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        • Save Ferris Wordpress Plugin

          While not a game development project, this does fall under the Save Ferris Project development efforts. We've released a shiny new, free plugin for Wordpress that you can use to show your support for the Save Ferris efforts! So what does it do?…

        • Pre-Development

          Right now, everything is in the pre-development phase.  There are four game designs on the table (one extremely experimental) that are planned for development over the next two years. Each game involves development of reusable components - from…

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        • PayPal Restored!

          For a short bit, the PayPal account for Midnight Ryder Technologies - who handles all the donations - was put on hold. What's weird is the "why" behind it. I've had that PayPal account for ages now, and I've never had a negative dispute item or a…

        • And now for something completely different: Beard and Bean!

          One of the advantages to going to the various cons for The Save Ferris Project:  getting to catch some of the acts :-) At Encounters Convention I got the chance to watch my friend Gel E. Bean and his sidekick, Little Beard... wait, no,…

        • Encounters Con 2012

          We just did our second event - this time, we went to Encounters Con 2012, here in Wichita, Kansas. Encounters Convention used to be a Sci/Fi convention here, and it died many, many years ago (though other conventions, like NeoCon, took it's place…

        • Accountability

          I realized two things the other day: $71,000 is a gigantic goal. Instead of just showing the ONE goal, show the little goals, too. There is no accountability for funds in crowd sourced funded projects like this. The first one was easily…

        • Kickoff Weekend Wrap-up! And lessons from a Ren Fest

          The first weekend of real fundraising has come and gone, and I'm going to declare it a success. The hardest part of any fund raising project is the very first 1% - 5%. Why? A couple reasons: Your message is muddy. It's easy to think you've got…

        • Refining a message using a ren fest as a testing ground!

          Saturday, September 22nd and 23rd are the real-world kickoff for The Save Ferris Project - and I'm about as excited as you can get!  And the cool part?  We've already got donations coming in the night before it happens.  NICE! I've…

        • It has been loosed upon the world!

          And the site it live - there's still a few things here and there for The Editor to finish up, but the initial launch is done.  We've managed to do it in association with a cool little contest to pull in some publicity, so bonus! :-) In fact, the…

        • Kick it into overdrive...

          Motion on The Save Ferris Project has been pretty conservative. It's not that it isn't being worked on - it is, and I can't even count the hours I've put in - but I've been very cautious about launching the project. Well, heck with that. It…

        • Fallback, regroup, and attack again

          When we were close to launching the project, and filling out the online paper-work for the Kickstarter funding portion of the project, something came up - two somethings actually - the disqualify The Save Ferris Project from using…

        • Videos shot

          Woohoo - all of the videos are shot. There's 5 in total for The Save Ferris Project, covering the project in general, what a Kickstarter project is, who I am, what the plan is, and a "bumper" that's re-used at the front of each of the videos. I…

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      • Donate Via PayPal!

        You get a thank you - but no extras!
        You get a hearty think you - but still no extras!
        Get beta copies one of our games!
        Get beta copies of ALL of our games!
        PLUS Get listed in the credits of our games!
        PLUS Get final copies of the released games!
        Same as $25, but you wanted to be "different"!
        PLUS Get an "I Saved Ferris" TShirt!
        PLUS A signed copy of one of Davis's books!
        PLUS Signed copies of ALL of Davis's books!
        PLUS an ad in ONE of our games!
        PLUS an ad in ALL of our games!
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        • IMG_5065Friends of Ferris - Great Plains Ren Fest, Sept 22 & 23, 2012

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Save Ferris!

The Save Ferris Kickstarter Project

There are over 20,000 words about The Save Ferris Project on this site. I'm going to save you the effort of reading it all:

'Ferris' is a faithful husband and father of four who was laid off from an aircraft job - common in Wichita, Kansas - and then got sick. After hospital stays, his kidneys have failed, he walks poorly, and is on disability. Disability pays some of the bills, but it doesn't give meaning to a life, or provide a worthy future.

That's what we are here to do, with your help. Let's retrain Ferris into a a new field - video game development - taught by someone experienced in the field, and get him employed in a field!

Quick Donate Via PayPal
You get a thank you - but no extras!
You get a hearty think you - but still no extras!
Get beta copies one of our games!
Get beta copies of ALL of our games!
PLUS Get listed in the credits of our games!
PLUS Get final copies of the released games!
Same as $25, but you wanted to be "different"!
PLUS Get an "I Saved Ferris" TShirt!
PLUS A signed copy of one of Davis's books!
PLUS Signed copies of ALL of Davis's books!
PLUS an ad in ONE of our games!
PLUS an ad in ALL of our games!

OR Donate via IndieGoGo:

Donate Now through IndieGoGo!


"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -- Ferris Beuler

Previous Goal: Game Engine License #1
GOAL COMPLETED!

Current Short-Term Goal
Hardware Purchase #1
GOAL: $740

31 %

Next Goal: Hardware Purchase #2


Overall Funding Progress
GOAL: $71,000

1.6 %

CURRENT: $1,188


Recent Updates

September 24th, 2012:A huge thanks to everyone who came out to visit with us at The Great Plains Renaissance Festival in Wichita, Kansas! We'll be anouncing our next real-world outting for the project soon! Plus, next time, we hope to pull off some online involvement we weren't able to do last time!

Stay Tuned!

Who Is Ferris?

Find out more about the man who's the target of this project - who is Ferris, and why does it matter?

What’s The Plan?

I've told you why Ferris needs help - now here's what I'm doing to make it happen with your contribution to our Kickstarter project!

How Can I Help?

There's two things you can do to help - dig in here, and find out!

What Is Crowd Sourced Funding (Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and similar)?

For those who haven't heard of Kickstarter or Crowd Sourced Funding, here's a quick primer on it, including what it is, what you should see in a project before supporting it.

Where Does The Money Go?

Where does all the funding that we're trying to gather up actually get spent?

What Do I Get?

As is customary with a Kickstarter project, we've got a whole list of cool bennies you get for contributing to The Save Ferris Project!

Who Am I?

What's the story behind the guy trying to raise the money for The Save Ferris Project? What's his credentials? Find out more!

What Games Will We Develop?

What games are we developing during the two year span of The Save Ferris Project? Includes a little bit of information on how we'll potentially increase the profitability of those games.
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