Kickstarter

• It’s time for a Game Changer: Dropout raises $1.5 million (and counting) to develop board game
• ‘The Guild’ was an iconic web series. Nearly 20 years later, Felicia Day is reviving it as a movie.

  'The Guild', a seminal web series created by and starring Felicia Day, is coming back as a Kickstarter-funded movie.

  
• 2024 was Kickstarter’s biggest year yet. Here are the creators who raised $706 million.

  This is cool data from a platform that allows independent creators to connect with fans who want what they're making. We've seen fans' willingness to directly, financially support creators grow since the early days of the COVID pandemic, and sites like YouTube and Twitch are always developing more tools to facilitate this connection (and get a cut of the cash for themselves).

  
• Wendigoon and Evan Royalty’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. film is the latest creator project to hit theaters

  In 2022, with Wendigoon and Royalty's script in hand, the quartet banded together to Kickstart funds from just over 3,400 backers. Now, at one hour long, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. film is ready to premiere. 

  
• The creator behind the animation channel GameToons is funding a graphic novel on Kickstarter
• After raising $33 million on Kickstarter, Brandon Sanderson backs 316 other crowdfunding projects
• Brandon Sanderson’s record-setting $26 million Kickstarter campaign is the stuff of fantasy
• Rally Hires Former Meta Exec Rob Collier, Says 77% Of Creator Partners Have Built Six-Figure Token Economies
• Joey Graceffa’s ‘Escape The Night’ Board Game Kickstarter Gets Fully Funded In 3 Hours, Raising $120,000 To Date
• Indie Spotlight: Funded By $166K Kickstarter, Electropop Group Studio Killers Are Bringing Their Animated Alter-Egos To Life In ‘404’
• Studio71 Is Kickstarting A Trivia Board Game Created By ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Mastermind
• Insights: Critical Role’s Record $7.7 Million Kickstarter Shows Social Media Can Still Be Chaotic Good Fun