It was.
This is how Kickstarters almost always go:
1) Project gets a big boost in the first week,
2) Project very slowly gets more pledges over the next few weeks, far less than in the beginning,
3) if the project is at 50-60% by the last week, the project gets a huge wave of new backers from people who were initially hesitant but ultimately want the project to succeed.
I've seen this time and time again and I had a strong feeling it would happen this time despite seeing a bunch of people declare it was boned. I'm happy to see it looks like it's getting to the goal. Swery deserves it.
E: Also, I said this earlier in the thread, but Kicktraq is garbo. Kickstarter projects almost never have a steady stream of backers, it's always in spurts like this.