Greetings from Jalex!

[Jyndal]

Coolness itself! Gld to see you here Jesse, and glad to see Crate pickin up some fresh blood. Can't wait to see what you bring to the table.

GDFTW!

P.S. I saw some of the screenshots and a short vid of Copernicus. Damn shame that fell through. Was looking really good from what little there was to see.

[koovan]

Hi Jalex and welcome to the forums. This, alongside the recruitment of Zantai, is really excellent news - it is so good to see some of the aims of the Kickstarter campaign beginning to actually happen. I hope you find your time with Crate rewarding and enjoyable.

[yerkyerk]

Welcome Jesse! It must be frustrating to work on a product for such a long period, only to see it disappear in the trashcan for reasons beyond your grasp. Let's resolve that with Grim Dawn!

[DragonWolf]

Glory to the newest Lord of Crate! Bow before him and pray that he shall deliver up to us hordes of enemies to kill and demented landscapes within which to hunt them.

[Jeroen]

Welcome Jesse !

I see the funds from the kickstarter campain are out to good use.
copy & paste from the grim dawn kickstarter :

"Our goal is about the minimal level of funding that would be required to make a big difference on this project because it is enough where we can start to bring on some of our part-time people, full-time and guarantee them at least a certain duration of wages. This would likely be an animator, artist and designer to start out. We'd also use money for more outsourcing so that we could get additional unique item art and enemy models."

so, with Jesse and Zantai Crate has an artist and a designer and now I suppose Arthur is looking for an animator to complete the team ?
things are looking good for Crate, but as this thread is about Jesse: nice that you (and Zantai) got a new job so soon after you former employer went bankrupt. I am sure that you and Arhtur and Rhis and Zantai and all part timers (sorry if I do not mention you by name, I am afraid that I dont know your names ) will make Grim Dawn an excellent game

[zidders]

Welcome to the community! While I don't spend as much time here as i'd like, this is a really awesome community. You've got a really great support network here. 'Sorry to hear about the studio closing' just doesn't cut it. What a mess. It makes me frustrated and angry. I can only imagine what the people involved must be feeling. I grew up in RI and unfortunately, bad decisions by people within the government and in the business sector is pretty much par for the course. It still doesn't make it right. I hope you find Crate Ent. to be much more to your liking..and hopefully for a good long while.

It's so exciting seeing this game develop. It's going to be so good!

[Elbozo]

Welcome Jalex!
It looks like Crate is on the grow! Can't wait to see the results
Cheers,
Elbozo

[Shoganai]

So I guess this is the silver lining to the utter destruction of 38 studios

(Well, at least for Grim Dawn fans :P)

Welcome!

[medierra]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

so, with Jesse and Zantai Crate has an artist and a designer and now I suppose Arthur is looking for an animator to complete the team ?

Jesse and Zantai are both designers. As a result of exceeding our funding goal, we were able to hire two full-time designers. Next we're looking for an artist. At the moment, it looks like we're covered for animations due to some extra contracting help.

[Sargon]

welcome!