Dark greetings and bloody portents, friends!
We are still waiting on about 5% of our backers to complete their surveys on BackerKit - if that’s you, here’s your reminder to please fill out your survey as soon as possible! We can only continue production once you’ve done so.
93% of backers have completed their surveys! If you are one of the remaining 7% who have not submitted your survey, please do so as soon as possible. This is a vital step in fulfilling your order.
If you lost your survey or cannot find it in the email inbox associated with your Kickstarter account, you can use this link to recover it: https://carpe-noctem.backerkit.com/
Thank you for your support!
hi, just checking but did y'all send out multiple surveys or just one? i responded back to one awhile ago right away but i'm not sure if it's the same one? thanks!
Just the one! It would have been delivered with the subject line “Response Needed — Get your reward for Carpe Noctem: Vampires Through the Ages.” We also sent out a reminder email a few days ago to anyone who hasn’t completed their survey yet, so if you didn’t receive one, you should be all set.
Mod Maria 🌙
Dark greetings, everyone!
We sent out Backer Surveys a few weeks ago, and we’re happy to report we’ve received over 90% of your surveys! Thank you to everyone who responded so far.
As a reminder, you can send your survey and update your response at any time until April 15th. Please make sure you get your survey in if you haven’t already - there isn’t much time left! If we don’t receive a response, we may be unable to deliver your bundle. Remember to check the email associated with your Kickstarter account!
Additionally, we’re happy to introduce two new members of our team, JJ and Ara @arachnoidmater, who will be assisting our production and helping us make sure we give you all the best zines, booklets, and merch we can!
Hello! This is a reminder for anyone who hasn’t yet completed their Backerkit/Pledge Manager surveys. Surveys will lock on April 15th. Make sure to submit on time so that we can fulfill your order. If you are unsure where to find the survey link, it was sent to the email associated with your Kickstarter account. Check your spam folder if you can’t find it in your regular inbox!
Thank you! 🦇
Hello everyone! Backer surveys have been sent. We will have information here as well as on the surveys themselves, so please take a look at this post as well as at the survey for instructions on how to fill it out.
Surveys OPEN today, March 2nd. They will be DUE by April 15th, but we highly recommend completing them as soon as possible in order to speed up the production process.
Notes:
🌙 You will be able to make updates to your survey up to the deadline, but not past the deadline.
🌙 Tier upgrades will be possible
🌙 You can order up to 2 additional copies of the zine and up to 3 extra pieces of any individual merch item.
🌙 If you pledged to receive specific add-ons to your order, please reselect those in your survey.
🌙 Please DO NOT pledge to receive the 18+ add-on if you are not 18+ in age.
Thank you all for your patience as we set up our Backerkit pledge manager. The surveys have been reviewed by Backerkit’s team and we’re preparing to send out the smoke test, which is where we send surveys to a small percentage of backers to ensure everything works the way it should. As soon as this required step is complete, the surveys will be ready for launch!
We have a few exciting add-on options for you all that we’re very excited to unveil!
If you wanted specific merch items without purchasing a whole bundle, now’s your chance to get them.
🦇Our Add-Ons 🦇
Anyone who pledged Bitten, Fledgling, Sire, Elder, or Twilight Hour can get any physical add-ons. Backers at any level can select digital add-ons.
🌙 Written Add-Ons 🌙
“Fine Dining” 18+ PDF
“Fine Dining” 18+ Digital Booklet
“The Historian” Written Merch Bundle
🌙 Extra Zine Copies 🌙
You can order up to 2 extra copies of the Carpe Noctem book!
🌙 Merch Add-Ons 🌙
Sets of our polaroids!
Sets of prints!
Sets of stickers!
Individual merch items featured in the Fledgling to Elder tiers!
We’ve got them all!
🩸Please remember that adding a lot of physical items or heavy items like extra books to your order will have an effect on the shipping price!
All of these will be available through Backerkit. When that opens up, we will be sharing some instructions on how to add PDFs, merch, or extra books to your pledge, to help you order everything you’d like! If you already pledged extra for certain add-ons you knew you wanted, that will show up as a credit in your pledge manager survey, and you’ll only need to remember to add those items to your cart.
And if you really love the zine and want to support our wonderful writers and illustrators, you can also support the team by leaving a tip in our Tip Jar!
Thank you again 🫀
New Year, New Phase - BackerKit Surveys!
Now that we’re back from holidays, we will be continuing on to our final phase before production: backer surveys! In order to make sure everyone gets all of the add-ons and extras they want, and to collect shipping information, we will be opening the survey using Kickstarter’s BackerKit soon.
Because we have a few add-ons of different types, we are taking our time to ensure that the surveys will roll out smoothly. We initially planned to send these surveys in January, but have needed to delay until February. We apologize for the wait and thank you for your patience.
Funds
Late in December, we received our final funding amount after Kickstarter fees : $14,563.63. This is the amount of money we’ll have to continue into production. Thank you so much to everyone who supported us! We’ll use this to make books and merch we know you’ll love.
Next Update?
The next production update will come when we have finalized the opening and closing dates for the backer surveys. In the meantime, please feel free to ask us questions on what to expect in the next few months. You can find this and following production updates on Twitter, Kickstarter, and our Tumblr tagged with (#production updates) and (#vamping up production).
Stay safe, and we’ll see you in the next one! Cheers!
Hello! I was wondering if this zine is still available for purchase?
Hi there! Currently no, it is no longer available for purchase. Our Kickstarter campaign ended in December. Sorry!
However, in the event that we have enough extra merchandise, we would have a leftover sale.
Thanks for your interest!
Mod Maria 🌙
We did it! Thank you all so much for all of your support! We wrapped up our Kickstarter with an astounding 355 backers, reaching 6 of our 7 stretch goals!
For our backers: we’ll be confirming orders (including add-ons and extra zines and merch) with our lovely backers in the coming months. We’ll be sending those backers surveys after the holidays, in January. We’ll give more instructions then, so please hold on tight for now!
To our supporters on socials and fellow vampire lovers galore:
Thank you so, so much! We’re honored that you stood (or hung upside-down?) by us during our Kickstarter, and we hope you’ll stick around for the rest of the ride as well!
We’re so excited to begin our production period, so look forward to new updates - those will be posted on our socials and on Kickstarter as we have them. 🧛
Fangs again!