Paramour continues to move on forward closer to completion. To keep this update short and sweet, the big news for this month is that Lur has completed all assigned art pieces! I'll post a taste of what's to come below.

I'm still working on getting the pledge manager up and running, but in the meantime check out the Backer Only content below for a link to a Google Drive folder. I'll be using this for early drafts and such of the adventures once they're ready to go. Right now, you can find the original version of Starfall. While this is absolutely playable as-is, note that the final version will be getting a little bit of a facelift to cleanup some stuff here and there and bolster the content a bit to make it easier to integrate into longer campaigns. For a bit of fun, I also tossed in the Delusions of Grandeur Trouble that I wrote for an OB game jam a while back.


That's all for now! I'll be back in a few weeks with more updates!

Hello DreamScapers All!

Just a quick note to say that I clicked the Lock Down button yesterday, and it looks like nothing broke. It also looks like those of y'all who grabbed Electric Sheep Shuffle, Jumpgate Charade, and Station-bound Semitones have started downloading your PDFs.

Feel free to reach out here if you have any problems! 

Hello DreamScapers!

About 90% of y'all have filled in your surveys, which is awesome! Thanks, everyone! (Thanks also to folks putting add-ons in...) I'm going to give it to Monday before I start locking down orders. Once that happens, I believe (if I've entered the right cheat codes) PDFs and Itch codes should start going out for the published books.

Progress on the new book has admittedly hit a snag. I lost my day job a couple of weeks back. It was not a great working environment, and was already slowing me down because of the stress, so it's not a huge loss, except that I need to find a new one. Trying to do creative work with bad mental health is like trying to run on a broken ankle; doable but it'll cause some complications. I'm working on finding a balance between chasing job leads and editing my game content, so I should get back on track soonish.

(Also I was so sure I wasn't going to join my fellow creators who ran a crowdfund, then immediately hit Significant Life Complications, so I guess I'm being cursed for my hubris also.)

See you on the 'Scape.

Backers,

Brief update with a slight delay. Shouldn't be too far off from our original timeline, however.

For those that may not have seen me post about this elsewhere, I suffered a protracted family tragedy (CW: Pet Stuff, Cancer). As I'm sure you can understand, the time leading up to this point was difficult and riddled with periods where I was unable to work.

As a result, I'm slightly behind on the next steps for Jupiter in Eb Minor. In another, forthcoming update, I'll have a revised timeline and hopefully a Backer Preview Version.

Thank you all for the support and patience.

– Lone Archivist

Alrighty, seems like the smoke test went off without a hitch. So, I just clicked the big button and sent surveys out to everyone! Those should be in your inboxes.

Comments seemed to work well for initiating any conversations, if folks have questions or issues (That said, don't post any PII, we can take it to email if needed). Although there weren't a ton of questions or issues from the dozen or so of you in the smoke test.

For folks who're waiting on Electric Sheep Shuffle, Jumpgate Charade, and/or Station-bound Semitones PDFs, it seems I have to lock orders before those go out. So, I'll start locking orders in a few weeks, and you'll get those once I do that. (We're learning together!) 

As for the main book, I'm still plugging away at the draft. Once I'm happy with that, it'll go out for developmental editing. Meanwhile, I'm also working with a couple of artists on some bespoke pieces that'll go in the book. This is a new thing, the other three books are mostly public domain/free license art or stuff I made myself. So, I'm also excited to tap into skills that I don't have. 

Until next time, DreamScapers!

I'm sitting here in the heat of summer dreaming of cooler days, so I'll keep this short and sweet. Paramour progresses! A few notable items:

I'm working on getting the Pledge Manager setup, which should hopefully be ready to go by the time of the next scheduled update. I'll also provide a download link to backers for the current digital version of Starfall. That's already in a ready-to-play format, but keep in mind that this will be the original version and plans are in place for a clean up pass and small expansion before it gets sent off to print, so there will be some changes before the final copy is sent out.


That's all for now! I'll be back in a few weeks with more updates!

A few of you may have noticed, and for others I'm pointing it out: There's smoke over the mountain. That's because I've sent out the smoke test for surveys! If all goes to plan, I'll send the rest out tomorrow. 

If you have problems, please leave a comment on this update.