Joshua Kramer
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21 days ago
Project Update: Item WIP Release, Artist Announcement, & Pre-Orders Closing Soon!
Hey everyone! Progress update time!
The work continues. I am still behind, and I feel like my month-by-month milestones may have been too optimistic (although I'm still confident in the overall delivery date). My further writing is now firmly mixed in with layout, which will be mixed in with some playtests planned for September as well. Everything is looking better and better, but it's sort of steady progress on all fronts vs. a siloed-off one-thing-done-at-a-time. It might be messy, and it's contrary to the original plans I laid out to y'all, but I have come to accept that I am fighting a good amount of burnout this past year and this has been the best way to make progress I'm happy with. Like I said, I'm still planning to have the digital fulfillment in November though, and that is very important to me!
What is nice is that all of the Vault's contents have been written! Fire Sale 1 had 38 items across its four categories. Fire Sale 2 includes all of those items, plus 102 more. The smaller categories like Valuables and Secrets have also been expanded to the same size as the others.
Since I've also done the layout for those tables, I will be releasing WIP spreads of just the items to backers today! You should get an email about it, and otherwise they will be accessible through Your Pledges & Surveys > Your Digital Rewards (or Your Pledges & Surveys > Fire Sale 2 > Get Your Digital Downloads). There's a lot of cool and potentially game-breaking stuff on those tables, so as I move into my own playtesting sessions I'd love to hear how they hit for you and your tables as well! Questions, critique, and balance suggestions are all welcome.
Note that I will also be closing the Pre-Order Store end of day September 1st, at which point those of you who have pre-ordered will be charged and you will also gain access to the WIP files!
As for artists! Per our $6K stretch goal of an Art Expansion, I have procured the services of Michael Pisano, also known as Haunted Meat, and Atlas Costa Aguilera, cover+interior artist for Exit, Pursued by a Dream! They'll be contributing to both the regular edition cover and the interior of the book, and I can't wait to share some previews once I have them.
That'll be it for now! That lore drop I previously mentioned is still coming, I just reckon it'll pair better with some art, so expect that sometime in September. I'll be in touch soon! Enjoy those items, y'all.
The work continues. I am still behind, and I feel like my month-by-month milestones may have been too optimistic (although I'm still confident in the overall delivery date). My further writing is now firmly mixed in with layout, which will be mixed in with some playtests planned for September as well. Everything is looking better and better, but it's sort of steady progress on all fronts vs. a siloed-off one-thing-done-at-a-time. It might be messy, and it's contrary to the original plans I laid out to y'all, but I have come to accept that I am fighting a good amount of burnout this past year and this has been the best way to make progress I'm happy with. Like I said, I'm still planning to have the digital fulfillment in November though, and that is very important to me!
What is nice is that all of the Vault's contents have been written! Fire Sale 1 had 38 items across its four categories. Fire Sale 2 includes all of those items, plus 102 more. The smaller categories like Valuables and Secrets have also been expanded to the same size as the others.
Since I've also done the layout for those tables, I will be releasing WIP spreads of just the items to backers today! You should get an email about it, and otherwise they will be accessible through Your Pledges & Surveys > Your Digital Rewards (or Your Pledges & Surveys > Fire Sale 2 > Get Your Digital Downloads). There's a lot of cool and potentially game-breaking stuff on those tables, so as I move into my own playtesting sessions I'd love to hear how they hit for you and your tables as well! Questions, critique, and balance suggestions are all welcome.
Note that I will also be closing the Pre-Order Store end of day September 1st, at which point those of you who have pre-ordered will be charged and you will also gain access to the WIP files!
As for artists! Per our $6K stretch goal of an Art Expansion, I have procured the services of Michael Pisano, also known as Haunted Meat, and Atlas Costa Aguilera, cover+interior artist for Exit, Pursued by a Dream! They'll be contributing to both the regular edition cover and the interior of the book, and I can't wait to share some previews once I have them.
That'll be it for now! That lore drop I previously mentioned is still coming, I just reckon it'll pair better with some art, so expect that sometime in September. I'll be in touch soon! Enjoy those items, y'all.
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