Project Update: Shipping Continues!
This includes anyone who filled out their pledge manager after mid-November, as the second wave of shipments was submitted!
Project Update: Shipping Nearly Complete!
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I just received the "Dreams of Tomorrow" (DoT) game along with the DoT - Awaken expansion cards taped to the top of the DoT game box. But I also paid for the "Dreams of Yesterday" game with promo pack, which was not included in this shipment. Will that be shipped separately?
Project Update: Nearly Shipped!
At this point, I hope that shipping will start next week and take up to 2-3 weeks to get to you. However, sometimes things take a bit longer than you'd think, so it could be December before the games start shipping. The main thing we're waiting on now is for the games to get into the queue to start being shipped.
If you're outside the US or in the US and didn't order add-ons, you should be getting one package.
If you are in the US and ordered add-ons, you'll be getting between one and three packages. If you haven't gotten all your shipment in one package, don't worry! It could be coming separately. I've also started shipping add-ons and you could be getting them starting this weekend. It's not a for sure timeframe as I have a few places with the add-ons and they are being shipped from 4 different locations. (Yes, this shipping process is way more difficult than needed, but that's life and what happens when both I moved and my main warehouse changed recently.)
I do apologize for the lateness of this update! I had thought that shipping would start... then it didn't. For a month. But things happen and we are definitely closer now than we were!
- 🌙🌈🎆 Carla, Weird Giraffe Games
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Just wondering where we are with this, 2 months without an update and you were hoping to have started shipping by now.
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When we print, do we flip on the long or the short edge?
Project Update: Dreams of Yesterday Pledge Manager Information
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Soon, you’ll receive an email with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since I need this information to fulfill your rewards.
If you backed either Explosion in the Laboratory or Way Too Many Cats, your pledge has been added to those pledge managers.
If you haven't received your pledge manager email by the end of the week or there's any other issue, please let me know by going here https://dreams-of-yesterday.backerkit.com/faq#contact-us
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Thanks for being so patient with everything! This took longer than I thought, but things are happening and that's the important part!
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or anything else please submit a help ticket, unless it's an issue with the pledge manager. In that case, go here: https://dreams-of-yesterday.backerkit.com/faq#contact-us.
- 🌙🌈🎆 Carla, Weird Giraffe Games
Project Update: June Update
One aspect that took longer than expected was the box! It turns out it was a bit too small. So small, in fact, that it's hard to get the cards out. This is definitely not the best experience, so we did some iteration on the size of the box. To most people, the box will look the same. However! It will be a much better experience and should fit sleeved cards.
At this point, I've resubmitted the files to manufacturing! I still have to make sure that they've gotten all the file updates, but it won't be long before manufacturing starts.
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As always, if you have any questions, comments, or anything else please submit a help ticket.
- 🌙🌈🎆 Carla, Weird Giraffe Games
Project Update: May Update
Manufacturing is in the process of sending the games to me and I should be getting them in at some point in May. After the games come in, I'll make an update with more photos, as these photos are nice... but there could be more!
Once the proof copies get in, I'll go through both games, making sure everything is great and correct. This might mean that mistakes will be found and files will need to be updated. As such, if I had to estimate, I'd think that the playtesting, fixes, and second round of manufacturing checks could take 2-6 weeks after I get the games. The estimate is a bit open, as fixes take longer than not needing fixes and Origins is happening in June. Convention preparation tends to mean that other things don't happen as fast as I'd like.
I'm also working on the pledge manager! I need to verify all the weights for the games so this can't be complete until the games arrive, so hopefully the pledge manager will also be ready in the next month or so, as well.
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As always, if you have any questions, comments, or anything else you can comment below or submit a help ticket. I highly recommend the help ticket option as BackerKit doesn't notify me when there are replies and I check here if I remember... but the help desk sends notifications.
- 🌙🌈🎆 Carla, Weird Giraffe Games
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Is it possible to get an update on your projects, this one and Explosion in the Laboratory, since they both should be shipped together? There is silence all the way and I would like to know where my money went!
