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Faenaria: The After Party!

Created by Lucille Haden

Did you miss the campaign? Decided to pick up some more addons? Well you're in luck! For a limited time (roughly three weeks) our BackerKit store will be live, allowing you to stock up on all the best goodies!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

The Campaign Has Ended...
almost 3 years ago – Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 02:03:34 AM

But the staff and I are just getting started!

First off, I'd like to take a moment to review our tremendous progress on this campaign. Our goal of $225 was reached in the first 8 hours of the campaign being launched only to our mailing list. Over the course of two weeks almost 40 backers came together, pledged over $1800 (including PayPal contributions) and unlocked a whopping 28 stretch goals!

You're all amazing people and the team and I appreciate each and everyone one of you for turning what started out as a simple campaign into an astounding, but wonderful success. Hats off and a round of applause, my friends. Thank you for being such a fantastic, generous community! Most of all, thank you for believing in me and my dream. <3

Okay gosh, enough sappy stuff! *sniffles* I'm fine, I'm not tearing up! It's allergies! ;)

What Happens Now?

I discussed an overview of the next couple months in Update #8, but I'm going to hit on a few more helpful points now, though.

  •  Uncollected Pledges: We did have a couple pledges that did not go through initially. Kickstarter will remind you to fix your payment information via email every 48 hours for one week and prompt you when you log into your Kickstarter account. You have one week to correct failed payments or Kickstarter will automatically drop you from the campaign.
  •  BackerKit Surveys: Will be sent out once the Kickstarter funds have cleared my account. This takes approximately two weeks, which includes the one week grace period mentioned above, and an additional week for the funds to be transferred into my account. I will give notice before the surveys are sent out so you can be watching for them.
  •  Stretch Goals: Even though the campaign has ended, any additional funds raised via BackerKit will go toward our remaining stretch goals. As of right now, we have unlocked everything up to the $1800 mark, which means I'll be commissioning SapphieChan for 2 new FA Sets! Yippie!
  •  Bundles Clarification: There was some confusion regarding the Legendary pet bundles that were just released. Sorry everyone! If you pledged at least $25 you will receive a full set (both adult and baby stages) of Legendary pets. That's a total of 12 Fossilized Relics, 12 Fossilized Tickets, 4 Primordial Relics, 4 Primordial Tickets, and (if unlocked) 4 Dire Relics and 4 Dire Tickets - all as freebies. The bundles are for Backers who want to purchase additional sets. You are not required to purchase bundles in order to get your freebie pets.
  •  BackerKit Store: Now that the campaign has come to a close, our storefront via BackerKit has officially launched! Everyone is welcome to check out Faenaria: The After Party!
  •  Physical Items as Addons: I have not added the physical items to our BackerKit store as I have yet to nail down shipping in exact terms. I want to put together a couple test packages and take them to the post office to be sure I'm charging the correct amounts. I'll be doing that this coming week. Once that is done, there will be plenty of physical goods available for purchase as addons!

Complete List of Unlocked Addons

  • $275: Adult Mammoth & Moa
  • $325: Adult Muskox & Sabertooth
  • $375: Adult Triceratops & Brontosaurus 
  • $425: Adult Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor
  • $475: Adult Stegosaurus & Ankylosaurus
  • $525: Adult Pterodactyl & Parasaurolophus 
  • $575: Baby Mammoth & Moa
  • $625: Baby Muskox & Sabertooth 
  • $675: Baby Triceratops & Brontosaurus
  • $725: Baby Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor
  • $775: Baby Stegosaurus & Ankylosaurus
  • $825: Baby Pterodactyl & Parasaurolophus
  • $875: Exclusive Gene Pack designed by SeaCrest for Maj. & Wendigo
  • $925: Exclusive Gene Pack designed by SeaCrest for Nian & Crane 
  • $1000: Wildkin Avatar Set & Prehistoric Cave Background
  • $1100: Anime Expressions Avatar Set
  • $1200: New Races: Dryad & Undine Avatar Sets
  • $1250: Legendary Adult Elemental Equine (Fire & Ice) 
  • $1300: Legendary Adult Elemental Equine (Air & Earth)
  • $1350: Legendary Baby Elemental Equine (Fire & Ice) 
  • $1400: Legendary Baby Elemental Equine (Air & Earth)
  • $1500: New Races: Tengu & Kitsune Avatar Sets 
  • $1550: New Race: Faun Avatar Set
  • $1600: A Backer Only Livestream Q&A with the Admins 
  • $1650: Underwater BG by Shex
  • $1700: Volcanic/Lava BG by Shex
  • $1750: New FA Set by SapphieChan (the original FA artist)
  • $1800: New FA Set by SapphieChan (the original FA artist)

Oh and lookie, previews of the Dire pets (no baby dire fox or wolf yet, sorry)! Though, the more I look at the Dire Wolf, the more I feel it really needs a giant fluffy tail... so that might happen before it's finalized. Anyone else getting that vibe or am I just nuts? :p

Anywho, that's all the info I have for now (though I once again feel I'm forgetting something ah!), I'll continue to keep you up to date on what's happening! Thanks again, lovelies!

Less than 2 Hours Until the End!
almost 3 years ago – Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 12:11:56 AM

First off, yes the total changed for the fundraiser, but not to worry! Our stretch goals will remain unlocked (we have funds coming in via PayPal instead and that is why the total changed). As a note, if you need/want to pay via PayPal you can reach out to me via private message or you can do so once our BackerKit store is live (which happens after the campaign ends).

