#diverse kickstarter

[zeequicks]

Hello everyone! I posted a while back about my Indonesian superhero comic ROSANA! and it's now LIVE on Kickstarter! You can now back the project to get rewards featuring digital editions, print editions, a range of merchandise (scroll below to see some examples), custom art and sponsorship credits for the comic!

Our Kickstarter will run for 2 more weeks and close on August 15, so get your orders in before then!

A new Indonesian superhero has arrived on the scene. 

ROSANA! The Origin Story Anthology contains issues #1-4 of this action-packed, sci-fi inspired comic, about our superheroine’s fight to save her island and her family! It will also feature a digital preview of issue #5, which means you'll be getting 80+ pages of comic and art!

Artists featured in the cover previews below include @bajingoarts, @curlytsunamiart and @shaccharin ✨

ROSANA! The Origin Story Anthology will explore the beginnings of Rosana’s adventure, which starts when her island receives a visit from a mysterious pilot, the first outsider in decades. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future where very few people remain on Earth after the most successful fleet of space colonists left twenty years ago. Their departure was supposed to allow Earth to restore and replenish its ecosystems, but something has gone wrong – and Rosana will soon find out about the space organisation’s nefarious plans for their surviving islands.

Issues #1-4 will introduce us to Rosana, her superpowers, her family and her first encounter with the International Space Organisation - and someone on the inside might hold the key to her origins. 

Here's a preview of sticker variants you can get, designed by @shaccharin!

Check out our full Kickstarter page for more info! You can follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or sign up to our mailing list for future updates after the campaign!

[raymurata]

Guys, check out this kickstarter for Koboa, a South American inspired high fantasy setting for DnD 5e, PF2 and CFR! Its trilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese versions) and made by writers, artists and game-designers from several different countries in South America, including native indigenous creators! The art is incredibly beautiful, and the setting seems fun to play in. Please support them, there's 13 days to go!

[acoupofowls]

OTHER & DIFFERENT: A Diverse Short Fiction Anthology by marginalised and/or underrepresented writers exploring what it is to be Other & Different. Expect Folklore, Fantasy, Gothic, Spec Fic, Sci-Fi, Weird, Horror, and Modern Fiction.

BACK OUR KICKSTARTER NOW!

Other & Different is the first print anthology brought to you by A Coup of Owls - home of online quarterly anthologies from creators from marginalised and/or underrepresented communities or backgrounds.

Other & Different will feature a collection of stories exploring the theme or Other and/or Different in whatever way the author has wished to explore or interpret it.  THE STORIES

With a range of styles and genres expect: Folklore, Fantasy, Gothic, Speculative, Supernatural, Science Fiction, Weird, Horror, and Modern Fiction from our wonderful contributors -

Find out more about the writers and their stories on our website: acoupofowls.com/otherdifferent REWARDS

WHY KICKSTARTER?

We had hoped to cover all the costs of this anthology, however due to a change of circumstances this has become difficult and we want to ensure that we produce the high quality product that we know we can. To that end, our initial Kickstarter goal is for only partial coverage of the costs.

Help us continue to raise voices of marginalised and/or underrepresented writers by backing our Kickstarter!

[djmunden]

Six more days guys and we are about 950 short. I have some family members that are coming in but I don’t wanna put too much stress on them. Please help if you can! Support your black author! Sorry for the begging, but I want this so bad and I’m so close. 

[karmirayume]

SIX more days! Please spread the word!

[ainttooworried21]

Hey yall!! New video going out today premiering at 8pm est! The folks at Skelly would really appreciate you coming and checking out what they have to offer. This is a chance for the indie animation community to really grow! BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

[whatthefluffnightvale]

Hey y’all,

A friend of a friend has been working on this game and it’s a super adorable witchy gardening dungeon crawler! They’re kickstarter campaign is a week away from ending and they could really use some support to reach their stretch goal!

Posted: July 5th 2023

[friendsplushies]

How Stuffed Animal Companies are Hurting AuDHD People

Ok so aneurotypical people love stuffed animals right? I don't understand why so many companies that make stuffed animals insist on hurting us with cheap felt bits and scratchy bits of glitter??

And then on the other hand, there are a lot of stuffed animals that just sorta feel stiff and can't be hugged?? Like they look cute, but if you try to move them too much they break and... ugh.

So some online autism communities and I have been working on sorta improving stuffed animals with these little Borbs (my hyperfixation rn), that are super soft and squishy and don't literally hurt you when you sleep with one.

And even Kickstarter is supporting us by saying its a "project we love," which I think is pretty amazing! Please check it out if you want to help support us in making the stuffed animal world a little more accepting of AuDHD people!

