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Dragon Pledge Match + News Simstreams
Backers and Knights!
We’ve got an exciting announcement to share today as we keep fighting our way up this mountain of stretch goals!
“May I Call you Dragon?” Pledge Match
One of our long-time players, moderators and community legend has offered to hold a Pledge Match drive. In the “May I Call you Dragon?” Pledge Match, our mysterious mint-flavored dragon will match every dollar pledged new to the campaign or upgraded to an existing pledge for the next 24 hours. The generous match offer extends up to $2,000 dollars of pledges, so if we find $2,000 of pledges or upgrades in the next 24 hours, MintDragon will drop another $2,000 on top!
The starting line is $135,000 so let the Pledge Match commence!! Remember, the funds to meet MintDragon’s Pledge Match could come from any size pledge -- even a $1 pledge is matched. With 3060 backers, if everyone bumped by one dollar we could make MintDragon match real fast. And that would make for one happy Dragon!
Going for 140K Again?
We wanted to address this directly, as lots of backers have questions. We’re very focused on transparency and constant communication throughout a Kickstarter’s entire lifecycle, so let’s talk about why we are making a third run at the $140K stretch goal.
We will keep this brief, but there has been some suspicious pledge activity on our Kickstarter starting last weekend. Two backers pledged large sums and jumped the campaign into the $130Ks on 2/15. Then, on 2/18 just as we were about to cross $140K, one of the big pledges was canceled. Over the next two days we built back up and crossed $140K mark and then immediately the second big pledge was canceled. While it was happening, we were simply suspicious and a bit confused. Looking back on it now, this seems extremely odd and just sad for whoever is putting in all that effort. In the future, we will report anything like this immediately to Kickstarter staff.
We know it's been a bit of whiplash to the community but we want to strongly say that it does not matter. Here is why -- first, with your help we are marching back to $140K and nothing is going to stop us. Second, we are making this game anyway, you’ve already helped fund us to 270%! And third, if you look at the Kicktraq chart for daily data, it is clear that every one of these 8 days has been very strong and in fact -- ignoring these funny pledges -- the two days with the cancels were the best days of the week.
When it comes to Kickstarter, good communication is a must. Now let’s get that Animation Expansion and pet some dogs!
New Boston News Stream
The “Month in a Knight’s Life” update and its big section of in-world narrative from a Knight’s perspective was so well received that we have decided to focus this update on a similar theme. We’ve pulled a ton of headlines and story hooks from the story prep work we’ve been doing for the game and compiled them into a month of news and media simstream headlines flowing across the New Boston matrix.
Cyber Knight’s setting in 2231 has given us a unique ability to dream beyond the standard near-term cyberpunk tropes. We’re extremely excited to share this world with you in all its madness, hype and beauty.
Of course, the news is focused on the big events and the disasters but -- what can we say, it's a mess out there in New Boston!
4/15/2231
Rising simstream star Cody Nari, who was reported missing two months ago, has been found in a residential tower in the Atlanta MetroDome. His cause of death has not been reported and rumors continue to swirl regarding an allegedly off-contract recording project Nari was said to be working on.
4/16/2231
The Jupiter Corp deep space shuttle Glacier 7 successfully docked at the Fadelight Constellation in orbit of earth, its first stop before starting its three month trip to the Mars colonies. Global performing sensation LTS visited with VIP fans on Fadelight. The band told reporters that they will be spending some of the journey in cryostasis and some working on their next holovid.
4/18/2231
A hypersonic flight bound for SFZ from New Boston went down over the Rocky Mountains with all 368 passengers. A United North American tactical recovery team is onsite investigating and a GTSB’s spokesperson indicated that UNA and GTSB were in close coordination with Navi Aerospace, the Jupiter Group subsidiary that manufacturers the NX-35 Spaceplane.
4/20/2231
The members of the synthmetal megagroup, Seven Banners Burning, have all arrived in New Boston for their upcoming seven nights of back-to-back shows at the BX HyperGarden. The controversy surrounding lead vocalist SnowFire’s comments about AI Liberation Front members arrested in New Boston has not hurt ticket sales.
Crane Technologies has once again refused to extradite the renowned scientist Berndaze Korbin, further straining tensions with the United North America’s prosecutors office. Crane Technologies continues to stick to its claim that Korbin is a Crane corporate class A citizen, regardless of the proof that she was acting as a foreign intelligence agent at her time of naturalization. The UNA lead prosecutor, Mark Blain, would not make a statement as to what further actions they may take against Crane Tech.
4/23/2231
An explosion during a routine test of a rocket booster on the Arotech Corp space launch platform in the Boston harbor reportedly left 12 dead and more than 40 injured. Arotech officials have not commented on how the incident may affect the upcoming launch of their first Mars colonizer. The company says they will conduct a full and thorough investigation.
