Bellevue game developers raise $400K in 28 hours on Kickstarter
Apr 6, 2012, 6:24 AM | Updated: 7:29 am
A team of Bellevue video game designers is thanking the internet, the website Kickstarter, and thousands of donors that helped them exceed their fundraising goal of $400,000 in just 28 hours.
“We never expected in our wildest dream that this thing could get funded in this short of a period of time,” said Jordan Weisman with Harebrained Schemes.
The designers had hoped to raise the money over the next month for development of their game Shadowrun Returns, but the response on Kickstarter allowed them to reach their goal in much less time than expected.
“Our humble thanks and sincere respect for the faith you’re putting in us and the team,” said Weisman. “We will work damn hard to live up to that.”
The total funds pledged at this point is $554,474, well beyond their initial goal of $400,000. They say they’ll use the extra money to add more features to the game.
By 97.3 KIRO FM Staff
