That Dragon, Cancer
A project in Des Moines, IA by Ryan Green & Josh Larson000days
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A videogame developer's love letter to his son; an adventure game to inspire us to love each other; a voice for those fighting cancer.
Backers: 3687
Average Pledge Per Backer: $28
Funded: $104,491 of $85,000
Dates: Nov 12th -> Dec 12th (31 days)
Project By: Ryan Green & Josh Larson
Backers: 3687
Average Pledge Per Backer: $28
Funded: $104,491 of $85,000
Dates: Nov 12th -> Dec 12th (31 days)
Project By: Ryan Green & Josh Larson
$104,491
current pledge level
Last Updated: December 12 @ 21:01 -0500 GMT
122%
of goal
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Latest News
IGF 2016 Finalists Are a Who's Who of Kickstarter Indie Games
January 10th - via: cliqist.com
With half of this year's IGF Grand Prize nominees having Kickstarter roots, we look at all crowdfunded games seen in the upcoming prestigious indie awards. (Read More)
I Won't Be Playing That Dragon, Cancer But You Should
July 30th - via: cliqist.com
Greg Micek from Cliqist chimes in on why he won't be playing upcoming Kickstarter funded adventure game That Dragon, Cancer. (Read More)
That Dragon, Cancer Development Almost Complete
July 29th - via: cliqist.com
The Green family has almost wrapped up development of somber adventure experience That Dragon, Cancer. (Read More)
A game about cancer, one year later
April 16th - via: polygon.com
The tragic and hopeful story of a game about cancer. (Read More)
#whygamesmatter ContentID YouTube woes 
December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Emergency update about our #whygamesmatter games people conference. YouTube shut us down due to ContentID conflict with Soul Pancake (even though we got permission). Go to this direct link to watch #whygamesmatter:http://youtu.be/NIWr7rvWj28 Because... (Read More)
That Dragon, Cancer reaches Kickstarter goal in the final few days
December 12th - via: games.on.net
Ryan Green and Josh Larson, the developers behind the campaign, announced earlier this week that every early supporter of the game would receive a “high-resolution, digital copy” of a poster that reads “Thank you for giving me life”. The poster currently hangs in the nursery for Green’s daughter and was produced by Green’s sister in the final week of Green’s son (who serves as the inspiration for the game). (Read More)
#whygamesmatter Additions & Testimonials, Another Thank You
December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The Plot Thickens Sorry for the mix-up with the link, but it turns out we can't use bit.ly! Here's the correct link for the event: http://thatdragoncancer.com/whygamesmatter We used our words carefully in the previous update when we said "current... (Read More)
#whygamesmatter & A Thank You
December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Uhhhhhmm...Remember when we said we'd do a closing livestream? Consistent with the rest of our campaign, it seems to have turned into something bigger than us! We've organized a games people conference, and we're going to stream it on YouTube.... (Read More)
December Kickstarter Picks
December 11th - via: gamrreview.com
Jared Katz reviews 5 popular Kickstarter games. (Read More)
That Dragon, Cancer hits its Kickstarter goal with 3 days to go
December 10th - via: continue-play.com
Ryan and Amy Green's game about their son's battle with Cancer reaches its target. (Read More)
Celebrating & Giving Thanks
December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Gifts For Our "Less Debt" Stretch GoalSince we have surpassed our original goal, we wanted to offer some small tokens of thanks for helping us reach our future goals. Every dollar that we raise beyond the original goal will help us avoid $75,000 in... (Read More)
We did it!
December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We had an incredible weekend! We met our full funding goal around 2am Sunday morning. Thank you for everything you've done, including sharing the project, supporting us financially, and contributing your own story to the game. You may think you're... (Read More)
Sharing Our Stories & Expanding Tiers
December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We're Almost There Today we enter our final week of the campaign and we’re thrilled with the progress. At the time of writing this post, we are just $4,540 from our goal! A good way to help push us over the finish line is to share this project... (Read More)
"Stretch Goals"
November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We can talk about stretch goals now that we're closer to our goal - as of now, we're over 80%. Yes! And it's because of your support. Thank you. As we discussed stretch goals as a team, we realized that we can't actually do typical stretch goals for... (Read More)
Giving Thanks.
November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 Hi Everybody, Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. It's the day we gather together to give thanks, eat too much food, and stand in line for free things at department... (Read More)
The Music of That Dragon, Cancer
November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Friday. We wanted to send you into the weekend with a look at Jon Hillman and his incredible work on the soundtrack of That Dragon, Cancer. Of course, we're a little biased, but we think the soundtrack for this game is beautiful, compelling and... (Read More)
Creators of Former OUYA Console Exclusive, That Dragon, Cancer, Launch $85,000 Kickstarter to Bring the Game to Mac, Steam & PC
November 17th - via: crowdfundinsider.com
Last Wednesday (November 12th), video game developers, Josh Larson and Ryan Green, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $85,000 to bring their game, That Dragon, Cancer, to PC, Mac and Steam. The new adventure was originally a OUYA console exclusive and is dedicated to Green’s son, who passed away after a four-year battle against cancer. (Read More)
What Kickstarter Video Game Campaigns Launched Nov 9th - 15th?
November 17th - via: cliqist.com
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place will make it easier to educate yourself on the projects you’d like to back, and which ones to run from. (Read More)
A Behind the Scenes Look & What's Next
November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Josh here again. I wanted to do some show & tell for you today, including a behind-the-scenes look at a moment in the videogame, plus share a couple of the hundreds of concept images we have and conversations that are part of the Behind... (Read More)
Over Halfway! Celebrating Our Progress and Press
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Today has been so encouraging. In a word: joyous. Our whole team - Ryan, Amy, Jon Hillman, Ryan Cousins, Mike Perrotto, and I - have been cheering on that counter. Today we passed the halfway mark and are at 52% and counting! Ryan and Amy managed to... (Read More)
On Opening Up the Patron of the Arts Tier.
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Day 1 - Overwhelmed with Emotion, Exhausted and Grateful
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Grab A Tissue, That Dragon, Cancer is on Kickstarter
November 12th - via: cliqist.com
That Dragon Cancer is an adventure game about two parents and a small child dealing with the horrors of cancer. (Read More)
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