Hello everyone! It’s Zarek here, the Lead Designer, and we have a huge update today! All of our Backers should be receiving their digital rewards as you read this. We decided to use DriveThruRPG for fulfillment of all digital rewards, since there were a lot of issues finding digital downloads here on Backerkit with the release of our Manuscript. If anyone experiences any issues, please reach out to us!
The documents you should expect to receive are:
Super’s Information Codex V1.0 Final Draft, one full size file and one compressed
Indominant Character Sheet - SIC V1.0
Indominant Character Sheet - SIC V1.0 (Form Fillable)
Printable Power Cards, one file for each Powerset
Character Sheet Drive Slider STL
Combat Resource Tracker STL
Comic Editor’s Compendium Playtest Version 0.4
Our plan is to wait a week or two before placing the order for the physical books, so that we can make sure to get more eyes on the PDF and catch any possible errors before print. So please join our discord or send us an email with anything that you think looks like an error or mistake! With this plan, we still expect to begin fulfillment by mid-October.
Book Pricing Increase (Post-Crowdfunding)
We have decided to increase our pricing on our Core Rulebooks (including the SIC), because we made the decision to change our set of Core Rulebooks from 3 Books: the Super’s Information Codex (SIC), Comic Editor’s Compendium (CEC), and Threat Index (TI) to only 2 Books: the SIC, and CEC. As of today, the price for any future purchases of the physical SIC, and our future crowdfunding campaign for the CEC, have been increased to $59.95 from $49.95. This means that the total cost for the full set of Core Rulebooks for Indominant will now be $119.90 (without discounts and bundle pricing), instead of the previously planned $149.85. Our Core Rulebook PDFs will be unchanged at the price of $25.
As a quick confirmation, nobody that has pledged to this crowdfunding campaign or pre-ordered the SIC PDF will be charged any additional fees or money. This only affects purchases on or after today on our website or for pledges on future crowdfunding campaigns.
This also means that we are changing our plans for what content is within the CEC. Previously we had planned to only have guides for running the game, setting up Superhero stories and campaigns, and Threat Creation guidelines. Now we have decided to also include a list of around 100-130 Threats in the CEC, making it a complete package for Comic Editors to run the game, without needing 2 books. The Threat Index is still planned to be developed at a later date, but we plan to release it as an expansion-style book that is unnecessary to purchase in order to play the game.
Website Updates
We have also closed the Backerkit pre-order store and added a physical pre-order of the SIC book to our website’s store, as well as made the SIC PDF able to be directly purchased. The physical pre-orders will not ship until all Backers’ orders have been fulfilled.
Hello everyone, we just wanted to share a quick status update on where things are at with the PDF of the Super’s Information Codex!
Our Layout Artist is about complete with most of the layout, only needing to finish the Table of Contents and Appendix D: The Index. We are reviewing what’s been completed so far as she works to finish those and make adjustments where necessary or possible. We are expecting this to be complete on schedule, and sent to Backers in the coming weeks!
Here are some example spreads that we think show off the excellent quality she is producing! Keep in mind, there may be minor changes made before the final PDF is sent out.
Community Event - Player Versus Player Tournament!
As we’ve previously discussed when we were still in our playtesting, we’ve been wanting to run a tournament for Indominant. Our current plan is to set up a bracket of as many teams as we can fill spots. Each team would be a duo of two players, each playing as a single Super.
We would provide restrictions, requirements, and any Items or Credits allowed to be used/spent once we iron out the details.
In addition, the winning team would win some free rewards, which we will announce once the tournament details are locked in!
Poll for Upcoming Project
We’ve also attached a Poll to this update. We are starting to plan our next crowdfunding campaign that will be to fund the creation of the Comic Editor’s Compendium, or GM guidebook, and we want to figure out which add-ons would be the most sought-after options from our Backers!
Hello everyone! We have been noticing that there seem to be a lot of problems with getting your digital rewards through Backerkit. Whether it is confusion due to some placement of the digital downloads, or some folks just not getting their digital downloads, we understand the experience has not been the greatest.
With that in mind, we are going to send out the Manuscript PDF through DriveThruRPG, as well as the final PDFs once those are complete at the end of the month!
This update was quick and simple, we apologize for any issues anyone has had and we hope this helps correct those and get you your digital rewards more easily!
Super's Information Codex V1.0 Manuscript Released!
The Unformatted Manuscript PDF has been sent out!
Make sure to check your digital downloads! Every Backer who has locked their survey has now been sent the file, as well as the changelog to give you a list of what has changed!