4/27/2231
Jupiter Group has confirmed the reports of a contained meltdown at the Oneida NanoReactor on the shores of Lake Ontario. Jupiter Group’s assurances that no human habitation -- except the on-site work forces -- is within range of the fall out has done little to placate the public outcry. Public records show that the Oneida NanoReactor was an aging Gen 3 NR and had been scheduled to be phased out of operation 7 years ago in 2224. A UNNR hazard and recovery team has been dispatched to investigate the damage and evaluate the NanoReactor for reactivation.
McKellan Heavy Industries and Badenhawk Global officials met to formally set off the first explosive charges at the site for the new South Shore Dome extension. McKellan, who will be completing the dome construction on behalf of Badenhawk Global, has indicated that work will begin in earnest next week.
5/3/2231
A new wave of security vulnerabilities in the Sigma 6 security stack have been released online today by the anonymous hacker group Ginja. Matsumoto Global Technologies officials have not been available to comment at this time. Any facility still running the five year old security network is now at high risk of exploitation.
5/6/2231
Simstream star LivLarge has completed an assisted free fall from the Arotech Aro Constellation in orbit to the Earth’s surface for a recording setting distance of 256 miles. The grueling multi-week descent reported tested LivLarge’s physical and mental preparation to the max. Arotech Media has promised that the sim recording will be released on June 2nd. LivLarge is currently admitted to New Boston Bio and in stable condition.
5/8/2231
Terrorist agents from the Free Streets Compact have claimed responsibility for the detonation of the biological bomb outside of an Arotech Corp security checkpoint. City and security officials are calling on Ward 4 residents to turn in those responsible, calling the FSC attack a “hack-job by paid terrorists.”
5/13/2231
Injectors of SheerTech Revolution, the new biomedical body reinforcer by Badenhawk Global, has sold out on its first day. Pharmas across New Boston are clamoring for more product. A Badenhawk official press release states that the next transatlantic shipment is not expected to arrive until June 12th and that customers should never use less than 7 injections as indicated on the packaging.
A magnitude 3.5 radioactive nano-storm has been detected moving across Canada. Unless conditions change, the storm is scheduled to arrive by Wednesday. UNA health officials urge all residents of the outer Wards to secure their residences and stay indoors for at least 2 days. Shelters inside the New Boston Dome are already at capacity. The Boston harbor will be closed and all external construction and repair projects are suspended until the storm has passed.
Remember to power up your nano-scrubber and shutter the windows on your safehouse, Knight. A storm is coming.
Soundtrack!
We have posted one of the first full songs of the game’s original soundtrack on SoundCloud for everyone to enjoy. You can also hear more of the OST in any of the Cyber Knights video content that we’ve been sharing.
Savage 700 Update
We’re now steadily closing on the “Savage 700” bonus reward with 597 alpha team members. Remember if we can reach 700 members of the alpha team, we will double the size of the Omega Style Collection digital reward for everyone at the $60 and higher reward tier. Join up today and let’s get savage!
Twitch Schedule
We will be in New Boston ourselves next week for PAX East starting on Thursday. Before we head out to the show, will be streaming on Twitch at Tuesday at 4 PM EST. See you there to discuss the news
Thanks for your support as always!
Andrew and Cory Trese
Trese Brothers Games
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Dragon Pledge Match Achieved!
Now is as good a time as ever to mention -- there will be hand blades!
Backers and Knights,
Wow! What we thought might take 24 hours, you achieved in just 3 hours! Before the Dragon could even gift his gold, we had spiked over $138K -- amazing.
MintDragon has sent in his confirmation screenshot but this isn't the end! We started the pledge drive at 3 PM Saturday, let's see how far we can take this in the 24 hour window to honor to the generous Dragon. What a he is champion! We're lucky to have him in our community for all these years as a player, moderator and friend. He's on our Discord all the time if you want to give him a shout and a round of applause (@MintDragon or use the command !dragon).
May I call you dragon!?
So many backers upgraded their pledges for big and small amounts and the "May I Call You Dragon" Pledge Match was a success in a flash. In addition, we had a ton of new players join the alpha team so the "Savage 700" is now at 606/700!
With about 21 hours to go from the pledge match start, there is still time to pledge up even if MintDragon won't be matching it. If you feel the cyberpunk feels, do it! Let's see how far we can take this in the Dragon's honor!
Once again, we want to say thank you to everyone in the community -- from the long-timers to the new blood. We're in the business of making great games with you and it is such a joy.
Until tomorrow!
Andrew and Cory Trese
Trese Brothers Games