Greetings ARKYVRs,

Here are a few updates for this month:

I've received about 90% of your responses to the survey. I'll begin locking orders around the end of this month so there's still time. I'll send out final weeks and final day updates as we get closer to that.

I'm locking down the manuscript and getting it ready to send my editor, Amanda, next week. Then, I'll be focusing primarily on tweaking language for layout.

Now that Alex has completed his Grave Trigger campaign, he's now wholly focused on completing the portrait and front/rear cover art for Omendrome. We should have a complete collection within a few weeks. Rob, unfortunately, had to drop out of the project early to take care of things at home which currently leaves some of the ship art as only partially finished. I'll be contacting some new artists after submitting the manuscript next week and be adding some extra art myself to flesh out some of the pages.

As mentioned in an earlier update, I've moved away from the messy notepaper aesthetic because it was preventing me from expressing the nitty gritty details for these bounties and I think the real fun always lies in the details. The the ease of reading will be much less straining on the eye. Here's the current blocking I'm working with.

Patches, maps, and postcards will be completed once all of the artwork has been finalized from all of our participating artists. More updates when I get closer to that stage.


Now back to the grind, I'll check in with ya'll soon. Be Safe. Be Kind. Play games.


Also, fuck fascism. 


-Cheers!
-Rhodrick

Hello everyone and happy (end of) April! Sorry for the late update this month, I just wanted to make sure I had something significant to share, and I do!

I got all the manuscript into layout along with a major writing pass, so now it's ready to pass off for another round of editing. Since layout is mostly complete, this means we are well on track. My next focus is getting the design of the full network map done, both for the Deluxe poster and the version that will end up in the zine, as well as finishing up the floor maps. Those and two more art pieces from Chao are the last major steps for Death Pays All Debts! 

Additionally all the patches have been created and were shipped to RV Games, I'm really happy with how they turned out. 

Excited to be making progress! Catch you all next month!

Good morning!

This update is short. I continue to write and hone the manuscript for the main book and Thicker Than Blood. We’re looking to be on track to enter into layout this summer. The biggest thing hanging over the head of this project is that it is being printed by Panda in China. Thankfully, we’re a little way out from actually moving into physical production, so we’re taking a wait and see approach to the Trump tariffs. I haven’t made any decisions about charging a tariff fee since we won’t be fulfilling soon. I’ll keep all of y’all in the loop as we move along since international trade is fluid rn, just a general clusterf*ck. However, the current political climate means that a politically informed proudly Queer work is more important than ever, so I’m not letting any of this bring me down as we develop Orgy of the Blood Leeches.

Stay strong!

-violet

Hello everyone, we hope your week is going well. This is just a quick update to let you know that the bulk cargo of the card decks has arrived at our warehouse! We are super excited about this and these card decks look amazing!

We've also ordered and received the stickers that all physical backers will get for all of the Mothership Month projects funding. We're currently waiting on the patches to be embroidered and then once those arrive we will begin fulfillment! Thanks for backing and we look forward to more good news very soon! Cheers!

Hey folks!
It's been a minute, well a month actually, so it seemed a good time for a shipping update.

Currently we are sitting at 267/432 shipped.

I was hoping to be sending out the last packages now... but we still have a little ways to go.
The first two weeks went off without a hitch (the bulk sent then) the last two weeks have been significantly slower. Easter, the printer running out of ink (for the extra goodies), the wife starting a new job, sickness and a hospital visit (everyone is fine now!), and a horde of other things slowed progress down.

Hopefully though, we're a bit back on track and I'll have the rest of the orders out by mid-may.

Awesomely, those that have received their goodies are reporting that things are arriving in one piece and i haven't mixed up any orders! If something is wrong, in any way, shoot me an email [email protected]

Also, sorry if i miss your comments on here, I'm still learning how Backerkit's community section works.

Stay well.
Cheers,
- Dan.

P.S I forgot to add - I'll be sending out DTRPG codes for the digital files soon. V1.1 will be available from there only.

Hey folks,

In the last update, we mentioned we were on track to fulfil at the end of April. Sadly, my partner has been in and out of hospital for the last few weeks which has meant my attention has been elsewhere and knocked our timeline out of whack.

You'll be glad to know that all patches and pin badges are in production and will be arriving with us shortly, but the book itself has been delayed. We've finalised print specs: we've made the decision to add flaps to the covers, giving all refs more information that's easy to reference and have accessible no matter which spread you're on. Hopefully this will be a great wayfinding solution to stop you from flicking back and forth from the index/contents!

Now that the inlay is finalised, it turns out that tomorrow is a Lithuanian holiday and our print shop technologist is away until the 7th, so we won't be able to get started on printing until at least the 8th. If all goes well, we should be able to start fulfilment at the end of May/start of June.

Hope that your summers are going well! Please feel free to pop by our discord and chat with the team. If you've read over the pdf release and have thoughts, we'd love to hear them! Apologies for the delay, but we're almost at the finish line. 

Sincerest regards,
The Cable, McNally & Sawicki Research Consortium