Hey folks

Another quick update as we're mostly waiting on our manufacturer to do their thing.

Production of the "mass sample" - the final sample copy of the game, made to the same standard as the eventual mass produced game, commenced in early July. In theory that would put us on track to receive the sample around the end of August, meaning the finished product should ship out to our warehouses some time in September. We would therefore likely ship the product to backers in October.

A small (I hope!) snag has arisen in the last few weeks, however. Just as we were about to move to the next step of the project, our manufacturer (Longpack Games) raised the need for "safety testing"[1] of the UV/blacklight flashlight included with the game. I'm in the process of researching and discussing the requirements with them, to make sure that we're compliant with regulations. Although I'm told that it shouldn't add to the production time, it's clearly a risk.

I'll update again in late August, by which time we should have a much clearer picture on both the sample timeline and the safety testing issue.

Josh

[1] Actually appears to be primarily testing in relation to environmental regulations.