Lava Run - The Craft-Able Dinosaur Game

Created by Louie's Loops

Lava Run is a craft-able board game about saving your dinosaur from a volcanic eruption! Place tiles to cleverly guide the lava as you move down the volcano. Use special tiles to mess with your opponents, all while trying to be the first dino to escape!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

We did it!! Another stretch goal unlocked and live crochet along today + Another giveaway, and next steps... Co-Op mode?!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 09:37:05 AM

😵‍💫 What is going on? This feels like a dream! $50k in 3 DAYS!?! Wow thank you all so so much for your support, this is so much more than I ever expected! While I did have plans just incase, y'all are going way faster than I was anticipating, but I can keep up... probably! Let's talk about all that this means, our next goals, the results of our last giveaway, and how you can enter another one!



- Join Today's Livestream @2pm PST and Help Crochet Some Dinos!

Join today's stream to find out live the winners of our livestream giveaway, they'll each be winning a hand crocheted brontosaurus. You can also help me crochet the dinos on stream to be given away to today's winner because we're doing 2 more giveaways too! Our stream will begin at 2pm PST right here and hopefully our internet wont suddenly die mid stream this time 😅. 

- Another Stretch Goal Reached!

We just hit $50k!? Okay I'll be honest I was NOT expecting to hit this so soon, if ever at all!! Luckily I had a plan and our lovely artist (thank you Dom!!) is helping out at warp speed to create our new assets on the spot! Here's what you unlocked for blasting through the last goal:



UNLOCKED: 2 New Event Tiles for Lava Run!
These new event tiles will be optional additions to your game, allow you to add additional complexity to your dash to survival! Clear the way and stop the lava in it's tracks with the new Tsunami and Rainstorm tiles! *These rules are still being tested and are not final!

Tsunami - Clears the bottom 4 rows of all lava tiles (pit's remain in place) and push back any dinos up to the 4th row.

Rainstorm - Remove 3 lava tiles of your choice on the board.

- New Tier Level

Want to support but can't afford the game? Thank you so much! I've added this new tier to allow you to help unlock further tiers and access backer exclusive content at a lower price point. Plus, you'll receive a free dino crochet pattern of your choice on launch!

Check out the And I Helped tier here, and please share it with anyone you think would like to help support!

- Next Goal - Co-Op Mode At 600 Backers! - UPDATE - UNLOCKED!!



Okay, I've got a really cool one to share that I've been saving, but you're going so fast that I decided to add in a new tier list to the campaign! This alternate tier list will unlock giveaways and weird planned twists that I was keeping secret!

600 Backers = New Co-Op Mode!! - UNLOCKED!

- Enter the Giveaway to win a hand crocheted dino from the livestream! 

As promised, we're doing another double giveaway! To win one of the 2 hand crocheted brontosaurus made in today's livestream, comment below with what you would name your brontosaurus if you won!

We'll choose a winner at the start of our next livestream! 1 winner will be randomly chosen from the backers at the time, and 1 randomly from the comments below!

Last Giveaway Winners:
Backer - #366
Commenter - Stephanie
Backer - #434
Commenter - Emily Dovey

200% Funded already?! WHAT?! New Dino Unlocked!!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 12:33:43 PM



AHHHH!!! Dude WHAT?! 200% funded in nearly 24 hours?! How the what?!?! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!

We've already unlocked a NEW DINO!! (Very) Warm welcome to our newest dino added to the game, the Brontosaurus!

In the expanded rules for Lava Run, their new ability allows them to peak at another player's tiles once per game! I need a name for this though, vote now using the poll below!




Follow along using the written instructions here! 

Or download the PDF if you're a backer using the link below!


Thank you all again so much! I'm working on more of the tiers now just incase we hit another stretch goal! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments!
-Louie

Lava Run is Fully Funded!!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 05:57:52 PM



AHHHHH!! WE DID IT!! OMG OMG OMG!!! Fully funded in just 8 hours?! WHAT!!?!

Thank you all so so SO much for the support! I'm over the moon! Wow! Okay a few updates now:

1. We've unlocked FREE PINS FOR EVERYONE SUPPORTING TODAY!
2. We've unlocked our FIRST STRETCH GOAL - Introducing new Dino Tiles for each type of dino!
3. Per-request, I added in the Classic Version of Lava Run as an Add-On so you can now buy multiples of the game!

Thank you all again so much! Time to start working towards our next goal of a new Dino!! Ahhh!!

Dino set loose! Stegosaurus is free for Lava Run!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 04:05:39 PM



Be on the lookout! The Stegosaurus crochet pattern has been set loose while we’ve been getting ready for Lava Run!

To celebrate the launch of the Lava Run game campaign on Sept 10th (ONE WEEK!), every week in September I’ll be releasing a dino pattern for FREE on YouTube and the site! 🦖

My classic Stegosaurus pattern is now free on YT and the Club Crochet site! Plus, there is a new abridged version of the video if you wanna fly through this pattern.

These patterns won’t all be free for ever by the way! Catch them while you can!