The surveys will close soon. At that time, PDFs will be distributed. If you want to be certain you get your PDFs in the first wave, please finalize your survey today. 92% of you have already completed your surveys, so most of you are all set. The rest of you who complete your surveys today will receive your rewards in the first wave. Any incomplete surveys after today will be handled at a later time.
The physical rewards will ship later, but we still don't have an exact date. Amy's going to do her best, and once she's started the process, we'll share an update and let you know that physical fulfillment has started.
Thank you, everyone, for your support and patience. We're a very small team, and some tasks require the help of others who have full-time jobs and lives that must come first. We're on track to beat the estimated delivery date (March 2026), but until the last package has shipped, anything can happen.
Great news, gang! The game has arrived! Amy sent me a few snapshots of three random books pulled from different cases so that we could get a look at how things turned out. Even better than I had hoped! The advance copies I received earlier this summer were awesome, but I'm always nervous until we receive the full shipment.
Even though the game has landed, we're not yet ready to start the fulfillment. It is going to take quite a bit of time (Amy's handling this on her own, and life comes first), but we do fully expect to be 100% done by the end of the year.
We're scheduled to close the survey next week and charge cards then, so there's still time for those of you who haven't already done so (90% of you, thanks!) to complete your survey.
Thanks for your support and patience, gang. We'll keep you updated as we move into the fulfillment stage of the campaign.
We've successfully completed the smoke test, so now all surveys are in the wild and ready for your response! This is where you'll pay for shipping, and you can select add-ons, including the Dank & Dark glass. (You can see a photo of the prototype in this update.)
On October 1st, we'll charge cards and start to lock everything down. The zine and board book are both on the water, and we think we'll be ready to ship your rewards in October/November. (Our estimated delivery was March 2026, so we're doing okay so far on that front.)
If you run into any issues, please don't hesitate to message us. Thank you for making this book a reality. I'm happy every time I pick up one of the samples and am looking forward to creating a Dank & Dark supplement in the same format.
And they look fantastic. I was proud of this game before, but now I'm very proud. Holding the finished work in my hands tells me one thing: I will have to make another board book one of these days! Maybe a companion for Dank & Dark. A book of short adventures might make a fun addition to the game.
For now, all we can do is wait. The pledge manager is almost ready (it is with BackerKit for their review), and the factory says we can expect the finished books in October. (They have to take a ride across the ocean before we can ship the books to you.) We'll let you know if that changes.
Email from the printer today, sharing two important things.
Printing is complete! Up next is the long journey, which takes a few months to complete.
We have a video of the finished books! Up first, the saddle-stitch edition. After that is our first look at the completed boardbook edition of Dank & Dark. It looks great! Watch it on YouTube.
The pledge manager isn't ready yet. We'll make an announcement once we're ready to open the pledge manager.
