In the Netherlands, where I live, there is a test air alarm every first monday of the month, 12 o'clock, across the country. I'm hearing it right now. It's the first one since we - meaning the backers and project team - succesfully funded Flights of Fancy. If you live in the Netherlands and hear the nationwide alarm going off, you know I'm writing you an update or have one ready for you already! I'll do my best to keep this up.
What I think you want to know is; what are we getting? When are we getting it? So let me break it down and let me know if you want to know anything else.
TLDR: everything, including the final locked adventure!
Flights of Fancy succesfully reached its funding goal, as well as two stretch goals. That means you are getting the base game as well as the additional adventures made by Emiel Boven (Electrum Archive) and Bodie H. (Mush Rush). There are some extra digital-only rewards that some backers unlocked which I won't go into here. But, there is one more thing I want to let you know. As you might be aware, we didn't reach the stretch goal for the final adventure; Crow 'n Jewels by Chloe Shepherd, formerly known as Froggy.
The way the crowdfunder ended, only one creator was left out because we didn't meet that one stretch goal. As a team, we strongly felt we did not want to single one of us out like that, so we are paying out of pocket to bring the final creator on board. This means that ALL SIX ADVENTURES ARE NOW UNLOCKED. In addition to the three base adventures, the adventure by Emiel Boven and the adventure by Bodie H, you will also receive Crow 'n Jewels by Chloe Shepherd.
TLDR: jan-mar: finish writing. Apr-may: finish layout and illustration. Jun-jul: printing and shipping to distributors. Fulfillment timelines TBA by Games Omnivorous and Exalted Funeral.
All guest creators will develop their adventures on their own timelines and we'll let you know when they're done. Max and I however have more specific timelines that I want to be fully transparent about.
Right now, Flights of Fancy has been playtested at the RPG Night Utrecht; the content of the campaign booklet, the adventure Under Mole Mountain and the adventure Tears of the Rainbow have all passed the revue. We have not tested the adventure Rock & Barrel Roll yet.
I will finalize the writing from January to March. My goal is to finalize the writing of one adventure each month and update the campaign booklet as I go;
January: Under Mole Mountain
February: Tears of the Rainbow
March: Rock & Barrel Roll
I don't plan to share the text-only versions unless you get in the comments. My experience with previous crowdfunders is that people prefer to wait for the shiny version with Max' gorgeous layout and illustrations.
Speaking of the devil; Max will finalize layout and illustration from April to May. So expect digital rewards to start coming through at the end or shortly after that period.
So yeah, after a break in December to enjoy the holidays with my family, it's full steam ahead!
In June and July we will get everything ready for print. This includes the content from guest creators. From there, fulfillment of physical rewards is handled by Exalted Funeral for US and Games Omnivorous for non-US if I'm not mistaken. They will ship Flights of Fancy along with the physical rewards of all other Mausritter Month projects participating in mass fulfillment, so from that point on the timelines are out of our hands. I don't think they have shared any definitive shipping timelines with backers yet, but I'll let you know once they do.
Fulfillment of your digital rewards will by handled through the Backerkit mass pledge manager, which handles all Mausritter Month projects participating in mass fulfillment. I expect I'll be able to deliver these to you as digital rewards are completed. But bear with me as I await further instructions on how the mass pledge manager works.
That's it for now. I love that I get to make more Mausritter adventures and pay my collaborators fairly, all thanks to you.
If there is anything you would like to see in these updates, do let me know.
