We’re officially entering the final stretch of the campaign, and we’re only a few hundred dollars away from funding this thing 👀

So close, we can taste it 👅 (don't actually taste it, as these mints are not editable 🤪)

So let’s do another challenge…

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🎁 NEW COMMUNITY UNLOCK 🎁
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If we hit 90% funded within the next 24 hours, you’ll unlock DIGITAL PDF copies of BOTH new Swearmints games for EVERY backer.

That means you’ll get to print and play the new games at home MONTHS before the physical versions arrive 😎 And we're already almost there.

People are busy, and a quick reminder that only takes you 10 seconds can make all the difference. 😅 We only need a handful of stragglers and the digital copies are yours! We got this! 💪

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🗳️ WORD VOTING ROUND 3
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“Mewing” officially won the last round (god help us) and is now joining the EXCLUSIVE Mint Master promo card.

Which means the next battle is LIVE:

No, we’re not happy about it either.

But APPARENTLY the game has to be “modern” and “relevant” 🙄

Backers can vote now at the link here 👀 In order to fit the final vote in, the voting for Round 3 will only be open for a few more hours!

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🚨 PREMIUM REWARD UPDATE
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A bunch of the premium pledge levels sold out (!!), but we’ve opened ONE additional personalized mint tin slot.

Here’s why:

Both the $69 “You Did This” tier AND the $89 personalized tin tier include a “suggest-a-word” reward and 7 backers have pledged for these tiers. Each card in the game has 8 words total, and it doesn't really matter which pledge level the word comes from. So now, once someone grabs EITHER reward…

👉 BOTH tiers lock permanently.

So if you missed the personalized tin the first time around — this is your shot. You can upgrade your pledge by managing your pledge at the top of the campaign page.

And yes: there will only ever be ONE personalized tin with your name on it anywhere on Earth and you can even choose your color. 🌎 Pretty sweet bragging rights.

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🏪 NEW RETAILER LEVEL
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We also just added a retailer pledge level!

So if you own a game store, work at one, or know a local shop or café that carries party games, let them know they can now order wholesale directly through the campaign.

If anyone wants the hidden wholesale link, just message us and we’ll send it over directly!

Did You Know?

Swearmints is already sold in 100+ stores and game cafés around the country ❤️ Check our map to see if there's one near you!

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⏰ 48 Hours Remain
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We don’t run big ad campaigns.

We don’t have a giant marketing budget.

Swearmints exists because people like YOU decide to help make it happen.

So seriously:
thank you for being here. We love you.

Now let’s fund this thing 🍬

You hit the 48hr funding challenge… so that means someone here is a winner of the prototype giveaway 👀

Congrats to Sara (Backer #19) for winning a signed copy of Swearmints: Popped Culture!! Now you get to play it before anyone else!

And now… we enter the FINAL WEEK.

⏰ 7 days left
🍬 Over 80% funded
📦 Prototypes basically done and ready to print

Speaking of which…we have one more card to finish.

The first community poll is complete, and the VERY FIRST word officially joining the exclusive Mint Master promo card is:

👉 MID 👈

(aw man… I was pulling for “unc”)

The next poll is LIVE, and we need your help deciding between:

I know what exactly ONE of those words means.

Backers can vote right now 👀 Remember, ALL backers at Mint Master level and above get this card for free and it will never be printed again.

🤔 what should we give away at 90% funded?

The original Swearmints has been featured on Smosh Games TWICE! Take a look at it being played by some hilarious people!

We just crossed $2,800 funded, which means Swearmints is officially 70% of the way there 👀

Huge thanks to everyone who’s backed, voted, and shared the campaign. It means a lot that you showed up for us 💚

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The votes are officially counted…

And the EXCLUSIVE Mint Master bonus card will be a classic WORD card! 🎉

BUT NOW:
we need your help deciding WHICH words actually make the cut.

