This Kickstarter's Guide To The End Of The Campaign. Don't Panic.
almost 5 years ago
– Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 02:12:39 AM
We have no words....
Um, actually we have a lot of words, but we'll try to make this brief. Thank you! Thank you for being part of the campaign and participating in contests, social media challenges, and for helping to shape the community-decided content of Um, Actually. We appreciate your support more than we can put into words.
The Community Deck Has Been Finalized!
Monday was our very last poll. Your votes have been tabulated and we have our final 7 topics that will be added to the Community Deck. Thank you for shaping this deck! It will now live on as a reflection of this community.
Here are the topics that you voted for:
- Skyrim
- Survivor
- Life is Strange
- Supernatural
- Airplane
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
What's next?
- We'll be taking a bit of a breather. This month has been fun and crazy and now we're ready to crack a cold one to celebrate and have actual full nights of sleep for the first time in 30 days!
- Meanwhile, Kickstarter will charge your credit card for the amount of your pledge. Make sure your card information is up to date in the Kickstarter system!
- In about two weeks, we'll send out an update letting you know when to expect your BackerKit survey by e-mail. As part of the survey, you'll have the option to upgrade your pledge, add more games or add-ons to your order, and of course specify your shipping address!
- In the next update, we'll also tell you all about what to expect, both on the survey and in terms of production updates in the coming months!
What if I missed the campaign?
While we are busy working to get everything ready to print and be shipped out to you, we will have a separate place for late pledges. If someone you know still wants to back, just send them to this link:
https://um-actually.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Note: The late pledge option will only be available until we are ready to start manufacturing the games.
Thanks again for being part of our board gaming community and for making this campaign the most fun Kickstarter campaign we've had yet!
So long and thanks for all the fish.
Stay nerdy!
Wiggles 3D Team
It's The Final Countdown
almost 5 years ago
– Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 01:44:38 AM
Mirror Mirror on the wall, which campaign has the best backers of them all?
Pfft. We don't need a magic mirror to get that answer. It's obvious this campaign has the best backers! With just a few days left, we just wanted to take a moment and let you know how fun this has been. You are all true nerds!
Today on Reddit: Ask Me Anything with Mike Trapp
Today at 4pm Eastern Time, Mike Trapp (u/UmActuallyMikeTrapp) will be doing a Reddit AMA over on r/iAMA! So if you've been dying to ask Trapp a question, today is your day! Make sure to head over there, show him your support, and get your questions answered!
Shiny Questions
We had a feeling that this community would have some really amazing ideas for Shiny and Real-Life Skills Questions for the game, and... you. guys. showed. up! Seriously! Ya'll are super nerds and you actually seem to also know a thing or two about the real world... are you sure you're all human?
We've scoured through the submissions and congrats to Jane M, Jared Crist, Kaleb “Biology Prodigy” Rhodes, Emily Biloski, Andrew Corliss, Bowen Petersen, Matt Perry, and Mr Volcano! Your genius and creativity will be forever immortalized in the game.
The Last Pick Your Favorite Poll
This week, we're doing things a little differently. You've been getting in the comments throughout this campaign, and we've really enjoyed this nerdy community. Many of you have been making suggestions of things you'd like to see in the game. We've also been asking you questions at the end of the updates. Well, we've been keeping a list. No, not the Arya Stark kind of list. This list is filled with the topics you've mentioned in your comments and answers.
For today's Pick Your Favorite: Backer's Choice, we've selected 14 from that list and paired them up. You, the community, will decide which ones will make it into the Community Deck. Check it out and cast your votes here.
Here's looking at you, nerds!
Wiggles 3D Team
The Intern's Adventure And Getting In The Game
about 5 years ago
– Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 11:40:26 PM
Cheers to Friday!
Wrapping Up The Final Challenge
There were so many great entries from our final challenge! A big 'thank you' to everyone getting involved and nerding out with us through these. It was so close but the winning topic was Anime! Six questions will be added to the Community Deck!
Here were some of the challenge entries that stumped me and I want to see if YOU guys can get them. GET IN THE COMMENTS!
A Little Surprise
We saw a number of comments from you guys about wanting to be able to create your own questions for the game. We knew that such a feat would be no easy task, so we sent our level one intern on an adventure with strict orders to take as many side quests as possible. After slaying dragons, defeating various monsters and bad guys, our brave intern, now level 1000, was finally up to the task. Suffice to say, the intern was easily able to secure The Mystical Card Generator* for you all!
Here's how it will work: You'll start by selecting your category, then fill out the form. You'll get to see your card being created right in front of your very own eyes. Once the card is to your liking, you'll be able to print it out on card stock to use in your game. Boom! It's that easy! (Or...it WILL be that easy. That magical feature is still being fine tuned and will be added shortly.)
If you think your card is so good that it would be a true crime for it to NOT be in the game, you'll have the option to submit it! We'll review it, and, if we agree with you, we'll put it in the game and credit you on the card!
*Thanks to WonderPanda Dev for creating The Mystical Card Generator. Follow him on Twitter.
