David Board: Stage 2 Studios LLC.

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Stage 2 Studios LLC, with offices in Palmer and Denver, is a modest media production studio with an ambitious new video game project. Partner David Board is the creative talent behind the game Lifeless Planet, in which an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian lab on a distant planet.

Board, with a degree in business and graphic design, specializes in interactive flash animation and 3D modeling and animation. He also develops websites with full content management systems, enabling clients to easily edit their websites on their own.

Stage 2 helps nonprofits and educators ignite growth. David has served on several community boards including the Big Brothers Big Sisters Mat-Su Leadership Council.

KICKSTART: A week after we launched a funding campaign on kickstarter.com in September, major gaming websites promoted Lifeless Planet's story on their home pages, the project met its goal overnight, and we were fielding major movie and game publisher inquiries. We more than doubled the target goal.

TEASING EXPOSURE: The big challenge was publicity. There are hundreds of thousands of games out there, but we were able to capture attention thanks in large part to a dynamic teaser trailer. The response was astounding, with hundreds of emails flooding my inbox the first day!

GAMING DRIVERS: Video gaming has grown into a highly competitive $80-billion-a-year industry, eclipsing Hollywood. Mobile and social gaming are driving this trend. (Who hasn't heard of Angry Birds by now?) However, in this competitive space, it's not enough...