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Avery Alder
3 months ago
We went for broke, but ended up funded!
Friends! Thank you so much for your support.
We managed to make it across the $20k mark, which is fantastic. Over the next week, I'll be putting together backer surveys, finalizing the print run details, and getting production underway.
I'm so stoked to get to share this gam...
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PROJECT UPDATE
Avery Alder
CREATOR
28 days ago
Project Update: Fulfillment Mostly Complete! Digital Tasks Paused Until Next Week.
Hello, supporters! I just wanted to give you a few updates.
The bulk of orders have now been fulfilled. Many people have already received their game in the mail! There are a few people who got their backer survey in late whose orders will get processed starting next week.
The next phase of project delivery is:
The bulk of orders have now been fulfilled. Many people have already received their game in the mail! There are a few people who got their backer survey in late whose orders will get processed starting next week.
The next phase of project delivery is:
- Create the PDF version of the rules (as an alternative to reading it directly on the Going For Broke page).
- Update the Digital + DIY Kit to fix a typo on Ben's card (which was fortunately caught before printing).
- Email all "House Meeting" and "New Roommate" backers to schedule our actual play sessions.
All of that is going to happen really soon! Starting next week. But it's currently on pause, because I am getting married this weekend, and preparations are now all-consuming. Once ya girl gets hitched, she'll resume project fulfillment. Thanks for your patience!
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Hi team! I hope fulfilment is going smoothly. I was just wondering what the expected shipping timeline was for shipments into the UK or if these services were tracked at all? Just so I have a better idea of when I might expect my delivery! Thanks in advance.
PROJECT UPDATE
Avery Alder
CREATOR
about 2 months ago
Project Update: Now Shipping!
Great news! Going For Broke is now printed, shipped out from the manufacturers, and received in its three fulfillment hubs: US, UK, and here in Canada. Shipping to backers is now underway.
This means we're about a month ahead of the schedule.
Here are some more details:
This means we're about a month ahead of the schedule.
Here are some more details:
- US-based orders are being handled by a long-time fulfillment partner.
- UK-based orders are being handled by another existing fulfillment partner.
- I'm handling all Canadian and other worldwide orders.
- I hustled and have already sent out all orders that were just a single copy of Going For Broke for all Canadian and other worldwide backers (non-US, non-UK). I'm now working on the orders that contained add-ons, which will be a little more slow going (since every package is a little different).
- We accidentally ran out of copies of Variations on Your Body! Whoops. We're waiting on a short print run of Variations on Your Body to arrive in the US hub, and a separate one from a Canadian printer to arrive here in Canada. The moment those books arrive, orders with a copy of Variations on Your Body included can be shipped out.
- I'm prioritizing mailing everything out, before completing my remaining digitally-oriented tasks: a PDF version of the rules, an updated version of the Digital + DIY Kit that fixes a typo, emailing higher-tier backers to schedule actual play sessions.
And for a cute way to end this update, here are a few progress shots of my shipping process. This all-pink packaging is used for any orders that I send from here in Canada that are for just a single copy of Going For Broke.
PROJECT UPDATE
Avery Alder
CREATOR
about 2 months ago
Project Update: Going For Blush
Have you completed your backer survey? You have until April 12 to complete it so that you can receive your copy of the game! Please message me if you need a new link.
Going For Broke has a signature colour. It's a faint pink. Depending on who you ask, it might be called blush, lotus petal, valentine's day, lace pink, millennial pink, or simply: pink. A little bit more playful and vivid than ballet slipper, but not by much.
The thing is, that's a tricky colour to nail in print.
When Going For Broke first adopted this signature colour, in CMYK terms, it was just the magenta slider set at 13%. Based on early tests from a couple card printers, it was bumped up to 15%. When the Backerkit succeeded and I was able to pay for the big print run, I was sent one final printed proof to make sure everything looked the way I wanted it to. Hm. The pink wasn't quite right. Close, but not quite. So I made one final change to the print files, bumping it up to 17% (but keeping it at 15% for digital; I just needed the colour to show up a little more vividly in print).
Fiddling over this detail also meant that there was time for one of the project's backers to catch a typo on Ben's card, meaning that I was able to correct it before it went into print. Thanks, Joseph! I'll be updating the Digital + DIY Kit some time in the next 1-2 weeks to fix Ben's card there as well.
The release timeline that I described here is still on track. Everything's just peachy! Well... more rosy than peachy. Blushy? It's a difficult shade to describe.
Going For Broke has a signature colour. It's a faint pink. Depending on who you ask, it might be called blush, lotus petal, valentine's day, lace pink, millennial pink, or simply: pink. A little bit more playful and vivid than ballet slipper, but not by much.
The thing is, that's a tricky colour to nail in print.
When Going For Broke first adopted this signature colour, in CMYK terms, it was just the magenta slider set at 13%. Based on early tests from a couple card printers, it was bumped up to 15%. When the Backerkit succeeded and I was able to pay for the big print run, I was sent one final printed proof to make sure everything looked the way I wanted it to. Hm. The pink wasn't quite right. Close, but not quite. So I made one final change to the print files, bumping it up to 17% (but keeping it at 15% for digital; I just needed the colour to show up a little more vividly in print).
Fiddling over this detail also meant that there was time for one of the project's backers to catch a typo on Ben's card, meaning that I was able to correct it before it went into print. Thanks, Joseph! I'll be updating the Digital + DIY Kit some time in the next 1-2 weeks to fix Ben's card there as well.
The release timeline that I described here is still on track. Everything's just peachy! Well... more rosy than peachy. Blushy? It's a difficult shade to describe.
