MONTE CRISTO, a graphic novel of elegant revenge

Surveys have been sent!
9 months ago – Wed, May 01, 2024 at 08:07:17 AM

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick update to let you know that surveys have finally been sent for MONTE CRISTO. The smoke test seems to have gone fine with no reports or questions. Only 65% of those surveys were completed, however -- a bit under the 75% completion Backerkit recommends -- but you've been patient and our confidence is high. 😊

Watch your mailboxes for that email with your invitation link. If you need help or don't see that email in the next 24-48 hours, feel free to message us here and we'll be happy to help. (Check your junk mail filters, too...)

Thanks everyone!

Smoke test surveys sent! The rest should go out tomorrow
9 months ago – Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 07:36:02 AM

Hi everyone!

Just a quick update to let you know that the "smoke test" has started. We had hoped to start that phase over the weekend, but Backerkit took a little longer getting back to us with setup review and approval, which just arrived this morning.

The "smoke test" is a period where ~5% of the backers are randomly chosen to receive the surveys first in order to suss out any technical issues or pressing questions before the rest of the surveys are sent. Backerkit usually suggests waiting until 75% of those are complete, roughly 24hours, before sending the rest, so we expect the remaining surveys will go out to everyone sometime tomorrow. If you are one of those 5%, please fill out your survey so that the smoke test isn't held up!

Also, if your Kickstarter pledge was made under a "privaterelay.apple.id" email address, you will need to contact us with an alternate email address. This would be the case if you registered to Kickstarter on your iPhone letting the phone set up the account for you. Backerkit cannot send email or survey links to those addresses, so we will need an alternate to complete your pledge.

Let us know if you have any questions, otherwise we'll be back here shortly as soon as the rest of the surveys are sent!

Surveys coming next week! Late pre-orders now live on Backerkit.
9 months ago – Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 02:05:40 PM

Hi everyone!

Yow -- how has it been two weeks already since this campaign ended?? The Backerkit surveys are just about ready to send, we're just waiting on Backerkit to review everything to make sure it is all good to go. We haven't gotten their greenlight yet, but as soon as we do, we'll get those out to you. Hopefully that will be on Monday or Tuesday. (Who knows -- if someone actually works weekends there, maybe even this weekend...)

In the meantime, you may notice that the Pre-order store link is now live on the top of the campaign page -- if you missed the campaign, or if you know anyone who wanted to pledge but came in late, you can find most of the campaign items available at the Preorder store here: 

Granted, late orders don't include the Stretch Goal bonuses, but that's the lucrative incentive for folks to pledge during the campaign! We have to set our production count for these items by the time of the campaign deadline, hence the "reward" of backing the campaign early...

We'll post another update as soon as the surveys go out. Stay tuned! And have a great weekend!

THANK YOU!!!
9 months ago – Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 05:10:04 PM

Woot! 

Thank you everybody for your awesome support and interest in this project! Jordan sends his thanks as well -- he did a podcast interview earlier this afternoon (link available in the previous update) on top of a bunch of other appearances and events over the past two weeks, so this is a great way to wrap up his stateside tour! 😎 Plus, Ubisoft just announced ANOTHER Prince of Persia game coming in May: THE ROGUE!

It looks like a great nod to Jordan's original smooth, hand-animated, side-scrolling game with a character story at it's center that started the whole legacy!

We'll get the pledge manager set up on Backerkit as quickly as we can so that surveys can be sent out. That usually takes about 2 weeks, so you will probably see them around the 26th. We'll post an update with all of the pertinent info at that time.

In the meantime, we've got a celebration to kick off...

Thanks, everyone! Have a great weekend!

Live Stream with Jordan Mechner TODAY! (In 15 mins!)
9 months ago – Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 11:48:24 AM

Hey everyone!

You blew past the final $78,000 stretch goal – meaning we’ve unlocked the Challenge Coin! This campaign is going to be absolutely PACKED with cool stuff!

Speaking of awesome things, creator Jordan Mechner is doing a live-stream interview with Al Mega over on the Comic Crusader’s YouTube channel at 12:00 pm PST (that's in 15 minutes)! Sorry for the short notice, but if you follow our social channels, you maybe already saw that news...

Be sure to watch it live here:

An exciting way to wrap up the campaign! Only 5 more hours to go...