I'm writing to you from my desk, which has been made slightly uncomfortable in the last week or so because my legs keep bumping from boxes full of games and envelopes! That's right, The Red Lion Hotel now exists and some of you, in fact, already have it in their hands!
Here's a pic from the game's French contents taken by Nicolas. Isn't it gorgeous??
Yes, I have begun shipping games around, as fast as I can—I'm basically a one-man army at this stage, and have to compose with my day job. However, it's getting done and I actually think I might manage to send off everything by next week!
Here's a breakdown of how things should go, depending on where you live: - In North America: I'm preparing to bundling everything up and sending it to IPR, which will then dispatch orders throughout the United States and Canada. Therefore you guys have probably the longest to wait; it might take until January 2026 for you to receive your order, but I hope you'll get it sooner. - In countries neighboring France: you already should have received an email from Mondial Relay asking you where you want to pick up your order; check your spam folders if you haven't!! Everything is ready to go to Germany, Poland, Spain, Austria, Italy, etc., I'm just waiting for your final input. I'll send reminder emails next week but the less I send and the happier I am :) - In the UK: I was preparing for shipping to the UK to be a headache, but it's been easier than I thought. However, last time I sent something to you guys, it came back undelivered at my doorstep and I'd hate for it to happen again. Therefore, I've sent only 2 games out for now, as a test, and if I don't hear anything alarming by next week, I'll send the rest of the batch; once sent, I expect copies to reach you within 1-2 weeks. - In the rest of the world: I'm actually back from the post office, where I sent the last handful of international orders—mostly to Switzerland, Malaysia (hi Aaron!) and New-Zealand. That last one was more difficult than expected, since the post office machines didn't have NZ listed... It's the farthest country from France, but still! I hope I didn't fumble anything in the customs declarations; if I didn't, you should receive your order in a couple of weeks tops!
There you go! TL;DR: check your spam filters for Mondial Relay emails if you leave near France, otherwise just sit tight, it's getting there :)
I'm extremely happy with how the game turned out and I hope you'll be too. Please tag me on all your social media posts, I love seeing those kinds of things!
Well, that's the last update I had to do about The Red Lion Hotel, I guess! Would now be the right time to tell you about the Three Punk Games I'll launch in February? Nah... Maybe next month.
See you around, Côme
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Salut tout le monde !
Je vous écris depuis mon bureau qui n'est pas très confortable en ce moment car je n'arrête pas de me cogner les jambes contre des cartons plein de jeux et d'enveloppes ! Eh oui, L'Hôtel du Lion rouge existe pour de vrai et vous êtes d'ailleurs un certain nombre à l'avoir déjà entre vos mains ! J'ai commencé à en envoyer pas mal ; je fais ce que je peux tout seul comme un grand, dans les interstices que me permet mon boulot alimentaire, mais ça avance bien et je pense que j'aurai presque tout envoyé la semaine prochaine...
Mais pour ça, j'ai besoin de votre réactivité ! En effet, j'ai envoyé des messages via Mondial Relay à absolument tout le monde, mais beaucoup d'entre vous n'a pas encore répondu... Pensez donc à vérifier vos spams, y compris anciens d'il y a 15 jours ! Je renverrai des mails de rappel la semaine prochaine mais moins j'en envoie et mieux je me porte :)
Je suis très heureux du produit final et j'espère que vous aussi. N'hésitez pas à me mentionner sur vos messages de réseaux sociaux, ça me fait bien plaisir de voir ce genre de choses !
Eh bien je crois que c'est la dernière mise à jour qu'il me restait à faire à propos de L'Hôtel du Lion rouge... Est-ce que c'est le bon moment pour vous parler de la Trilogie du punk que je vais lancer en février ? Nan... p't'être le mois prochain.
