Welcome to the Moonbeam revolution! Let us know why you joined the Moonbeam revolution, over the course of this campaign, we want to hear from you, so that you can help us shape the future of live streaming. Creators and fans matter most to us, and together we can truly reshape the live streaming space to benefit all of us. We've built it before and we can rebuild it again!
I look forward to reading your comments and chatting with you all about your dreams and aspirations. We're making Moonbeam for you, and the future is bright if we stick together.
I LOVE maps and have so many of them that I have hand-drawn over the years ready to go in my gaming area once it's finished, but now they have come competition... Love these and can't wait to delve into Chaldea even further!
We got nearly all the domestic orders and about half of the international ones out the door last week, and will be be processing the rest of the international orders soon. We're fulfilling these lovingly by hand, so thanks for your patience in bearing with us; we're excited for you to get your hands on these beautiful deliverables. If you haven't completed your backer survey, please do so!
Key Updates
For the Deluxe Set: in the campaign we advertised including a thumb drive containing the digital assets-- this was foolish. The videos and audio we've developed are of substantially higher quality than we initially imagined, and as it turns out, in order to include the video and audio at the quality and size they deserve would have cost us thousands of dollars to add. Instead, we have included a handy QR code and link for your ease and convenience. We apologize for shift; thumb drives were simply not viable.
Voidstream Audio Video: For those receiving physical shipments,I'm away at a destination wedding this week; you will find that the linked google drive folders are currently empty. We will be populating these with the video and audio upon my return, and posting updates to keep both our digital and physical backers aware of when the final assets are being delivered.
Until then, please enjoy, and do please tag @panictable on insta or @thepanictable on bsky in your horrifying unboxing experiences.
Just a quick update to let you know that although Moonbeam has closed down, we have archived the panels on our YouTube channel. You can find them here:
For now they are privately listed but in the coming months we will likely make them public for everyone to view and enjoy (and hopefully learn from!)
One last note for everyone who's a fan of Blades in the Dark:
On Tuesday we launch Blades '68 by Tim Denee (Deathmatch Island). In this official expansion, the timeline lurches 100 years into the future as a newly prosperous Doskvol wriggles under the light of an artificial sun.
New playbooks, new crews, and unruly adventures await in the Swinging Sixties of Blades '68.
Absolutely thrilled to release the VOIDSTREAM: SOURCE OF SIGNAL companion adventure pdf to backers today! Check that inbox.
The books, audio cassettes, and other components for y'alls packages arrive at our studio next week. We're on the home stretch!
Please enjoy the adventure responsibly; we cannot be held accountable for adverse side effects experienced by delving into our accursed Public Access Broadcast Station.
Hey y’all— it appears there’s an odd bug in the t-shirt ordering section of the VOIDSTREAM survey. In addition to choosing your size, there’s an odd little menu that asks for a *second* size, and only offers ‘small’. Go ahead and just click that small as you select your proper size. We’re working with BackerKit to iron that out.
Cameron here keeping y'all abreast of the current progress. We are nearing the finish line and are excited to get this up and out into the world. With the video, audio, print and packaging components combined it has proven to be a truly massive undertaking. That said, we're finalizing the digital media pieces this month and wrapping up formatting/design for the zine with a goal of putting in the print order next week.
We'll share progress images/the pdf as soon as possible.
Big picture, we're looking to begin shipping things in January. We'll keep you posted on that front as we get all the different pieces of the puzzle pulled together.
A note about Moonbeam In case you missed it, Moonbeam has shut down. The cross-campaign backer perks that applied to their platform, unfortunately, will no longer be available. We honor their valiant efforts as we charge headlong into the future.
Thanks for all your patience and support in the meantime, it's meant the world to us.
We received communication from Moonbeam this weekend letting us know they are shutting down the platform and with it, MCG’s The Anywhere Door. This was the first indication they’d given us that the platform was closing, so it’s as much a surprise to us as it is to you. The closure is effective as of this Friday, November 14th.
As a backer of this campaign we wanted to reach out and pass the news on to you. We’ve already delivered almost all of the physical and digital backer rewards, and more importantly your support funded the Cypher Streamer Creator Fund and ten really great streams, which has substantially boosted the community of streamers supporting MCG’s games. So despite the closure of Moonbeam, we consider the crowdfunding campaign for The Anywhere Door a solid success!
We were just about to launch Game Night with MCG, but this will require some changes to how we go about that. We’re working on it now, and on how we’ll continue to support the great streaming community that grew up around The Anywhere Door. We’ll have more news on all of that as we talk with streamers and figure out where we take things from here.
Accessible, safe community
There are always risks with any project, but we were excited by Moonbeam’s vision for a safe, easy-access space for our community to stream, talk, create, and thrive together. (That’s why we worked closely from the start with the Cypher Unlimited Discord team, who have provided this on Discord for years!)
Amazing content
We also wanted to say how very impressed and thankful we are for the terrific content produced for, streamed to, and curated on The Anywhere Door. We would really love for this not to be lost. We’re going to be contacting all our streamers over the next day or so. Streamers, you can reach us via Discord: Kate Evans#7440/Sparks.
Thank you!
Backers, thank you so much for coming with us on this—we look forward to seeing what can be done next.
Streamers, thank you for your talent, time and creativity. Expect to hear from us soon about how MCG can continue to support your great efforts!
To all our fans, thank you for being here, there is no MCG without you.
Let’s see how we build out community in the coming months.