[allthewitchesrpg]

Hi everybody! I made a game called All the Witches!! I really wanted to make something magical for the queer community who have struggled with the creators of certain worlds being jerks. It’s an original TTRPG system with some cool deck building mechanics exploring the diversity of witches in fantasy. It would mean a lot if you checked out the Kickstarter here!

The Kickstarter ends this Saturday, April 15th at noon EST!

[wildwestlyshow]

Wild Westly - An upcoming indie animated show!

Hey there! I'm Winston (he/him), the creator of Wild Westly and also the one running this blog. I have never used Tumblr before but I am excited to be here!

Why am I here? To introduce you to Wild Westly, an indie animated pilot that (with successful funding) should be coming out by the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025!

Wild Westly explores an alternate history timeline for the Old West with a diverse and colourful cast of insects. We have already put together a wonderful crew and team of voice actors, including the Gianni Matragrano, who will be voicing Mayor Colt Papillo. With only two VAs left to record, concept art being polished and 3d modelled, and a fight sequence in the works, production for the 25-30 minute pilot is well underway!

The reason we decided to make a Tumblr to promote the show is because of the ask feature, as we believed it would be nice to see what kinds of questions and input people have on the upcoming pilot. We also know that Tumblr has a wonderful community of artists who are interested in seeing indie projects and we wanted to be able to share our progress on the project in places where people were most likely to see it!

If you are interested in helping fund the show, our Kickstarter has 15 days left to reach our 2k goal! We have promises such as giving people the chance to design background characters for the pilot and a Kickstarter-only print that will be available for just this campaign and the campaign we intend to launch closer to the project's completion!

The Wild Westly team would really appreciate your support! Whether it be reblogs, comments, or questions, we look forward to seeing how Tumblr reacts to our show!

Thanks for reading, and we hope you like Wild Westly!! You can additionally follow us on TikTok and Twitter for additional updates!

Sincerely,

Winston, Topaz Animation

[moiraimyths]

FEB 1, 2023: KICKSTARTER FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE (NA DAOINE MAITHE) HAS ENDED!

Thank you to our 776 backers for allowing us to bring this project to life, and reach our side stories stretch goal! We hope that you love what we have in store! Stay tuned, fateful friends!

The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) is a lore-rich and choice-driven historical fantasy visual novel inspired by Irish mythology and Celtic folklore. Play as a tenant farmer from mid-19th century Ireland, whose path becomes inexplicably entwined in fairy affairs after getting robbed by the roadside and lured into the mythic and war-torn world of Tír na nÓg: A once unified land, now divided into the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Will you escape and return home with your stolen belongings? Or does fate have something else in mind?

Our Full Game will Feature:

Six Character Routes: There will be six character routes in total, each one exploring the individual stories of our diverse cast of Love Interests (LIs)! There are two men, two women, and two non-binary folk to choose from. Half of our cast is aspec, as well!

Secret Story Route: If you play through all six character routes, you'll unlock the secret story route! It's designed to tie up the broader narrative aspects of the game, and you can choose which character route is "canon" to your play through!

Flexible MC: Choose your preferred name and pronouns (including neo pronouns) and romance whomever you please! (We even have a stretch goal to customize MC's sprite appearance, too!)

Platonic Options: Not into romance, or don't want to romance them all? Not to worry! All routes can be played platonically.

Multiple Endings: Each route has two endings based on the health of your relationship with the LI, regardless of whether it's romantic or platonic.

English-Gaeilge Lexicon: Our game features translatable Gaeilge (Irish) words and phrases, and in the full game, translations will be voiced for ease of pronunciation!

Voice Acting: The main cast will have limited voice acting in the full game. Check our Kickstarter page periodically for voice actor reveals and samples!

Other Features (Stretch Goals): Side stories in-between route releases.

While we develop the full game, be sure to try out our FREE DEMO out now on Steam and Itch.io! Make sure to Wishlist our game on Steam as well!

[disneytva]

Dynamite Comics Launches Kickstarter for GARGOYLES Classic Comics As Part Of The Show's 30th Anniversary.

Dynamite Comics and Disney Comics are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gargoyles with the first-ever Kickstarter campaign featuring brand new graphic novels collecting long out-of-print Gargoyles comic books.

Dynamite Entertainment brought back Gargoyles as a comic series in 2022 to great acclaim. Now the publisher is crowdfunding a reprint of the classic comics based on the beloved animated series. To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Dynamite is excited to offer three beautiful tomes collecting all of these previous tales for fans. The set is initially being offered on Kickstarter to reach and communicate with diverse fans of all ages directly.

“I’m honestly thrilled that these three volumes will finally give Gargoyles fans easy access to these great stories, including the canon SLG tales!” said Weisman. “I think the Dynamite Kickstarter is a great way for Gargoyles fans to get the word out and to reserve their copies. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I hope our fans don’t miss out!”

The first volume is the hotly anticipated compilation of the first-ever Gargoyles comic series from 1995. This 11-issue title was originally released by Marvel Comics and is set loosely between the first two seasons of the original TV show. The memorable first issue featured a jaw-dropping cover by artist Joe Madureira, one of the biggest superstars of the era from his work on Uncanny X-Men. The series was written by Martin Pasko (Superman) and Mort Todd.

The second and third volumes of the Gargoyles Classic Years will be an incredible treat. From 2006 to 2009, a new Gargoyles comic series was launched from SLG Publishing in association with CreatureComics — the first written by Weisman. The main series, often referred to as “Clan Building,” was joined by a companion title, Bad Guys. Issues #9-12 of Gargoyles and #5-6 of Bad Guys did not see release and were only printed in paperback collections with small print runs. They were produced at a smaller digest size and have been incredibly expensive for years on the secondary market. 

The three-volume set is available in multiple variations for different kinds of fans and collectors. Each is available as either hardcover or paperback. Deluxe hardcover editions with signed tip-in pages are being offered. For the Gargoyles diehards, the most premium option will be the Gargoyles 30th Anniversary Premier Editions limited to just 1,000 copies each!

In addition to the books at the center of this celebration, the campaign will offer several add-ons for backers, including lithograph prints of Jae Lee and Amanda Conner’s covers for Dynamite’s Gargoyles #1. The most premium art piece anyone can get will be a deluxe signed and remarqued giclée print of Lee’s Gargoyles art.

In addition to the reprint of the full series, fans can get special facsimile editions of the very first issue with gold or purple foil stamping. Sketch cover options are also available, as well as commissioned original art from Lee. Plus, collector packs of variant cover sets or premium limited editions and metal covers for Dynamite’s series can be added.

[lookout-drive-games]

As you track down three bounties with your misfit crew, will you finally find answers to the mysterious curse plaguing your life?

Find out in our visual novel love letter to Cowboy Bebop and Telltale Games, BITTER SILVER!

🚀 OUR KICKSTARTER IS LIVE! 🚀

💫 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lookoutdrivegames/bitter-silver-a-cowboy-bebop-inspired-visual-novel

🏳️‍🌈 Experience a story full of intrigue & action with a cast of queer, diverse characters 😸 Build relationships with your crew including Hobbes, a cute talking robot cat 🖥 No two playthroughs are alike as the game reacts to every choice you make 🔫 Take down bounties in interactive, comic book-styled sequences 🎷 Hear an original, Bebop-inspired score full of jazz, blues, and folk music

We can't bring this game to life without your help so please back and/or share this post if you can! Thanks space cowfolks!

[duckprintspress]

Back the Aether Beyond the Binary Kickstarter Campaign!

Duck Prints Press is thrilled to announce that the crowdfunding campaign for science-fantasy gender-diverse sixth anthology Aether Beyond the Binary is now live on Kickstarter!

The core concept of Aether Beyond the Binary is simple and compelling: create intriguing main characters outside the gender binary and set them loose to explore the modern world twisted or barely changed, enhanced or destroyed by magical aether. This power source may replace technology, supplement it, or oppose it. These characters may be agender, genderfluid, bigender, or any other non-binary identity. The thread that these tales share is exploration: of the world around them and of the self. We propose no conclusions; instead, we demonstrate how far-reaching the questions are and how expansive the range of possible answers can be, thereby broadening the discussion about the nature of gender and the place of genderqueer characters in science-fantasy fiction. We hope you’ll join us to explore the endless possibilities of these magical worlds.

This anthology includes 17 stories, each up to 7,500 words, by our diverse fancreators-turned-original-fiction-authors, gorgeous artwork by Mar Spragge, Pippin Peacock, Alessa Riel, and Atomic Pixies, amazing merchandise, and awesome add-on extras.

Looking for the perfect post-holiday purchase? Look no further! Get awesome, gorgeous stuff, a fantastic, erudite book, and support queer indie publishing – become a backer of the Aether Beyond the Binary crowdfunding campaign TODAY!

Campaign ends January 25th, 2024.

Patreon backers who support the crowdfunding campaign can also get an excellent extra: the adorable plant-watering backer as a key chain! So there’s no time like the present to back us on Patreon, too!