Bananya: The Card Game

BackerKit Smoke Test!
almost 2 years ago – Sat, Jul 02, 2022 at 06:24:33 PM

Hey everyone!

The smoke test just went out for BackerKit - if you receive your survey in the next few minutes, please take a look and let me know if anything looks weird! I'll check back in a bit later and if everything looks good, the rest of the surveys will go out!

~Heather

NYA! Thank you for an amazing campaign!
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 11:46:34 AM

Hey everyone!!!

Sorry I couldn't get over here to help count down the end of this campaign, but I got busy with some production work, and if I don't get the production work done, we don't get new games!!!! =)

As I said in yesterday's update, the BackerKit will be live around the end of the month and I'll post more detailed information about it when we get to that point. So for the moment, you all can relax and be excited! I'm getting the data and files over to the manufacturer to get the deluxe game and expansion samples done and of course will share pictures when those arrive in a month or two. Since everything is approved by Crunchyroll already, our production schedule is fairly quick compared to our usual plan, which is great!

I've had a couple of you reach out about payment errors. Fear not! If you had a payment problem with your pledge, you have a week to get it corrected (use a different card, figure out why your card provider declined the charge, so on. Kickstarter will re-attempt payment at the end of that week and if your problem is cleared and your payment goes through, you're golden! If not, grab your towel, don't panic. We can always get you into the BackerKit and set up through the post-campaign. However, what we can't help with is why your payment might have failed or updating that information with Kickstarter. We never see your payment information, for your protection, so if you have any questions, please reach out to them directly.

The whole team wants to send our thanks one more time for your support, we're so excited to bring Bananya and his bunch of friends to all of you and can't wait until we can put this little game into your hands!

Have a wonderful evening all!

~Heather and Team Japanime

Less than 24 hours left! NYA!
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 04:14:21 AM

Hey there guys and gals and non-binary pals!

Did you all have a good time learning about the Bananya Friends??? Thanks so much to Bernadette for jumping in and not only writing the updates but creating the adorable graphics for each character she introduced! She handed things over to me for the last couple of live updates of the campaign because the after-campaign logistics are still my domain for the moment. =)

We are at 500-plus percent funded! So much love for the adorable kitties! Tomorrow, I'll post more details, but we wanted to give you all an idea of where things are at so you're aware.

• Post-campaign will be on BackerKit, who recommends waiting the two weeks for Kickstarter to finalize pledges and release the funds before making the pledgemanager live, so expect that around the end of June/beginning of July. It's pretty much done and just needs reviews to be sure everything applies correctly.
• The base game is fully approved by Crunchyroll and the pre-press sample has been approved by us, so not much to do on that except wait in line for room on the presses!
• The limited edition game and expansions will be submitted this week for pre-press samples but we expect that things will go smoothly with those. That has also been approved by Crunchyroll.
• The accessories (playmats, sleeves) have been approved by Crunchyroll. The sleeves have actually already been produced and the playmats are currently in production.
• The pin we're waiting to review a physical sample.

So hopefully none of us will have a terribly long wait to finally start collecting Bananyas by the bunch!

Thank you all again for your enthusiastic support, I will be back tomorrow to count down the end of the campaign with you!

~Heather and Team Japanime

Meet Bananya Bunch!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 11:58:38 PM

These guys just like hanging around.

Meet Bananya Bunch!

This bunch are Bananya Brothers and completely identical from one another. Despite this, they don't like being mistaken for Bananya and can get offended pretty easily if you can't tell them apart. These siblings are very close and playful. This often leads them to accidentally break things and cause small bursts of mayhem, but they work together in order to solve any situation that may arise. 

They really are a close bunch of Bananyas.

Meet Long-Haired Bananya!
almost 2 years ago – Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 09:02:46 PM

Is it a myth that brushing 100 times a day makes hair beautiful?

Meet Long-Haired Bananya!

The most handsome Bananya you will ever lay your eyes on. While narcissistic, who could blame them when they have hair that fabulous? His hair is his pride and joy and can take up to 2 hours grooming it into perfection. He isn't shy about knowing he looks good and ensures that you know it too. This beauty grabs the attention of Bananyako to the dismay of many other Bananyas.

If we continue to observe Long-Haired Bananya, maybe we can learn more secrets on how to have silky hair.