SURVEYS ARE A GO!!!
26 days ago
– Wed, May 13, 2026 at 11:37:05 AM
As most of you have already realized (more than half have already been submitted) surveys are out!! Please check your e-mail if you haven't done yours yet - we would love to get all your information correct for when we ship the goodies.
As a surprise there are two new prints to buy as add-ons. If purchased they will be shipped with the rest of your rewards. Both are from incredibly talented artists who previously worked on Amphibia
Britney Thoreson and Gina Garavalia.
We are also cooking up new ways to raise funds (plushies might be coming) so please stay tuned. I feel confident we will be able to fund episode 04 eventually and will alert you the second it is seeming certain. Till then, fill out those surveys and have fun.
more to come
Team Clara
Backerkit Surveys will be going out SOON
about 1 month ago
– Fri, May 08, 2026 at 03:22:11 PM
Hello friends!! I am happy to report that things are progressing smoothly and we are starting the process of getting your rewards together. Next week we will begin sending out the official backer survey which will land in your emails and give you the opportunity to:
- Finalize your address so that all your goodies end up at the right place
- Upgrade your tier should you wish to do so
- Select fun add ons (including some surprises to be revealed soon)
- Fix your pledge if your kickstarter payment failed (no judgement!)
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the email , click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!
Important: If you are a pledge-over-time backer you won't get your survey until the final payment (so your email will arrive in early July).
ALSO - We received many messages from folks about a dead survey link in your message inbox. No worries, that was just a post campaign marketing data collection service they were running for us and just looked like this:
If you filled it out, thank you. If you missed it do not worry about it.
On the creative side we have finalized some of our core creative team members and I can't wait to do a dedicated post and introduce them. The production journal should be able to start this summer in earnest, after we have collected all the information we need and reward fulfillment is well underway.
BEST & MORE TO COME
Team Clara
WHAT A CAMPAIGN - CONGRATULATIONS!!!
about 2 months ago
– Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 11:11:57 AM
What else is there to say but thank you? Over a 30 day period Clara and the Below has managed to raise $443,652 from nearly 6000 backers.
We have secured complete funding for three episodes and good chunk of episode 04.
A month ago, the night before this campaign launched I was in bed staring at the ceiling writing a "flop speech" in my head.
"Well, I tried my best." "Can't blame a guy for taking a swing." "Maybe no one will remember this lol."
Well thanks to your support, I can tackle this project with my head held high, confident that when all else fails, there's passionate and generous fans out there who are looking to support risk-taking animation and storytelling.
So what happens now? Now we get to work. Episode 01 is coming out this December so we will hit the ground running. Look here for monthly updates on our progress. We will do our best to share behind the scenes information and artwork without spoiling major story elements.
Best, and I look forward to sharing more.
Matt Braly & Team Fantasy Project
FINAL SPRINT MARIO KART STREAM STARTS NOW
about 2 months ago
– Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 04:57:26 PM
Hey guys, first of all MEGA CONGRATS ON PASSING 400K - when I started this thing I had no idea we could ever reach these highs.
We are about 10 minutes from going live on the twitch stream so if you'd like to join, ask questions, play mariokart, or just cheer on the KS - you can tune in below.
Best and we'll see you soon hehe
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CELEBRATION STREAM/ 375K HIT!!!!!
about 2 months ago
– Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 01:02:45 PM
WE ARE IN THE HOMESTRETCH!! To celebrate the end of the campaign and to try and have one more super fun salvo, we will be having a 2 hour stream tomorrow evening at 5pm PT!!!
I'm going to get a MKWorld room going that is open to ANYONE who wants to join so please come hang out and hit me with red shells for two hours straight!!!
You can tune in tomorrow at twitch.tv/radrappy:
Whoa I didn't know that could embed LOL
Second order of business - we have crossed the 375k mark meaning the SCRIPTING FOR EPISODE 4 - "It All Falls Down" has been SECURED!!!!!
Only 25K and we will have enough to produce the animatic. 44 hours remain let's go go goooooo
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1589314206/clara-and-the-below-episode-1
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