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LOGY GAMES の山本氏に、今まで実践してきたベストプラクティスやこれから世界に進出してゆく日本のクリエイターへのアドバイスを伺いました。

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2015年に初めて Kickstarter に触れたことをきっかけに、4年間で20件ものプロジェクトをローンチしてきた山本光夫さん。タイルや木の素材で丁寧に作られた数々のアブストラクトゲームは、海外ゲーマーからも根強い支持を得ています。

20回のプロジェクトすべてにおいて試行錯誤し続けたという山本さんは、Kickstarter を通して海外ファンとのコミュニケーションの面白さだけでなく、自分のクリエイターとしての得意分野にも改めて気づいたそう。その豊富な経験と知識を活かし、Kickstarter ワークショップの講師として新規クリエイターの指導も精力的におこなっています。

今回はそんな山本さんに、日本のボードゲームクリエイターの祭典・ゲームマーケット会場内で Kickstarter の効果的な活用法、そしてはじめてのクリエイターに向けてのアドバイスを聞いてみました。

まず、僕の場合は平均キャンペーン期間である1ヶ月はもたないんです。キャンペーンを1ヶ月間やる人はイベントなどを実施できる、企画力のあるクリエイター。

極端な話、キャンペーンはスタートダッシュの3日と最後の盛り上がりを見せる2日だけで十分と思っています。ただ、休暇などで見れない人がいるかもしれないので、それでは短すぎるかなぁと。ボードゲームの場合は BoardGameGeek から公式のクラウドファンディングニュースが毎週日曜日に配信されていて、Kickstarter と Indiegogo のどんな小さなプロジェクトでも掲載されるので、それをうまく利用しています。

僕のプロジェクトのタイムラインは、だいたい12日程度。まず、木曜日にローンチする。そうすると3日後に BoardGameGeek からニュースが流れる。次の日曜日まではバッカーの要望に対応したり、細かい質問に答えたりする。そして、最後の2日間の前にまた BoardGameGeek からニュースが配信される。その後押しを受け、最後の2日間を終えるというスケジュールにしています。

僕は外注せずに自分で作っているので、バッカーの要望にも即時に対応できて1週間でいけるけど、初めてのクリエイターや自分で作ってないクリエイターは、その時間をちゃんと計算する必要があるでしょう。

Kickstarter が推奨するツールのひとつ「プロジェクトアップデート」をフルに活かしてます。一回立ち上げたプロジェクトはずっと生きている。アップデート機能を使って記事を書くと、コミュニティ全員に記事が届く。僕の場合は20回プロジェクトを立ち上げている。1つのプロジェクトのファンが100人だったとしても20回もやるとコミュニティが2000人に膨らんでいるでしょう?

 今では、ローンチ前の下書き段階のプレビューページもコミュニティに公開して、フィードバックをもらっています。内容のアドバイスをもらう側面もありますが、このタイミングでアップ日を告知できるというPR効果もある。これをやっておくと、僕の達成額は10万円程度なので1日で達成することが多い。だから個人的にはローンチする1週間前が勝負だと思っています。

初めてのクリエイターの場合は、もう少し前の1ヶ月くらいからしっかりと準備しておいた方がいいと思います。僕は時間をかけても効果的にできなかったので、どこかで切り上げて小さなプロジェクト何度も立ち上げることが合っていると判断し、1年間に4回プロジェクトを立ち上げる方式をとっています。

とにかくタイムリーに速いことが大切。バッカーへの返答が遅いと、むこうはバックする気が失せてしまう。バックしたいと思って質問してきた人の「ここってこう?」に対してはイエスかノーだけでも返事をすれば、バックしてくれる。下手でもいいし、Google翻訳で調べるから「少し待って(Wait a minute)」でもいい。日本人が英語が得意でないことは理解してもらえる。誠心誠意込めてやればそれで問題ないんです。

