🥳🥳🥳 TOUCHDOWN!!! What a month this has been for Loftia! THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🥳🥳🥳
over 2 years ago – Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 07:08:14 PM

Hey Loftians!

WE DID IT! 🥳 Loftia's Kickstarter has now concluded, and what a truly AMAZING month this has been!!! The campaign has been such an incredible success with over 16,000+ backers, and many more who have been cheering us on from the sidelines and providing support in other ways too! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU. Loftia is going to be INCREDIBLE, directly as a result of the never-ending enthusiasm and support and all of you in the community!

So, what's next?!

Now that the campaign is over, we've begun work on the backer surveys! These backer surveys will be the way for us to grab the details required for delivery of all of the rewards. This will include email addresses, Discord usernames for the Discord titles, and also physical addresses for those who got the whale turbine plushie!

Many of you have asked whether you'll be able to pledge for additional rewards or tiers after the campaign has ended, and the answer is yes! Throughout the month of September, all existing backers will have the chance to upgrade to a higher reward tier, or grab any additional addons, through BackerKit's Pledge Manager system. The pledge manager will only be available to those who have backed during the campaign in August, however.

We're working together with BackerKit on both the surveys and the pledge manager, and we expect them to be pushed out next week! So keep an eye out for those - we'll keep everyone updated on this front through both updates here on Kickstarter, as well as on our Discord.

A quick note about payments: Kickstarter will be charging everyone's cards now that the campaign has ended. If your card is declined, Kickstarter will be in contact with you, and there'll be a 7 day window for you to fix any card-related issues!

THANK YOU!!!

The campaign may be over, but this is only the start of our journey together into the world of Loftia! Thank you all so much, and we'll be back with more updates very soon!

Adventure Builder UNLOCKED! And we're now in our FINAL 24 HOURS!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 07:40:01 PM

Good timezone, Loftians from all over the world!

Thank you so much to every single one of you for your overwhelming support and encouragement for Loftia! We've managed to hit the Adventure Builder stretch goal in just 1 day after reaching the million dollar mark, which is just absolutely mind-boggling to think about. Let's all give ourselves a huge pack on the back!!!

Adventure Builder

Adventures were always going to be a staple of Loftia, but with the Adventure Builder unlocked, you'll be able to build your very own adventures from a range of building blocks! You'll be able to link together series of these building blocks, or "modules", to create an experience that both you, your friends, and even the wider Loftia community will be able to partake in.

Within the team, the Adventure Builder has always been one of the most highly anticipated stretch goals. In fact, even before the campaign had started, we had already built out an internal working prototype of this feature! Now that we've actually hit the stretch goal, we're going to be diving into developing it further and polishing it up as soon as we can. Keep an eye out for more news in this area!

What's next?!

We know many of you in the community are hoping for even more stretch goals, and in fact, we did have a few more ideas that we had been considering. However, we've decided that rather than promising even more stuff, we're going to commit all of our additional resources to making sure that the features we have already promised are as fleshed out, deep and polished as they can possibly be!

But, that doesn't mean all the additional ideas that we have in mind are going away! They're still there, and we're still planning on bringing them to Loftia. We're definitely not done with Loftia even after it reaches full release status! The team is going to be continuing to build and add more features for many, many years to come.

Rest assured that every dollar that we raise from here on out in these last 24 hours will still be going directly towards making Loftia the best possible game that it can be! This final push will be sure to have a very significant impact on the development timelines of Loftia.

So there is one final thing that we would like to ask of you: please share about the Loftia campaign to your friends, family, or on socials! Together, we'll have a huge impact on the campaign and the future of Loftia in these closing hours, we can feel it!

If you have a social account, please share a post on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter!

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Just 📅 2 days left for Loftia's campaign! And even more updates: 🐇 pet reveals, 🎨 art contest results, and more!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 09:29:10 PM

Hey Loftians!

We're already back with even more news and updates about Loftia and the campaign! There's been so much going on, so sit back and relax - here we go!

More pets revealed!

Loftian penguins are now here! We've gone through the pipeline from concepting, to modeling, to animating, in order to bring them to life, so check them out! We absolutely love how adorable their belly-slide animation is, as they follow you, and we hope that you do too.

