Transhaping – Kickstarting with meaning
summary
Small student studio builds a short side-scrolling platformer that literalises transition as a character-changing progression and aims to educate while supporting trans creatives. Development runs on tight scope and agile/scrum practices, survives a drop from six to three team members, and funds itself with a small Kickstarter that raised just over £3,000 plus charity donations of about $100 to Trevor Project. Core deliverables are a playable prototype, licensed soundtrack and voice work paid to trans collaborators, and a short, digestible narrative promoted via Kickstarter updates and livestreams.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:25Focus on trans community
- 3:19Introducing Transhaping
- 4:45Design goals and scope
- 6:28Kickstarter and community support
- 7:32Challenges of indie studio
- 10:24Overcoming controversy fears
- 11:27Lessons from Kickstarter
- 13:38Developer growth
- 14:41Core lessons learned
- 15:44Community's role in success
- 16:26Why project matters
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