Stage of Development: Indie City Edition
A project in Durham, NC by Russ Pitts000days
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Help me tell the stories of the growing, vibrant indie game community in Chicago (and then the world).
Backers: 757
Average Pledge Per Backer: $60
Funded: $45,456 of $42,891
Dates: Aug 4th -> Sep 3rd (30 days)
Project By: Russ Pitts
Backers: 757
Average Pledge Per Backer: $60
Funded: $45,456 of $42,891
Dates: Aug 4th -> Sep 3rd (30 days)
Project By: Russ Pitts
$45,456
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 3 @ 13:45 -0400 GMT
105%
of goal
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Latest News
So Many Exciting Announcements! 
August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
We are in the final hours of the STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: INDIE CITY kickstarter! The past few days have been intense. Our pledge rate and average pledge are both through the roof. And we are now (as I write this) almost 80% funded and less than $10k... (Read More)
Game time
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Team: This is it. This is what we trained for. This is the final stretch! We now have four days left to fully fund STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: INDIE CITY or the money all goes away. No one's card is charged. No pledges come to me and the crew. The film... (Read More)
Get your hands on the final film — LITERALLY!
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Meet our composer: Ian Dorsch
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Since I've been getting a lot of inquiries about music for this project, I thought you might be curious to know a little about who's making our music. Ian Dorsch, rocking it. Ian Dorsch is an award winning composer, singer and... (Read More)
We Are Chicago teaser
August 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I got a little emotional making this. I could say more about it, but really, this 118 seconds of video perfectly incapsulates why I do what I do. Mainly because, through this, I met Tony Thornton, writer of We Are Chicago. What Tony had to say to... (Read More)
I have a major announcement
August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
This update is about how you're getting WAY more than you thought. But first: AHH! We're at the two-week mark! There are two schools of thought here. The first says the campaign is halfway over. The second, that the first half was a warm-up and the... (Read More)
We're live on TWiT!
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
I'll be live on @TechNewsTodayTV today talking about @stagedev! Join in here: http://live.twit.tv (Read More)
Let's talk about T-shirts
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
It's time to address the elephant in the room: I promised you a t-shirt and you haven't seen it. Those of you backing at below the $35 level, you can disregard this update. Unless you were waiting to see what this t-shirt business was all about... (Read More)
Young Horses Teaser!
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: INDIE CITY will be featuring a number of Chicago-area game developers. And one of those is, of course, Octodad developer Young Horses. Our second teaser trailer features Phil Tibitoski from Young Horses talking about how the... (Read More)
You're doing it!
August 17th - via: kickstarter.com
You really are. You're making it happen. I don't know how. I'm not sure I want to know how. But you are. And I can't possibly thank you enough. We're at 25% and climbing. That's A LOT. That's so much. You're killing it. It's embarrassing. And now... (Read More)
We have a trailer!
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been working 12-16 hour days this week, shooting STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: INDIE CITY, but we (somehow?) managed to carve out a few hours to make a teaser-trailer featuring William Chyr, creator of Manifold Garden. And here it is! Enjoy! If you... (Read More)
A new tier, more press, a dead laptop, and more!
August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers and friends and backers-to-be! Interviewing Phil from Young Horses The past two days have been abundant. To being with, I must apologize. Because I once again pulled the rookie-traveler move of leaving my MacBook charger at home. It is,... (Read More)
Real, sh*t has gotten
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers (and friends)! As I write this, 1/3 of the Flying Saucer Media crew is in Chicago, another 1/3 is in the air, and the final 1/3 is stuck in Detroit, but might get here soon. (We hope.) All of which is to say: THANKS DELTA! Anyway, the show... (Read More)
Gamasutra writes about Stage of Development
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Prologue Games's Wes Platt sent over some serious questions about Stage of Development last week, and was kind enough to post my answers on his Gamasutra blog today. I think the result gets to the heart of why this project is important for me, and... (Read More)
Tomorrow we ride!
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow is a travel day for the Flying Saucer crew. We're headed to Chicago to start production on Stage of Development: Indie City! We have a week of appointments laid out, plus we'll be at Bit Bash all day Saturday. If you're in town and at the... (Read More)
Let's do this!
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
FRIENDS! We're doing it! This series has been a long time coming. And we've hit a good stride out of the gate. I'm excited about the response so far, and SUPER excited about the week ahead. Starting Wednesday, August 10, the Christian, Austin, and I... (Read More)
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