In the previous pet update, we revealed that red pandas would be part of the additional pets. Here's a look at the concept art for it!

Our next 2 pets that we’ve newly confirmed are:

•  bunnies!
•  frogs!

So now we've got: dogs, cats, ducks, capybaras, alpacas, turtles, penguins, red pandas, foxes, mini highland cows, bunnies, and frogs!

There are still at least 2 more pets that we’ve yet to decide. But let’s face it - with all the love that everyone’s got for pets, it’s looking like we’ll probably might just go over the initial +10 pets that were promised as part of that early stretch goal. We're still accepting suggestions, so drop them in the comments below, or on the main campaign page!

The Loftian Fanart Contest is now over!

A massive thank you to everyone who participated in Loftia’s very first fanart contest! We received an overwhelming 400+ submissions across different platforms! We had no idea that there were so many talented artists in our community.

We also wanted to gift something to everyone who submitted a piece to the art contest. If you participated, you'll be receiving this Artist Hat in-game!

If you took part in the contest, instructions to claim your artist hat are in the #events channel on our Discord! 

We had an incredibly difficult time narrowing down all the submissions to just 30, they were all just so seriously good! Those 30 submissions were then voted on by the community on Discord! We had originally allotted 10 winners, but upon seeing just how close some of the votes were, we expanded it to 13 winners. Congratulations to all of our winners, who will be receiving an all the contents of the Kickstarter Art Pack, as well as a whale turbine plushie!

Here are just a few of our incredible winning entries! You'll be able to see all the winners on Discord here.

Thank You!

The team is still reeling from surpassing the million-dollar mark in funding! We didn't think that we would hit such a massive milestone, and yet here we are. This was only possible because of you, the amazing Loftian community! Thank you so, so much for rallying behind Loftia and this campaign and pushing it to new and greater heights.

We've just reached 48 hours remaining in the campaign. Let's keep this momentum going and land that Adventure Builder stretch goal!

Another cool project: Obojima

We also wanted to give a shoutout to another Kickstarter campaign that's also currently in its last days: Obojima! If you're a fan of board games, and Studio Ghibli's aesthetics, then you should definitely check them out.

Guide your players through breathtaking locations, encounter strange spirits, discover rare oddities, and battle wild and wondrous creatures. Create your own unforgettable narrative in this familiar world, with an all-new collection of curious items, magical spells, and numerous player options!

Check out Obojima!

🥳 We hit 1 MILLION: Loftia will now have Additional Islands & Biomes! 🎁 A BONUS gift for all Kickstarter-backers! Mystery stretch goal REVEALED! 👀
over 2 years ago – Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 01:17:54 PM

Hey Loftians!

We did it!!! 🥳🥳🥳 The campaign has now raised an absolutely whopping million dollars, and in doing so, we've unlocked the Additional Islands and Biomes stretch goal! We know that all of us - both the team and the community - have been looking forward to this goal so much with our fingers crossed, and it feels almost surreal now that we've hit it! Congratulations and thank you so much, everyone!

To celebrate reaching this absolutely phenomenal goal, ALL backers will automatically receive this exclusive, commemorative banner that can be used to adorn player housing, and to show the world that you have believed in and supported Loftia from the very start!

But simply hitting this stretch goal isn't all that's happened - the next, final stretch goal of the campaign will now also be revealed! It'll come at the end of this update, but first, let's dive into some details about these new islands and biomes.

🍃 Additional Sky Islands & Biomes

It's here, what we've all been waiting for! With this feature unlocked, the Loftian skies will be expanding with more islands, places to explore, and adventures to embark on, and new, beautiful sceneries to admire!

The team has been so excited to start working on them, that we've already begun some early "exploration" (pun intended) of these islands. Check out the beginnings of one of the first new islands that will become accessible to Loftians outside of the main Loftia City hub! It's a nature reserve, where wind speeds are often higher than on the main city island, allowing for more efficient generation and collection of wind energy. There might also be some cute and cuddly animals just waiting to be found 👀 

With the introduction of additional islands and areas to visit, the question of "How will we get there?" is also raised. Without giving too much away, let's just say that it's going to take the work of an entire community to research and build certain technology that will enable players to explore the Loftian skies!

