#kickstarter help

A couple of years ago, before September 2, 2018 I pledged to a Kickstarter that was funded on 9/2/2018. The estimated delivery was January 2019 and the last update was April 2019.

It was a Kickstarter for a book that has been written. The sequels have been written. I know the author is still alive and still writing, because they are still updating on tumblr and Instagram and Ao3.

I’ve sent them a message on Kickstarter. I’ve left anonymous feedback on Kickstarter because I am not feeling confident about this project anymore. And I sent them an anon on tumblr. But they have not answered. It has been over a year since their last Kickstarter update.

The card that I pledged with has expired it’s been so long. I don’t think that Kickstarter is responsible anymore? So I literally don’t know what I can do?

I have pledged to several Kickstarter before and after this one.

Trying to help spread the word for this pretty awesome little Survival Horror project on Kickstarter. It’s set during World War I, and it seems like someone mixed (style and design-wise) old-school Resident Evil and the first Parasite Eve game.

Hello! We believe that's possible. Checking Kickstarter support:

It isn't possible to pledge anonymously, but if you'd prefer to change the name displayed on your Kickstarter profile, you can do so by going to the Edit profile tab under Settings and adding your preferred profile name.

We've also placed a proviso on our "social media shoutout" tier reward that you need to both provide the name you would like us to shout you out under, and consent to being shouted out (we send a little Kickstarter message to everyone who donates) before we'll make the post. If you don't respond, or don't want to be shouted out, we won't. We know it's something not everyone is comfortable with.

To help both me and my parents financially, would anyone even consider putting funds towards it? I see this kind of thing on tumblr all the time and I'm kind of desperate. Unlike my parents, I have a guaranteed roof over my head because I have awesome friends. My parents however, are living in the house where I grew up with my brothers (one who is working to save money to move out and the other is a 17 year old  who is struggling to finish high school due to constant muscle problems that keep him from attending). My father lost his job back in 2009 and has only managed to get one part time job at Target for seasonal and they let him go two months later because he wasn't 'cheerful enough'. My mother, who was the only main income, lost her job back in May of this year (both have been to several interviews and never received a position). They cannot pay their bills, even with couponing to never spend more money than needed on their essentials, the savings aren't helping.Her unemployment has since dropped to a point that NO family of three/four could live off of.

They cannot pay their utilities or the house payment. Their car is in need of regular maintenance and at the risk of being repo'd (and they only have a few more years to pay it off). 

My mom and I talked yesterday and all of their utilities have shut off notices for the day before thanksgiving. I have no job or money to help them, and no one in our family is really stepping up to the plate and assisting them either. I don't want my family to be homeless, they have no where to go and no alternatives. It kills me that I whine about struggling to maintain my own living situation while going to school and not having funds, but it's worse knowing that my family is even in more trouble. My first brother and I were lucky to live comfortably, but my baby brother has to deal with my parents struggling to keep things going and I know it stresses him out. I just want to help them get through the holidays. 

Personally I am in a similar boat, I'm a student at PSU, but I didn't get enough money in financial aid to maintain my rent, phone and car insurance bills or other living expenses. Obviously rent and the car insurance take priority, but I have severe depression and even though I have insurance through the school, I can't afford the co-pays to seek help, so I'm paying for services I don't even get to use. I have had no luck finding a job and have been so stressed out with trying to find ways to help myself and my parents that I've stopped going to school for the term (I intend to go back as soon as winter term starts), I've not been eating and all I do anymore is cry and sleep.