Outcast
A project in Downtown Toronto, Canada by Darren Greer000days
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Two art students discover a strange message on a school bulletin board and are drawn into a secret underground society.
Backers: 126
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40 CAD
Funded: $5,076 CAD of $5,000 CAD
Dates: Jan 18th -> Feb 17th (30 days)
Project By: Darren Greer
Backers: 126
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40 CAD
Funded: $5,076 CAD of $5,000 CAD
Dates: Jan 18th -> Feb 17th (30 days)
Project By: Darren Greer
$5,076 CAD
current pledge level
Last Updated: February 17 @ 23:02 -0500 GMT
101%
of goal
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Latest News
24 Hour Countdown And Final Puzzle 
February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to the new backers and those that increased their pledges and everyone else. We just started the 24 hour countdown. We're $245 shy of the goal and things are looking good. I may send out another update tomorrow and then after that --make or... (Read More)
Just The Facts
February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
35 Hours to go93% funded$4695 Pledged So Far $305 in pledges needed to reach the goal ( approximately 13 new pre-orders or X increased pledges) (Read More)
48 Hours And Miami Vice
February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Exactly 48 hours left to go. 93% of the way there. $330 dollars left to be pledged Today's puzzle: the hardest one so far. Without looking it up, who knows the real name of the OTHER guy in Miami Vice. Welcome to the new backers and thanks to... (Read More)
60 Hours to Go And Outline of The Process
February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone. Welcome to the new backers. 60 hours to go and $445 away from reaching the funding goal and getting the new book into print. For those of you who are unaware, the process, once I reach the funding goal, is this: 1. Get the book... (Read More)
Three Days Left
February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to the new backers. Only three days left and $550 to go, or 22 pre-orders. Jay T Stephenson solved the puzzle and so wins the prize. It is a copy of one of my older novels, signed of course. I'll let him choose. If any of you were considering... (Read More)
Match Puzzle
February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Only a few days left so only a few more puzzles. This is a visual puzzle, of the kind I used to like when I was a kid. The advent of the Internet has made these tremendously popular again, and far more sophisticated than they were when I was young.... (Read More)
5 Days Left and The Plan
February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi and thanks to everyone who backed so far. We're getting down to the wire. Five days left and still $800 shy. As you all know if I don't meet the funding goal of $5000 none of the pledges are validated. It would be kind of a sin (in the mildest... (Read More)
A Book And A Song?
February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Awesome musician (plays banjo, mandolin, guitar and Irish bouzouki and is committed to real Irish folk music) Alastair Day Parsons has agreed to write a song for anyone who pledges $25 to the campaign. So if you know anyone who wants a song written... (Read More)
7 days left and the Lab City Puzzle
February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday's puzzle was a real-life post on Facebook. It was really a puzzle for me, but I'm glad to say that Salvatore Milione solved it. I'll announce his prize at the end of this post. I was immediately suspicious of the letter because of the... (Read More)
Today's Puzzle
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's puzzle is a bit of a real-life mystery. I found it as a post on a friend's facebook timeline. It purports to be a real-life letter from a school in Lab City to parents in 1980 regarding conditions for school closures. Even if it is genuine,... (Read More)
9 Days to Go
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
The final push is on. 9 days to go and 75% percent there.I'm doing my best to garner new pledges, and will keep you updated. If it is getting really down to the wire you always have the option of increasing the amount of your pledge on Kickstarter. I... (Read More)
10 Days left and a final shot at the puzzle
February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to the new backers with 10 days left in the campaign. The project is 73% percent funded. For those who don't know this campaign is all or nothing. Either I raise the $5000 worth of pledges to produce the book or I don't and all the current... (Read More)
Day 16 Solve the Unsolved Puzzle Big Prize
February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to all the new backers. We're close, but still a bit away from getting Outcast edited, designed and published in this new way. I've already been contacted about launches and readings at bookstores, and hopefully in 14 days I can tell them... (Read More)
Day 12 A Tough One
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to the new backers. Spread the word, if you can, about Outcast. I'm pretty excited about this project. I consider this book to be a very good one, and I hope you'll think so too. This particular puzzle is being posted in online puzzle and... (Read More)
Day 11 Outcast The Crossword
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all: Welcome to the new backers today. Here is a crossword to spend some time on. When you've solved it the first letter of each word can be arranged into a message. Type the message in the comment box on this update when you get it. I include... (Read More)
