowdfunding found only on BackerKit where creators team up to expand their reach, run bigger and better campaigns, and gain: 

  • More fans by sharing audiences with other cool creators
  • More funds through cross-promotion and inspired collaborative rewards
  • And way more fun by partnering creatively and running campaigns together

There are currently 3 ways you can try Collab-Funding today.

BackerKit Cross-Collab (Beta) – two (2) creators run projects alongside one another and collaborate on campaign-boosting efforts, like Cross-Collab rewards. You and your Cross-Collab partner can instantly turn your BackerKit projects into a BackerKit Cross-Collab. 

BackerKit Group-Collab (Beta) – three (3) or more creators run separate projects as a unified group and set powerful incentives that drive multi-project pledging. And today we’re thrilled to announce the next exciting Group-Collab: Tuesday Knight Games will launch the first-ever Mothership Month Group-Collab this Nov. 12 on BackerKit.

BackerKit Topias – BackerKit’s unique brand of collaborative crowdfunding events where a select batch of creators launch projects tied to a central theme and collaborative incentives that raise the tide of fun and funding for all. Pintopia 2024 proved the potential of our Topia events, generating nearly $1M collectively across 120+ enamel pin projects. Comictopia – the first ever BackerKit Topia for comic creators and fans – wrapped just a few weeks ago grossing $234K in funding across two dozen projects and creators supported by 5.4k pledges.

What’s next? Booktopia launches tomorrow Sep. 5 with 50+ authors vying for a coveted spot on your bookshelf.

Launch your project at an upcoming Topia! 

Explore BackerKit Collab-Funding today >> 

Mothership Month by Tuesday Knight Games is Go for Launch this November 12 

Teaser image of Tuesday Knight Games Group-Collab, titled "Mothership Month"

The countdown has begun. Mothership Month by Tuesday Knight Games (TKG) will launch November 12 on BackerKit. This marks the first Group-Collab of its kind that brings a creator together with its third-party publishing (3PP) community to host a multi-project, month-long collaborative crowdfunding event. 

The Mothership Month Group-Collab will showcase projects from TKG and 15+ creators all centered and based on the beloved Mothership RPG by TKG and packed with livestreams, collaborative rewards and freebies, polls and trivia challenges tailored to celebrate the Mothership fan and creator community. 

“Mothership Month is the culmination of everything we’ve been working towards. A place where our fans and creators can celebrate this amazing community and this little game we all love. I’m so excited we’re able to make this happen and get to shine more of a light on our amazing 3PP community.”

– Sean McCoy, Co-Founder of Tuesday Knight Games

With over 15 confirmed creators participating in Mothership Month this year and more to be announced, the Mothership Month Group-Collab features some of the brightest stars from the Mothership 3PP community, each with a brand new adventure. Including:

  • Interloper by Silverarm Press (Desert Moon of Karth, Tide World of Mani)
  • Fine Print by Lone Archivist (Tidebreak, What We Give to Alien Gods)
  • Awaiting the Burning Gods by Magnum Galaxy Games (Nirvana On Fire, Dying Hard on Hardlight Station)

Teaser image of Tuesday Knight Games campaign, "Wages of Sin"

Plus, there will be a brand new hardcover module from Tuesday Knight Games: WAGES OF SIN. Over 200 pages of content for running bounty hunting games in Mothership, including 100 bounties each formatted as a one-shot adventure.

Think of Mothership Month as a pep rally for the entire Mothership community with livestreams and new actual plays from intrepid creators such as The Panic Table and Nobody Wake the Bugbear airing on our project page. While each campaign will have its own achievements and rewards, early backers can expect an exclusive patch from Tuesday Knight Games, and backers who back multiple projects will get to unlock cards from an exclusive bounty deck. 

Mothership is an award-winning, fan favorite sci-fi horror RPG that has raised over $1.5m in crowdfunding since 2018. Designed by Sean McCoy and published by Tuesday Knight Games (Two Rooms and a Boom, Werewolf in the Dark), Mothership has garnered a strong and active fanbase on Discord and given rise to an industry-leading 3PP community with hundreds of projects from dozens of creators. 

Join the countdown. Follow the Mothership Month Group-Collab today >>  

Mothership Month will join the pioneering batch of Group-Collab creators who launched and funded in just the past few months, including: 

  • Goodman Games’ Purple Planet Horde the first-ever Group-Collab in RPGs which generated over $380K in funding, 53% of which was driven by backers who pledged to more than one project. 
  • Moonbeam streaming service, and a collective raised $136K across multiple campaigns with creators launching their own channels and programs for the streaming platform, making it the #2 most funded web-based platform of its kind in crowdfunding.

Ready to lead your own BackerKit Group-Collab? Apply now >>

A Record-Breaking Summer on BackerKit 

Back-to-back breakout campaigns sizzled on BackerKit this summer with creator after creator setting new personal and industry bests in the span of several weeks. 

Here are just a few of the notable creators who have recently made history on BackerKit. 

Two Little Mice • #1 Most funded Italian RPG of all time. Outgunned Adventure raised over half a million dollars USD ($482K Euros) with the support of 3.5k backers. Hear what Two Little Mice had to say. 

Goodman Games • #1 Most funded Goodman Games campaign. Caverns of Thracia raised nearly $655k with the backing of over 5k fans. Read the success story. 

Steve Jackson Games • #1 most funded project ever on BackerKit. Munchkin Big Box, the latest of 90+ projects by the prolific SJG team, raised a whopping $1.3M this summer and exhibited explosive new audience growth – 78% who pledged were brand new SJG backers. Discover how they did it. 

These are just a few of over a dozen records we’ve helped creators shatter in just 2 short years. 

Learn how BackerKit is breaking the old rules of crowdfunding so creators can have more of these breakout moments. 

Integrated Itemization Streamlines Pledge Tier and Add-On Setup

Screenshot of a BackerKit campaign's pledge tier and the items included within it, showcasing how BackerKit Itemization helps clearly convey the contents of each pledge tier

Setting up items for your campaign has never been easier. 

Our new Itemization feature allows you to quickly add and list items to your campaign and assign them to pledge tiers and add-ons in just a few clicks. 

With Itemization, you can now:

  • Easily create and manage items for your BackerKit Crowdfunding campaign
  • Quickly assign items to pledge tiers and add-ons 
  • Show backers exactly what they’re getting by clearly listing the items in each pledge tier
  • Track the total number of items ordered across all pledges 
  • Auto-sync item updates across the BackerKit platform 

Since our crowdfunding platform is fully integrated, every item you add and any changes you make to them in BackerKit Crowdfunding will be automatically reflected in BackerKit Pledge Manager – removing duplicative work and moving you several steps ahead of your fulfillment process. 

See how these projects use Itemization to show items in their Pledge Levels and Add-ons:

Learn more about Itemization >>

Launch your next project on BackerKit 🚀

Sign up for a BackerKit creator account, and get instant access to a suite of offerings that have already set BackerKit apart, including our industry-leading BackerKit Pledge Manager – the first and premiere pledge management software built for crowdfunding.

As a BackerKit creator, you’ll experience:

All you need to make it real.