[codetrotter]

Yes, not bad at all. I would back it too, if I could afford to.

What I wonder is, did they have a following from before, and that is how they were able to reach enough people to get to 200% of their goal in so short time? Or did it simply spread organically because of how awesome it is? The video was really good and convincing. I just always wonder this because I would like to do a Kickstarter for a project of my own some day maybe, but don’t have any following so I think my project would not receive enough backers. But if it is possible to get backing without a pre-existing big group of followers then that is very encouraging.

Edit: Also, what’s the name of the chiptune at the end of the video again? I’ve listened to that one many times before but can’t remember what it was called.

[whywhywhywhy]

The branding/art direction definitely makes it more interesting and sharable.

Makes a difference when you nail those things.

[oxapentane]

The folks behind the project did a lot of posts on design/development for the past year. Unfortunately mostly in Russian.

Here's reddit post in english from a while back: https://www.reddit.com/r/TechNewsToday/comments/g4vkqf/flipp...

And here's pre-kickstarter post in russian, that kinda sums up everything that was posted before: https://habr.com/ru/post/513074/

Edit: and even here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=flipperzero.one

[adimov]

Hey, let me know if anything unclear from automatic translation, I'll try to explain. (I'm not the founder just really like this concept)

[coderobe]

The main creator of this has been posting about his progress for months, personally I've been following its development ever since I first saw it. It's such a neat project that I can totally believe this being entirely organic growth.

[f311a]

The project was discussed multiple times on hacker news and other platforms. People signed up for special price long time ago.

[Izkata]

> how they were able to reach enough people to get to 200% of their goal in so short time?

6 hours later, that $130k is now $437k. And it was up for a bit before GP posted their comment - 30 to 50 minutes, I think, so a good chunk of that 200% may well be from here as well.