SkateBIRD: Be a skateboarding bird!

A project in Seattle, WA by Megan Fox
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Kickflip over staplers in this skateboarding video game about birds who try their best. It even has a tiny hawk!
Backers: 2526
Average Pledge Per Backer: $27

Funded: $67,220 of $20,000
Dates: Jun 10th -> Jul 9th (30 days)
Project By: Megan Fox
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Latest News

Hurry: The Kickstarter for SkateBIRD ends soon!

July 9th - via: mspoweruser.com
SkateBIRD, the game where you play as a totally cool and radical cheeper on a skateboard, has entered the final hours of its Kickstarter campaign. If you want to back the game and grab the alpha test demo before time runs out, you (Read More)

Dawn Of The Second (to last) Day: 48 hours remain

July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Final 2 days! We're almost there! Couple of things Making-Of Imgur Album Like making-of content? You'll probably dig this: https://imgur.com/gallery/sjWvgIH  It shows the progression of SkateBIRD from the original GIF that inspired it, all the way... (Read More)

We hit another stretch! We're to the FINAL STRETCH!

July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit another stretch! Birb comes in multiple shapes! Ok, one last goal, and this one's a doozy. Final Stretch Goal: Photo Mode ($65k USD) Currently, you can press tab, and it dumps the last 10 seconds to a polaroid mp4 on your hard-drive. That's... (Read More)

Skate birb gettin stretchy again!

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We hit the next stretch goal! Birb gets to go outside! YAY! Next Goal: Birbs Gets In Many Shapes ($55k) With the current birb mesh, we can only add so many species. Owls don't look right because of eye shape, our hawk isn't very hawk'y, etc.... (Read More)

Birb is getting petted!

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We did it! We get to pet the birb! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 So that's the $50k stretch goal done. Big 5 0. WOOF. Ok, let's do a smaller one next. To that end, Next... (Read More)

We hit another stretch goal! Also, some news rumbling

June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
So, first, we got Super Create-A-Birb! Yay! Which means @jazzmickle is on board! (we also got new goal art from @ByTheRainTree, who are making our stuff look swish!) Now we just gotta get to $50k, so we can pet the birb! Then, maybe, after that...... (Read More)

You can now get an enamel pin!

June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
So we're making good progress on the next stretch goal, and I expect we'll have hit Super Create-A-Birb by next Monday or so. But, more importantly, New Reward Tier Pinion tier gets you a 1 inch enamel pin of a cute little skatebirb being awesome!... (Read More)

We hit $40k! 200%!

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
YAY! 200% funded! With 20 days left, even! Also, I'm slowing up on the update frequency, so you folks don't get buried in emails and beeps on your phone and such. Anywho, we're only $5k away from the next stretch goal (Super Create-A-Birb), so to... (Read More)

We hit another stretch goal! Hello $35k!

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Ok I wasn't gonna do an update thingy cus was trying to take the weekend off but We hit another stretch goal! $35k! We're going to Skate Heaven! Which means now we gotta start climbing to Super Create-A-Birb. If you've forgotten, here's the gist on... (Read More)

Closing in on Stretch goal 2 - so here's #3!

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We're halfway to the Skate Heaven goal and tracking well, so it seems time to reveal stretch goal #3. Btw, if you're new to Kickstarters - the way things are slowing down here is normal, this is how they go. It'll probably chug along until the last 2... (Read More)

Linux/Mac are live! and - we hit a STRETCH GOAL already!

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
First: DUDE we rocked the first stretch goal. @WritNelson (Xalavier Nelson) is onboard to help me write some cool story content for y'all! Next up is the aforementioned Skate Heaven stretch goal, the bonus level with some developer room stuffies... (Read More)

Well that escalated quickly

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
So we're almost to the first stretch goal and it's still day 2-ish. WOW! Y'all are ROCKING this. Ok, another short update. Two things: New Stretch Goal: Skate Heaven This is a bonus level, that would canonically take place after you've completed the... (Read More)

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
SO. That was a... thing. We appear to be funded. OMG. AAAAAAAAAAAA. Uh. I'll be more coherent later. We funded in the first DAY. IN THE FIRST DAY. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS NONSENSE. OMG. YOU'RE ALL AWESOME. Ok, uh, anyways, ok! For now, three cool new... (Read More)

SkateBird flies onto Kickstarter and hatches a demo for skateboarding bird lovers

June 11th - via: rockpapershotgun.com
The developers behind Spartan Fist and Hot Tin Roof are back with a new game: SkateBird. I played a little bit of it earlier this year at PAX East, and was delighted by its can-do optimism and low-fi  (Read More)

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