以前、バッカーに「僕らは、英語の実力でプロジェクトの評価をしている訳ではない」と言われたことがある。だから、みなさん安心してください。

でも、自己紹介動画だけは頑張って英語でやった方がいいよ!字幕で英語のフォローを入れればいいし、拙くても一生懸命の方がクリエイターの思いが伝わるからね。

発送方法に関しての一番のおすすめはゆうちょの国際eパケット。安いし、ネットで登録もできるし、配送伝票も印刷してくれて、インボイスもついてくる。ただ、2キロまでしか送れません。書留郵便なのでトラッキングが可能で、バッカーのメールアドレスが分かれば、発送状況が自動的にメールに届きます。

2キロ以上のものはEMSになるけど、料金が高いね。さらにインボイスもややめんどくさい印象です。だから、僕はなるべく軽くしてeパケットで送るようにしています。

とにかくコストを下げたい場合はSAL便があります。eパケットの1/3くらいの料金ですが、トラッキングがないのと、日数がかかる。でも、バッカーには「そんなに急いでない。むしろ山本のゲームは他のプロジェクトよりも早いほう」と言われることが多い(笑)。なので、ここ1年はSAL便を使うようにして、発送方法もアップグレードできる方法をとっています。

また、梱包も大切で、中身も箱も壊れてないパーフェクトコンディションで送るように心がけています。

僕がずっと言っているのは身の丈にあったプロジェクトにするってことなんです。

大金を夢見て無理して消えていったクリエイターを見てきました。50個、100個作るのと1000個、10000個作るのは全然やり方が違う。50個なら自宅で保管できるが、1000個だと倉庫と配送スタッフを用意しなければならない。そのためのコストをちゃんと想像できているか?初めてのクリエイターはそれを想像しにくい。

例えば、イギリスのクリエイターが初めてのプロジェクトを上げていた。プロトタイプをすごくキレイに作っていたし、リワードもその送料も安かったので心配していた。プロジェクトが成功して100人くらいから支援が集まった。でも、やっぱり配送は遅れるし、届いたものはプロトタイプのクオリティが担保されていなかった。プロトタイプを1つキレイに作るのと、100個以上同じクオリティで作るのはちょっと違う。それ以降、彼のページからのアップデートはないから、懲りちゃったのかもしれないね。

だから、小さくてもいいからプロジェクトを立ち上げて、すでてを経験することをおすすめします。そうするとプロジェクトにかかる負荷やスケジュールやコスト感がわかる。

1本目にとっておきのゲームは、出さない方がいい。最初はとりあえず、試しでやってみるのがいいと思う。バッカーとの信用が構築きてからやった方がいいと思う。バッカーも最初のプロジェクトよりは経験と信頼を積んでいる2、3度目以降の方が安心できるしね。

初めてのクリエイターは不安だらけだと思います。僕もそうでした。僕もいつも薄氷を踏みながらプロジェクトを立ち上げているので、一緒に頑張りましょう!

現在、山本光夫氏の新作プロジェクト Japanese Ceramic Accent プロジェクトが進行中(2020年1月21日まで)。

日本のクリエイターによるプロジェクトをもっとみる。

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DreamItReel, an all-in-one resolution for premium video content material creation at scale, is now looking for funding by way of its RegCF funding spherical on the crowdfunding platform, SeedInvest. DreamItReel describes itself as a video creation platform constructed particularly for manufacturers, companies, and content material creators seeking to create high-quality video at scale. The platform famous that with a mixture of “highly effective instruments” and a vetted world creator community, all managed by its devoted account managers, it makes the video creating course of “quick, simple, and reasonably priced” with out degrading high quality.

“DreamItReel is a world video creation platform constructed particularly for manufacturers, companies, and content material creators seeking to create high-quality video at scale whereas additionally increasing their attain to shoot, edit, or animate anyplace wanted. With a mixture of highly effective instruments and a vetted world creator community, we make it quick, simple, and reasonably priced with out degrading high quality.”