EDIT: To find the Manuscript PDF and other files you need to play: - Click your profile picture in the top right corner of any page on Backerkit. - Click the "Your Pledges & Surveys" button - Then on the page that brings you to you should see a "Your Digital Downloads" option on the top navigation bar. Click that. - Your digital downloads should show up there.
Our Layout Artist has begun work, and is going to be working on importing the full text into the document and applying the template page designs from below!
Hey Supers! Zarek here with another update on our progress.
Further Delays on Manuscript and Layout
We have just passed the date of June 1st for delivering the Manuscript PDF of the SIC. I personally take responsibility for this as I have not done a good job of planning around possible life interruptions for the team. My entire family and I got sick, and one of the team lost a family member.
I am sorry, but we need to delay the release of the Manuscript and the beginning of the layout work further. This time though, I think its best for us to just give a ballpark of being done within the next week or two. Our Editor just has the Tier 6-10 Talents to review, as well as the Lore Appendices. Then I have to finish my review and approval of that content, which I am not too far behind the Editor on. This means we are soclose to being ready to share the SIC manuscript and start layout!
Our layout artist has been working on the template pages (these are not final just yet, so some things may change), so that once she has the manuscript she can jump right into working on the layout! Here are some of the samples (we are still working towards finalizing some of the designs and styles).
Locking Orders
A part of the process that has also been delayed along with the PDF is the final steps in getting ready for fulfillment! We will be initiating the process to lock all orders this Friday, June 5th 2026. The final lock will happen early next week, and we will then charge cards.
Be sure to finalize your order, add-ons, and delivery address for everything!
That is everything for this update, and we will let you know when we send out the manuscript as soon as we are ready to send it out!
Hello everyone, it’s officially been 1 year since our campaign ended and the Indominant Superhero RPG: Super’s Information Codex was successfully funded!
With such a big milestone we figured it would be nice to take a look at where we are at, how we held up to our plans, and what we learned from everything so that we can improve on the next crowdfunding campaign (more details on that campaign at the end!).
Super’s Information Codex Progress
We are currently working through finishing the Editing of Powers and Talents! After that, we just have the lore sections and other appendices to finish, which won’t take long! All of the art for the SIC is also complete, and ready to go for the layout!
This does mean that, as you may have guessed, that we are having another delay past May 4th for the Layout work to begin, and for the final PDFs to be delivered. We are very sorry for having a few delays on this project! Even though it is our first project, we really wanted to prove that we are a professional team and provide an excellent experience for out customers.
In order to still provide our Backers with something, we have decided that we will provide the Manuscript for the SIC to all Backers that got access to the PDF or Physical copy! This will mean everyone will get to see the final content of the book, and give us additional time to catch potential mistakes or errors before going to print. It also means we may be able to hold our date for going to print in early to mid July.
So now, let’s take a look at our roadmap and where our failings were, so we can see what we learned, and how we plan to mitigate delays on the fulfillment of our next crowdfunding campaign!
How Did We Hold Up To Our Roadmap?
So, we want to take a look at our development roadmap, see what dates we didn’t meet, and what we learned to prevent that issue in the future!
June 2nd, 2025: Playtest Packet #1 Release – Playtest Packet #1 was sent out on June 4th, 2 days late.
September 2nd, 2025: Playtest Packet #2 Release – Playtest Packet #2 was sent out on September 9th, 1 week late.
January 2nd, 2026: Playtest Packet #3 Release – We did meet the updated date! (Original date was December 2nd, 2025)
March 2nd, 2026: Manuscript Editing Begins – We discussed with our layout artist and realized that the Editing pass needed to come before Layout, so we decided to start Editing a month ahead of Layout.
April 6th, 2026: Book Layout Begins – Date not met. Editing was taking much longer than we first anticipated, so we shared a one month delay. All following milestones were not met due to this. As stated above, this has been delayed further, and we are now planning for Editing to be complete by June 1st.
May 4th, 2026: Draft PDF Delivery – Date not met. Now planned for July 1st, 2026.
June 4th, 2026: Final Digital Rewards Delivery – Date not met. Now planned for July 14th, 2026.
July, 2026: Physical Reward Fulfillment – Date not met. Now expected to begin in August-September, 2026.
Lessons Learned
We learned that we need to play it more safely with our scheduled plans. Our main lessons are:
Due to our team being part-time working for Odin’s Key Gaming, Ltd. we need to plan some “float” in our schedule to plan ahead for possible disruptions to our workflow caused by our personal lives.
