Kickstarter

## **General Info**

Throne of Lies had a **Kickstarter** crowd-sourced funding event that has ended as of the 27th of February 2017.

Kickstarter link

**$20,000** was the kickstarter goal, and we reached it! We together raised $21,795 with 393 backers.

## **Pledge Reward Tiers**

Individuals may unlock personal rewards by offering a pledge amount between $5 and $2k:

(**Bold** = Upgrade from previous tier reward)

## **Group Stretch Goals**

**All players** will unlock the following rewards upon reaching each stretch goal from $20k to $100k:

## **Reward/Unlock Clarifications, "The Fine Print"**

* **Veteran Status**rewards stack with Kickstarter rewards.
* You may receive multiple emails throughout each phase with redeemable keys to your rewards as features complete.
* **Every game key** gets the same access as your tier.
* **PDF Game Manual** is similar to this Wikia as a single PDF file.
* **Gold (gp) cannot be shared or distributed between keys**. There will be 1 special key as a package of in-game items only for you.
* **In-Game Prefix** may go awkward with your name (such as **Sir SirXblade**), don't worry -- we'll give an opportunity to change your nickname at least once.
* **The lowest "Tier 1"** receives no keys.
* **Alpha and Beta access** may be handed out in "cohorts", or timed waves. Earlier signups get priority.
* **For first-choice feedback,** Join our **public** Discord server, given special permissions by staff, where only first-choice feedback people can write. Others can view and react with "emoji", but not write.
* **Your forum title** will match your in-game title.
* **Naming or designing weapons/classes** must be approved and fit with the relative theme, with a "SFW", non-infringing name.
* **Exclusive in-game icons** will be delivered when the lobby system is polished - likely near the end of Alpha or the beginning of Beta. Delivery by redeemable key via email.
* **Exclusive in-game backer sword/armor** will be delivered by a redeemable key via email.
* **For Special Thanks,** you can either have it show as "FirstName LastName", "FirstName Nickname", or "Nickname". Under 13, no last name.
* **Naming or designing weapons** will be first serve, so numerous people with this tier may have to wait a little.
* **PDF game manual** is, more or less, a compiled Wikia with an index, professionally organized.
* **Mousepad design** will contain in-house artwork chosen by staff.
* **T-Shirts** will be black or white. Sizes are customized. Surveys will be sent out. The shirts will be the same design as the one "Xblade" was wearing in the Kickstarter promo video.
* **USB drives** are black, flat keycards that fold out with ToL art chosen by staff.
* **VIP chat in Discord -** for those that don't know Discord, it's a popular chat application for gaming. This will give you access to the Imperium42 **private** server guest chat.VIP
* **Printed portrait cards** are the "portrait cards" similarly found within this Wikia - they are not a game in itself, but for collecting. The size is smaller than your average playing cardsand include a pouch.
* **Printed/PDF artwork** will contain in-house artwork chosen by staff.
* **Mac and Linux support** unlock may come after a delay (after Windows core testing).
* **Translations** include, but not limited to any and/or all of the languages at the top of this Wikia. Order will be done by popularity determined by staff or survey.
* **When you unlock the ability to trade**, **gold (gp)** will not be eligible for trade between accounts.
* **Customization morphing** means you can customize your character model similar to games like Skyrim.
* **For voice acting unlocks,** awkward noises includes death, hurting, casting spells, grunts, etc.
* For **Demand Justice**, this is for a full, automated report system with automated disciplinary actions based on intelligent factors. We will still have "Ghetto Reporting" (report button emails a dev and we manually investigate) regardless of reaching this goal.
* **For Overkill, we mentioned "additional" mini games -** To clarify, there **will** be 1 mini-game while dead by release.

## **FAQ**

**Q: Kickstarter says I can only pay in USD - I live outside of USA - what do I do?**

No worries - any debit/credit card will always auto-convert the currency to USD, so you can be anywhere in the world.

**Q: Can I pay with PayPal?**

Yes! If you are unable to pay via Kickstarter due to restrictions, PayPal will be accepted in exchange for rewards listed on the tier. Please email support for further inquiries regarding PayPal.

**Q: What if a Kickstarter Stretch Goal isn't reached, will we never see those things in-game?**

You will most likely will still see them in-game, just at a later date than if we had reached the stretch goal. The more $s funded towards the game, the more time (and money) the developers can put into the game! (They need to eat, drink, pay rent, etc. :)

**Q:** **How come $5 doesn't include any rewards?**

This is for people that want to support our campaign, but don't necessarily want to play the game itself (like friends and family supporters that are not necessarily gamers - or people that already own the game via our Veteran Status promo and want to still support us a bit). We REALLY want you to play with friends, so 2 keys for $10 (tier 2) is the first reward tier.

**Q:** **To clarify, the $10 package comes with BETA and RELEASE keys? No alpha?**

The majority will get the $10 (Tier 2) and we want the game to be as polished as possible when you play it. Alpha will not necessarily be a "flagship experience", so we want to keep alpha for the higher tiers for those that understand the experience may be a bit buggy when we first start. Alpha and beta won't be that far apart, so don't worry :) Alpha is meant to stress test and weed out the major bugs/balance issues/game-breaking issues that no one wants.

**Q:** **When is Alpha?**

 We're going to be conservative and say "Q1 2016".

**Q: When is Beta?**

Most likely a month or 2 after alpha -- after we kill off all the annoying bugs and game-breaking occurrences. It won't be like, but it will be worth waiting a little extra.

**Q: When is release?**

 Every key includes a beta and release key, at minimum. The average person shouldn't worry since they get access to both -- release will be vaguely be stated as "whenever beta is finished" ;)

**Q: Will my stuff be wiped between alpha/beta/release?**

 99% no, leaving 1% for major revamps that may wipe certain stats -- but overall, you'll keep your gp and inventory between phases. No worries!

**Q:** **Do Kickstarter rewards stack with Veteran Status rewards?**

Yes :)

**Q:** **Where can I ask questions?**

http://forum.imperium42.com

https://discord.gg/rFAXXQB