There's so much more that the team wants to add around this feature, and we've already got a huge number of ideas in the tank! Many of these ideas are still at a very early phase, so we can't share too much about them just yet. However, we'll be sure to reveal more about them as soon as we possibly can in the coming months, once we've settled on a direction and have prototypes that are ready to showcase.

What kind of island and/or biome are you the most interested in seeing? Let us know in the comments below.

🗻 Next Up: the ADVENTURE BUILDER!

The mystery stretch goal is finally here! A few dedicated Loftians have sleuthed around and already guessed what it is in the Discord, and yup, it's none other than the Adventure Builder!

With the addition of the Adventure Builder, you'll will be able to - you guessed it - build your very own adventures, play through them with friends, and share them with the community!

You can imagine it like a series of building blocks that you can link together - configure a switch that when it is pressed, a platform starts moving, or a door unlocks. Completing a scavenger hunt or a puzzle can trigger a visual effect or reveal a treasure chest! Use a library of pre-created configurable building blocks to create the gameplay and decorations for your own custom adventure, no coding skills required!

Will you build a tricky obstacle course? Or a mind bending puzzle? Or just a relaxing stroll through an island in the sky, covered in your decorations? We already have lots of cool ideas planned for these adventure building blocks, let us know if you have any suggestions in the comments below.

 We've got just over 2 days left now in the campaign, and if we keep this momentum going, we'll definitely be able to hit this final stretch goal! So let's keep pushing and unlock the adventure builder together 🙌

🥳 Player-run markets are here! And a pet-related surprise... 👀🌳
over 2 years ago – Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 07:50:21 AM

Hi Loftians!

It feels like just a moment ago that we were putting up an update here announcing that we had hit the Animal Conservationist stretch goal, and now we're writing another one for unlocking the Player-Run Markets! It's absolutely surreal just how much attention the campaign has received in the last few days. Thank you so much for rallying behind us and making our campaign such a success, we appreciate you all more than we can put into words! 😊

Now, let's make this final push together in these last few days for Additional Islands & Biomes, as well as the final mystery stretch goal beyond that! It's going to be tight, but if this end-of-campaign surge continues, we've got a very good shot. So please continue sharing the campaign with your friends anyone you know who might be interested in Loftia!

Player-Run Markets!

Loftia is going to have PLAYER-RUN MARKETS!!! 🥳 This means we're going to be adding areas within Loftia City to facilitate trade between players. (To be clear, trading will be a base feature of Loftia. Players will be able to initiate 1-on-1 trades with other players at most locations in-game!) These newly-unlocked market areas, however, will allow you to find a nice spot that you like, to setup a popup market stall of your very own!

You'll be able to take any tradeable items from your inventory, and put them up for sale in your market stall! Become a Loftian entrepreneur: set your own prices for each item, and put up a custom message on your shop sign to grab the attention of other players passing by. You'll even be able to build or obtain different appearances for your popup stall, to make yours stand out from the rest. Just think of all the items you'll be able to farm, forage, craft, and otherwise obtain, then put up for everyone to see and buy!

A surprise pet reveal...  🐢🌳

When we launched our final add-ons two days ago, we mentioned to some of you that there was originally going to be a unique appearance for our Loftian turtle pet, nicknamed "Turt" - however, it didn't quite make the cut. Upon hearing this news, many of you were understandably heartbroken, and so we just had to make sure that it arrived in the campaign, even if it was a little (fashionably) late!

So without further ado, we present to you one last add-on for the Loftia Kickstarter: Bonsai Turt! 🐢🐢🐢

Bonsai Turt is a visual pet variant (or in other words, a "pet appearance"), meaning that they're still a turtle pet that will behave the exact same way that all other turtles in Loftia behave. They'll just look different! Bonsai Turt is the very last Kickstarter item that will be added, and will only be available in the next 3 days.

And just to clarify: Bonsai Turt will be able to wear the sprout hat (and other pet hats that are introduced in the future)!

More updates coming soon!

As always, thank you all so much for the continued, unwavering support. The campaign may have just a few days remaining, but we've still got more updates cooking in the oven, so stay tuned!!