DreamItReel’s platform consists of the next:

  • Pre-Creation Instruments: Consists of workflow administration and DreamItReel’s BriefBuilder device, powered by a sturdy algorithm to simplify and productize the pre-production course of.
  • Creation Market: Powered by the DreamItReel world community, customers choose pre-packaged movies or have them created from scratch.
  • Publish-Creation Instruments: Leading edge assessment and collaboration instruments, in addition to highly effective video analytics.

With reference to how the platform makes cash, DreamItReel said:

“We take both a proportion of gross sales and/or a subscription charge based mostly on providers chosen. For content material creation by way of our market – we at the moment common 68% margin on each video created. For subscription providers – we estimate a $25 month-to-month subscription charge.”

DreamItReel beforehand raised $116,000 by way of its Pre-Seed funding spherical. The corporate is planning to make use of the funds from the SeedInvest marketing campaign to proceed the expansion and growth of its platform, in addition to advertising and marketing, hire and miscellaneous tasks. The marketing campaign thus far has raised $55,000, with a valuation cap of $four million. It’s set to shut on the finish of February.


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March Mindfulness is our new collection that examines the explosive progress in mindfulness and meditation expertise — culminating in Mashable’s groundbreaking aggressive meditation bracket contest. As a result of March should not be all insanity.


The sound of silence hasn’t been this standard since Simon and Garfunkel. 

A Kickstarter marketing campaign for a double-sided vinyl file containing 20 minutes of silence is the most recent crowd-funding undertaking that is making noise. Eric Antonow and his 15-year-old son, Ben, determined the world might use some quiet. 

And Kickstarter supporters agree. The duo has raised roughly $4,300 — seven instances greater than their $600 aim to provide the file. Their Kickstarter ends Wednesday.

It began when Antonow and his son had been sifting by data at a retailer and got here throughout “The Artwork of Meditation,” a relic from the 1970s, full with groovy paintings. Upon listening, although, Antonow discovered that greater than the quilt artwork was outdated — the meditation itself was only a “directive voice” telling him the place to put his ideas. For him, although, the purpose of meditation was to let his ideas go wherever they happy. 

Antonow, who lives in Palo Alto, began meditating after seeing a video on YouTube late one evening in 2016. It was a clip of Jerry Seinfeld speaking about how meditating allowed him to higher handle his life and well-being. Antonow resonated with Seinfeld’s phrases, googled meditation lessons, and realized learn how to meditate. 

He is meditated daily since. He even began a Fb web page referred to as Pub Med on which he posts movies of himself meditating publicly to be able to shake off misconceptions that may cling to the age-old observe. The primary time he broadcast himself meditating on Fb Stay, he did so at 6 a.m. one morning and a few hundred individuals watched. He discovered that he might slowly normalize the act of meditation by livestreaming it. 

Antonow shouldn’t be the one one navigating the glassy waters of the brand new digital zen frontier. The bridge between expertise and meditation has been closing inside the previous couple years. A flurry of apps have additionally popped as much as assist customers get their calm on by way of smartphone. 

Now, Antonow is experimenting with completely different instruments to assist individuals meditate. The vinyl, he says, is only one of a number of he is been engaged on. 

“Observe: This doesn’t require a file participant to be totally loved. Technically, it doesn’t even require this file.”

Although the thought was only a humorous “what if” between him and his son, it (very) rapidly materialized into actuality. Antonow says they’d the thought on a Sunday in January and took motion the subsequent day. Making the recording of pure silence took lower than half an hour. “I opened up Storage Band, and I dragged the degrees right down to zero, and I hit file. And I recorded 20 minutes.” Antonow named it “Facet A,” copied it, and renamed the second “Facet B.” And that was that. 

Antonow predicts that there are two completely different audiences for the vinyl. He notes that on one hand, there are people who find themselves genuinely fascinated about discovering methods to higher their meditation practices. “Then there’s one other group of folks that’ll be like: ‘That is fucking humorous.'” 

