Some of you may have already heard that ARKYVR has been nominated for Best Supplement at the ENNIES this year. It's such an honor to be recognized by my peers and hold the same category alongside several titans of the industry. I won't lie, Alewood Games is a tiny publishing company and the chance of actually winning is majorly stacked against us.
That being said... it would be pretty neat to win. So, I'm letting ya'll know that voting has officially opened today and will go until July 20th.
Timing works out great as I'm putting the final touches on the OMENDROME zine and I will be sending out both ARKYVR and OMENDROME PDFs this weekend! I've sent in for a 2nd printing of ARKYVR and made a few tiny cosmetic fixes, so you all will be getting the PDF of the newest version of ARKYVR.
Thanks again to everyone for supporting my games, I'll post again very soon when we begin locking shipping addresses and shipping fees. Stay safe and happy gaming!
Digital rewards are out and available to all backers who locked their orders AND paid any outstanding add-on/tier fees. All ARKYVR supporting documents are free and can be found on the itch page here: https://alewoodgames.itch.io/arkyvr
I'll start locking addresses and charging for shipping by the end of this week, of course, I'll be sending 24 hour notifications before this begins. Have a great weekend!
Just a heads up that items added or upgraded to your pledge will be charged tomorrow. If you didn’t add anything to your pledge, nothing new will happen to your account.
Print orders for exclusive items are going out later this week and shipping will be confirmed and charge in a few weeks once we have all products in hand!
Anyone who late pledge pre-ordered the zine, got Add-ons, or adjusted their pledge tiers will have their cards charged next week on July 2nd. I'll send a 48 hour reminder before cards are charged. I've ordered the zine test print and will be placing orders for all of the backerkit exclusives next week.
Shipping Charges Later in July
Shipping prices will be made official once all of my prints come through later in July and I confirm weights. I'll begin locking shipping addresses at that time and sending out a final charge for shipping fees.
Fulfillment Beginning in August
Printing everything should take more or less a month before I send everything to Flying Cloud for fulfillment. In which then, you'll get all your cool stuff!
I'll upload pictures of the test and final prints in a giant pile before shipping everything out!
Just a heads up that I'll be locking orders this Friday. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through BackerKit.
Zine Update
Alex completed all of the NPC portraits and they look amazing! Editing is completed and I'm currently finalizing the layout and tweaking the copy as I re-read and re-read the module. Here are a few sample pages.
How to Make Movies Section
Call Screen Section
Subject Dossier Section
Poster & Map Update
Map is almost complete. I'm waiting for Alex to complete the Relay Station artwork and adding a few more details to the map but here is the front and back of the poster/map exclusive which will be printed on 11x17" cardstock poster paper. Here's what it looks like so far:
OMENDROME Poster Front
OMENDROME Map Poster Back - WIP
Mothership Month Exclusive Patches Update
Got the basic vector ready to submit and have patches made. Those who backed a physical tier within the first 48 hours of the campaign will get both the 48 Hour OMENDROME patch AND the ALL-Projects-Funded SOLARACOM patch. Everyone else who backed an individual physical tier will receive just the SOLARACOM patch.
Patch Vectors
NPC Postcards Update
I'm finalizing the postcards this week. Alex's art will really shine in these prints (literally and figuratively). On top of having a gloss varnish, the postcards will also be printed in CMYK so we can use rich black values instead of standard and really make those shades pop! It'll be a beautiful collection of some of the universes' worst people.
Locking Shipping Information
This will come closer towards the end of this month or beginning of July when I begin receiving the prints. I'll send reminder updates as this date gets close.
Thank you all for your patience and support. I've had the privilege of meeting and running games with some of you at conventions this past spring. It's been so much fun! I'll be running ARKYVR games all throughout GENCON this year so hopefully I'll see more of you then.