Project Update: The Dreams of Yesterday Campaign is a Success! THANK YOU!
Thank you so much! What a fantastic finish to a great campaign: 391 backers and $8,548! It has been so rewarding to receive such a fantastic response. We are so proud of Dreams of Yesterday and cannot wait for you to receive the game and get a chance to play it!
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It should take about 2 weeks for BackerKit to process and send us all of the funds, during that time I'll be working hard to finalize things for manufacturing. I've already sent in the files, so we're a bit ahead of the game already! The box and mini expansions need updating, but I'm hoping to get it signed off in the next week or so.
I plan to post an update every month to keep you informed about what's going on. This means that there might be more than 4 weeks between updates, if one update happens early in the month and the next happens late in the month.
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Here's what we're hoping to get done by the next update:
- All Files Accepted by Manufacturing
- Proof Copy Shipped
Chelsea, another Weird Giraffe Games team member, pointed me to this article from The New York Times. It isn't super long, but it does explore the topic well: while many museum artifacts have been discovered, purchased, and traded for ethically, many more haven't. Graves have been robbed, people have been attacked, items have been stolen, and others have been claimed through threats.
It's so weird, too, because some of the things people are quoted as saying are: "If we give these things back, our museums will be half-empty!" Which, like... yep! That's true! But just because something happened in the past doesn't make the people who still have these objects innocent. "Not the One" by The Offspring comes to mind here: "Still our descendants will inherit our mistakes of today."
Is having stuff protected behind glass for people to see more important than returning stolen property and giving things back after people have been threatened, attacked, and killed? Things that these people would have to pay to see themselves?
Imagine if something really precious to someone you loved (even if that person is you!) were stolen from you after you were beaten and robbed, or if a family member's grave was dug up and their coffin ripped open, their bones scattered and broken. Now imagine if those things were put behind glass, with a short little description about it placed there, and the only way you could ever see it again was to go to some building far away (maybe even a different building every few months or years as the item moves between museums) and look at it through that glass.
Again, I'm sure I'm not doing this anywhere near the justice it deserves. The fact that I have to imagine and come up with nigh-impossible situations to even relate this much makes me incredibly privileged. And this isn't something that suddenly stopped in the past, it's still going on today.
I didn't design Dreams of Yesterday, nor did I develop it, write the rulebook, or anything else... but I personally see Dreams of Yesterday as obtaining these artifacts the right way. You use money, knowledge, and prestige to get things, not threats, violence, or subterfuge. And the goal of the game is to fix/improve the future by illustrating the lessons and artifacts of the past, which cannot be done by force. After all, whatever terrible future is coming for humanity, it's likely due to our own atrocities and awfulness. Heck, even if it's not, the only way we'll overcome that is by working together! Building the foundation of unity on theft, assault, and other atrocities will never work.
Note: I'm sure there are museums out there that are lovely and don't hold artifacts gathered unethically. I'm not saying all museums are bad. In fact, basing Dreams of Yesterday on museums is awesome if you ask me! I 100% agree with the importance of learning from and studying the past, and being able to see those actual objects is incredibly powerful. But a part of that power comes from the fact that they were important to people, or an example of something that was ordinary back then but unique and special today.
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Any chance there are more Dreams of Tomorrow copies kicking around? I wanted to add one, but couldn't do so.
Carla also came up with "Fantastic Fauna" and "Explosive Experiments", and I think I like Friendly Fishies (for an aquarium spinoff!), Galactic Garments (or ✨Glittery Garments✨), and Interesting Instruments.
What additional alliterations would be good for artifact types?
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Here are the links for tomorrow night's streams. Going to play Dreams of Tomorrow followed by Dreams of Yesterday. https://youtube.com/live/nPfEXQO-LhU?feature=share https://youtube.com/live/Dp9fBiang0I?feature=share