Play as a band of rebel cats trying to stop fascists from seizing control of the galaxy in this cooperative board game!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The Backerkit for Space Cats Fight Fascism has launched! Fill out your surveys to receive your rewards, and get any add-ons!
over 7 years ago
– Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 10:06:58 PM
Hello space cat rebels!
We’re excited to let you know that the Backerkit for Space Cats Fight Fascism has launched! It's time for you to fill out your surveys, give us the information we need to make your custom cats, and purchase any add-ons if you want them: additional custom cats, more copies of Space Cats Fight Fascism, our other games, and more!
What is Backerkit?
Backerkit is a survey tool and pre-order system that connects to your Kickstarter account and helps us deliver your rewards. You should have received an e-mail with the information you need to log in and complete your survey. We'll need your Backerkit survey info to be able to deliver your rewards, so follow the link from your e-mail. If you missed the survey, check your spam. Also, you can always use this link if you lose track of that e-mail message:
http://space-cats-fight-fascism.backerkit.com/
This Backerkit will be open until September 1st. You won't be charged anything for any additional add-ons until that time. That is also the deadline to fill out your survey to get your rewards. (Although we really encourage you to do it ASAP - it's easy to put it off and then forget!)
Important things to know!
This is the last chance for new backers! This is the also the last opportunity to get customized versions of the game featuring your own cat. Once the BackerKit closes, we won't be taking any more custom cats. So if you know anyone who would be interested in joining the space cat resistance, please share this pre-order store link with them:
Current timeline and when we will be shipping the games
Alright, so here's our plan:
July 31: Launch the Backerkit and start collecting survey answers. (Hey, that's today!)
All of August: Work on finishing the game, art, purchasing game components, making custom components, etc.
September 1: Close the Backerkit and process cards!
September 15: Send the game to our manufacturer!
All of October: Coordinate with manufacturer and fulfillment house
November 10 - 17: Ship the game from our manufacturer to our fulfillment house
November 20 - December 1: Begin shipping the games to you all!
While we don't plan on any, if there are any hiccups, delays, or changes - we will definitely let you all know!
What if I might move before the shipping date?
No problem! You can change your address anytime before we ship the games out, even if you fill out your survey now!
Alright, that's it for now. Thank you!
We're so grateful for your support during this campaign and we are excited to get you this game about cats in space fighting fascism.
Dang, that feels good to say.
Best,
The TESA Collective
Epilogue: Where the Rebellion Goes Now (Surveys Coming Out Soon; New Baby; Previewing New Card Art)
almost 8 years ago
– Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 07:32:02 PM
Hello space cat rebels!
Brian here. Thank you for your patience over the past month while I was on paternity leave and helping to welcome a new one into the world. And thus, I'm happy to report that a new kitten has joined the rebellion, and his name is Simon!
Simon says, "Down with the Rat Pack! Giraffes are better!"
Over the past week, I've begun to return to work, catching up on emails and the behind the scenes work that's been happening on Space Cats Fight Fascism while I've been on paternity leave.
So what comes next? You do!
Backer Surveys
Either later this week or next, we'll be launching the Backerkit for Space Cats Fight Fascism. Backerkit is a third party platform that will allow us to collect the information we need to ship your games as well as create your custom cat characters and so on. In addition, Backerkit will allow you to add other components onto your pledge. So, say you want another copy of the game, or you want a custom cat character after all, or you want to get your cat illustrated into the game, or you want some copies of our other games. You'll be able to add all of these onto your pledge through Backerkit! Finally, if you know anyone who didn't get a copy of the game during the Kickstarter but wants one now, they'll be able to order the game through Backerkit as well. Hoorah!
The Backerkit surveys will be open for a few weeks after they launch, during which time we'll need everyone to fill out their information in order for us to fulfill your pledges. We'll of course send out a couple reminders along the way. We're happy to get the ball rolling on this phase of the process.
New Card Art - Before and After!
In the mean time, to hold you over until we launch the surveys, we wanted to share some new art for the game! Our artist Evan Rowland has been working on creating even more amazing illustrations, and we're excited to share them with you.
Art and design is such a crucial component to making a fun game. I (Brian) have absolutely no artistic abilities, so I design all of my games in Google Documents. Obviously, that won't do for a final version of a game. So after conversations about the general art direction, Evan was able to adapt the cards into some fantastic piece of art. Below are a few before (Google Docs version) and after (illustrated version) examples:
And after:
It's so cool to see this transition, which captures the theme wonderfully.
