Jengo goes with FIG + Announcement Trailer - The crowdfunding goes live Friday, March 23, 2018

Hello everyone!

We know that the Robot Wizard team have kept a low profile so far in 2018, but we are by no means resting. We have been hard at work, and in discussions with a view to obtaining a funding model in order to help pay for all the costs that go into making a videogame. Many may not be aware, but the team are developing the game part-time between jobs and family life. We are now, finally, at the stage of development where things start to get serious and we are proud to announce today our partnership with FIG.

If you are a fan of Jengo and want to support local game development, we are putting our wizard hats down to the ground to ask South Africa for help. For our campaign to get the full support of FIG we require a total investment of 400 backstage backers. Thereafter it will make its way out of backstage and receive the full support of FIG's marketing muscle which will increase our chances of hitting our funding goal.

The money from the campaign will go towards paying for our voice talent, musicians, artists, programmers and more. If you would like to support our cause and find out more about the game and how you can get involved, click here. [ http://bit.ly/2HB8jg5 ]

As always, we don't like to leave you without a little taste of things to come. Check out our very first official announcement trailer for Jengo, brilliantly scored by the Black Cat Bones and our FIG pitch video.
Please help postpone the apocalypse, and back our game. Only you the gaming community and Jengo supporters can make this happen.

* Fig is a community funding and publishing platform for independent video games. Fans back games on Fig to get exclusive rewards or invest to earn returns from game sales. Fig was created to bring fans together to help Fig publish games of all kinds. Our goal is to strike a balance between titles from well-known independent studios as well as ones from up-and-coming indie teams. 

Asset Links

Fig Link - http://bit.ly/2HB8jg5

Video Links

Jengo: Fig Trailer (Official) - https://youtu.be/KeY2na1p8gs
Jengo Pitch Video (FIG) - https://youtu.be/uY3kQWIX_Xw
Visual Asset – Included on mail

Contact

Graeme Selvan
graeme@robot-wizard.com | 082 928 6811
Louis du Pisani
louis@robot-wizard.com | 072 224 2423

Crowd funding to get SA athletes overseas!

Who is Game On Magazine and why do we care?

Game On Magazine  (www.gameonmagazine.co.za) was created to support and nurture our love of Sport in South Africa, starting in our early school years and culminating in professional sport.  We don't just talk about the people who are currently stars, we aim to share inspiring stories of how the "stars" got to be stars, and to start to tell the stories of the emerging stars of tomorrow and inspire the as yet to be stars to believe and become all they choose to be in the sport they are most passionate about.

Our magazine is constantly hearing how extremely talented and passionate young sports stars cannot participate in national and international competitions, or afford basic kit and uniforms for the National Teams, and whose big dreams are not realised because sports that are not considered a high priority, just do not receive the government or public funding they so desperately need to allow top athletes/sports girls/boys/men/women to represent their regions or country at high profile events.   This is just wrong....... dream killing is wrong!

Many of these youngsters come from very low income families, and without sponsors, cannot participate at all.

Game On is choosing to make a difference.........  We want to change the face of sport funding in South Africa and we need your help to do it.

We want to create an independent sports wealth fund that is not controlled by parastatals or organisations (that have their own agenda as to how to manage these funds).  To do this (and show everyone IT CAN BE DONE), we are opening the floor to EVERYONE WHO LOVES SPORT to ask you to contribute whatever you can and feel inspired to, so that we can begin to make a difference in these amazing young people's lives.

If a million people just contribute $1, we can move mountains for so many talented young people.

               So, do you have $1/R12 to spare?

Who will you be helping?

An example, Tasneem Cozyn, currently the U/18 Karate World Champion (and one of 5 children) does not have the funding to represent her country in 2 International competitions and attend 4 National competitions (she needs R 110 000 -R120 000 a year = $10 000). She is one of many we constantly hear about in our interviews that we profile.  She is featured in our July issue:http://issuu.com/game-on-mag/docs/gom_july_15__issue_18

Another example is our SA U/18 Baseball Team has qualified to play in the IBAF 2015 World Cup but they have been told there is no funding for them to go and they have to self fund it or they cannot attend.  This is TRAGIC!  (Featured in Game On Magazine : http://issuu.com/game-on-mag/docs/gom_april__15_issue_15)

Amazing Grace Legote, Africa's top rhythmic gymnast has no sponsor to help her compete internationally and get the competitive experience she needs to qualify to go to the 2015 Olympics.  (Featured in Game On Magazine : http://issuu.com/game-on-mag/docs/gom_february__15_issue)

These are just 3 examples, there are so many more........

The funds we raise will support these people/teams to realise their sporting dreams of participating competitively and having the funding to do so.

If for any reason we don't reach our target, any funding received will still be used to support the people that we have become aware of, and we will publish our funding support on our website for public viewing.

The Impact

If we achieve the full amount, Game On will indeed be able to change the face of sports funding in South Africa for a huge number of young people!  It will make possible what is currently believed to be impossible.

Risks & Challenges

We are perfectly positioned in the sporting world to connect with the youth through our magazine and free Magazine App to share the stories, and the successes achieved through this campaign.  We are fortunate to not be affiliated to any sporting structures that can railroad the funding or instruct us as to how to distribute the funds.  It is these very structures and organisations that have created the funding issues currently being faced by deserving youngsters and we will not be dictated to by any of them.

Our challenge is to ensure that the funds are well-managed, and that we have  qualifying criteria in place to ensure that the funds are used for the purpose they are intended.  All beneficiaries (if they are minors their parents will be carefully vetted) will complete a financial means assessment and application process that will be reviewed by a carefully selected panel of independant entrepreneurs (with no vested interest in the magazine or any sporting structure in South Africa).  Once approved, funding will be internally managed and payments made to vendors on behalf of the person.  No funds will be released directly to that person to self-manage. 

For us to reach our goal, we ask you to share this with everyone and anyone who loves sport and would be willing to make a difference.  The tools to share are right here in Indiegogo.

Thanks for choosing to make a difference.

Warmly

Dee