Getting In The Game
We've had so much awesome engagement throughout this campaign and so many of you are bursting with great ideas for the game that you're sharing in the comments! As the community backing this game, we really want you to feel like you've been part of shaping the content. We had a lot of great submissions from the "Help Create A Question In The Game" event two weeks ago, and figured that plenty of you out there would have amazing ideas for Shiny and Real-Life questions! So, here is another chance to get in the game!
In the home version, Shiny and Real-Life Skills questions will use whiteboards, which opens up all kinds of possibilities for types of questions!
We'll review the submissions and pick the best of the best. Those chosen will be part of the base game! (Not the community deck - it just includes regular questions.) We'll credit your genius on the card itself and you'll get to have a little extra pep in your step.
Enter your submission here. Make sure to carefully read through the instructions and take a look at the examples we've put in, but feel free to get creative with the kinds of questions you submit! We're looking forward to seeing what amazing ideas you guys have!
What has been your favorite Shiny Question featured on the show?
See you back here soon!
Stay nerdy
Wiggles 3D Team
Please note: no interns were harmed in the making of this game.
It's The NeverEnding Story Of The Full Metal Alchemist In Today's Challenge
about 5 years ago
– Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 12:08:34 AM
Happy Hump Day!
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for the next social media challenge! This is actually the last challenge of the campaign, so if you have not participated yet and want to, this is your chance to shine!
But first, here are the results of Monday's Pick Your Favorite Poll! Here are the topics that you voted on that will be included in the Community Deck:
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- Venom
- The Room
- She's the Man
- Glass
- Troll 2
- Step Up
Now, on to this week's challenge!
Calling all anime enthusiasts and kids at heart!! This week's Social Challenge is... Anime vs Kids Movies. Participate in the challenge below to help your preference win! Post your entry on either Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter by Thursday, June 10th at 11:59pm Eastern Time. Don't forget to use the corresponding hashtags and tag @UmActuallyShow so we can find your entry!
Here are your challenges:
Anime: From Naruto and Goku to Bender and Saitama, many Anime characters have distinctive looks. Your challenge is to do a Just-Things-I-Had-At-Home Cosplay of an anime character of your choosing.
Not up for cosplay? That's OK, you can also enter by describing the plot of your favorite anime by only using emojis. See if you can get your social media friends to guess what the anime is! Make sure to use the hashtag #UmItsACapeNotATowel
Kids Movies: I'm not going to lie, I STILL love kids' movies. Sure, they might have simple plots, but...wait, do they? Your challenge this week is to describe the plot of your favorite kids' movie but only using emojis. Can your social media friends guess what the movie is?
Or, if you're in a cosplay mood, do a Just-Things-I-Had-At-Home Cosplay of your favorite character from a kids movie! Use the hashtag #UmHomewardBounding
What was a kids movie you LOVED when you were younger that did NOT hold up when you re-watched it years later?
Stay Nerdy!
The Wiggles 3D Team
Pass the Popcorn and Pick Your Favorite in Today's Poll
about 5 years ago
– Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 12:30:04 AM
How do you do, fellow nerds!
Shout Outs and Answers
We wanted to give some shout-outs from Friday's quiz! Cory Alfaro, Alexander Lindström and Brody Salzman were three participants who found all of the changes we made to those 8 video game box covers! GREAT JOB! We'll be in touch with you shortly. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Plus, we just wanted to highlight some of the fun responses we got for the Doom cover:
"Lack of exploding demon head"
"Are you sure all the demons weren't holding up "rock on" hand gestures?"
"You removed the guy in the background that's trying to get a high five"
"Man, I don't know. Should his left hand be empty and weird like that?"
Are you curious what was actually wrong on the covers? You can see the answers here.
Pick Your Favorite Poll
Mama always used to say, 'Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get.' Well, our Community Deck is nothing like a box of chocolates. You know what you're going to get because YOU are the ones choosing! Today you'll be voting on what "guilty pleasure" or "so bad it's good" movies you want to see most in the Community Deck.
This week's choices are all about bad movies. No, not the bad movies where you wish you could travel back in time, risking a tear in the very fabric of space and time, just to tell yourself not to waste your time watching them. No. We're talking about the bad movies that you secretly love. First, there are the guilty pleasures. The critics hate them, but audiences love them. You'll never put them on your Desert Island list, but you find yourself coming back to them again and again.
Then there are the cult classic "B movies" that you cannot help but love. They're unabashedly bad, and you have to wonder what everyone was smoking or what the budget dollars were spent on, but they're so bad that you have no choice but to admire the mess.
Click the link and cast your vote! We'll announce the winners next update.
One More Shot!
Also! There was another pop culture mistake in Friday's update that no one has caught yet! Although a few of you in the comments were lingering in the right area, no one quite got it. Take another look and see if you can spot it. A hint: revisit details from the pop culture moment that has gone down in gaming history.
What's one movie that you've watched so many times you can practically quote it word-for-word?
Stay nerdy!
Wiggles 3D Team
