All the files have finally been accepted by manufacturing and the proof copies have been made! Manufacturing sent along some photos and they'll be sending along the proof copies shortly.
Explosion in the Laboratory Proof Copy
Fire in the Library Proof Copy
Manufacturing is in the process of sending the games to me and they should arrive before the end of May. After the games come in, there will be another update with more photos, as these photos are nice, but more photos are better.
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 the pledge manager can't be complete until after the proof copies arrive, so hopefully the pledge manager will also be ready in the next month or so, as well.
In Closing
Things are moving along again! I do apologize for not updating sooner, as I had a bit of a setback with my surgery recovery and that made everything a bit more difficult. Plus, I wanted to wait until there were some sort of pictures, as having milestones in updates is always more exciting than not having them, but that also took longer than expected. The important part is that Explosion in the Laboratory is still making progress and I'm still on track to heal eventually!
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.