Editing is a difficult, and time consuming task when it is done properly. Our Editor has been kind enough to track their time working on our project, so we can much more accurately project the time needed to complete the Editing process in the future. In addition, we will include some float in our schedule, again to account for personal lives disrupting the process and discussions we have with our Editor.
Other than that, so far we do not have any other mistakes we made in the planning process for the schedule of designing and developing a book. We now have the experience to give our Backers (you!) much more solid expectations and experiences.
We can’t wait to get the SIC PDF and book in your hands, and we thank you all for your support and patience during this process!
The Next Indominant Book!
So, this may be what you have all been waiting for (except the first Indominant RPG book of course)! Those of you that had seen and heard out plans about the next campaign including 2 additional books, to complete the full 3 book set of Core Rulebooks for Indominant, will be excited to hear that we have changed our plans for what the set of Core Rulebooks will be. Instead of having 3 Core Rulebooks, we have changed our plans to have only 2 Rulebooks be required to get started playing the game! The full set of Core Rulebooks will be the Super’s Information Codex, and the Comic Editor’s Compendium.
This means that the Comic Editor’s Compendium will include a list of around 100 Threats for your Supers to face AND it will have the rules and guidelines for you to create your own Threats! In addition, the Threat Index will now become a true supplement to the game, instead of feeling like it is required for our beloved Comic Editors to easily run the game. We still plan to produce a Threat Index, with a larger list of 300+ additional Threats, but it just won't be something you need to get started running the game, and reduces the barrier to entry for Indominant.
When will this campaign launch?
We plan to launch the campaign for the Indominant Superhero RPG: Core Set in late September, or sometime October after all of the Backers have received their physical copies of the SIC. The Core Set will include reward tiers for either the Super’s Information Codex or the Comic Editor’s Compendium, or both together! There will also be many other add-ons for you to expand your Indominant collection of products, merchandise, and materials!
We believe that we need to earn your trust that we will fulfill our crowdfunding campaigns before we launch another. So until we prove that we have the track record of doing so, we will not launch any crowdfunding campaigns until our previous campaign has been fulfilled! We will let you all know once we feel confident that we have earned the trust to do so!
Thank you again for your support, and for sticking with us on this amazing journey! Until next time,
Today, we wanted to share a few things with you and ask you a question (in the linked poll).
A Place to Call Homebrew
First, we wanted to announce that we’ve created a channel in our Discord server for your Indominant homebrew to be shared and discussed! We’ve already had one community member create their very own homebrew Powerset: Time Manipulation! They have already gone and created everything up to Level 5, meaning they have an Inherent Effect, Base to Tier 3 Powers, and Tier 1-2 Talents for all 5 Archetypes!!!!! We are blown away at this idea and would love for people to see it and give them some love. Join our Discord server to check out the homebrew and even share your own!
Community Event Poll
Now for another exciting bit of news… we want to run a community event with everyone, and better yet, we want your ideas for what the community event should be! This is taking the place of our Community Event Stream reward for when we hit the 250 Backers Achievement! We are updating that Achievement to reflect this change of plans.
But what will that community event be? Well, we want your input! We’ve linked a poll to this update that has 3 options:
#1 - Character Concept Challenge
This is a challenge that we previously ran when our community was a lot smaller, and we had to put it on hold until we grew our active community (which this Backerkit campaign has done!). The idea behind this challenge is that participants submit a story and build for a character concept of their own making, and once submissions close, we will create a series of knock-out votes to determine a winner, with 2nd and 3rd place rewards too!
What does the winner get? Well, if we fully fund, the winner will get a full body, full-color image of their character concept drawn by Milton Aguiar, paid for by our team here at Odin’s Key Gaming!
#2 - Team Player Versus Player Tournament
For this one, it is quite simple. Participants would create a team of 2-3 players (we haven’t decided team size yet) and compete in combat against other teams. We would set up brackets and stream the combats, with the final Team getting a reward (reward is TBD).
#3 - Other
For this option on the vote, you would need to comment what your alternate idea is, and if any of these ideas gets more upvotes than option 1 or 2, we would go with this option.
Wow, what a first day! The first 24 hours are nearing completion and we are over 63% funded! As a small team with a relatively small following we are so excited at the response we’ve had! Make sure to check out the below updates too, you won’t want to miss them.
We can’t thank all of you, our supporters, enough! Thank you to everyone that pledged, and those of you that are checking out the Primer and joining our Discord server!
Primer V 2.1 Update
Just before, and during our launch we have been working on a small update to the Game System Primer 2.0.
The only rules/mechanical change is that instead of having to choose 2 of the 4 available Base Power options, every character now automatically gets all 4 Base Powers for their Powerset! We made this change because selecting Base Powers could be quite a difficult decision at times, and we don’t think the pros of that choice being meaningful outweigh the cons of it being a choice that doesn’t feel like it has a “right answer”.