Three Winners and a Real-Life Secret Code
January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Three winners for yesterday's Yoga puzzle. Christie Gray, Danielle Wintrip and Shindsay Leppard solved it. The solution was शान्तिः or peace. Congrats Danielle, Christie and Shindsay. Nothing to solve but instead a real-life puzzle.... (Read More)
Day 9 and a Yoga Puzzle
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to day nine. The campaign is over the halfway mark, which at this stage is great. Today's puzzle is all about yoga. For each screen you encounter, each clue, think yoga. If you're like me and know nothing about yoga search the keywords in the... (Read More)
Backer Alastair Day-Parsons solved today's puzzle
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
A colour enhanced image of a 1970's NASA spacecraft. A plaque originally fastened to the side of the spacecraft superimposed upon the first image, and a link to the plaque's designer on Wikipedia. Congrats to Alastair for solving today's puzzle which... (Read More)
Day 8 and a new puzzle
January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all: Day Eight and going strong. Today's puzzle is simple image manipulation. I have grafted two images on one another, and they both refer to the same thing. I have manipulated both images so that Google image search is stumped, so if you want to... (Read More)
Mike Dumbroff solved today's puzzle
January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Most of the threes here are where you'd expect them, so the first instinct would be to say 18. But of course there was one hidden where you wouldn't expect it. Thanks to those who backed today. We're getting a little closer each day. 19 (Read More)
Day Seven and a new (quick) puzzle
January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to the new backers over the last couple of days. I took a break from posting, because I had things to do and I wanted to give you all a hiatus. Although people seem to be enjoying the puzzles and codes, it was pointed out to me that they can... (Read More)
Backer Mike Dunbraff solved today's clue
January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Backer Mike Dunbraff solved today's clue Can you see the numbers? A message hidden inside Shakespeare's 71st sonnet, numbers in the laurel on Dante's head, and the final message hidden on a Facebook page called Plain Site and the final message,... (Read More)
Backer Danielle Wintrip solves Puzzle Number Four and New Challenge
January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Backer Danielle Wintrip solves Puzzle Number Four and New ChallengeYesterday's challenge was solved by Danielle Wintrip. The saloon image had embedded within it a message that you needed to run through an online decoder or open in Notepad to see. Her... (Read More)
Puzzle #4 Some Genuine Cryptology
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Outcast explores, in part, the use of cryptology in modern times the way that the old Illuminarti used it hundreds of years ago to avoid detection and keep their society secret. Today's puzzle is more in line with genuine hard-core cryptology. You... (Read More)
Day Four Puzzle Correction
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi: Sorry. Turns out the Kickstarter update system changed my graphic. In order to solve it you need to use the graphic on this external site. It's the same one, only smaller, but with key information in it that kickstarter eliminated for some... (Read More)
Day Four Puzzle
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everyone. Here is the crypto puzzle for today. Good luck. (Read More)
Backer Alex Motta solves Day Three cipher (again)
January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all who pledged/pre-ordered today. We're at 38% funded with $3185 to go. Not bad for day three. The code today was in the form of a cipher: QEB ZEX MBI MBO FIL RPBacker Alex Motta solved it. It is what is known as the Caesar cipher, because... (Read More)
Day Three Cipher
January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Today's code is a cipher, and fairly simple, of the kind we used to always make as a kid. But there was a reason we used them. Without knowing what cipher is being used, they are bloody hard to solve. Randy and Peter in my book get one of these,... (Read More)
Nathan Burgoine wins today's code challenge
January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, Day 2 is almost over. Things have slowed down a bit from Day 1 which is to be expected but the project is now almost 30% funded. I think the thing to do now is to keep the momentum going. If you know of anyone who might like to pre-order a... (Read More)
Day Two
January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Here is the summary of activity from Day 1 for the campaign for Outcast: A Novel Day One Summary Thanks all of you who backed the project so far. We're 20% of the way there on the first day, but still with a ways to go. Any ideas about how to... (Read More)
Clue Solved By Backer Alex Motta
January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Of the clue and image below backer Alessandro Motta guessed: " It is a Cyrillic Projector. A group of cryptographers from around the world created it about 15 years ago and I think that it is located at the University of North Carolina. The group... (Read More)
Day 1
January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Here we are still in Day 1. We're about ten percent there, so than you all that have chosen to pre-order and/or donate. I've been sending out individual emails and messages to friends to ask them to get involved and the response has been great. We've... (Read More)
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