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!
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,
