I'm happy to report that the new layout will be released sometime between now and next week! I don't think the site will go down, but in the event it's inaccessible for a time, please be checking our social media accounts for further news! That's how we'll keep you all informed. If I have other news regarding this then I will update you ASAP!

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Also we are only $30 away from our goal! I'm so very appreciative of everyone that has been able to pitch in, your contribution helps a whole heap!!

I'm also pleased to announce that we will soon be doing a free raffle to give users a chance at Kitsori colorations! So be watching for that later on down the road (in the next few weeks)!

And boy is it gorgeous!!!!



I've also updated the tiers so that there's more Kitsori in each tier and that way there can be a zillion of them everywhere!

Okay guys, I finally got everything worked out and then typed up! Most of the details are in the spoiler below (in an attempt to keep the post from being way too long) and the actual incentive tiers are below that!

Fundraising Goal: $325 of $300

Spoiler: Incentive/Package Details

Whoo! On to the best part; incentives! We're going to try to keep this as simple as possible, so that means higher tiers will not stack with the previous tier. However, I did make it so that the incentives multiple the more you give, especially the AB/JB. If you really want to contribute more than what the tiers allow, I'd be willing to do multiple tiers. Example: Someone contributes $70, they could claim the $50 package and the $20 package or the $50 package and 2 $10 packages.

You may recognize a couple things that made their debut as addons in our Kickstarter, namely the Pet Starter Kit and Breeding Starter Kit. The Kitsori on the other hand is a brand new pet we've not shown off before. We decided to use it as a guinea pig of sorts. The plan is for the Kitsori to be a standard release pet further on down the road, but in the meantime, we want to make it available for CYO as well. (Please note that CYO pets aren't available for breeding.) If it goes well, we may do this with other basic pets to give them a special aspect and give users some extra fun out of them.

I also want to take a moment to explain the CYO (Color Your Own). This allows you to color the PSD of a pet and upload. You can also have a friend color it for you if you lack the skills or tech required to do so. The $50 Package doesn't just give you the CYO maker, but it also allows you to submit a color palette and theme and have one of our colorists create the design for you.

If you have any questions about this or the other incentives, please don't hesitate to PM me! My PM inbox is always open.

Pet Starter Pack
• 2 Spirit Talismans (basic pet creation item)
• 2 Basic Gene Packs

Breeding Starter Kit
• Basic Breeding Item
• Scryer's Talisman (allows users to pick the look of the offspring)
• Mystic Infusion (allows users to replace the color range of one parent with another chosen color range - Example: swap blue range to yellow range)
• Unstable Infusion (allows users to replace the color range of one parent with a random color range)
• Essence Infusion (allows users to include a third color range in addition to the two ranges provided naturally by the parents)

$10 Package
• Contributor status
• 50,000 AB
• 15 JB
• Pet Starter Kit
• 1 CYO Kitsori PSD use

$20 Package
• Contributor status
• 100,000 AB
• 30 JB
• Breeding Starter Kit
• 2 CYO Kitsori PSD uses

$30 Package
•Contributor status
• 150,000 AB
• 45 JB
• 3 CYO Kitsori PSD uses

$50 Package - Limit 2 None Remaining!
• Contributor status
• 200,000 AB
• 75 JB
• Breeding Starter Kit & Pet Starter Kit
• 4 CYO Kitsori PSD use
• 1 Kitsori coloration courtesy of our colorists

To contribute: Please use THIS LINK and include your Origins Username!

I think that's just about everything... This fundraiser will go from now until we hit our goal. I'm not looking to make extra, just get what we absolutely need and then move on. I'm dying for pets to be released (because I want to make gobs of pretty pets, too! T.T) and get things moving, I hate the overwhelming feeling of us not going anywhere. So thank you to everyone who can contribute and thank you to every single one of our loyal fans. I can't say it enough... The staff and I love you!!

I know this is the last thing anyone wants to hear; bad news. But I'm afraid I need to share some anyway... x.x

To give a little backstory... When we budgeted for the Kickstarter it originally included enough budget to pay off some of our art debts and to cover programming for the avatars/pet release and a new site layout. Unfortunately, when Sapphie resigned as an artist the staff and I agreed the best thing was to pay off our art debt to her entirely. We'd originally planned to give her half, so the full amount was an added expense to our budget. We feel it was the right thing to do, even though it has left us in a pickle now.

The bad news is that we don't have enough money to cover the programming to get the pets finished and released. I was in the process of covering this charge myself, but then I lost my job and spent the summer bumming money off everyone I knew. I'm still paying back those debts and also trying to get moved again (driving an hour one way to and from work is getting old fast). It would take me a couple months just to start making substantial payments again. I feel like Origins really can't afford to keep waiting and so I've been talking with the staff about what we can do...

So far, collectively, we've got a small portion of what we need to get the programming moving again, but we're still short. We need a total of $300. As I said, together the staff and I are sitting at $100, we would just need another $200. If people wanted I could put together a Kickstarter, but to cover KS fees, bank fees, etc we'd need to set the goal at around $500. Which is more than we need. The same can be said of Indiegogo and other, similar crowdfunding sources.

As such, I think the best thing we can do is just have a small fundraiser on the site to get the $200 we need. We have a few things we were holding onto in order to use as Kickstarter Incentives later on down the road (the Crane and Nian pets specifically) and we will be giving JB for every contribution. I'm in the midst of setting up a reward tier and will release a separate news post with further details.

I'm sorry to keep asking for money when we still haven't been able to release pets, but we're in between a rock and a hard place at the moment. We need to get the site moving, but we made a choice that has left us lacking months later. That's on us, but truthfully, it had to be done. I don't want us to be the site that never settles its debts, that takes advantage and never follows through. The staff and I have been struggling to get Origins going for years, it feels like we're finally so close to reaching one of our major goals and yet we've once again hit a bump. I wish I was rich and could pay for whatever I wanted for Origins, but sadly I'm not. I'm struggling, too and I put in what I can to keep us alive. The staff have been amazing, they pitch in a lot. If they didn't, Origins would never have made it this far. Thank you all, for being patient, for being supportive and for continuing to stick it out with us despite everything. If it weren't for our fans, Origins still wouldn't have made it this far.

It's come to my attention that JB still aren't adding automatically after purchase. Please be sure guys that you send me a PM with your Paypal email address so I can verify and manually add the JB for you. This is necessary anyway so I can double it up for you as well! Thanks to those who have contributed so far, it is much appreciated and is very helpful!