Former Dawn
A project in Knoxville, TN by Something Nerdy Studios000days
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An epic 8-bit Action RPG with 16-bit soul.
Backers: 1379
Average Pledge Per Backer: $144
Funded: $199,081 of $160,000
Dates: Oct 15th -> Nov 14th (31 days)
Project By: Something Nerdy Studios
Backers: 1379
Average Pledge Per Backer: $144
Funded: $199,081 of $160,000
Dates: Oct 15th -> Nov 14th (31 days)
Project By: Something Nerdy Studios
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Last Updated: November 14 @ 11:03 -0500 GMT
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Latest News
The Final Hours
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, We are on the precipice of our first stretch goal being met! Since it is almost certain to happen, we're already celebrating over here. We still have 15 hours to go, and a lot could happen in that time. Here are our final 2 bits of swag... (Read More)
FULLY FUNDED
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Former Dawn is fully funded! What a wild ride this has been.Late pledges will be enabled for some tiers and items, but not others. Final decisions will be made tomorrow. Thank you for your encouragement and support. It means the world... (Read More)
Final 48 Hours, TinyNES Special Edition, and Hi-Def NES Update
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Well, we're at the end of the road. So close! Let's push thing over the finish line! We are pleased to announce that we are partnering with Tall Dog Electronics to offer a FORMER DAWN SPECIAL EDITION of the TinyNES! This console is... (Read More)
GOOD NEWS for NES Clone Console Support, EverDrive N8 Pro Support, and New Tiers
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Well, the final stretch is upon us! We can see the momentum picking up again, and we're doing what we can to help push it further. Along those lines, we created a special test ROM today to get to the bottom of the expansion audio... (Read More)
Calm Before The Storm
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, As is typical for Kickstarter campaigns (at least for video games), the middle half of the campaign has been relatively quiet...but we're about to hit the final week, when a flurry of pledge activity is expected. Our media outreach has... (Read More)
Former Dawn Playable Demo!
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, At long last, the playable demo for Former Dawn.https://somethingnerdy.com/downloads_files/former_dawn_demo_v2_7_mesen.ziphttps://somethingnerdy.com/downloads_files/former_dawn_demo_v2_7_n8_pro.zip Please read the instructions.txt and both... (Read More)
Halfway There
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Today marked the halfway point in the campaign, and it looks like we're in decent shape to reach full funding by the end! We'd like to thank everyone thus far for the encouragement, faith, and support. There are some exciting... (Read More)
Playable Demo(s) and Media Exposure
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, We're working hard on the playable demo! A final delay was decided upon so that we can polish it just a bit more. We're planning on having it ready for the halfway mark of the campaign, and here's our decision for the feature set: Two... (Read More)
Hover Boots Demo Released!
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Well, today was a milestone for the project because it was the day that we first released a playable demo of any kind for Former Dawn. Yes, it's pretty much a teaser / tech demo. But it is using a genuine MXM-1 implementation on the... (Read More)
51% FUNDED!!
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, We crossed over the halfway mark yesterday at only 6 days post-launch! This was great news, and very encouraging. In other news, we were approached by another translator; this time for French. It looks likely now that Former Dawn will... (Read More)
The Whole Kit and Caboodle & Press Kit
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, It was requested of us to unlock "The Whole Shebang" tier, which we couldn't quite do because we're no longer offering Founder's Edition cartridges. So instead, we have created "The Whole Kit and Caboodle" -- essentially the same thing as... (Read More)
Japanese and Spanish Translations
October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, There's definitely been an uptick in pledge activity, and we are very grateful! Let's try to keep it coming... We have been approached by a professional translator, and can now confidently state that we will translate Former Dawn to both... (Read More)
Famicom Cartridges Now Available
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Well, we crossed the $70k mark today. Getting closer to that magical 50% mark. Please help spread the news! We carefully considered the situation, and have concluded that we should go ahead and promise to engineer and deliver the... (Read More)
FMV Tech, Playable Demo Plans, and misc.
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, Today we, for the first time, released a downloadable demo to the general public that uses our NES memory mapper technology. It shows the cult classic Bad Apple!! video on the NES at full frame rate, full resolution, and full audio... (Read More)
Tiers, Add-ons, and Stretch Goals
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks again for all your support thus far! There have been a lot of questions from our backers and potential backers concerning the campaign as it already exists, so it makes the most sense to answer them all here. Several of these will be... (Read More)
UNLIMITED CARTRIDGES!
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, everyone. Wow; yesterday was incredible. We had no idea there would be that kind of demand for the NES cartridge editions of Former Dawn. Many people were upset at our initial limited tiers, so we have decided to add new ones to... (Read More)
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