here we are again. Thank you for giving us your shipping data-- we have more than 90% of your backer surveys, so be sure to complete yours as soon as possible if you haven't done so already. But more importantly, we're happy to update you in detail about the state of the project.
- Starting with the easy stuff, the markers and enamel pins are in production in Italy and the US respectively, from the producers that most convinced us in terms of quality. Here's the final mockup we greenlit for the pin!
But more importantly, good news about production. The Italian edition of Our Queen Crumbles is currently being printed! As originally planned, we will launch it at Lucca Comics & Games, the Italian festival taking place in the last week of October. Take a sneak peek at the new and improved layout:
The English edition has been ordered from the printer, but getting everything prepared for production at the same time would have pushed us too close to the festival to reliably receive the copies. So the Italian will function as our test run, and we'll print the English after receiving the Italian copies. This way, we'll be able to make sure everything looks as good as possible before producing most copies.
This means we'll take care of digital fulfillment a bit early, during the month of October, while physical fulfillment will start according to schedule in the month of November. If a friend wants to get in on the fun, preorders are still open on BackerKit and will be fulfilled at the same time as pledges.
In the meantime, we are going to assess the best possible solution to get your copies to the United States, whether it means shipping your orders directly or sending a pallet to our US partner (Indie Press Revolution) and have them handle fulfillment. We have already experimented with both solutions in the past, but keeping up with the current international landscape has become complicated.
Thank you once again for your support and patience. We're very happy with this new edition, and the next update (which will announce the digital release) will also have a summary of all the great little improvements we've been working on.
