Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera

Hey there, creeps,

YOU DID IT!

Thanks to you, we've already blown past our initial funding goal for Tales from the Cryptids!

This anthology of games, stories, poetry, and uncanny ephemera will be a REAL THING. We are so excited to bring you cryptid content by Avery Alder, Sharang Biswas, Shing Yin Khor, Jason B. Crawford, A.E. Osworth, and Shen Tao. And anthology editor Brigitte Winter will be selecting additional creators to include in this book through our open call this spring!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU from the bottom of our weird little hearts.

Next up, we'll be working toward our first stretch goal, which will allow us to add more pages to this book and include even more authors, game designers, and poets when we open to submissions in March.

We love artists and believe creators should be fairly compensated for their work, and we are committed to a pro rate of 10 cents per word for our contributing writers. We also pay professional rates for illustrations, graphic design, layout, and all the other labor that goes into producing a beautiful book packed full of human creativity. This commitment is non-negotiable for us, so we deeply appreciate your help making it possible. 

If you haven't had a chance to back the project, we hope you'll help us reach our next milestone!

And if you've already made your pledge, please help us spread the word. We're a small team, and we'd love your support bringing this project to communities who will love it.

With gratitude,

Dustin, Nat, Brigitte, and Pat



P.S. Come say hi to Brigitte and Nat tonight at 7pm ET/4pm PT when they go live for our first livestream conversation about Tales from the Cryptids! Just visit our Backerkit page at that time and the livestream should automatically appear. See you soon!

It's already been quite a week for Tales from the Cryptids!

We have nearly reached our funding goal for this new cryptid-themed anthology of games, stories, poems, and other weird ephemera!

If you haven't had a chance to back the project, head over the our Backerkit page to help us make this book real.
 
And be sure to visit the page tonight at 7pm ET/4pm PT for a livestream featuring Scryptid Games' co-founders Nat Mesnard and Brigitte Winter. They will share the story of how this project came to be, what Brigitte wants from submissions when we launch our anthology open call this spring, and what to expect from the rad new "Make Short Games" class that Nat is offering as a campaign reward.



See you soon!

<3
Scryptid Games

Hiya creeps,

Crowdfunding for Tales from the Cryptids launched yesterday and we are already more than halfway to our funding goal! A huge thanks to everyone who rallied on day one to help make this anthology of games, fiction, poetry, and uncanny ephemera a reality. Your support is giving us big FEELINGS.

Squonk, the famous Pennsylvania cryptid so tender-hearted that he can dissolve himself in his own tears, is truly overwhelmed by the love and enthusiasm of this community.

Now it's time to cross the finish line and start working toward our stretch goals.

The more we raise for this project, the more rad cryptid content we'll be able to include when we open to submissions this spring.

If you haven't had a chance to check out the campaign, head over our Backerkit page to read more about the anthology, our fabulous contributors, and special campaign rewards.

See you on the other side!

<3 Brigitte, Nat, Dustin, and Pat