🎉 Hello Everyone and Happy New Year 2025! 🎉
The holidays are over, and it’s time to jump back into action with some updates on what’s been happening during the Christmas bre...
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Krakenhund Studios
about 1 month ago
Post campaign update
🎖️ Good Morning, Marines!
The campaign has officially ended, the Backerkit train has reached its final station and MoshMo24 was a phenomenal success on all fronts for everyo...
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about 1 month ago
Couple addons added ;)
After suggestion from one backer, I addedd two little addons to try to reach for the last triple Strech goal/Achievement. Lets see if we can make it! :)
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Krakenhund Studios
about 1 month ago
Last 48 Hours! Go Go Go!
Marines, the time is nigh, we are prevailing!
And last 48 hours of the Mothership Month campaign is there!
So as a final reminder, here is what you can get as part of ...
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Krakenhund Studios
about 1 month ago
Ruck up Bullet catcher!
Small visual update: Gear you can get during this Campaign:
🎯First up, the Community reward: more patches! But as a sticker sheet!
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Krakenhund Studios
about 2 months ago
Operation briefing
📯 Hat up Trench monkeys! We are close to taking down another enemy Achievement!
We’re already deep behind enemy lines, so let’s take a moment to review what we’ve ...
The holidays are over, and it’s time to jump back into action with some updates on what’s been happening during the Christmas break. I hope you all got a chance to rest, spend time with loved ones, and enjoy some RPG sessions or gifts! 😊
🚛 Vehicle Art 🚛
I’ve been hard at work finishing the vehicle illustrations. Only two (and half - you can see the unfinished mech down there :D ) pieces remain, and I’m on track to complete them by this weekend. After that, I’ll let the artwork sit for a week or two, then return for final polish - adding extra details, adjusting colors, and fixing any mistakes. Before that, I’ll go over the text again and give each vehicle Mothership stats. With that, this part of the Stretch Goal will be complete, and I’ll move on to layout of it.
📚 Text Editing 📚
The text is currently with MeatCastle Gameware for editing, and progress is going great as always with him (I had a pleasure to work with him in the past and he always delivered fast and great). Once it comes back, I’ll start integrating it into my layout template, bringing the zine to life.
🎨 Other Art 🎨
I’ve also commissioned additional color art pieces. These include new pieces from the cover artist and a other from different artist.
One draft I wanted to share with you is the view of Bonnacio Moon with the mercenary invasion fleet in orbit. This art will be used on a spread, providing information about Bonnacio’s location, gravity, atmosphere, and other planetary details.
Also, notice the planet in the background? That’s from another project I’ve been jotting down notes for - working title: “Gorilla Dragon Hunt”. 😁
And the asteroid belt surrounding the planet is the setting for three other ideas I’ve worked on in the past. My goofy work titles are: “Ice Station Tower Defense”, “Exploration of an Alien Morphing Ship”, “Military Corvette Skin-Imps Tomb”.
So, if you like in the future what I’ve done with Operation Golden Cut, there’s a whole sector of adventures waiting to be developed. Maybe we’ll make them a reality in the future! 😉
Cross-Collab Reward Poll 🤝
Shortly after this update, I’ll post a poll with three options for a bonus pamphlet. This is a reward for backers who also supported “Iron Hive”, my cross-collaboration partner during the campaign.
Here’s a quick overview of the options you’ll be voting from:
1️⃣ Wonders of the Void – A gritty space dock pub and lodging that doubles as a secret recruitment center for the mercenary company CLF - mercs in charge of an attack in Golden Cut.
2️⃣ Lost in Mines – A faction of street kids who’ve lost their parents to mining accidents, now surviving with retrofitted mining equipment. Some of the parents of the childs were took away by Lás Medulas to work on Bonnacio.
3️⃣ Porcelain Centipede Church – A dungeon featuring a sect worshipping a cosmic Goddess from behind the Black Hole, one of Her holy places are located in Golden Cut square-crawl.
