You did it. Wow, how you did it.

I ran out of ways to express my shock, awe, and gratitude to the Streets of Bedlam Kickstarter response weeks ago. I hoped for $3k. That’s what I needed to fund and finish the game. I put together a quick talking-head video, spoke from my heart, and put it out to see if anybody besides me had any interest in this Savage Worlds crime setting whatsoever.

Turns out, quite a few of you did.

Over the course of the Kickstarter, the project gained a fantastic artist, an official soundtrack, and a landslide of support.

The numbers: 45 days. 262 backers. $10,267.25 raised. 342% funded. That’s an average of almost $40 per backer. The game was fully funded in three days. Each new milestone, at 5k, 8k, and 10k, was hit.

Not to expose any writerly weaknesses of mine but I just don’t know what to say besides:

Thank you.

THANK YOU.

I always aim to create solid product. I’m not a big enough name to ship crap and hope folks forgive me. Over the course of Little Fears Nightmare Edition‘s eight releases, I aimed for a high bar with each. Folks have been very kind in their reviews of my material.

But there are 250+ of you who have put over $10k worth of trust in me. I will settle for nothing less than knocking this project so far out of the park this metaphor won’t even reach that far. With Shawn Gaston on the illustrative navigation and Ed Lima providing the road tunes, I have some pretty great backup. With you all waiting at the destination, I have prime motivation to give you a game setting like you’ve never experienced before.

I’ll post a formal thank you next week, and post more reveals on this site throughout the development and finalization process. But for now, I just need to soak it in. You all have given me a gift. I aim to return the favor in spades.