Sorry about the lack of updates and the long wait, but after a pause we have an update on Sayuri’s Chest of Wonders.
We want to reassure backers that the ball is rolling again on this project. On a business level we’ve had to do a lot of re-building from the ground up, and we appreciate your patience.
We’re keeping this update straightforward just so we can get it out there. For the next one we’ll have a few new visuals to share.
Having spent the last few months taking stock of where things are at, we have the following schedule for Sayuri’s:
Last week of August: Finish Layout.
First week of September: PDF Proofed.
Last week of September: PDF Delivered.
October and November: Print Sample Received & Print Run Ordered & Possibly shipped!
In the meantime, we’ll continue to refine magic items, the adventures, and other writing and design. The entire book has gone through several drafts, but isn’t as clean as we had originally thought, se we’re reviewing and proofing again to make sure it’s the best it can be.
We’re also currently revisiting art requirements for the project, and though we already have a lot of art we’ll likely require a few more pieces. But we hope to have these in place ahead of the layout deadline in August. Again, we’ll have a clearer picture on this by the next update (in July).
Over the next few weeks, other outstanding digital products connected to this project will be delivered, just in case you see emails going out and wonder what’s going on.
But we’ll keep you abreast of those developments too.
Just wanted to keep you in the loop regarding development for this book.
The magic items are done and the adventure is well under way and is slated to go into editing next week.
We've been slowly chipping away at the magic item art and should be moving into the last few bits of custom art as per the reward tiers soon.
We're on course to publish the PDF by the end of September as planned. If anything changes on that front, however, we'll let you know.
The print books, of which there are only a handful since we wanted to keep them exclusive to those working with us on the art front, will take roughly a further month to process. It depends on how many samples we need to order before we're happy to go ahead with the print job. If the first one comes back as we want it, we'll go straight to print and since we're using a PoD service, you won't have to wait months on shipping. It'll go straight to you from whatever country you're in, unless you're in a country without a printer, in which case you'll have to wait an additional few weeks.
We're excited to see several projects cross the line over the coming weeks.
I'll post another update in September.
Cheers, Paddy and team Penny Dragon
P.S. if you missed the project, you'll be able to get the book in our store in October/November, so keep an eye out for it on there.
It has been a busy few weeks in Penny Dragon land with a number of other projects all in varying stages of being closed out. This is both pretty darn exciting and a tad overwhelming for a small team of creatives. There's no better feeling than hitting that upload button on a finished project, though!
The writing and art for Sayuri's Chest of Wonders is well underway. The writing for the magic items is complete with a few requiring the final once over. The magic item art with take several more weeks to reach completion on the project as expected.
I just received the latest WIP for our resident Lorekeeper, Alluminora. She features across a number of our publications and Sayuri's Chest is no different. I love that our artist, Liam, has added Sake to this one. He's a sneaky little devil that Sake!
We're looking forward to sharing a few more of the magic item pieces in the coming weeks, too.
Sneaky peeks
The project continues to progress well and we're eager to get some spreads together later in July so you can get a better feel for the finished product.
Surveys have gone out and all your digital rewards, bar Sayuri's Chest of Wonders, are now on their way to you. Yay!
The art team are working on the magic item pieces at the moment and I will have a few more of those to share with you next week.
There will also be several pieces of art featuring Sake, Sayuri's little luck dragon, featured (hidden) throughout this book. We look forward to seeing who can spot all of them once this one is published. We enjoy bringing a little bit of fun into the things we create and this one is no different.
A Quick Note
Those of you that backed a tier that includes an art submission for your magic item or NPC to be included in Sayuri's Chest will submit your writing via the survey questions. There is a closing date for 1st of July on these so that we can ensure no delays when it comes to getting this project to layout.
First up, thank you for support this campaign. We are very much looking forward to bringing this one to life. 120 of the magic items are now complete and in vary stages of being edited. The rest will follow in due course. The art for these is also underway. The adventures are in their first draft and will go through several stages of development before they are complete. After which the art will be commissioned.
You can expect to see surveys heading out next week once the campaign is out of review on the backend. All digital rewards, with the exception of Sayuri's Chest of Wonders of course, are complete and you will begin receiving these next week too.
Those of you who have backed tiers for creating your own magic item or NPC will receive Pledge Questions to fill in as part of your survey. We're excited to see your creations in Sayuri's Chest of Wonders!
Enjoy the rest of your week and we'll be back with an update once the surveys head out next week.
