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Tend

Created by IV Studio

Farm, explore, and fish on a cozy alien world.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Community Card Ideas and Updated Leaderboards ✌️
4 months ago – Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 03:35:38 PM

Hello! 

Welcome back to another update from Zenith Corporations. Today we will be covering the community cards, community farm leaderboards, and another solo challenge from Austin! 

Read on to find out more. 

Community Card Idea Submissions 🤓 

Want to contribute extra to the initiative and have your name forever engraved in the rulebook as one of the first pioneers? 

Submit a Community Card! 

We'll be picking our favorite ideas from your submissions once the campaign ends (Nov 15th) and we will post a poll for you (the community) to vote for which cards make it into the official game! 

Submit your Objective Card Idea! 🍍

Submit your Task Card Idea! 🍇 

Updated Community Leaderboards 🎖️

We had a few errors with the leaderboards from the past update but these ones are for real, for real. Pinky promise 🤙

Become a #1 task leader by the end of the campaign and get a free patch pack added to your pledge manager! 😮 Get to tasking on the Community Farm!

You can participate on our Kickstarter comments, BGG thread, and Discord channel!

Challenge Austin...AGAIN! 😈

Don't worry, Austin has stepped up his game this week. 

Use the seed "WEDNESDAY" on the Companion App to see if you can beat his solo game score: 200

Play Tend on Table Top Simulator now!

Tablenauts Preview Video! 

 Is TEND a 10 out of Tend? 🫨

Find out here:

Bye y'all 👋 See you on Friday! 

Community Farm and Task Leader Update 🌱
4 months ago – Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 03:58:01 PM

Hi. Welcome back to the Tend Initiative 👋

Since our last update, the Community Farm has been fully explored!

Great job exploring all of the nooks and crannies! 🗺️ The hidden cave entrances and graveyard were our favorite features to watch y'all discover the past few days. 

Here's an impressive comparison of the community farm from Oct 30 to today: 

Oct 30
Nov 4

Unlocked Stretch Goals 🔑

Of course, this means you got a bunch of new stretch goals after earning 71 Zenith points!

You achieved the discounted chore jacket and don't worry, we'll post a picture of it modeled soon so you can see the sample before the pledge manager opens 🧥

Next up are the 10 guest influencer challenges and you're only 4 Zenith points away so get to tasking on the farm 😉 

Speaking of tasks, there are task leaderboards! 

Task Leaders 💪

Not to be creepy, but Zenith is tracking each of your actions and plans to reward you handsomely for your hard work. Show your passion for the colony and you shall receive credit where credit's due. 

The current standings are as listed:

Want to get in on this? Here's how! 

Pioneer Badge 🎖️

The Pioneer Badge may seem intimidating, but your contribution to multiple sites for task actions all count as a different user.

So if you haven't posted on our Kickstarter comments, BGG thread, or Discord channelyet, it's another opportunity to gain more Zenith points and perform more actions!

Getting actions to refreshed 2x as fast is a huuuge upgrade! Let's goooo!!!


Also, our apologies for the pinned Community Farm thread on the Kickstarter Comments page flooding everyone's email with other's responses. We didn't realize the unintended consequences until just now and apologize for the inconvenience to those affected! 

The comment has now been unpinned, releasing those poor pioneers from a constant barrage of emails 🫡 

Accessibility Design Change ✏️

We recently played Tend using a black and white printout copy and discovered a feature that we'd like to adjust.

The two different blueprints were initially identical in design besides their color, which we discovered may not be the most user friendly design.

We've since changed the icon design to show more clearly they are different items besides just a color difference. We hope this small change will make the game more accessible to a wider range of people! 😊

TN Game Days 🎲

The IV Team was attending Tennessee Game Days Fall this past weekend, hence our absence the past few days-- we hope you didn't miss us too much. We had a blast playing games with our community members, hosting a Tend party at our office, and demoing Tend at the convention! 

If you're ever interested in meeting the IV Team, playing games with us, and touring our studio all in one weekend, make sure to add TN Game Days Spring to your calendars! 

Here are just some snapshots from our weekend:

IV Team and Discord Mods at TGD
Big ole Tend Party ft. a well crafted pumpkin from Scotsman1552
And naturally, we had fabulous sugar cookies made for the weekend

See you in the next update! 

Stretchy Goals, Solo Challenges, and Wallpapers! 🌻
4 months ago – Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 02:42:29 PM

Greetings starshine ✨ 

How are you doing today? 

We just want to quickly say thank you so much again for your support of the Tend Initiative. We greatly appreciate every one of you, Moo Deng included 🦛

IV team during the launch
IV team immediately post launch

And now we're feeling so much better after getting some much needed rest 😴 

So, are you ready for some Zenith (Z)updates?

Unlocked Stretch Goals 🧘

Y'all, great job on getting 37 Zenith Points from just the 1st day of funding! 🎊

So far you've already unlocked the following rewards:

That sweet discounted chore jacket is definitely calling your name. 

And an immediate stretch goal you can access is the Background Pack

Click the image above to download the wallpapers! 

Ready to unlock the rest of the stretch goals? 

Join the fun in our Community Farm! 🐄

It's already bustling with activity and there is still so much more to explore. Plus, just newly added is the Board Game Geek Thread for an additional action every day! 

The world of Tend is slowly emerging. The more you explore, the more you will be rewarded!

There are 3 methods to perform an action:

Chat in Discord

Comment on Kickstarter! (in the pinned comment thread)

NEWLY ADDED: Comment on Board Game Geek

knock knock, guess who?

Solo Challenge!

Can you beat Austin and Max? 👊

Max and Austin just played a quick game of Tend with the seed "MAXANDAUSTIN" (original, I know 🤣) on the Companion App

If you're interested in beating one of our designers for bragging rights, you can play a solo game on our free Table Top Simulator mod!
 

Here are some online resources you can use to play along: 

Digital Scratch Offs

Print and Play Sheets

Let us know if you happen to best Austin or Max 😉

Max's Score: 143
Austin's Score: 163

Another update, another video. This one is from the lovely people at Good Time Society ☺️ 

Also, last reminder: 48 Hour Pin Reward will end Oct 31, 2024 at 10:00am CST

Go get your pledges in 🏃

(Yes, $1 pledges will still get a pin if the pledge is later upgraded to a full game in the pledge manager!)

See you later!

Fully Funded in 12 Minutes! 🐓
5 months ago – Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 10:33:06 AM

Zenith appreciates your contribution to the Tend Initiative 🌷

We fully funded in 12 minutes! 💖

A Kickstarter campaign is always nerve wracking leading up to the launch, and every time, you remind us how amazing and supportive our community is! Thank you so much for supporting our vision and passion for creating beautiful and engaging games 💕

Zenith also appreciate your dedication to the colony. May we continue to flourish together.

Speaking of working together... Have you checked out our Community Farm? 

Join the Community Farm 🌾

Start commenting on Discord!

Start commenting on Kickstarter! (pinned comment thread pls)

Videos?! ☺️

We've been fortunate enough to have some great content creators provide their thoughts on Tend! Give them a watch if you feel so inclined: 

There are even more videos on the campaign page and our Youtube channel if you're just so very eager for more Tend content 😉

The first of many GIFs. Prepare thyself :)