Hey guys!

Smoke Tests just went out! What's a smoke test? It's a chance for us to catch any errors in the survey! 5% of you guys were randomly selected to get the survey early for this purpose. It's crucial for those of you who got it early through this test to fill out your survey and report back to me if there are any issues, so please check your email and see if you got a survey today!

There are also 4 of you who still have failed payments. That makes up around $100 in campaign funds. Fixing your payments as soon as possible will help us immensely!

You can check your pledges page here and click on the page for this campaign to see if your payment failed. If it did, it's as simple as re-entering your card info!
 
If you do not fix your card in time but you still want your rewards, you will still receive a survey if you have not fixed your payment at this point, but the cost of your pledge will be due along with shipping at that time.

Thank you so much to everyone who's fixed any card errors so far, it means the world to me!

Finally, I wanted to let you all know the pre-order store is officially OPEN! So, if you know anyone who's wanting to get the pins at the campaign exclusive discounted rate, this is the chance! You'll notice in the preorder store and surveys, there are a lot of items avaliable previous campaigns. I wanted to give you guys a chance to add some other items to your orders if they interest you and only pay once for shipping! You'll find pins from my The Sweet Shop campaign from Pintopia, What's In The Bag?, the PokePostage collab, and Fabled Arcana!



Also, the three pins that did not unlock are avaliable as stretch goals on the preorder store and in your surveys. For any of you that ordered 3 or more pins, I applied credit to your survey equal to the remainder of your pledge after paying for 2 pins and any add ons. You can use it towards anything in the add-ons section (like the pins that didn't unlock!). There's also keychains avaliable if your girl didn't unlock!

That's all I've got for you guys for now! Thank you again for an amazing Pintober I'll send another update when surveys go out to everyone!

Katze

PS: Check out Katze's Holiday Market -- my holiday sale here on Backerkit, arriving before Christmas for US backers, LIVE NOW!

Hello everyone! Thank you all so so much again for supporting this campaign.

I wanted to put out an update regarding surveys!

Smoke tests will be sent in the NEXT TWO DAYS, and if all goes well, then surveys will be sent by November 21st!

If you are chosen for the smoke test, it is very important that you reply to them! Your survey will serve as a test to make sure that everything is working as intended. If you come across any issues, please let us know!

I'm also going to be sending out emails to a few of you whose pledges did not go through. Fixing any payment issues as soon as you can really does help a lot!

Also, tomorrow, November 18th, I'm launching Katze's Holiday Market -- a part of a new Backerkit event, aptly named Holiday Market! This event features ready-to-ship items, essentially creating a virtual Artist Alley for you to do your holiday shopping in!

My past campaign merch, merch avaliable in my shop, and overall, a ton of really cool stuff will all be avaliable ON SALE and ready to ship for the holidays -- with guaranteed before Christmas delivery for US backers! And, just like other campaigns, you won't be charged til the end on December 1st!

And, all previous backers will get a FREE random sticker from my inventory as a thank you for all your support. Think of it as my christmas gift to you!

Click this link to pledge NOW, before it even goes live -- because y'all are awesome and I want you to have the first pick of limited items.



That's all for now -- wishing you all the best!

Katze

Hello everyone!

Pintober has come to a close, and with it, so has our campaign!

We had a strong finish, and even got a few last minute pledges in overtime, for which I'm so grateful!

However, our final total was $794, a little over the $750 goal for the first two pins to unlock. So, since not all five designs were unlocked, I want to give you guys the opportunity to decide which designs get made!

Attatched to this update is a poll, the results of which will determine which two pins get made. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE IN THIS POLL! I want to get as many backers' input as possible for this!

The pins that are not unlocked will be avaliable as a stretch goal in the upcoming survey. Each one would require 17 purchases to unlock. If they are NOT unlocked during the survey, the designs will be avaliable as keychains at no additional cost. So, if your heart is set on a certain girl, you can still bring her home!

Additionally, there are a few of you whos payments have failed. There's currently ~$125 not yet accounted for, which leave us with around $669 -- which is less than the second pin unlock goal. If you're able, fixing your payment ASAP will not only ease my worry about covering the cost of the pins, but also ensure that you're able to get your rewards as quickly as possible!

I want to thank everyone again for supporting this project. It was a big change from my usual designs, which have focused on cute and colorful animals and video game characters. I wanted to give my original characters a chance to shine, and to take a step into more mature, sultry art -- I may love cute stuff, but I'm not all fluff, yknow? It may not have gone as well as I'd hoped, but I definitely learned a lot from this campaign. I will continue to work and grow and I hope you'll all come along for that journey!

PLEASE vote in the poll, which will close next Monday, November 10th, and I'll respond to any questions/concerns in the comments of this post. 

Thank you!

Katze

Hello everyone!

I wanted to let you all know that I was able to get a quote from a different manufacturer that will allow me to produce these pins at a slightly lower price -- which means that now, the first two pins have already been unlocked!

The rest of the girlies who aren't unlocked yet are MUCH closer to unlocking than they were prior to this quote, as well! We only need roughly another $350 to unlock Akara!

Don't worry if your fave doesn't unlock, though! Any pins that don't unlock will be avaliable to those who want them as 2.25" acrylic keychains, and anyone who selects that character's keychain will also get a $5 store credit as a thank you for supporting the campaign!

We've still got 4 days left in the campaign, and I'm excited to make a big push til the very end to get everything unlocked!

Talk soon,

Katze

Hi hi Katastrophe!

I hope everyone's having a great Pintober! Have you been trick-or-treating between projects for freebie pins? I sure have!

As for Monster Girl Menagerie, we've already unlocked the first pin, Midnite, but we're only around $60 away from unlocking Amy, the dragon girl! If you haven't already, there's no time like the present to back the campaign!



Now, I mentioned a potential freebie for everyone in the subject for this update, and it's a rather exciting one!

If we can get to 100 followers on my next campaign, 64 Bit Memories, I'll throw in the glitter Demon Lollipop sticker with every backer's order! Right now, the only folks who'll be getting that is those of you who are returning backers. So, help me boost my next project, and get a ~sweet~ reward! Check out 64 Bit Memories below -- it's a campaign based around N64 games and controllers!

 
That's all for now! I'll let you know once we unlock Amy. After her is Akara, the fire goddess!

Thank you all so much,

Katze