Dead excited to let you know that the physical copies of DedBoi landed yesterday. I know this because, along with Sarah, I lifted seven boxes of them off the back of a DPD van:
Unit B is now filling up. (Unit A is full)
Which means, come Monday, fulfilment will begin! The zines look fab, with the Spot UV and recycled paper, but I would be remiss not to tell you they are not perfect.
I found two small typos. Human slop, am I right?
Back to that in a moment. Let's look at the book first.
The typos make no difference to the end product or the playability of the game, and both of them involve one letter that can be removed in the next print.
The process for our books is this. I write them, then send them to our proofreader. She comes back a week or so later with a couple of hundred typos, grammatical issues, suggestions to improve wording and a level of polishing that is way beyond my capabilities.
I then go through those changes and, inevitably, because I am human, I miss one (or two in this case). Anyway, what we have here is a true representation of humans making art. Not perfect, but it works for both me (giving meaning to my existence) and you (getting something joyful out of my creations).
And you have proof of a first edition which means when I am a DedBoi, it might be worth 50p more.
All of this is to say, I didn't have to mention any typos, but I want it to be something to celebrate. Humans make mistakes all the time. Humans.
Okay, that's all for now. It's early for me and I have to get myself to the office to start figuring out the getting these books to you part of the fun.
