Awesome Survey Uptake
over 5 years ago – Fri, May 21, 2021 at 07:48:53 PM

We love how eager you are! In the first 24 hours after opening the BackerKit survey, more than 60% of you have completed it – an absolutely outstanding uptake. As mentioned yesterday, we will process all surveys submitted by May 27th at the same time and preparing the digital download emails on May 28th/29th. A few additional notes:

Credit Card Charges

Since we want the process to move as smoothly as possible and avoid any backers missing early PDF access, we will be charging cards for shipping/add-on/outstanding funds for all surveys submitted this week on Sunday, May 23rd. Surveys submitted between Sunday 23rd and Thursday 27th will be authorised on May 27th.

If your credit card is declined when BackerKit/Stripe attempts to authorise any outstanding charges, you’ll be sent an email notification right away. It is vital that you work to address these issues promptly. since there’s not a lot of time to resolve any errors before we send all 100% completed surveys their digital files on May 28th/29th.

As always, please send us an email directly ([email protected]) if you try to resolve outstanding issues yourself but are unsuccessful.

Changing Emails Not Easy

We had thought you could update your email address during the BackerKit survey, but we were incorrect. You can’t, but we can. If you need to make a change, please drop us an email ([email protected]) with your old and new email addresses, and we’ll manually make the adjustment.

Apple ID Emails

We are hardcore Apple fans have been using Macintosh computers exclusively since the mid 1980s. That said, Apple ID emails are proving incompatible with Kickstarter/BackerKit communication and are … well … a pain in the ass. 🤬

If you are one of the few dozen backers that processed your Kickstarter pledge using your Apple ID email (probably through ApplePay), you won’t be able to access your BackerKit survey. Please email ([email protected]) us your Kickstarter name, pledge details, and normal email address and we’ll manually make the change and resend you a survey link.

Future Address Changes

Once your orders are locked on May 27th (or sometime thereafter), you’ll still be able to make changes to your shipping address for several months if necessary. We won’t lock address until we are closer to shipping from our factory, so there’s lots of time remaining.

That’s it for today. Thanks again for jumping on those surveys so quickly!

We Are Go for Survey Launch!
over 5 years ago – Thu, May 20, 2021 at 07:15:27 AM

Hey, everyone! The BackerKit survey “smoke test” was successful and so we’ll be sending out surveys very soon to all backers. 🥳 But first…

Anime 5E Soundtrack Sample

The award-winning conductor that we hired to compose an original Anime 5E soundtrack has completed the hour-long score, and it is glorious! This epic piece of music moves through the narrative beats of a role-playing adventure – journey, discovery, battle, recovery, conquest, and victory. The soundtrack download is included free with every $100+ pledge, or it can be added onto any tier for +$10. We’ve attached a brief two-minute excerpt from the final track that celebrates the adventurers’ victory.

Now, Onto The Main Event!

The BackerKit survey will be distributed today to all backers, emailed to the address you had on file with Kickstarter when the Anime 5E campaign ended in late April. It’s likely coming from [email protected] or a variation, so please check your spam filters if you don’t receive it within the next several hours. Alternatively, you can ask BackerKit to resend the survey link to your Kickstarter email address at https://anime5e.backerkit.com/

With the BackerKit survey, you can:

• Confirm or change your pledge tier
• Top up your pledge funds to select one or more add-on products
• Upgrade your standard version of Anime 5E to the Deluxe Limited Edition
• Remit shipping fees for any physical rewards in your pledge
• Provide your mailing address for shipping physical rewards
• Update your email address for delivery of PDFs through your DriveThruRPG account

Your credit card will not be charged immediately for any additional funds allocated to your pledge, since we have to manually request that from BackerKit. The card authorisation may be submitted at any time, though, so please ensure the card number you provide can be successfully charged – otherwise, the delivery of your digital rewards may be delayed.

Timeline Reminder

If you want to be amongst the first wave of backers to receive your Anime 5E digital PDF, it is vital that you complete your BackerKit survey no later than Thursday, May 27th. Our plan is to then send out the first wave of DriveThruRPG download links on Friday/Saturday, May 28th/29th.