Here's another one:
Before
Now, following Evan's art magic, we have this:
And after
We'll share one more. And this one is a New Power card, which have a one time immediate effect, or allow you to use them to gain new abilities to create fun combinations of effects.
Before
As you can see, I didn't even have a placeholder image for this one. But Evan still made a great and humorous illustration - despite the potentially gross subject matter.
Finally, some Resistance cards are "Symbol" cards. These cards have the powerful effect of adding two liberation tokens to your current planet, but they can only be played on planets with the matching symbol. This is how Evan has designed these cards, with the understanding that they need to be immediately recognizable:
I love the idea of these giant cat symbols floating in the night sky, almost like they are constellations.
And in general, we're so excited for how the art and theme of this game is turning out.
That's it for now. We'll be back in touch later this week or next once the surveys are ready to go out. Thanks again for all of your support!
Next steps for the rebellion! (And there will be a short break as we welcome a space kitten into the world.)
almost 8 years ago
– Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 08:12:45 AM
Hello space cat rebels!
It wasn't that long ago that we were tearing down the walls of the Rat Pack regime. Freedom has spread across the galaxy, and change is afoot (a-paw?):
Expect about a month of quiet as we welcome a space kitten into the world (a new baby!)
On our team, Brian, who is heading up Space Cats Fight Fascism, will be going on paternity leave very shortly for the birth of his child. That means there will be about a month or so of quiet on this end. Don't worry, though, as the project will still be humming along in the background. The rest of the SCFF project team will be working on the game's art, design, and production while Brian is away.
However, that means that there won't be someone on deck to reply to any Kickstarter comments of messages that come in while Brian is on leave. If you need to be in touch with us with any question until Brian returns, please shoot us an email: [email protected]
Timeline for your surveys (mid July - August) and rewards (December)
In order to get you your rewards for supporting this Kickstarter, we will send out a survey, which you will fill out - providing us information such as your shipping address, your cat pictures, and so forth.
While Brian is gone, the rest of the SCFF team will be working on other elements of the game. As soon as Brian returns, we will send you the surveys. You will then fill these out to get us the information we need to ship you your games, as well as create your custom cats, illustrate your cats into the game, and so on. We will send these surveys out probably around mid-July (depending on the exact start and end of Brian's leave), and we will need them filled out from you by around the first week of August in order to get you your rewards in December.
We'll have more exact timeline details for the survey when Brian returns.
Thanks all again for your support! We can't wait to get you this game!
Because of you, the Rat Pack has been defeated and the galaxy is liberated!
almost 8 years ago
– Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 06:09:57 PM
Thank you, thank you, thank you. From the bottom of our hearts and the tips of our whiskers, thank you.
Seven hundred and eleven amazing human beings/space cat rebels came together to make Space Cats Fight Fascism a reality. Because of you, the galaxy is a better place to live in for all species. The fascist Rat Pack regime is no more, and the animals across all planets are celebrating.
We're going to take a little cat nap to get some much needed R&R, but we'll follow up sometime next week with what comes next.
You all are the best. Thank you for being a part of this journey with us. We can't wait to get you this game.
With love,
The TESA Collective
The rebellion has almost won! (Last few days of the Kickstarter campaign + a new stretch goal!)
almost 8 years ago
– Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 06:07:24 PM
Hello space cat rebels!
We have glorious news. The last of the Rat Pack regime is crumbling. Across every planet, from Scratchpost to Hot Rock, symbols of hope are spreading like a cat taking a nap in a sun beam.
With less than 48 hours to go in our campaign, we have raised roughly $39,000! Thank you so much. This is absolutely incredible. This also means that we have unlocked the stretch goal to add three additional new powers to the game!
Thank you, thank you! We're so excited to include these additional powers, which will allow you to give your cat rebels unique abilities and combos of effects, making each round of the game different.
This also means we have a new stretch goal! If we are able to reach $44,000, we will add 10 new cards to both the Galactic News Deck and the Resistance Deck. That's 20 additional cards in the game, total! This would allow us to include even more creative storylines in the game, changing up the flavor and story with each round of the game. We're very excited about this!
The last 48 hours of a Kickstarter campaign are often the biggest, and so we've got our sights aimed high. Let's raise the flags of Cat Liberation across the galaxy! If everyone who has backed this campaign shared it with one more person, we are sure we'd reach this goal in no time.
