Renegade Game Studios

Dungeon Crawler CarlRPG + Unstoppable

Two games, one universe, and one of the largest crowdfunding results tabletop has ever seen.

$13,298,059
Raised on BackerKit
55,972
Backers
53×
Of the $250,000 goal
#1
Campaign On Backerkit
Renegade Game Studios
Client
Rich Media · Branding
Services
Crowdfunding Video
Application
Tabletop & Hobby Games
Industry
The Brief

Two games, one universe, and a fandom that already knew every line.

Renegade brought us two games launching together: the official Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG, and Unstoppable, a solo and co-op deck builder. Both come from Matt Dinniman’s novels, and that’s exactly what made it hard. Those readers know the books line by line. They have opinions about tone. Get the personality wrong and the people most likely to back you are the first ones to say so.

What We Made

The hero film, the gameplay trailer, and every cutdown behind it.

We made the hero film for the launch, plus the gameplay trailer and every cutdown behind it. 3D animation, motion design and an original score, all in house. The teaser is built as a descent. Quiet, then the floor gives out, then the System’s deadpan lands the joke.

From that cut we built the ad creative: a few different hooks, in a few different lengths and shapes, so the media buy always had something to test instead of one video running until it wore out.

Scope of the engagement

What we delivered

The Result
$13,298,059
Raised from 55,972 backers, 53× the $250,000 goal. The $490 Celestial Loot Box pulled 11,796 backers on its own, roughly $5.8M, about 43% of the whole campaign.
55,972
Backers
53×
Of the goal
11,796
On the top loot box
They nailed the tone our readers are obsessive about: funny, brutal, and somehow heartfelt in ninety seconds.
Renegade Game Studios, Campaign Team
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