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Monkey Wrench Ep 4 - The first proper update!
🕑 Added 2024-01-13 16:34:07 +0000 UTCTwo weeks into the new year already? Lordy!
We're two weeks now after the release of Ep 3 on Youtube and the outcry of support for us has been rather flattering.
At time of writing we managed to get to 384k views in two weeks before engagement collapsed.
I would be worried, but due to the insane growth that the series Patreon has seen since ep 3's release it's pretty much counterbalanced Ep3's mediocre YT performance (see attached image above). I can't thank you guys enough wanting to support our stuff, it means a whole lot! We're almost at our 2nd Patreon goal of $5k a month, we're very close to being able to do this full time.
Speaking of funding, the Scritch & Scratch plushies have 3 days left to go and they've shot past our initial goal of 500 sales each. We've definitely achieved our voice acting budget with these two. Any more we sell before now and the end of their campaign will be moved into the other parts of production (sound / Music).
As for Episode 4, Ash and I are almost done with the script. We've just gotta go over it a few more times to trim the fat and get it nice and flush, it's looking to be another big one, 30+ mins.
Once the funds from the plushies are in our hands we can begin voice recording and working on the storyboards and animatic around the end of January.
In the mean time I've picked up 3 rather meaty freelance jobs to help begin saving for the animation portion of the Ep, we're gonna need around 40-50k again, fingers crossed we can raise that money rather quickly so we can get this ep out mid year.
Since the next few weeks are gonna be a bit dry in terms of updates (we gotta wait for the money to come in before we fully start) enjoy a couple full refs of but a handful of characters that appear in Ep 4.
I look forward to seeing you guys speculate as to what's gonna go down~
Thanks again for your support, as always we couldn't make this show without your contributions!
Comments
Solarcai
Happy to hear things are going well! I hope this show will gain more popularity :)
Ne0nbeamz
I've been sending monkey wrench to all my friends, I wish you all the luck in the world
smidg3n
Wonderful to hear that funding is going well and support is growing! Glad to be supporting, looking forward to what else is to come :)
Bygl
I've been doing my best to spread the word around with friends, and all of them loved it. Here's to Monkey Wrench's future! :)
Carrie LeBlanc
I recently joined the Patreon after watching all three episodes and very glad I did! I really appreciate all the info youβve given about the animation production as itβs something Iβve been so curious about. I had also found the podcast you guys did with the Lackadaisy crew and it was so inspiring to hear about your backgrounds etc, as it gives me hope!
Neil
I gave a shout out to you in the Templin Institute live stream of their new ip. it around 38:09 on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmVwDv0Ep5o&t=5s
Microgravity
Iβm looking forward to finding out more about this snazzy disco fella
Bitter
I love you and this project. I am happy to support this and welcome the new patreoners!
Erta Wanderer
Wooo! Dino girl is back!
QueenSimia
walrinian ear reveal omg :O
Tori Williams
I'm glad that things are going well for funding, you guys deserve it and more tbh. π I watched through the episodes again with a friend to introduce them to it and loved noticing more things the second time around.
HunterTheHunta
Ep 4 is not even out yet but I'm already love it. π
MonoClairX
Sounds like a great start to both Episode 4 and the new year!! So excited! πππ