Whereas he is critical about the advantages of getting tangible silence, he is conscious of the humor connected to his product. “I wished to ensure each camps had been represented.” 

Nonetheless, Antonow is happy concerning the potentialities for contemplation supplied by the spinning quiet. “This can be a mirror, and while you present up and also you look within the mirror this time it’s gonna be completely different than the final time.”  

Probably the greatest elements about doing the undertaking for Antonow was working together with his son, who discovered the humor in a silent file. It was additionally a very good probability for a father-son educating second.

“Many stuff you need to make are make-able,” he says, matter of factly. And with the arrival of crowd-funding on such accessible platforms, he is proper. “This concept confirmed up in January, and we’ll have data in individuals’s palms by April.” 

The file is just obtainable within the U.S. proper now, however Antonow says there’s curiosity worldwide judging by the messages he is gotten on Kickstarter from Russia, Germany, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the UK. He chalks the curiosity as much as a real curiosity round one thing contemporary and unusual.

The latest growth in meditation and self-help apps like Headspace and Calm have actually opened up a mainstream dialogue about mindfulness. “I feel they’re nice entry factors right into a observe,” Antonow says. 

He does not discover it odd that we have discovered a solution to embrace expertise in a observe that inherently rejects it. He notes, nevertheless, that we “do not actually know” what it might all result in, since we’re dwelling in it proper now. 

“I believe most individuals over time will go discover meditation in way more offline methods than simply listening to a recording or an app.” 

For now, 20 minutes of silence seems like a very good place to begin. 

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Jacqueline Chen is the illustrator and creator of Chibird, a constructive and motivational collection of drawings, comics, and animations.

Jacqueline dropped by Patreon HQ to speak concerning the inspiration for Chibird, the facility of doodling, and the way her neighborhood evokes her artistic course of.

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Save My Little one
8pm, Channel 4

A paean to the NHS – when it isn’t overstretched – and to the ability of crowdfunding, this documentary follows two households as they fundraise of their communities for life-changing surgical procedure for his or her youngsters. Six-year-old Pranav wants £100,00zero to pay for an operation that would allow him to stroll regardless of his cerebral palsy, whereas in Northern Eire, 15-year-old Mia is making an attempt to lift £32,00zero for surgical procedure to right the curvature of her backbone. Coronary heart-warming and heart-rending in equal measure. Ammar Kalia

Gold Digger
9pm, BBC One

It’s mid-point within the melodrama. Will the anniversary of Marsha’s husband’s demise encourage forgiveness in Julia? Not in your nelly: Benjamin’s arrival plunges Jules into paranoia and Marsha is dispatched. She entraps the would-be gigolo and leaves him with nowhere left to cover. Ali Catterall

Tutankhamun With Dan Snow
9pm, Channel 5

Within the first of this three-part sequence in regards to the historic Egyptian boy king, every presenter has their function. Archaeologist Raksha Dave visits a dig within the Valley of the Kings, historian Dan Snow is analyzing the mummies in Cairo, and journalist John Sergeant is sampling the pharaoh’s food regimen. Ellen E Jones

Ray Donovan
9pm, Sky Atlantic

The ultimate fixer ... Ray Donovan.
The final word fixer … Ray Donovan. {Photograph}: Paul Sarkis/Showtime

Ray’s determination to convey his father to the FBI seems set to underpin the seventh season of this nuanced Los Angeles drama. However this week, Donovan faces extra fast considerations: how is he going to get Detective Perry off his case? Elsewhere, Bunchy finds himself thrust into the highlight after a raid on his pharmacy. Phil Harrison

The Bother With Naipaul
10pm, BBC 4

Winner of the Booker and the Nobel prizes, VS Naipaul is likely one of the 20th century’s most lauded authors. But his admitted violence in the direction of his lover and dismissal of total cultures trigger many to dismiss him as outdated and prejudiced. Dr Shahidha Bari asks whether or not we should always cease studying him. AK

eight Days
10pm, Sky Atlantic

If the brand new Battle of the Worlds adaptation isn’t dystopian sufficient for you, this Sky Deutschland authentic is ready within the eight days earlier than a 40km-wide meteor obliterates Europe. The continent has a disaster on its palms as we comply with the efforts of bizarre households to flee and the police to maintain some type of order. AK

Movie alternative

Road trip with a difference … Tom Hardy in Locke.
Highway journey with a distinction … Tom Hardy in Locke.