If you do not complete your survey by Thursday, May 27th, you will not receive your digital rewards in this first wave. Even if you aren’t requesting any changes or modifications from what Kickstarter has already processed at the campaign’s end, completion of the Anime 5E BackerKit survey is still mandatory for all backers to receive your digital and print rewards.

Further Waves

Every week (and then later, two-week) period moving forward from the end of May, we will compile all the late surveys received and process the digital pledge rewards at that time. We will only send out download PDF codes to late backers in these weekly or bi-weekly waves, not daily as they come in. In other words, if you want your digital pledge rewards as soon as possible, please don’t delay completing the survey please. And don’t forget to ensure your credit card is ready for process any additional funds for shipping fees/tier changes/add-ons/etc.

Late Pledge Pre-Orders

We know that during this crazy time, not everyone was able to complete a pledge during the Anime 5E Kickstarter campaign. We are thus offering a late pledge pre-order option for those that unfortunately missed the campaign or were dropped due to credit card processing errors. Here’s the link you can pass onto your gamer friends and community: https://anime5e.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

If you have any questions about your pledge, please contact Dyskami Publishing at [email protected]. This is better than posting in the Kickstarter comments section or Kickstarter message button – email us directly, please.

Thanks for your patience over the past few weeks! Now so get those surveys filled out so we can deliver your goodies. 😆

BackerKit Smoke Test Begins!
over 5 years ago – Tue, May 18, 2021 at 12:37:55 AM

Great News, Backers!

We have been working with BackerKit to get the surveys ready, and we are starting the process today (May 17th). Following their guidelines, the survey email (likely coming from [email protected] or a variation) will first be sent to a small random selection of backer as part of a “smoke test” to ensure everything is running smoothly with the process. Only this group of backers will receive this initial survey today, so don’t worry if your pledge isn’t selected. If you do receive it, it would be very helpful if you could complete your pledge promptly so we can verify that the process is running smoothly. If you have any important feedback regarding the smoke test survey, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we can investigate before opening the surveys more widely.

Within a couple of days if everything runs without problems, the survey will be sent to all remaining backers. We will post another update here when that is happening, so please be patient until then. We will also open the pre-order site for late pledges at the same time, since we know that several people wanted to back the Kickstarter but couldn’t do so while it was running for a variety of reasons.

The First Wave of Digital Rewards

If you want to be amongst the first wave of backers to receive your Anime 5E digital PDF, it is vital that you complete your BackerKit survey no later than Thursday, May 27th. Our plan is to then send out the first wave of DriveThruRPG download links on Friday/Saturday, May 28th/29th.

If you do not complete your survey by Thursday, May 27th, you will not receive your digital rewards in this first wave.

Further Waves

Every week (and then later, two-week) period moving forward from the end of May, we will compile all the late surveys received and process the digital pledge rewards at that time. We will only send out download PDF codes to late backers in these weekly or bi-weekly waves, not daily as they come in. In other words, if you want your digital pledge rewards as soon as possible, please don’t delay completing the survey please.

Anime 5E Dice Tower Sneak Peek

We recently received the illustration files for the Anime 5E Dice Tower add-on from the talented Chabibit. We printed them in the office on regular (flimsy) paper, cut along the dielines, and constructed a mini-tower. Of course, the final version will reflect higher print quality on sturdy cardboard, but we wanted to give you a first-look at the draft construction of our wizard’s tower. It’s so kawaii! ☺️

We’ll be in touch in a couple of days when the BackerKit survey is ready for wide distribution!

17-Day Progress Report
over 5 years ago – Tue, May 11, 2021 at 02:16:09 AM

It’s Monday once again, and we have a few brief updates on the information we presented in Update #50.

If things proceed as planned (fingers crossed) sometime in the Friday-Monday (May 14th-17th) timeframe we will begin the process of sending out BackerKit surveys. Following BackerKit guidelines, this will initially be a limited “smoke test” only, sent to 5% of the backers so we can catch any errors or unexpected issues that arise. Within a few days afterwards, we can begin distribution the BackerKit surveys widely to everyone and open up late pledge options as well.