I’ll provide more details in the poll update in the comments section. You’ll have two weeks to vote, and once the results are in, I’ll get started on creating the idea with most votes. Again, I have notes for all of them, so I dont expect too much hurdle in making the chosen one a reality.
Thank you again for all your support and trust! I’m excited to keep you updated as we move toward bringing this project to life. Stay tuned for more progress reports and updates!
The campaign has officially ended, the Backerkit train has reached its final station and MoshMo24 was a phenomenal success on all fronts for everyone involved.
📯 How did you enjoy it? Here's how it was for me: Over the past month, I ran several open-table games, met a ton of new folks—players and RPG writers alike—watched some incredible Mothership let’s plays, tried out the new (and great!) Companion app (still waiting for that Windows release, though! 😉), read a lot of Mothership content, and even took the time to rate a few things on the TKG store, itch.io, and DriveThruRPG. (Seriously, go do that! Leaving reviews makes a designer’s day!)
All in all, it was an amazing month, full of inspiration and motivation for this incredible RPG.
📣 And the main reason I’m writing this update:WE FUNDED!
What a ride it’s been! I can’t thank you all enough for your trust and support.
💖 SO, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
Never thought I will be where I am at today. I´m really humbled, touched, emotional and fokin happy.
And I would really like to thank:
Sean McCoy and TKG for organizing this and supporting all of us. He is such a legend! Believe me, he was such an awesome support and inspiration the whole time, I wish him all the success in the world.
My fellow MoshMo24 designers for their advice, help, and collaboration. This is a phenomenal group of people, and their work deserves your attention!
Everyone on the internet—whether on Bluesky, Discord, Reddit, blogs, YouTube, or elsewhere—who played games, discussed Mothership, or wrote about it. You all made this such a vibrant and exciting experience.
YOU, my backers! Thank you for putting your trust in me and my work. I will deliver the best possible module I can to you!
🚀 So, what’s next?
Pledge Collection and Pledge Manager
We’re now in the phase of collecting funds. You still have more than a week to make any adjustments if needed. If you can’t or don’t want to pledge right now, no worries! The pledge manager is already open and will remain active for a while. You’ll be able to late pledge when the time and funds are right.
We understand that the holiday season can be a financial strain, so don't stress it. Plus, we’ll be printing extra copies for retail after the campaign is complete, so you can grab one later if that works better for you.
🛰️ Timeline
The main adventure writing is complete expect the four big NPC´s. But that's two pages for which I already have notes, so this will be done in following days.
The Military/Industrial Stretch Goal is about 70/80% written and 8/20 pieces of art are done. I’ll be able to complete 1–2 pieces per day during my Christmas days off.
The CLF pamphlet is written.
The Cross-Collab pamphlet is in the design phase.
For the Cross-Collab pamphlet, I have three ideas and will let you, the backers, vote on which one to explore. Expect the vote in about a week, so stay tuned!
So, most of the text is already written. Once finalized, I’ll send it to Meatcastle for editing. After it’s back, I’ll move on to layout. My goal is to have everything done by the end of February as I’ll be moving to a different country (back to my home, the Czech Republic), which might slow things down a bit. However, it’s moving to a familiar place, so no major delays are expected.
What’s next after that? Once everything is laid out, I think we’ll be ready for test printing! Of course, we’ll assess that when we get there.
📡 Updates
I’ll keep you updated 1–2 times per month so you’ll always know the current status. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me any time here in messages/comments, through email (krakenhundstudio(at)gmail.com) or on discord (@kin_krakenhund)
☄️ Thank you all again for your amazing support. Let’s make this the best it can be!
I'd love to help get this project over the 207k SEK but no option to spend more! Let me know if that's just a glitch and I'll do what I can (buy more patches for example).
Awesome campaging. Thriling battle to last minutes. Im looking forward for this stunnig stuff.
I will cut some gold for me and crew in this adventure, thats sure.