Locke, 1.30am, Film4
Not your common highway film: Steven “Peaky Blinders” Knight’s gripping 2013 drama is ready completely inside a BMW on the motorway. The digicam is mounted on development supervisor Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), whose air of calm management is slowly eroded by a sequence of telephone calls from his spouse, Katrina (Ruth Wilson), and panicked work colleagues. Paul Howlett

Stay sport

Champions League soccer: Tottenham Hotspur v Olympiacos 7pm, BT Sport 2. A Group B match from London.

Championship soccer: Studying v Leeds United 7.30pm, Sky Sports activities Most important Occasion. From the Madejski Stadium.

Champions League soccer: Actual Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain 8pm, BT Sport/ESPN. An important Group A match.

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The alcohol trade and its promoting have traditionally held a gendered nature. As seen within the majority of arduous alcohol or spirits companies, the whisky trade is crammed with gender stereotypes and has largely been related to males. Within the eyes of the advertiser and the shopper, whisky has change into the final word image of heteronormative, dominant, conventional masculinity, conjuring photographs of Mad Males period kind adverting. The spirits usually focused at ladies (equivalent to gin and vodka) typically reference the lightness of the spirit (often associated to energy) and designed to be combined (or in different phrases, weakened). 

Nonetheless, there are a plethora of girls working within the whisky trade all over the world, difficult these stereotypes. One lady, specifically, Annabel Thomas, co-founder of Nc’nean, an impartial natural whisky distillery on the west coast of Scotland. In an interview with About Time Journal, Annabel revealed that on some whisky model Instagram accounts, photos of canines function extra frequently than photographs of girls, and it’s entrepreneurs being “lazy or worse, prejudiced”. Nonetheless, that is fully unrepresentative of whisky drinkers, of whom, ladies are thought to make up round 37%

As a part of her ambition to alter stereotypes and encourage extra ladies to think about a profession in whisky, Nc’nean ran an internship earlier this 12 months, for 2 ladies to work on the distillery for per week, which had an amazing variety of candidates, demonstrating a transparent demand! 

The model title was chosen after a pagan goddess, Neachneohain. She was a huntress, a guardian of nature and walked her personal path, which Annabel thought completely represented the distillery’s sustainable and impartial type. Inspiring the model colors and brand, the goddess is affiliated with the forests and moon, in order that they selected a lot of crops and timber discovered surrounding the distillery. Nc’nean is devoted to sustainable manufacturing; all merchandise are licensed natural, the distillery solely makes use of renewable vitality, they usually recycle their waste merchandise (e.g. spent grain) again to the farm. 

Scotch whisky is inclined to additional stereotypes; as a drink for the older, elite and quaint. By creating a contemporary, natural Scotch, Annabel is concentrating on a extra various, youthful shopper. At present in search of to lift £1M in funding, you possibly can assist her marketing campaign on our platform right here

We’ve got quite a lot of unimaginable entrepreneurs difficult gender stereotypes who’re presently elevating on Seedrs:

We’re extremely proud to assist and gasoline the success of gender various startups! Based on Beauhurst, crowdfunding is essentially the most gender-equitable investor kind, with 24% of offers. Based on a brand new research carried out by Joelson and Seedrs, 100% of female-founded companies, and 90% of female and male co-founded companies, reached or exceeded their Crowdfund targets on the platform final 12 months in 2018. In distinction, 80.9% of male based corporations reached their targets.