We’ll provide more timeline details when it’s available from BackerKit, so please remain patient and stay tuned.

Stretch Goal Sneak Peek

Since you seemed to enjoy the brief glimpses we provided in the last sneak peek, we thought we’d tease a few more here since many will be ready to send out with the PDF bundles.

•  Character Pre-Gens: Fairy Hunter/Ninja (8 inches tall!), Nekojin Broker, Kodama Psionicist
•  Magical Items: Crown of Irresistible Command, Investigators’ Bane Manteau
•  Traps: Dampener, State Shifter
•  Mecha: Exosuit, Protector Guardian V
•  Mounts: Phase Griffon, Riding Elk
•  Vehicles: Sky Galleon, Tracked Piercer
•  Weapons: Reality Club, Rapture Blade
•  Poisons: Ice Nettle Milk, Searing Fiend Blood
•  Extra 5E Monsters: Basilisk, Roc
•  New Anime 5E Monsters: Beastwalker, Greater Yurei

Work continues daily on the Anime 5E stretch goals. Until the next update, enjoy your week!

10-Day Progress Report
over 5 years ago – Mon, May 03, 2021 at 09:20:41 PM

Happy Monday! Here’s a quick summary of our 10-day progress report.

Current BackerKit Projection: Mid-May

We anticipate that the original timeline for sending the BackerKit survey is delayed by approximately one week until mid-May. There are some back-end administration details that have pushed the survey back slightly, but only by a little. We are still aiming to have the PDF pledges delivered to you by the end of May – provided you have completed the BackerKit survey promptly when it is available, of course.

We will certainly post an update the moment we know when the survey will be sent out, so if you haven’t received an update here yet then the survey have not yet available to you.

With the survey, you can:

• Confirm or change your pledge tier
• Top up your pledge funds to select one or more add-on products
• Remit shipping fees for any physical rewards in your pledge
• Provide your mailing address for shipping physical rewards
• Update your email address for delivery of PDFs through your DriveThruRPG account

If you have any questions about your pledge, please contact Dyskami Publishing at [email protected]. This is better than posting in the Kickstarter comments section or Kickstarter message button – email us directly, please.

Late Pledges

We know that during this crazy time, not everyone was able to complete a pledge during the Anime 5E Kickstarter campaign. Once the BackerKit survey is released, we will be offering a late pledge option for those that unfortunately missed the campaign or were dropped due to credit card processing errors. An announcement with further details will be released at that time as well.

Stretch Goal Sneak Peek

We have continued making excellent progress on the stretch goals, and expect to have a selection of them ready for delivery with fulfilment of the PDF rewards. Though it’s too early to provide details, here’s a sneak peek at a few titles to whet your appetite:

•  Character Pre-Gens: Archfiend Magical Girl (30-feet tall!), Hill Dwarf Samurai, Slime Isekai Student
•  Classes: Mindmancer (specialises in mind control), Simulake (mimics the powers of others)
•  Magical Items: Wondrous Machine of Eternal Wealth, Helm of Practical Knowledge
•  Traps: Corrosive Shriek Web, Shadow Zone
•  Mecha: Mermech, Nekogantuar
•  Mounts: War Corgi, Chitinous Jump Shark
•  Vehicles: Anything Goes Flying Carpet, Plane Chaser
•  Weapons: GravMaul, Infernal Boom Stick
•  Poisons: Putrid Shale Fungi Spores, Blinkbeast Bile
•  Extra 5E Monsters: Displacer Beast, Balor
•  New Anime 5E Monsters: Fiendish Blade Orb, Minor Dungeon Boss

Official Anime 5E Discord Server

As mentioned in Update #49, we have expanded our Discord offerings and created a new Dyskami RPG Community Discord Server.  We’ve already had hundreds of Anime 5E backers join the community, and we’d love to see you there too! Along with the Anime 5E Facebook group, there are several excellent resources where you can connect with other players and DMs to engage on Anime 5E ideas.

Thanks for your patience as we work to deliver the best Anime 5E products that we can! Enjoy your week!