In our last update we were happy to report that Invisible Sun: Indigo is headed to the printers. Like all great rituals, this process always takes a bit of time, due to the sheer volume of products, the complexity of the product, and also because we are sent both photos of progress as well as print proofs to ensure that this premier product stays top notch. Keep your communication imps primed for more info later!
Magical Ink
Also, a big hello and thank you to everyone who came to see us at UK Games Expo last week, and to the wonderful and enthusiastic Invisible Sun fans, a couple of whom love this game so much that they have magical ink! You are all amazing and wondrous vislae!
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm! —All of us here at Team MCG
Last time we updated you on the progress of Electric Sun, which you can read about here, we mentioned that Invisible Sun: Indigo was finishing up in the design and production process. Now, we’re happy to report that Invisible Sun: Indigo is heading to the printers!
Indigo is going to be a truly gorgeous game, worthy of the top shelf spot in any gamer’s collection. Weighing in at more than half the Black Cube’s weight, with more than 4 books, 1,000 cards, and dozens of extras such as handouts, dice, and an entire playmat, we’re sure this boxed set is worth the wait.
Have you seen this mockup edition? Gorgeous though it is, our mockup is a pale comparison to the beauty of what you’ll receive. Printed on an iridescent material that amplifies the vivid brilliance of its color, it will be an even greater beauty than the standard box, and a true collector’s item because it’s exclusively for the backers of this campaign!
Indigo has moved into manufacturing, and printing should start soon. Be on the lookout for messages from us later this summer about redeeming your copy! If you need a refresher on how we fulfill crowdfunding campaign rewards, check out this handy guide.
Plus Printer-Friendly Handouts!
We’re also excited to share that all the player and GM handouts that go with Indigo have been reformatted to letter-size, including the character sheets. This will make printing them at home much easier!
Thank you for your support and patience! —All of us here at team MCG
Shadow is closer to lifting. The Electric Sun grows ever brighter with voltaic glow. And more vislae than ever will soon be able to awaken with Invisible Sun: Indigo!
After a tense few months navigating the current environment of international trade, tariffs, and other less-than-ideal-game-making-conditions, we’re excited to share our progress on bringing Electric Sun and Invisible Sun: Indigo to your hands!
We are sorry about the delays you’ve faced in receiving updates as backers of this campaign, and want to assure you that our team has been working diligently behind the scenes to bring these games to life. We never want to clutter your inbox with meaningless emails and updates—no one wants to hear the details of receiving quotes from printers and navigating international trade tariffs (sometimes not even us!).
Electric Sun is entering production!
A peek into The Electric Sun!
Sean Reynolds is wrapping up design on The Electric Sun, and wanted to tease a few elements he's most excited about (and most willing to share, without spoiling things too much). You can expect to find…
Three mapped-out vislae houses to explore (or use as a model for a PC vislae’s home)
An apostate mother of a “robot” child
An unorthodox Goetic who summons using magical music
A Vance with a garden that grows teeth
An idealistic Maker who wants to end all suffering in the Actuality
A zilat whose magical talent is frozen ugliness
A crater on another sun created in the shadow of the warden’s palace
Flying sharks with metal armor controlled by an Arcist device
Unique horrors from a Hate Cyst
With design almost finished, we expect to begin working on the layout for The Electric Sun soon. We’ll also have a great big update soon outlining where Invisible Sun: Indigo is in the production process! Here’s a mockup made in our warehouse of what this smaller version of the Black Cube will look like. Don’t be fooled: it’s still going to be one hefty game!
Look at this beautiful mockup!
Thank you for your support and patience! —All of us here at team MCG
Work has been done across the books, handouts, and character sheets to bring this product up to date with our plans for Invisible Sun: Indigo—we have the components ready to go to manufacturing. We’re currently working on the logistics of globally distributed production of components and assembly, while navigating the complexities of the current environment of international trade. Tariffs are also are challenging to work around but we're doing our best to get this game to you on schedule.
Strangely shaped vislae, wielders of magic toast with cocktails in a bar
Moreover, design work and playtesting on Electric Sun is in full swing! The Design Team have been running a playtest campaign of the upcoming supplement for several months, and have compiled many helpful notes and details so any GM could run it.
Anthropomorphic crows study in a library
The Arcist order has a first draft, and is being playtested in an ongoing IS narrative so we can see how it interacts with the other orders. You can also look forward to the new Weaver aggregates, ephemera objects, objects of power, and incantations which we’ve created.
