Chris Airiau, here! I am very proud to announce that Flatline on the Blocks, Organ Failure, Min's Unending Bowl Menu, and Rival Racers: MAGENTA EDITION are all on their way to print, and the PDFs into your hands via MM25 Digital Distribution soon!
All Flatline on the Blocks zine backers will be happy to know they'll also be getting the two pamphlets in their digital forms: Min's Unending Bowl Menu in its Clean/Dirty/Printer-friendly versions and Rival Racers: MAGENTA EDITION, alongside the digital-only The Mote Keeper in a future update via gdrive link.
This Flatline package we've put together for you is the best work I've ever had the luck to dedicate myself to. During this last crunch, I'd especially like to give special thanks to Scragend for being an absolute boss delivering a huge amount of illustrations, Carson Brown for all the thorough and valuable color proofing and proofreading, and Reece Carter for support and advice during revisions for Organ Failure.
Organ Failure
Organ Failure is the adventure supplement to Flatline on the Blocks, containing five adventures to run in the Spinal Crux. This zine expanded from its initial 12 pages to 20 pages. Three adventures are four pages long, now: Health is Wealth (formerly titled MindOrb Heist), Prime Pursuit (formerly Phagocytosis), and Error: Reboot (formerly Escape the Maze).
As an additional bonus, Ripley Matthews came to the rescue to illustrate maps for three of the site-based adventures: Health is Wealth, Error: Reboot, and A Slug Problem.
And for folks who didn't get a chance to snag the Spinal Crux Bundle, an adaptation of the monobike racing rules from Repo Rumble are making an appearance in Rival Racers: MAGENTA EDITION.
Spinal Crux Warriors projects
Kyle Tam has two games out this June:
First there's MORIAH, winner Indie Groundbreaker Honorable Mention in 2023, which is now crowdfunding for its first physical release with a gorgeous hardback printing. Check out the BackerKit!
Amanda P. has built out The Eternal Empress, their Appendix N. Jam submission, into an 8pg zine release. Grab it from Cairn Press!
Future Updates
We're fast approaching the end of the regular update cycle. Once the zines go to Tuesday Knight Games' warehouses in August, the ball will be in their court.
However, the Spinal Crux Warriors are committed to sending an update on this project's progress on the second-to-last Monday of each month. What's left on our end is to complete the plaintext documents, and deliver The Mote Keeper to y'all. Other than that, it'll be a quick sign-of-life updates pointing folks towards Tuesday Knight Games' updates. And like this month, we'll be sure to share any other projects the Warriors are working on.