Starting today, we’re kicking off a bracket-style voting challenge where backers will help eliminate words over the next week until we have the final card lineup 👀

Whatever words are chosen will be forever enshrined in the BackerKit exclusive card that will NEVER be printed again. Now you, the backers, get to write the game in real time.

Click here to vote on the first bracket, which ends in 2 days!

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🚨 NEW 48HR CHALLENGE
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We also just added a new campaign achievement:

That's right - you will get to play this game before anyone else on Earth. There's only a couple of these that exist!

(No, that's not actually my signature. That's waaaaay too neat.)

We're just $400 away from this reward - which is really only about 8-10 people.

Haven't backed yet? You alone could help get us 10% of the way there and win the game for free!

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📈 NEXT STOP: FULLY FUNDED
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We’ve still got 10 days left. That's a bunch more swears left to create 🍬

If you’ve been waiting to jump in, now’s a pretty good time 👀

~Chris, Top Dog, Cheer Up Games

💚 WE HIT 50% FUNDED!! 💚

Seriously, thank you.

We challenged ourselves to hit 50% funded within 24 hours… and not only did you help us get there, but we blew past it to 60% by this morning! Our weird games are officially halfway to becoming real.

So… let’s keep going 👀
Next stop: 75% funded 🚀

And because enough people backed the campaign in time, we’re officially EXTENDING the free sticker pack bonus to everyone who backs during the first week 🎉 You'll automatically receive this reward as long as you backed the campaign before Thursday, May 14th.

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🗳️ POLL: YOU DECIDE THE BONUS CARD
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We knew we wanted to include an EXCLUSIVE bonus card for Mint Master backers…

We just didn’t know WHICH kind of card to make and couldn't decide 😬

So now it's up to you.

We’ve opened a poll to vote on the exclusive card type, and voting is open until Sunday at midnight ET!

Vote Below If You Backed The Campaign👇

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🚨 LOW STOCK ALERT
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Our personalized mint tin pledge tier is ALMOST sold out 👀

There’s only ONE left, and whoever grabs it gets a one-of-a-kind custom Swearmints tin with their name printed on it. You even get to pick the color!

We didn't think this would go so fast -> First one to click gets it!

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🧠 DID YOU KNOW?
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The original two Swearmints tins contain over 50,000 possible slang combinations.

But when you combine ALL FOUR games together?

That jumps to over 500,000 possible phrases 🤯 Yes we did the math. That's a lot of new swears we're gonna make together.

Seriously… thank you.

We know everyone’s busy, there are a million things competing for your attention, so the fact that you all took the time to back this weird little mint tin word game honestly means a lot to me. 

We're a pretty scrappy indie studio, so seeing Swearmints hit nearly 50% funded this quickly is exciting. Our goal is reasonable so we're confident we'll get there!

But we'd like to make things interesting…

👉 If we hit 50% funded within the next 24 hours, we’ll EXTEND the free sticker pack bonus to EVERYONE who backed during the first week of the campaign!

What you can do to get us there (takes 10 seconds):
- Back the campaign on BackerKit, if you haven't already (duh!)
- Share the link on social. Use bit.ly/swearmints so it's easy to type it, and tag us @cheerupgames!
- Tell someone in person or directly. We know you know a bunch of people that have played our games! They might not have heard this is even happening. (The algorithms work in mysterious ways...)
- Change up your pledge. Don't forget, we have limited edition pledge tiers that let you submit words into the game or even get a fully personalized mint tin! Cool! You'll just be the coolest person on the block!

Ok that's it for now, see you soon!


Coming up next:
- We might let you vote on what the exclusive Mint Master Card is, since there are now a few different card types 🤔
- Playing with some ideas for stretch goals for when we fund 📏
- Showing off more of the new games (our prototypes are 95% finished) 🟣 🔵

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Using ONE word from each card, fill in the blank:

“In my ___ era.”

Drop your best answer in the comments 👇