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We just sent out a link to the pledge manager, where you can provide shipping info and purchase add-ons. We're planning to fulfil physical items in October time, so you'll be able to change your address until then. Please do grab some add-ons and support Outlaws and Corporations.
Please share the pre-order page with anyone who missed the campaign and wants in on interstellar hyper-capitalist depression.
We also released the new Orbital Blues character sheet. This in-world artefact is the OB-26CS, a tax form from the Reach Department of Interstellar Revenue. Its a little more noisy and characterful than the existing sheet, and we hope you have as much fun using it as we had making it. Orbital Blues characters are normally simple enough you can write them on out a post-it note, so we had enough room to play around with when designing it.
The notepad version of OB-26CS (coffee stain not real, pencil not provided)
Josh has been hard at work on doing even more art for Outlaws and Corporations! Here's a preview of one of the corporate space stations you can drop into your campaigns...
Port Lasvik began as frontiersmen fuel depot, but is now the corporate domain of Leviathan Investments & Acquisitions, a sinister force of credit and capital in the Outer Reach.
Backers can see info below on how to claim their OB core book PDF.
It’s been a little bit since we crossed the finish line, thank you again for helping us get funded and meet so many stretch goals! We’re just getting this update out once again to send a belated thank you for helping us make it get here and for making F-Infiniti a reality!
For a quick development update, the team is hard at work right now getting us fully text ready as we’re dipping into layout. We originally promised a form of Racing Rules quickstart during the campaign to show off and while we couldn’t quite make that happen then, our goal is to have Racing Rules ready to show off in the next few weeks to play around with.
We’ll have more substantial updates closer to when we’re going off to print (for Paddock Pass and Angel’s Inner Circle backers, expect emails sooner) with some art previews, more to come soon!
It's been a slightly hectic few weeks on my end, so I haven't made as much progress as I'd have liked on the first draft, but I have been making some progress on other things. Namely, reached out to a few artists and editors.
Nothing exciting to report at the moment. Will send something when I've got something interesting to report.
Just wanted to take a moment after the project had wrapped up to thank you all for your support of Outlaws and Corporations, and Orbital Blues Month at large. This collab month was a huge success, with $169,471 of funds raised and 3,170 backers across all six projects. Outlaws and Corporations was a massive win too, with £67,601 of funds and 986 backers. We couldn't have done it without you!
Most of the team took the long weekend off for the May bank holiday here in the UK, but we're now back here in the office, working on the art, words and layout to make Outlaws and Corporations happen for you! The next time you hear us we'll be back with the pledge manager, so you can pay for shipping and sort whatever glorious addons you want to include in the project.
In the meanwhile, come join the conversation at the SoulMuppet Discord, which is bustling with Orbital Blues chat, as well as fans of all the other SoulMuppet games.
First of all, we did it! We funded the production of Jupiter in Eb Minor! Thank you so much. It means so much to me to have all of you along for this adventure.
With this update I just wanted to outline what comes next and what to expect for this project moving forward.
What's next?
Let's take a look at the timeline as a reminder. With the crowdfunding out of the way and the writing pretty much done, I'm currently just some fine-tuning and cleaning up the manuscript in the next couple of weeks then it's off to editing.
After that point I'll update the layout (which is also pretty much done) and then have a digital release ready for you after that point.
So updates like this will come with major milestones (aiming for once a month) until production and fulfillment are complete. I'll also endeavor to share screenshots, mockups, and in-progress pics of WIPs and the layout as we move forward.
Thank you!
Thank you again for all of your support and backing Jupiter in Eb Minor. Can't wait for you to see the final result!
The campaign ended, and we raised 5x what I initially asked for, which is still roughly $10,000 more than. I expected.
Really exciting to see so many folks grabbing all four books--new folks finding my work is really rewarding. I don't know how many of y'all who just got VW are returning to the series, but I assume it's at least a few, and so thank you all for coming back.
Plan for now: Finish my initial edit on the draft so I can get it out for Dev Editing, and then finalize some art pieces and do the layout. I'll keep y'all posted as I go (I'm setting a reminder to send updates about once a month).
Thanks again, everyone. I'll see y'all in the DreamScape.
