Hey all! You certainly had a great time adding EYES to the robot in the last poll.

So here's our lil dude now. The last poll question asks for colors. I'd love it if you could vote for more than one color but alas... You'll have to select just one to add to the bot. Oh, also, since all robots in The Warm Machine start out as service bots of some sort, tell me in the comments what profession you think the robot would have. The comment with the most likes will be the bot's official profession (and I may make further design tweaks based on that comment too so feel free to send your very best comedy options).

Wondering if you've perused any of the other Booktopia offerings? I'd like to highlight one briefly. It's called Nuclear Strudel and is the first chapter set in a universe called Quantum Marmalade. It's a 60 page, full color graphic novel and it features... you guessed it... robots. Amongst other things. ;) If you like Attack on Titan, Samurai Jack, Futurama, Hellboy, or Farscape, this graphic novel just might be for you! Tiers start at just ten bux. Take a look!

Nuclear Strudel is partnered with my buddy N's campaign too, The Fractured Balance. It's her first time crowdfunding on her own and she has been overwhelmed by the support so far... So let's dump some more on her, what do you say? :) N's story is the second in the Metacosm Chronicles, but you don't need to have read the first book to read this one. It's about a character named Pheonix (intentionally misspelled) who goes from the dredges of society to becoming the embodiment of Justice itself. I had the pleasure of beta reading it and I can't wait to get my physical copy to read it again!

Don't forget that you can cash in on those sweet, sweet oracle cards by backing both at physical levels. And collect more cards by backing more books in Booktopia!

And as a final note, Pintopia 2025 just opened up and I put in my application for it. I'm hoping to do this Asimov-inspired robot pin set. Pintopia isn't coming until January, but you can use this link to subscribe to get notified of launch (but don't worry, I'll ask you again later).

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Robot dreams!

It came in with 30 votes, which was 2x as much as heart eyes, and a lot more than the instruction manual covers. Here's the full wrap, though it's still in WIP so there will be text and color tweaks. Here's our main character bots, Sterling (front) and Zev (back) looking at the same sunset and dreaming. <3

If you really liked the others, though, I have added them as $5 print add-ons (except heart eyes doesn't have the text on it) for the purpose of the campaign (limited edition!) You can always let me know if you want a poster or bigger print or whatnot via email and I'm happy to make that happen too.

We're also a little under $200 away from everybody getting a booty bot print. So if you want that freebie, adding a $5 print to your pledge will help move us closer to that line. Pretty please share this campaign with any friends or family members who might enjoy some gay robot sci-fi - I'm just starting out as an indie author and the more copies I can get into readers hands the happier I will be! You can easily use my quick link TheWarmMachine.com and it'll send them here (so no one has to remember the long annoying BackerKit URLs).

Oh yeah, I owe you folks a robot don't I? Based on the build a robot poll, we have a robot that's 31% head, 10% neck, 11% torso, 17% arms, and 28% legs. Here they are, in all their glory:

Now, let's give the bot some features, what do you think? Go ahead, pick what I should add. You'll have only a few days to add features so choose quickly! :D