Magicka Mayhem: The Card Game of Elements, Spells & MAYHEM!
Created by Ethan (10y old) & Ken (OLD) Erickson
Hilarious Strategy Card Game. Combine Elements to cast Spells. Destroy foes. Humiliate friends. Pee your pants with laughter. Repeat...
Latest Updates from Our Project:
We are in a DESPERATE battle... WITH A SKILLET!!!
over 8 years ago
– Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 10:31:54 PM
Hey, Beautiful Backers!!!
That's right!
While Magicka Mayhem is currently sitting at the Top Spot under the category of 'Games', we have been in a back-and-forth tussle for 2nd or 3rd OVERALL (in terms of Popularity) for ALL of Kickstarter!
Exactly WHO we jockeying against?
In a DESPERATE battle... with a SKILLET!!!
A SKILLET!!!
Yes, that's right. A round, metal thing with a handle - great for cooking, weighting down papers and knocking cartoon characters senseless!
(Okay, honestly, it looks REALLY cool 'cause it's super light which makes it great for camping, but STILL...)
If we combine forces - mental acuity, physical prowess... social media influence - we can show 'the skillet' who's BOSS!
In other words, we would LOVE it if you can share this project far and wide! You can use the 'Share' button on the Kickstarter page or simply use this link:
http://MagickaCardGame.com/kickstarter
You can also find TONS of images and video and text in our handy-dandy 'press kit' to make those social media shares POP!
http://MagickaCardGame.com/presskit
Go, TEAM!!!
Yours in Massive Mayhem,
Team Erickson
Backstage for the BIG Announcement!
over 8 years ago
– Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 10:22:39 PM
Ethan is backstage for the BIG announcement!
March 15th was a VERY good day... unless, of course, you are Julius Caesar! ;-)
over 8 years ago
– Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 10:20:22 PM
It has been ridiculously crazy here at Magicka Mayhem Central!
March 15th was a VERY good day!
1) Ethan did an AMAZING job on the Press Conference! He got some great laughs and multiple, HUGE rounds of applause! We hope to get an edited replay to you soon. Ethan was on-stage with the CEO of Paradox Interactive and he had a GREAT time doing it.
2) The Kickstarter went LIVE during the Press Conference (okay, it was a little before just because we DID NOT want any technical glitches!).
3) Not ONLY did the Kickstarer go LIVE, but it also sailed past our Funding Goal within a couple short HOURS! - not just some fantasy goal for the first day or the first week, but the actual, honest-to-goodness GOAL FOR THE ENTIRE KICKSTARTER!!! So cool! We are all thrilled!!!
4) Last, but NOT least, March 15th was also Daley's (Ethan's mom and my lovely wife) birthday. Fortunately, we were able to do a teensy bit of celebrating at the "after the press conference" party (okay, we had A LOT of fun with everyone there and even ran into some local Irvine friends - cheers to Obsidian Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment)! We even met the actual creator of the original Magicka game!!! He was the NICEST guy and thrilled that we were treating his 'baby' so lovingly (well, he actually really liked that we were treating Mayhem-ingly!).
However, the majority of Day #2 (Wednesday) was spent enjoying our happy family and visiting the sites of San Francisco (in between answering Backer questions, briefly stalking press people outside the press room at GDC and OCCASIONALLY checking the Kickstarter numbers!). ;-) After all, this has been FIRST AND FOREMOST a family learning project (and BOY are we ALL learning A LOT!).
5) Oh, and March 15th is also the Ides of March which is the date - supposedly - that Julius Caesar was killed... in case you're into that sort of thing like this history nerd. :)
Thank you EVERYONE for all of your support and encouraging words! It means A LOT to us. We have met SO MANY people offering to help in so many wonderful ways!
We could also use your help if you're interested... we thought we would have several days before the idea of 'Stretch Goals' needed to be considered. However, since we already hit our goal we should probably figure out something about these mythical 'Stretch Goals'! ;-) Feel free to message us directly or comment with some thoughts.
The only thing we ask is that your suggestions NOT BE COMPLICATED. We started this project with the distinct plan to do it the 'SMART Success' way (as opposed to the 'stressed success' way - yuck!) - planning, division of labor, collaboration, straightforward and super low stress. So far that has worked swimmingly and we would LOVE to keep it that way!
We will be leaving lovely San Francisco tomorrow and will put our noses to the grindstone to keep getting the word out about this project. We have some AMAZING updates coming about the press that Ethan and Magicka Mayhem have already received (if you just CANNOT wait: try Googling "Magicka Mayhem"!). We would love to see just how HIGH we can go with this! We can also start working on the ACTUAL GAME that you Backed so that it will be ready to send to your snug little mail boxes at the appointed date and time! ;-)
We will also be reading all the comments and responding to them starting tomorrow.