With less than 2 hours left I want to say that any funds we make via BackerKit will go toward our posted stretch goals! So there's still a chance to unlock those last few goodies!

It was also brought to my attention that we need a way for people to get a complete set of the stretch goal goodies  so I put together three bundles as follows:

Adult Bundle - $30

  • 12x Fossilized Relics (prehistoric adults)
  • 4x Primordial Relics (elemental equine adults)
  • If Unlocked: 4x Dire Relics (dire animal adults)

Baby Bundle - $30

  • 12x Fossilized Tickets (prehistoric babies)
  • 4x Primordial Tickets (elemental equine babies)
  • If Unlocked: 4x Dire Tickets (dire animal babies)

Elder Bundle - $55

  • 12x Fossilized Relics (prehistoric adults)
  • 12x Fossilized Tickets (prehistoric babies)
  • 4x Primordial Relics (elemental equine adults)
  • 4x Primordial Tickets (elemental equine babies)
  • 1x Flourished Gene Pack by SeaCrest
  • If Unlocked: 4x Dire Relics (dire animal adults)
  • If Unlocked: 4x Dire Tickets (dire animal babies)

These bundles will be available in BackerKit as well.

Time is running out!! Grab it while you can!

Less than 12 Hours Left!
almost 3 years ago – Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 07:04:55 AM

There's about 11 hours left before the campaign comes to an end! You're all so wonderful and amazing, I'm still blown away at how much you've all accomplished together! Thank you all for believing in Faenaria (and in me!) and for helping us make it a better place!

I know we've blasted through a lot of stretch goals! (26 now I think??) But I threw up a few more just to have something to work toward in our final hours!

I've gotta keep this short so I don't have a preview of the Dire pets, but these will be Legendary level pets that are similar to their real world counterparts. However, they all have a little something special about them. Most Dire creatures, in Faenaria's lore, are animals who were exposed to magic and have become ancient and powerful as a result.

Again thank you all for your support! If you haven't pledged yet, what are you waiting for?! There's only 11 hours left! Ah!!

Less Than 24 Hours to Go!
almost 3 years ago – Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 07:39:55 PM

Howdy folks! We've been blasting through stretch goals again so I've been trying to add on new ones! I'm blown away by how well this campaign has gone, I know I keep saying that but I'm just so impressed and grateful! <3 The staff and I are so excited to get all the new things added! 

There's only one day left to get pledges in! So if you haven't yet, make sure you get that taken care of! If you have questions or need help, let me know!

Have a happy Friday everyone!

Elemental Equine Pets Unlocked & Next Steps!
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 06:18:04 PM

There you all go busting through stretch goals again! I'm super impressed and grateful that everyone has come together to make this such a success. Thanks everyone! <3

We've now unlocked the adult and baby stage versions of the legendary Elemental Equine pets! These will function the same as the Prehistoric pets in that they'll have their own custom making items and only be available for purchase via USD sales, Patreon, Kickstarter, etc.

Everyone who has pledged at least $25 will receive enough custom making items to make one of each adult and one of each baby (babies and adults will have separate items). They are also now available as addons, along with the Prehistoric pets!

We have one more stretch goal to unlock. Should we do so before the campaign ends I will add another goal as each one is unlocked rather than creating a handful all at once. :)

Post-Campaign Timeline

With two days left, it's about time we discuss what happens when our campaign ends! Well here's the details:

  • Once the campaign has ended, Kickstarter will charge your cards. If there are any issues with processing, you'll receive an email asking you to update your payment method. You will have 1 week to do so. Should your payment not be corrected in the time allotted, Kickstarter will drop you from the campaign.
  • After all of the funds have been collected by Kickstarter it will take approximately 1 more week for them to send the money to my account. As soon as I have access to the funds I'll be paying the hosting for another year! Whoo-hoo!
  • A little over two weeks from the end date, I will send out a "smoke test" of surveys from BackerKit. This is a small test run to make sure there aren't any issues. Should everything be fine, we'll proceed a few days later with the rest of the surveys! Otherwise, there may be a couple extra days needed to fix problems first.
  • You'll have three weeks to fill out your surveys and finalize your orders. At that time, surveys will be closed and credit cards (for purchases made in BackerKit) will be charged.
  • We aim to ship physical rewards and deliver digital rewards in mid July.
  • Digital items from unlocked stretch goals (such as the legendary pets and new FA items) will be delivered no later than the end of July or the first week of August.

Regarding BackerKit

  • Surveys sent via BackerKit are for the sole purpose of collecting information so that we can send out your goodies. This may include your address if you backed for physical goods, but most likely will just be your username for Faenaria. If you have not registered on the site, you can do so here.
  • We’ll give you a heads-up before we send the survey so that you can watch for it. You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to answer your survey. The invitation email contains a link to your personal survey. It is important to submit your responses as quickly as you can since we need this information to process your rewards.     
  • If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page. (This page will only start working after we send the surveys out.)
  • Why use BackerKit? BackerKit helps save lots of time by streamlining the survey process, automating data organization, and providing us with pledge management software to make it easy to process your pledge reward shipments.
  • If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey link is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact me.

I believe that's all the info I needed to share... If I missed something or if you have questions, please reach out to me and I'll gladly help however I can! Again thank you all for making Faenaria the wonderful place that it is. We couldn't do it without you! <3