Thank you so much! What a fantastic finish to a great campaign: 376 backers and $7,001! It has been so rewarding to receive such a fantastic response. We are so proud of Explosion in the Laboratory and cannot wait for you to receive the game and get a chance to play it!
Campaign Status
I have updated the main campaign image to be the status image for the campaign. You'll be able to quickly check the status of everything, so you won't have to go through all the updates to know where we're at. I do hope you'll read the updates, though!
Campaign Status
It should take about 2 weeks for BackerKit to process and send us all of the funds, during that time we will be working hard to finalize things for manufacturing. I plan to post an update every month to keep you informed about what's going on. This means that there might be more than 4 weeks between updates, if one update happens early in the month and the next happens late in the month.
If you have not received an email from BackerKit already, please take a look at your BackerKit account to verify that everything is in order with your pledge. If there's an issue, I'll be sending out messages later today and I can send you another one next week. If you have a different financial situation than when we launched for whatever reason and still want to get Explosion in the Laboratory, let me know; I can still get you into the pledge manager later on.
Once the pledge manager is ready and we are close to manufacturing, I will send out invites, which is the system you will use to pay for shipping, as well as having an opportunity to add on some of our previous titles. Whatever amount you pledged now will be credited to you in the pledge manager, so you will be able to easily pick and choose the items you want.
This is typically later in the process than with most other publishers, but don't worry! We simply want to know exactly the climate we'll be shipping in AND we want to make it easy for all the people that move.
Discord
We have a Discord server! You can join here: https://discord.gg/V5ZwdK3 It's a joint server with Galactic Raptor Games. We'll have contests, giveaways, design and publisher talk, and random chats there, so if that interests you, you're welcome to join! It's one of the easiest ways to see all the most up-to-date things with Weird Giraffe Games, as we post there daily!
Again, Thank You!
Explosion in the Laboratory is becoming a reality because of you. Thank you for your pledges, your enthusiasm, and your support. You have helped us create a rather amazing game and we definitely appreciate it.
In Closing
Things are moving along! We're more than on track to get Explosion in the Laboratory to you by summer 2023. This deadline has a good number of months added, just in case basically every step of the way goes slower than I anticipate. We're currently on schedule to hopefully get Explosion in the Laboratory to you in early 2023, but delays will happen at some point, as no process goes perfectly. Especially when we're still dealing with pandemic-related issues! Here's an estimated timeline, just so you know what's coming up:
Here's what we're hoping to get done by the next update:
