Quick check-in and update for Australian backers
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 03:35:59 PM
Hey everyone!
Quick check-in now that surveys have gone out. We will send out another update a week before locking the surveys, but we're currently aiming for mid-august to finalize shipping info. If you happen to move between now and when Jungleball ships, that is totally fine! We will send plenty of updates out between now and then, and you can message us at any time before the games ship out.
We also want to ensure all the $10+ backers receive their digital downloads (P&P and Digital zine). You should receive a link to download them upon completing your survey, but if you do not, feel free to message us on Kickstarter or email us at [email protected].
If you're not an Australian backer, then you can skip this part of the update! A few of you messaged Backer Kit support to let them know that the survey was not allowing you to select Australia as a valid shipping location. This was a mistake! Everything is resolved now, and you should be able to fill out the survey just fine. If you are still having issues, shoot us a message on here, and we'll just manually put your info in.
As always, we hope you're having a great day!
Backer Surveys!
almost 4 years ago
– Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 10:04:53 PM
Hello, Jungleball people!
Happy summer! Our production is chugging along swimmingly. This update is primarily to inform everyone that the backer surveys will be arriving in your inbox over the weekend and into next week! If you are a $10+ backer, you will receive a link to download the P&P and digital zine (if you don’t, please email [email protected] or message Orto Games here on Kickstarter, and I’ll be sure to get those to you). Also, do not fret if your current address may not be your address when the game ships; we will always be available to update your address before fulfillment, and we will send out one final survey closer to the games going out.
We should be expecting some production samples soon, and we are so excited to share those with you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
April Update!
almost 4 years ago
– Sun, May 01, 2022 at 11:23:48 PM
Hello everyone! I apologize for the space between the updates (I can guarantee this will be the longest); in the last month, I moved to a different state, it just generally discombobulated my life, and I haven’t had a chance to sit down a write an update.
Production of the game with our partners at Long Pack Games is going smoothly, and I’m excited that I’ll be able to share more images of the production in the coming weeks!
Obviously, we’re running a little behind on the digital rewards. Still, with everything going on, I haven’t had a chance to sit down and polish everything up for its digital release, but that is happening as we speak, and I’m looking forward to next week's update, where I’ll be able to send all that stuff out! I’m most excited to share the digital zine with full art pages of all the characters! We’re also going to have work-in-progress sketches of all the characters with some behind-the-scenes info on the design process of each character. We cannot wait to get these out to you!
Thank you all again for your fantastic support, and I look forward to a lot of info coming in the next couple of weeks!
Happy March!
about 4 years ago
– Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 10:44:12 AM
Hello everyone!
First things first, we've been going over all the angles of adding the stretch goal characters as add-ons and concluded that it will not be possible at this time. We'd just like to focus our attention on the production of the base game. We mentioned this to a few folks in the comments, but we only have the art assets for the 21 characters in the base game and were planning to commission the art for other characters had we reached those stretch goals. There's just no way we could afford to offer the add-on characters for a reasonable price. We do have a much more significant expansion planned for the future, and all the stretch goal characters will be included in that box when the time comes.
While that might be disappointing for some, we have all good things coming down the road! We've been in contact with our manufacturer (Long Pack Games), and production is moving along well. Right now, we are finalizing card art, character abilities, rulebook text, etc., polishing all the final edges, if you will. We'll be sending out the digital art zine and print and play to all $10+ backers later this month.
We also have a new character to introduce!
This is Perry the Piranha! While Piranhas often get a bad rep for being aggressive, Perry couldn't be any more of the opposite. After graduating from Jungle art school, he became a pacifist, as well as a vegan, has pledged to bring peace to and beauty to Jungleball.
This update is pretty short because we're still in the calm before production really ramps up, so we'll probably also shoot an update out later this month when we have a bit more to share along with the pledge manager.
Thank you all again, and we can't wait to get this game in your hands!
Thank you all so much! + some smaller updates
about 4 years ago
– Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 02:50:51 PM
The campaign is now officially over, and words cannot express how grateful we are to everyone who has supported us over the last few months. Everyone we’ve had the pleasure of meeting at Protospiels, Unpubs, and other playtesting events, all of you wonderful people following us here and supporting our social media and our backers without whom none of this would even be possible. We cannot wait to get this game in your hands and see what the future holds for Orto Games. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
The results from our update survey said the vast majority of people we’re interested in more extensive once-a-month updates, along with a few people interested in bi-weekly. We plan on moving forward with the monthly updates starting on the 1st of March with some potential bi-weekly updates along the way; if we have a particular piece of news, we don’t want to wait to get out to everyone.
We’re also going to be sending out surveys in the next few days and setting up our pledge manager, more on that on Monday.
We’ve also had a few people ask about doing a mini-expansion for the stretch goals we didn’t end up reaching; the terrain may be a bit complicated, but we could do a small card pack with a few of the planned characters if there’s any interest for it. We’re still deciding how to move forward on that front, so if you have any interest, we’d love it if you let us know down in the comments of this post, and we’ll send out a definitive answer to that when we send out the update on the pledge manager.
Thank you again!