Other than that there was just some small wording clean-up and clarifications to some areas that got questioned somewhat regularly.
So that means we’ve included the updated Primer below (all you need to do to download it is follow our Backerkit page, subscribe to our Newsletter, or join our Discord server here)! This also comes with a new character sheet (coming soon) to give you the space you need to add those 2 extra Base Powers to your sheet!
Another Architect Pledge Level Opening?!?
Yes, that’s right, as of the time we send out this update, we’ve also decided to open up the Architect Pledge Level to 1 additional Backer! That means one more person will get to work with us to create their very own Powerset concept, to be added in our first expansion book!
Hello everyone! It’s Zarek here, the Lead Designer, and we have a huge update today! All of our Backers should be receiving their digital rewards as you read this. We decided to use DriveThruRPG for fulfillment of all digital rewards, since there were a lot of issues finding digital downloads here on Backerkit with the release of our Manuscript. If anyone experiences any issues, please reach out to us!
The documents you should expect to receive are:
Super’s Information Codex V1.0 Final Draft, one full size file and one compressed
Indominant Character Sheet - SIC V1.0
Indominant Character Sheet - SIC V1.0 (Form Fillable)
Printable Power Cards, one file for each Powerset
Character Sheet Drive Slider STL
Combat Resource Tracker STL
Comic Editor’s Compendium Playtest Version 0.4
Our plan is to wait a week or two before placing the order for the physical books, so that we can make sure to get more eyes on the PDF and catch any possible errors before print. So please join our discord or send us an email with anything that you think looks like an error or mistake! With this plan, we still expect to begin fulfillment by mid-October.
Book Pricing Increase (Post-Crowdfunding)
We have decided to increase our pricing on our Core Rulebooks (including the SIC), because we made the decision to change our set of Core Rulebooks from 3 Books: the Super’s Information Codex (SIC), Comic Editor’s Compendium (CEC), and Threat Index (TI) to only 2 Books: the SIC, and CEC. As of today, the price for any future purchases of the physical SIC, and our future crowdfunding campaign for the CEC, have been increased to $59.95 from $49.95. This means that the total cost for the full set of Core Rulebooks for Indominant will now be $119.90 (without discounts and bundle pricing), instead of the previously planned $149.85. Our Core Rulebook PDFs will be unchanged at the price of $25.
As a quick confirmation, nobody that has pledged to this crowdfunding campaign or pre-ordered the SIC PDF will be charged any additional fees or money. This only affects purchases on or after today on our website or for pledges on future crowdfunding campaigns.
This also means that we are changing our plans for what content is within the CEC. Previously we had planned to only have guides for running the game, setting up Superhero stories and campaigns, and Threat Creation guidelines. Now we have decided to also include a list of around 100-130 Threats in the CEC, making it a complete package for Comic Editors to run the game, without needing 2 books. The Threat Index is still planned to be developed at a later date, but we plan to release it as an expansion-style book that is unnecessary to purchase in order to play the game.
Website Updates
We have also closed the Backerkit pre-order store and added a physical pre-order of the SIC book to our website’s store, as well as made the SIC PDF able to be directly purchased. The physical pre-orders will not ship until all Backers’ orders have been fulfilled.
Hello everyone, we just wanted to share a quick status update on where things are at with the PDF of the Super’s Information Codex!
Our Layout Artist is about complete with most of the layout, only needing to finish the Table of Contents and Appendix D: The Index. We are reviewing what’s been completed so far as she works to finish those and make adjustments where necessary or possible. We are expecting this to be complete on schedule, and sent to Backers in the coming weeks!
Here are some example spreads that we think show off the excellent quality she is producing! Keep in mind, there may be minor changes made before the final PDF is sent out.
Community Event - Player Versus Player Tournament!
As we’ve previously discussed when we were still in our playtesting, we’ve been wanting to run a tournament for Indominant. Our current plan is to set up a bracket of as many teams as we can fill spots. Each team would be a duo of two players, each playing as a single Super.
We would provide restrictions, requirements, and any Items or Credits allowed to be used/spent once we iron out the details.
In addition, the winning team would win some free rewards, which we will announce once the tournament details are locked in!
Poll for Upcoming Project
We’ve also attached a Poll to this update. We are starting to plan our next crowdfunding campaign that will be to fund the creation of the Comic Editor’s Compendium, or GM guidebook, and we want to figure out which add-ons would be the most sought-after options from our Backers!
