KickTraq

Going to keep this short as I know alot of you will be out celebrating the holiday today. To all of our American backers, I hope you're all having a safe and relaxing 4th of July! To our international backers, hopefully you've all had a great... (Read More)

22% in 1 day. I would never have guessed that my update today would be to say that we'd hit our goal with 3 days to spare. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, our team is stunned and humbled by the surge towards meeting our Kickstarter goal... (Read More)

Wow, what a huge day yesterday! In a surprising start to the week, we surged just under 10% in a single day and we are absolutely blown away by that! Aside from welcoming in some new backers, I also want to say thanks to those of you who bumped your... (Read More)

Yesterday was the 2nd largest day we've had since launching the project. We're just a few dollars away from hitting the 75% to goal mark! Which is all very exciting for us. This means we have around 4.5 days to raise the final 25%. It sounds like a... (Read More)

Developed by Archetype Global for the PC, Mac and Linux, Tesla Breaks the World! is a combination of platforming, puzzle solving, amazing inventions, randomly-generating levels and of course, zombies. (Read More)

The evil Thomas Edison sabotaged Tesla's latest invention, causing undead to rise all over 1800's America. How can Tesla fix this? (Read More)

Last week I was at Rezzed instead of looking at Kickstarter pages but I’ve made up for it by spending most of today browsing through projects. Thoughts of Kickstarter’s purpose have been hanging in the air (on twitter and in chatrooms that I frequent) and I have been pondering how I see the site. I have backed projects knowing that I’m essentially pre-ordering something that I assume will be released and will be as expected, based on the team’s previous work and a comfortable place in a familiar genre. But I mostly back smaller projects that I want to support and to play because they are different, risky and challenging. There’s a great deal of innovation among the nostalgia. (Read More)

Thanks for all the great feedback we received on our question yesterday regarding new inventions. Wow, you guys had a lot of great ideas! Have more ideas for inventions in the game? Leave the ideas in the comments below. I'm glad to see I'm not the... (Read More)

While most people know that Nikola Tesla was a great inventor, it's surprising that so few people know just HOW MUCH he actually invented or just HOW FAR ahead of his time that he truly was. So yes, most people do realize that in a time when most... (Read More)

WOW! What a great day yesterday. It was our 5th best day since we've launched the Kickstarter. We welcomed in some new backers and several other backers generously increased their pledges. It's always very humbling for us when that happens, and we... (Read More)

We're down to just 10 days left in our Kickstarter! Almost to the dreaded single-digits! Yes, yes, we've noticed that it's slowed down too! We've passed the half-way point but haven't yet hit the urgency that is the final week and days of our... (Read More)

Sound and music are an integral part of the gaming experience. They help immerse you into the world of the game and provide both weight and tone to the 2D world in front of you. Today, we wanted to talk about these factors and how we are integrating... (Read More)

I hope everyone has been having an amazing weekend so far! Wanted to do a quick shout-out to those of you who increased your pledges since our last update! After losing a few percent late this week from canceled pledges, it was so encouraging for us... (Read More)

A quick update. As some of you may have noticed, we actually dropped a few percent yesterday. Unfortunately, one of our larger backers had to cancel their pledge which is why we dropped. But we've already seen some new backers join our group, some of... (Read More)

Today, we're going to take a peak behind the game development curtain to talk about developing a 2D game in a 3D world. Now before you go thinking that's a philosophical statement about us existing in a 3D world developing 2-dimensional games... I... (Read More)

So, we're there! Err, at least- we're half-way to there. 'There' being the end of our Kickstarter project. I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has taken the time to back our project thus far. After a very generous donation and a few new... (Read More)

You've survived yet another week! Congratulations! The question now is, can you survive another Monday? We're down to 19 days. The dreaded 'angst-ridden' teens! We're excited to say that we had our first person back the "Design Your Own Zombie"... (Read More)

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! We're very excited to have hit the 30% to goal mark with exactly 3 weeks to go to raise the final 70%. It seems like a long ways to go, but we're holding steady and have a great shot of hitting our... (Read More)

Happy Friday! You've almost made it through another week, congratulations! Let's start your Friday off with a small game-play teaser from Tesla Breaks the World! The video highlights one of the niftier inventions that is available in the game, the... (Read More)

Hello Backers! Wanted to say thanks to those of you who upped your pledges after our update yesterday. There is literally nothing more humbling than someone that's already backed this project to up their pledge to help this game move forward. Truly... (Read More)

Hello Backers, So the dreaded "Kickstarter Lull" has begun! We're past the initial excitement of launch and now doing what we can to keep getting the word out there about our little project! In the interim, you can expect to keep hearing updates from... (Read More)

So you've survived Monday. Congratulations! Just for that, I've got some cool news to share with you... Today I want to take a moment to high-light a special Reward that we JUST added in! This reward tier is special in that it is unique from our... (Read More)

Today we're going to be taking a look at some of the crazy characters that Tesla will be encountering on his epic journey to confront Thomas Edison and fix the broken world! By crazy characters, we mostly mean Zombies... And yes, most zombies in the... (Read More)

HELLO BACKERS! We're slowly but surely moving our way towards the 20% goal. About $40 away from 20%! We have just 21 Early Backer ($7) rewards left too so feel free to share our project with anyone who may be interested.  For anyone who uses Valve's... (Read More)

Hello Backers! First, a quick update on our Kickstarter. We've passed the 15% mark and are slowly working our way towards 20%! Everyone's support, comments, shares and likes have been amazing. A special shout-out to Razzlefraz, who became our first... (Read More)

First off, want to take a moment to again thank ALL of our backers. We've been getting a lot of great messages and support from everyone and it truly means the world to us! We've passed the 10% to goal mark and have a big uphill battle ahead for... (Read More)

Good day to you all! It appears we're off to the Kickstarter races.  I wanted to post a quick update to say the obligatory "Thank You" to ALL of you who have been the first to jump on board the Tesla-Train. You have no idea how much all of your... (Read More)

The creators of Earthworm Jim and The Neverhood have launched a new Kickstarter crowdfunding effort for their stop-motion adventure game Armikrog, elsewhere, Nikola Tesla may be squaring off against that pesky Thomas Edison in Tesla Breaks the World! (Read More)