Join us in the Ninth World!
Numenera logo
With the new edition of Cypher upcoming, MCG is going back to the wonderous setting of Numenera for our next crowdfunding campaign. We would love for you to come along to the Ninth World! Don’t forget to sign up now and receive the early pledge reward when you back the campaign.
This exciting campaign has reached its conclusion. (After an amazing four hours of Overtime Mode!) THANK YOU so much for helping us bring Invisible Sun: Indigo, The Electric Sun, and all the other new elements of the Invisible Sun RPG into being—and for unlocking the stretch goals that let us build them out toward our ultimate vision.
We want to tell you a bit about where things go from here—and we have some very exciting news for you—but first let’s give credit where credit is due:
While this campaign has been running, Monte has been working on The Electric Sun with Sean’s help, while also leading the rest of our design team—Bruce, Shanna, and our editor Dominique—as they keep our pipeline of products, including Dig Your Own Grave and All Your Gods Are Dead (for the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game), The Darkest Woods, and Make Your Statement (for The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game) moving along on schedule. Monte, Bruce, and Sean have also been working on a pretty cool secret project—more on that below!
Bear and Javier designed bookmarks and wicked keys, imaged the forthcoming products, and handled the graphic design of this campaign—and they’ll make Invisible Sun: Indigo and The Electric Sun shine! With Teri, they’ve also been shepherding titles like Neon Rain and Gunslinger Knights through their production phase.
Jen, Olivia, and Kate have answered your questions (and are always available to provide support to you, our wonderful community) and managing MCG’s presence at events like UK Games Expo and the ACD distributor open house, both of which happened during this campaign.
Tammie has been steering the ship and keeping the logistics plates spinning. And Charles planned and ran this campaign (and is the author of this update!).
We are a small team, but we’ve worked diligently to keep all of our products coming while also running this campaign for future products. We all thank you very much for backing this campaign. We love making mind-blowing RPGs with beautiful production values and immersive experiences, and your support makes that possible.
Now, here’s what to expect as we move forward from here. Please read it—and remember, there’s a big announcement at the bottom of this update!
The Immediate Future
Running a crowdfunding campaign is hard work, so we’re looking forward to getting a bit of rest. You may not hear from us for a little while, but don’t worry. As we’ve said, Monte and the team is already at work on Indigo and The Electric Sun. We’ll post updates any time there’s news share.
The Next Few Weeks
BackerKit began collecting pledges the moment the campaign closed. But it takes them a full two weeks to release those funds, along with the data on our backers.
In the meantime, we will get the pledge manager fully set up. The pledge manager gives us the information we need to fulfill your pledge and lets you manage your add-ons and make any pledge upgrades you want. We’ll notify you when we open the pledge manager, which should be in about three weeks. Please look out for, and respond to, that notification!
The Next Few Months
Once you’ve completed the pledge manager survey, we won’t need anything else from you until it’s time to start fulfilling rewards. We’ll be busy crafting Invisible Sun: Indigo, The Electric Sun, and the other items you funded, in the months to come. We’ll post regular updates, but if you don’t hear anything for a few weeks, don’t fret.
At the same time, please pay attention when you do get communications from us. Our emails and updates include critical information about your rewards.
When Your Rewards Ship
Every time a reward is ready for you, we’ll contact you by email to begin the fulfillment process. Generally, we’ll direct you to the MCG Shop, where you’ll log in, “buy” the product (for free, because you’ve already paid for it through this campaign), and check out.
This is an important part of the process because it ensures we have accurate delivery information for every item we send out. (With thousands of backers getting rewards, it's amazing how many people will change their address over the fulfillment period.) You'll pay for shipping at that time.
Please pay attention to communications from us—don't let our updates or emails go to your spam folder, or otherwise ignore them, because if you do you could miss out on some of your rewards.
Thanks for your support! —Team MCG
Cypher System: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The Cypher System, lauded for its ease of play, flexibility, and story-driven focus, has helped players and GMs create beloved characters, fun, fast-paced adventures, and memorable campaigns for over a decade.
Now big changes are coming! Creating characters is getting even faster. Launching new campaigns is getting even easier. Tools for creating the worlds, stories, and characters you envision are getting even better. All while retaining every ounce of the quick gameplay, story focus, and easy GMing the Cypher System is famous for!
Would you like to be among the first to learn about changes coming to the Cypher System? Sign up to be notified and get:
Exclusive advanced news about changes coming to the Cypher System
A notification when the crowdfunding campaign launches
An exclusive FREE pin added to your rewards when you back the campaign!
