The Story Engine
CREATOR
7 months ago
Project Update: Progress update: digital print sample approved + livestreams May 18 & June 4
Hello Lore Master's Deck backers!
We wanted to give you a quick update on our progress as we continue to complete project milestones.
Since our last update, we received, reviewed, and approved the digital print samples from our printer.
Our notes from the review are summarized below, but in case you want to get a look at the samples yourselves (including extras like the journal and Leviathan Boxes), we'll be hosting an unboxing livestream at 3pm ET on June 4. Subscribe and click the "Notify Me" button on YouTube to make sure you don't miss it!
Our notes from the review are summarized below, but in case you want to get a look at the samples yourselves (including extras like the journal and Leviathan Boxes), we'll be hosting an unboxing livestream at 3pm ET on June 4. Subscribe and click the "Notify Me" button on YouTube to make sure you don't miss it!
We're also doing a 6-hour worldbuilding livestream this weekend to celebrate the 3-year anniversary of launching Deck of Worlds, our record-setting deck of worldbuilding prompts. We hope you'll join us for live demos, prize giveaways, and 10-25% Deck of Worlds and accessories in our store.
Okay, let's get into the print sample details!
Print Sample Review
If you're not familiar with print production, the digital print sample is a close estimation of what the final product will look like, but hand-made as a one-off using print-on-demand quality methods before we commit to the full quality mass production.
The digital sample helps us and our printer get aligned on the fine details before we commit to mass production methods. Once mass production starts using full-quality offset printers, it gets expensive (if not impossible) to fix mistakes or make adjustments. We like to make sure everything is just so before we get started, and that we're all on the same page about every detail from box dimensions down to print finish and paper weight.
The digital sample helps us and our printer get aligned on the fine details before we commit to mass production methods. Once mass production starts using full-quality offset printers, it gets expensive (if not impossible) to fix mistakes or make adjustments. We like to make sure everything is just so before we get started, and that we're all on the same page about every detail from box dimensions down to print finish and paper weight.
The good news is that the digital samples looked fantastic! We had some minor notes, most of which were due to imperfections caused by using digital print methods that won't be relevant to final production (e.g., imperfections from hand-gluing a single demo box, using a different paper stock due to limitations of the digital printer).
We did make some minor changes that the print sample helped us catch:
- Upscaling the resolution of the textures we apply to our images, logos, and box borders
- Organization of components inside the box
- Upgrading the vegan leather cover material of the Lore Master's Journal and switching to a brighter, more-like-real-polished-leather color and finish
- Fine-tuning the color matching on the bridge expansion cards
- Fine-tuning the standardization of the drop shadow effect on our box logos
Our notes were so minor because otherwise, everything looked fantastic!
Here are a few photos of details we were checking during our review to tide you over until the June 4 livestream.
Thanks so much, and as always, let us know in the comments if you have any questions or concerns!
The Story Engine Team
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