The final hours of a Kickstarter campaign must be nerve wracking. The clock is ticking, the final funding goal is on the line, and it’s all or nothing – so close, so close.
Kyle Weik and Chad Close, co-creators of the Beach Interactive game On My Own, experienced these intense final moments on Monday as their Kickstarter campaign had 27 hours to go, and $217 left in funds. Then it was 14 hours to go, and $30 to fund. And then, they met their $2,500 goal. And then they exceeded it.
At last, yesterday afternoon with 231 backers and a total of $2,856 in funds, the campaign successfully closed.
The Emerson & Thoreau enthusiast backpacker celebrates the success.
“Incredible! We did it, thank you all very much for your support!” the team sent out in an e-mail.
Close (left) and Weik (right)
The money, according to the Kickstarter page, will cover licenses and fees for On My Own, with most of the money going towards the purchase of Unity Pro – a software development kit that will allow Weik and Close to add more features and polish up the game design.
Some interesting tid-bits on Kickstarters themselves: Kickstarters have a 38.9% success rate. On My Own joins, as of today, a total of 80,002 successful projects out of 214,149 total projects launched. Overall, a whopping total of $1.59 billion dollars has been pledged to Kickstarter campaigns, with $1.35 billion of that going to a successfully funded campaign.
On My Own was also chosen as a Kickstarter staff favorite, Weik said.
Be sure to catch Kyle Weik this morning at 1 Million Cups, 9:15 AM at the Stage at Island Park! (And if you haven’t heard, this is going to be happening as well!)
Photo courtesy of On My Own and Marisa Jackels.