We’ve reached the closing time for this campaign—but it’s not over yet!
BackerKit has a feature called Overtime Mode: as long as new pledges keep rolling in, the campaign remains open. It ends when only when we hit a 10-minute stretch with no new pledges.
How long will Overtime Mode last? Sometimes it’s just ten or fifteen minutes, but sometimes it’s several hours—or even well into the night. It depends on whether pledges keep rolling in—and that depends on you. So please go out there, share this campaign, and help spread the word!
Here’s an image you can right-click to download, then share (along with the link mymcg.info/tangled).
You can also find loads of sharable posts and images on MCG’s social media accounts:
In our last update we were happy to report that Invisible Sun: Indigo is headed to the printers. Like all great rituals, this process always takes a bit of time, due to the sheer volume of products, the complexity of the product, and also because we are sent both photos of progress as well as print proofs to ensure that this premier product stays top notch. Keep your communication imps primed for more info later!
Magical Ink
Also, a big hello and thank you to everyone who came to see us at UK Games Expo last week, and to the wonderful and enthusiastic Invisible Sun fans, a couple of whom love this game so much that they have magical ink! You are all amazing and wondrous vislae!
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm! —All of us here at Team MCG
Last time we updated you on the progress of Electric Sun, which you can read about here, we mentioned that Invisible Sun: Indigo was finishing up in the design and production process. Now, we’re happy to report that Invisible Sun: Indigo is heading to the printers!
Indigo is going to be a truly gorgeous game, worthy of the top shelf spot in any gamer’s collection. Weighing in at more than half the Black Cube’s weight, with more than 4 books, 1,000 cards, and dozens of extras such as handouts, dice, and an entire playmat, we’re sure this boxed set is worth the wait.
Have you seen this mockup edition? Gorgeous though it is, our mockup is a pale comparison to the beauty of what you’ll receive. Printed on an iridescent material that amplifies the vivid brilliance of its color, it will be an even greater beauty than the standard box, and a true collector’s item because it’s exclusively for the backers of this campaign!
Indigo has moved into manufacturing, and printing should start soon. Be on the lookout for messages from us later this summer about redeeming your copy! If you need a refresher on how we fulfill crowdfunding campaign rewards, check out this handy guide.
Plus Printer-Friendly Handouts!
We’re also excited to share that all the player and GM handouts that go with Indigo have been reformatted to letter-size, including the character sheets. This will make printing them at home much easier!
Thank you for your support and patience! —All of us here at team MCG
Hello,
Can you post for ALL of your Backerkit projects an update 1/month please? We really want more information and more regularly. Even it's about taxes. Do not post every six months. Thanks!
Shadow is closer to lifting. The Electric Sun grows ever brighter with voltaic glow. And more vislae than ever will soon be able to awaken with Invisible Sun: Indigo!
After a tense few months navigating the current environment of international trade, tariffs, and other less-than-ideal-game-making-conditions, we’re excited to share our progress on bringing Electric Sun and Invisible Sun: Indigo to your hands!
We are sorry about the delays you’ve faced in receiving updates as backers of this campaign, and want to assure you that our team has been working diligently behind the scenes to bring these games to life. We never want to clutter your inbox with meaningless emails and updates—no one wants to hear the details of receiving quotes from printers and navigating international trade tariffs (sometimes not even us!).
Electric Sun is entering production!
A peek into The Electric Sun!
Sean Reynolds is wrapping up design on The Electric Sun, and wanted to tease a few elements he's most excited about (and most willing to share, without spoiling things too much). You can expect to find…
Three mapped-out vislae houses to explore (or use as a model for a PC vislae’s home)
An apostate mother of a “robot” child
An unorthodox Goetic who summons using magical music
A Vance with a garden that grows teeth
An idealistic Maker who wants to end all suffering in the Actuality
A zilat whose magical talent is frozen ugliness
A crater on another sun created in the shadow of the warden’s palace
Flying sharks with metal armor controlled by an Arcist device
Unique horrors from a Hate Cyst
With design almost finished, we expect to begin working on the layout for The Electric Sun soon. We’ll also have a great big update soon outlining where Invisible Sun: Indigo is in the production process! Here’s a mockup made in our warehouse of what this smaller version of the Black Cube will look like. Don’t be fooled: it’s still going to be one hefty game!
Look at this beautiful mockup!
Thank you for your support and patience! —All of us here at team MCG
