(NOTE: This was originally posted on Kickstarter on 6/15/2024, now with additional revisions+updates by Mario to catch up those of you following us here specifically! We also have updated the playable section now that the campaign is over, so please see the main project page for demo update notes. - DEE Dev Team)

Hi, everyone!

Your patience between updates is greatly appreciated: for those who kept track, we basically ran a pair of back-to-back Kickstarter attempts which, sadly, did not pan out. Part of the reason for radio silence was not just an increasingly desperate struggle to bring the first campaign to its base goal, but the quick adaptation of feedback+upgrades to the campaign before relaunching to try and get us back on track for our long-term production plan.

Plans+Thanks

As a result of this setback, and as I was uncharacteristically grounded about the situation once it became apparent were were going to fall short again on the second attempt, I already began to look beyond this campaign to figure out alternative options to keep production moving forward close to our projected schedule; I even was able to take a few small proactive steps to do some outreach in that regard! For empowering me to be able to accomplish this with full confidence, credit goes to all the wonderful streamers across both campaign iterations who have been kind enough to present the demo (whose collective presentations can be viewed here); I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for that, as you all provided a critical element needed to make a case for this project in those instances! 

Because some of our other potential options would require more of a "group effort" and are not things I can quietly solo myself without bothering anyone else (ala these other proactive measures), I went over additional alternatives the "KnP" production team and took a call to chat with another crowdfunding platform that reached out to me earlier this month to see if their offerings align with our needs/budget/etc. Though we're mostly set on the plan of action, we are holding off on formal announcements until a few things are set in place; regardless of what direction we opt to go in, you all will be hearing about it at some point, so not to worry! 

Ita Bag Update #2.5

Since we don't have much else to report at the moment, and in the spirit of keeping things cheerful where possible, just kinda throwing this out there for fun...

...have some (updated) progress images of our Ita Bag offering from the campaign:

Outro

Many thanks once again to all of you, and I hope the "power of positivity" will carry us through this recovery period and beyond...as always, we leave you with our trademark rallying cry: