A new character and TikTok account are born!
almost 2 years ago – Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 12:16:19 AM

Hellooooo Dino-riders! 

You did it again! 

A new character joins the race and now the standalone expansion supports 6 players to join the race when playing without the original game.

This character is a very special one with a big backstory. Today we are going to share the 1st part of its story but stay tuned in a future update for part 2.

Back in 2020, in the campaign for the original Dodos Riding Dinos, Gustavo García Rodríguez shared with us an illustration for his idea of a new character. Jabb also created a new dodino character sculpt using parts of the STL files.

Jabb even shared an idea for the ability to involve advancing by flicking the miniature (or meeple) just as the egg projectile is flicked (but with a proper limit or drawback). We loved Gustavo's and Jabb's ideas and have known for a while that they would eventually join to the official game. 

This concept quickly became Pam's favorite and she was the one who suggested for the dino's eyes to be showing.

This concept is still a work in progress with adjustments pending because we need the eyes to pop out of the hole for the sculpt but here's the current iteration:

Ivan (Gnomosapiens) made some fun variations on the color and patterns to share with you.

In the coming week we will share with you the lineart of the final concept so you can also propose colors and patterns with a few guidelines (which involves part 2 of the background story for this character that we will share in a future update). 

This will become a challenge in the community goals too so prepare your crayons, watercolors or prismacolor pencils. 

And speaking of community goals have you tried recording and sharing a video fo the dodo dash shot doing a dodo sound? Please share the link in the comments and remember to include the hashtag #dododash!

Draco Studios TikTok 

At Detestable Games and Draco Studios we also want to share fun videos. The new TikTok account from Draco Studios is live. Follow us to meet the team doing fun videos every once in a while: https://www.tiktok.com/@draco.studios

We will be back tomorrow with more news and a fresh week-start to continue promoting the campaign and unlocking stretch goals. But before we go, check out this funny video of Rejected projectile ideas from Moy (community manager and mkt coordinator).  We are sure you are going to enjoy it as much as we did!

3 stretch goals + 1 challenge for a level-50 Wil Wheaton!
almost 2 years ago – Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 10:30:46 AM

ROOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Today you unlocked 3 more stretch goals!! You are crushing these so fast that we are already preparing wave 2. 

Welcome new backers and thank you for joining us in this campaign, you are in a good place. Let's see what you have added to the game:

• Dodo Dash is including a punchboard with tokens to allow for different interactions in the game board.  
• The Path to El Dodorado has treacherous tracks. This idea was inspired in the "Nest trap tokens" that many of you suggested in the original campaign from 2020. These tokens are traps that may have a single effect, or a zone effect that alters the behavior in some of the hexes. Our playtesters seem to enjoy this track A LOT and now we will develop and include more trap tokens for a total of 6 (4+2).
• Also, now it is official! With the $140,000 stretch goal we can create new unique art for all movement cards in Dodo Dash to adapt with the new racers!
• And speaking of movement cards, you also unlocked new movement cards. What would you like to see in an unblockable card (yellow movement cards)? Or if you own the original game already, what Reaction, Aggressive or Normal cards do you feel were missing?

Let us know in the main comments section! Your ideas have been very original and different from ours!

 A very specific challenge!

Today, Pam challenged Wil Wheaton to complete a Dodo Dash shot on a dinosaur and show to us that he received his copy of Dodos Riding Dinos – we sent him one a while ago because Pam is a huge fan of Wil Wheaton for his role on The Big Bang Theory and later she discovered Star Trek. I was familiar with Wil's videos on tabletop gaming because my gaming group used to refer to those to learn new games many years ago.

There's a fun twist because the Draco Studios & Detestable Games teams agreed to have a live dino race if the challenge was met.

And then, there was yet anoooother fun twist to this challenge, because just an hour ago, Pam found out that today was Wil's birthday and that she didn't even wished happy birthday in her video and instead, she miiiiight have called Wil a dodo. This was hilarious for our team, but not that much to Pam who is a bit ashamed. You can wish Wil Wheaton a happy birthday signed from a fellow Dino-racer in his birthday post. 

Who know's? Maybe next thing you see is Wil Wheaton's dodo dash (with a dodo sound) to see us all disguised as dinosaurs in a live race throwing projectiles at each other. That could be fun!

 In any case, let's move on with a status on the Community Goals! The weekend is here so you have no valid excuse to skip joining into these fun challenges and unlock some community-developed cards!

NAMES...

While this is not a challenge, we are expect that you all decide the name of this dino that you unlocked.  

The Dodo already has a name because in the game, dodo's are named after the real life finder of the fossil (or a paleontologist who studied the species). 

The dinos are usually named after an attribute, a backer, or an inside joke...

For those of you already familiar with the original game characters:

• What do you get if you add an "N" to both, Riggs and Sauro? (Hint: Not Gollum or Frodo)
• Do you know what "Rex" means and how that translates to Spanish? 
• Tracy-ratops? (Do we really need to say more?)
• Backers Jabb, Jonhy, and Juan Manuel really wanted us to create a large dodo being pushed by a small dino... we decided to make it 3 compsognathus and name the character Oberndorfer & the JJJ's
• Chicken Nicholas is not only riding a Mecha dimetrodon on dodino actually, you can also find Chicken Nicholas in the comment section of this Kickstarter! The idea of a mecha-chicken-dinosaur was not ours, but we loved it!
• Tom Babbey is the artist behind the Dragons of the Red Moon from Dragonbond just as Dan SRT is the original creator of Dragonbond.

If you are not yet familiar with the original game characters, check this unboxing video and then refer to the fun facts above.

It might not be apparent at first glance but there's definitely a lot of thought placed into every aspect of this game and all the hidden secrets or easter eggs it holds. And the expansion has many of these as well!

But that's thanks to the inspiration you give us. So please keep the comments coming! They are great!

The weekend is here but let's hope we can keep momentum and unlock more stretch goals! If that's the case, you will definitely hear from us! If not, I think you still will because we are very excited for this campaign!

Enjoy your weekend and don't forget to upload your Dodo Dash shot with any token you have at hand! With a dodo sound or with a huge ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!

Community Goals!
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 04:26:12 AM

Let the fun continue with community goals! 

As a backer myself, I have had the most memorable crowdfunding experiences joining in the social goals from other Kickstarter projects I enjoy.  Six years ago I even composed a song.

By doing this you also help spread the word, the campaign gets more backers and we all unlock stretch goals faster!

But with this community effort we also plan to include more cards in Dodo Dash, developed alongside the community!

Remember use the hashtag #DodoDash and turn the sharing settings to public so we can find and count them. You may also share links in the comment section for other backers to see! 

If you want to go the extra mile, include the link to the campaign and/or tag a friend to continue the challenge (and count for the goals).

Let's spread the love for dodos and dinos!

To try the dodo dash projectile launch, place a token in the back of your hand, raise your hand beside the shoulder and launch!

 You unlocked 2 more stretch goals!! Your copy of Dodo Dash is getting more content! Let’s see what you unlocked:

x2 New Dodo Idol cards!

In El Dodorado, you can find golden dodo idols of different sizes and shapes. Some of them show weird combinations of a dodo with dinosaur features. 

The very first Dodo Idol appeared in the original game of Dodos Riding Dinos as a Power-up card for the Cup Mode and its effect granted your racer to gain the ability of another racer. That was an easter egg of what was coming.

 These new dodo idol cards also grant an additional power for your racer until the end of the race. 

The way to obtain them is different though. 

Thematically, while your dino runs in El Dodorado, it may hurl its dodo to pick an idol that is hard for the dino to reach. 

Mechanically, the unblockable yellow movement cards allow you to try the Dodo Dash shot. The first racer hit gets a Dodo Idol card from the lineup or If the lineup is empty, then that player can take a dodo idol card from another Racer. 

The effects of these cards varies and can be combined since there's no limit in the amount of dodo idols you can have.

 Some examples: 

• When you recover (having no cards in hand), instead of drawing 5 cards and going back 3 hexes, you draw 4 cards but go back only 1 hex.
• All your projectiles deal 1 extra damage and you also take 1 card from the Racer hit with your projectile.

  This is your chance to suggest some powers for the new Dodo Idol cards while also participating in one of the challenges from the community goals!

First-player marker upgrade and new projectile token

This unlocked stretch goal is one I'm very excited about! 

First, instead of using the first-player marker as the projectile, you are getting a new wooden token with the shape of a dodo being thrown! (Work in progress)

Second, your first-player marker in Dodo Dash is getting a different look than the one from the original game! It will be in yellow and with the shape of a dodo idol! We are considering doing this first-player marker in foam to complement your protection kit, but we want to hear your thoughts.

(Foam tokens can be used to protect the paint on your miniatures if you decide to paint them)

We are very close to unlock another stretch goal! Keep spreading the word with your friends!

Livestream replay

 In case you missed yesterday's livestream, here's the replay!

Dodo Dash profile avatars

We created some avatars for you to use on your Kickstarter profile (or other platform's). You can find them at the end of this project update.  Let's see a ton of Dodo Dash love in the comments section!

That's all for now! The weekend is approaching and it is the perfect time to participate on community goals.  We will be in touch tomorrow with another update!

Funded in 18 minutes! 1500+ backers in 24hrs! Stretch Goals!!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 12:11:02 AM

ROAAAAARR!!!
 This is a new record!
Thank you so much! To all of you, amazing dino-racers.

 You came into this new project as fast as a meteorite and we are dumbfounded at how quickly you saddled up your dinos to back us, this is humbling and exciting all at once.

More than 1500 of you started the race in the first 24 hours of our campaign, making it our most successful project launch! Thank you so much for trusting us, this is the kind of love that  moves us forward in creating exciting and wackier games.

But this is just the first step in an incredible crazy race!

Stretch goals and Community goals are next, so keep an eye on our updates where we will be posting some fun things for all of you. 

We love to engage with our community through community goals and will be posting them later today, we have many challenges for you to complete but this is also your chance to share with us your ideas and expectations for the community goals. 

Get ready to dash!

Dino-racers! Prepare your wings and groom your feathers! One of the challenges will involve tyring your Dodo Dash skills with the new projectile shot! Stay tuned!

Stretch goals have arrived! 

The contents and quality of Dodo Dash is growing! Now that you surpassed the $100,000 mark – you can find the details about why they start at $100,000+ in the Stretch Goals section from the campaign description but in short, we are committed to include since day-1 the same quality upgrades from the original game to the expansion that are needed to perfectly mix & match them. And also because we are reprinting all the other games.  

Stretch goals will keep a $5,000 and $10,000 separation so let's unlock a ton of them!

The great news is that you ALREADY UNLOCKED A NEW RACER! 

WE WANT YOU TO NAME THIS DINO! After all, you were the ones who brought her to life into the expansion! 

We have been calling her Styra (because she's a Styracosaurus) but we are sure you can come up with a better name! 

POST IN THE MAIN COMMENT SECTION YOUR IDEAS OR REPLY WITH A +1 IN OTHERS' TO UPVOTE!

We have some fun stretch goals coming!

Path to El Dodorado 

With Dodo Dash, you are finally stepping into El Dodorado, a hidden land in the depths of Dodino Island, discovered by intrepid adventurers who follow the hidden clues in the original game of Dodos Riding Dinos, and in the role-playing adventure “Curse of the Doodoo Doll” released in the original Dodos Riding Dinos campaign.

Now is time for the dodos to race in this track and face the dangers it holds, if they want to claim their rightful place as rulers of Dodino Island 

Can you spot all the Dodo idols in the board? How many are they? After commenting a name for the new dino come back to count them and let us know in  the main comment section how many dodo idols you can find!

Frequently asked questions  

We have received many questions about the sleeves, foam tokens, big box, loyalty reward, etc. Our team is answering in the comments and adding the most common questions to the FAQ section for your convenience.   

Be assured that we read and consider all of your thoughts and ideas so keep them coming!

• Yes, we have plans for a big box but we need to share news of the future plans with you first.
• Yes, we have a solution for the foam token for the Dodo shot. Let's unlock some stretch goals to talk in detail.  
• Yes, all day-1 backers get the Print and Play files for free regardless of the pledge level or pledge amount.  
• No, the loyalty reward for returning backers is not added if you are not choosing at least 1 physical add-on or pledge level with physical items.
• Unfortunately, we cannot split the custom sleeves with the foam tokens because this is one of the few add-ons that is already produced and they come together. But we assure you this is the best price! We are thinking of solutions and will keep you updated.

Join us in our weekly livestream

Join Pam and Will at 12:00pm PT (in 1 hour from now) in our weekly livestream to talk more about Dodo Dash highlights and campaign plans or even ask questions in real time! 

The link is here: https://youtu.be/CG1LM6V4k3Y

That's all for now. Help us spread the dodino love by sharing the campaign, including the link so others can join this speed-filled campaign.

Nothing makes us happier than reading your comments, ideas, questions, and of course seeing your pictures sharing an amazing time racing with your friends.  Thank you for supporting us!

 ROOOOOAAAAAAR!!!!!