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The publishing class on Kickstarter is a tough one!

Usually instances, it’s onerous to boost massive sums, not to mention have a six determine crowdfunding marketing campaign.

With a non-traditional strategy, Beehive Books has been completely killing it with their tasks, having run 10 Kickstarter campaigns.

Their newest venture DRACULA: The Proof, ended up elevating $216,185 from lots of of enthusiastic backers.

They got here on the present right now to share what’s been working, and why their surprisingly profitable strategy has resonated so properly with their clients (a lot of whom, are repeat backers).

Hope you take pleasure in this one!

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The publish The Confirmed Plan to Elevate $216,185 on Kickstarter in Publishing | DRACULA: The Proof appeared first on Crowdfunding Success Suggestions.

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As I write this, the markets are shrugging off the tensions brewing within the Center East…

Particularly due to Trump’s show of “restraint” after Iran’s assault on Iraqi navy outposts.

However make no mistake — this battle is way from over.

And whereas it may put strain on inventory costs globally, it may additionally do one thing else:

It may lead traders such as you to some critical revenue alternatives.

Let me clarify…

Iran vs. The US

Whereas it’s actually an influence within the Center East, from a navy perspective, Iran doesn’t even start to match to the USA.

The U.S. instructions over 1.2 million energetic troopers — Iran, lower than half that quantity.

We’ve over 42,000 tanks and armored autos — Iran has lower than 9,000.

Moreover, the U.S. spends over $700 billion a 12 months on protection. Iran spends simply $6 billion. That’s lower than 1% of our finances.

Provided that Iran is so vastly outmatched, why is the prospect of battle with this nation inflicting such a media storm?

How Iran May Degree the Enjoying Area

Properly for starters, the priority is much less a few direct battle with Iran…

And extra in regards to the prospect of one other protracted battle and occupation within the Center East — much like what we’ve skilled in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Moreover, though it’s anticipated {that a} direct navy battle with Iran could be simply received, there’s one other sort of warfare Iran may interact in…

One that might put the nation on practically equal footing with the U.S.

I’m speaking about cyber warfare.

Iran’s Cyber Capabilities

You see, whereas Iran’s navy capabilities could also be far behind ours, the nation has invested a substantial amount of time, cash, and assets build up its cyber warfare assets.

From hundreds of miles away, its operatives may hatch assaults on U.S. companies, native governments, and even essential infrastructure like our electrical grid.

In truth, in accordance a current report from VICE, Robert Lee, CEO of cyber-security agency Dragos, stated that Iran is “aggressive… prepared to be damaging… [and] a critical menace.”

However therein lies the chance for traders such as you…

Struggle! What’s it Good For? Making Cash!

You see, if the USA goes to have interaction in a worldwide cyber battle with Iran and its allies, it must beef up its cyber safety infrastructure.

Which means, count on to see a surge in demand for all types of cyber safety merchandise — and in flip, cyber safety investments.

Which is why this is likely one of the key areas we plan to focus our analysis on in 2020. And this consists of public cyber safety shares in addition to cyber safety startups.

When you’re a longtime reader of Crowdability, that startup investing is the place a few of the greatest positive aspects might be made.

For instance, certainly one of in the present day’s hottest cyber safety corporations is California-based FireEye Applied sciences (FEYE).

In the present day, FEYE is main, publicly-traded firm price $3.5 billion.

However should you’d invested again when it was nonetheless a privately held startup, you could possibly be sitting on a revenue of greater than 3,000% proper now.

That’s sufficient to show a $10,000 funding into greater than $300,000.

We’re Your Boots on the Floor

Because the battle within the Center East continues, we’ll be preserving a eager eye on startups within the cyber safety sector.

And as we discover thrilling funding alternatives, we’ll convey them to your consideration.

So control your inbox:

You by no means know when your subsequent probability to pocket positive aspects of three,000% (or extra) will hit.

Joyful investing.

Greatest Regards,


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