Yay!! Hudson has reached his Bunny Quest Kickstarter target!

Yay!! Hudson is over the moon. This morning he reached his Bunny Quest Kickstarter target of $1200 (and more) with 9 days to go.

Many many thanks to all his backers, including the most recent Andrew Hale and Peter Hayes, for being so generous and for putting your faith in Hudson. He has already worked incredibly hard on this project and will continue to do so.

He's hoping people will continue to give to the Kickstarter campaign, to give him extra funding to make sure he can develop the game over all platforms. This game is also part of a longer plan Hudson has for other games, books and adventures.

A million thanks from Hudson and us all 😃

(We will publish a full list of backers and thank you all when the Kickstarter campaign ends.)

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