Our Team:
- CEO/Co-Founder – Morgan Gonsalves
- Owned Unhallowed Paintball for 11 years and was Team Captain of Team Unhallowed.
- Bachelors in Marketing/Management and 15+ years of business experience
- Background in Graphic Design, Virtual Engineering, and Advertising.
- CIO/Head Programmer/Co-Founder – Thomas Whalen
- Graduated New England Institute of Technology with a Software Engineering Degree.
- Specializes in software development on networked embedded devices.
- Background in web development. Specifically large scale database driven applications.
- CTO/Head Sound Engineer – Jeffrey Palermo
- Experienced in managing technology solutions for Enterprise Level Companies
- BA in Music Performance from UMass Lowell
- Background in Architecting and Implementing "IT As a Service" Solutions
Our Campaign:
We are developing a Real World FPS Laser tag experience to bring the love of video games outdoors. Utilizing augmented reality and Motorola’s Moto Mods platform, we give our players the ability to make the world their arena! Through full integration with your Moto Mods Enabled Phone and integration with social media sites such as Facebook and Google+, players will be able to set up and join games, invite players, and more. Our LaserCore Controller is completely customizable. Players will be able to mix and match components on their LaserCore gun to achieve a personalized look.
LaserCore is inspired by our love for paintball, video games, and emerging mobile technologies. We’ve drawn a lot of inspiration and knowledge from operating a successful New England Paintball business. Through the years, we’ve met hundreds of people who want to get into Paintball, but get discouraged due to the cost of playing, or the fear of getting hurt. LaserCore allows players to play on their terms; anywhere, anytime, and without the painful hits to both your wallet and body. We love seeing people of all ages getting excited about a sport or a game where they can be creative and be with friends at the same time. That is our vision for LaserCore.
Our Contributors:
We need your help! The funding from our Contributors will go directly to the purchase of manufacturing supplies, software development, testing, marketing, and distribution. Want to help more? With some of the perks we have you can help promote us with tee-shirts, stickers, or even beta testing!
What we need for funding:
We are looking for $80,000 of funding. This will allow us to produce, test, and perfect our demo devices and will also cover the cost of producing the first round of retail product. Below we’ve outlined where we are now and where we plan on taking this project.
- Stage One: Prototype
- Electronics
- Complete prototype circuit boards for weapons system operation.
- Test and perfect recoil feedback to make the system feel as real as possible
- Enclosure
- Current design for base model and Apex Predator model produced with 3D Printers utilizing ABS plastic.
- Multiple example bolt-on components to give players the ability to customize their LaserCore Device.
- Software
- Develop a prototype game server based on WebSockets.
- Develop a prototype game client using the Moto Mods and MapBox API’s.
- Stage Two: Pre-Production
- Electronics
- Order a short run of our completed circuit board design for beta testing.
- Enclosure
- Cast a mold for injection molding of our final gun enclosure.
- Order a short run of injection molded enclosures for beta testing.
- Software
- Perfect the prototype WebSocket server and get it production ready.
- Perfect the prototype game client.
- Stage Three: Production
- Full production will be Injection modeled and professionally packaged for consumer market
Cost Breakdown:
The funding we gather from the campaign will be mainly used toward finishing development, buying equipment for production and getting to market. We will be informing our supporters with frequent updates and videos keeping you part of our team.
Coding and Development |
10% |
Equipment and Software Purchases |
30% |
Testing |
5% |
Licenses and Fees |
5% |
Production and Distributions |
40% |
Marketing and Advertising |
10% |
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Perks, Perks, Perks:
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$1-$4 – Get added to our supporters Wall of Fame on our website
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$5 – Get a LaserCore Promo Sticker
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$20 – Get a LaserCore Swag Pack including Promo Sticker and Tee-Shirt
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$50 – Get a custom limited edition trigger to mod your LaserCore gun
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$100 - Get a Custom Combo; limited edition trigger and stock
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$150 - Get the Early bird Alpha CQB LaserCore model gun
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$200 – Get the Early bird Alpha Apex Predator LaserCore model gun
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$500 - Get the King of LaserCore package; Alpha Apex Predator LaserCore model gun, custom trigger, custom stock, and Swag Pack including Promo Sticker and Tee-Shirt
The Funding:
We are committed to LaserCore and all funding will be put directly into the project. This covers development, coding, legal fees, equipment, packaging, facility, production expenses, testing, promotional materials, advertising, and other expenses to get LaserCore ready and available for all of you to enjoy. If we do not reach our campaign funding goals we will still push towards completion to honor the perks and seek alternative ways to carry LaserCore to market.
LaserCore…and the World:
Our project comes from the love of new and exciting outdoor activities with friends and family. We are all gamers, but want to be free and untethered to play wherever and whenever! We also like seeing people being able to customize, mix and match, and tweak their equipment to make it their own without spending a ton of money. We want to take what we loved about laser tag and paintball when we were kids and make it explode with new life, in new environments for new…and old players. Family time, friend hangouts, company retreats, LaserCore can be the life of the party!
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Past Projects:
Unhallowed Paintball – Cumberland and Chepachet RI: Owned and Operated for 11 years
- 2 Paintball fields, Pro Shop, Private party rooms, Mexican Restaurant
- Managed Team Unhallowed for 6 years capturing multiple 1st and 2nd place Tournaments
- Developed custom parts for paintball markers
- Developed Trade show and Vendor networking contacts
Development of Virtual Client Services – Citizens Bank Account 6+ years
- We are a combination of Virtual and Desktop engineers with backgrounds in Citrix, Project Management, hardware/software support, and Service Delivery Management.
Risks & Challenges
Risks and challenges are a natural part of any adventure, and it takes an experienced adventurer to be able to surmount them. All current members have, at one time or another owned and operated their own business. Also, working in the technical service industry, we all understand the customer comes first and at the end of the day “It Must Work”. A combination of working with the public as well as overcoming various technical, creative, and personal challenges makes us the ideal team to work through any issue.
Challenges
Manufacturing: Cost and logistics of manufacturing can be daunting. We have hands on experience and a modular design for our equipment, which will help drive down costs.
Usability of Equipment: As we go through development and testing, the usability of our equipment as well as the program will be a top priority. We will overcome this challenge by vigorous testing by our developers and everyday users. We will be paying attention to user feedback and ensuring the equipment and UI is fun and easy to use, even for the most novice of players.
User Feedback Analysis: Feedback from our valued customers is what will keep the product fresh, efficient, and desirable. Analyzing constructive feedback will be instrumental to adapting our project for the better.
Lower amount of Data Charge(s): It will be a focus to keep data costs low for users who have data plans. Keeping code simple using web sockets will help to address this issue.
Risks:
Marketing Strategies: Since this is a new type of game that is not widely available, marketing strategy will also be new and untested. Our current plan is to follow the popularity of similar games that utilize augmented reality and target those customers.
Additional Equipment Purchase needed for play: Since there is no base-play model, users will need to spend additional money on the equipment. We will keep additional costs low by offering various models of additional equipment.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can’t contribute, please get the word out! We believe this product will fill a void in the fascinating world of Augmented Reality!
