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I apologize for the late update, but I wanted to shift updates to the middle of the month instead of the end of the month, so I waited a couple weeks longer. I...
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2 months ago
April Update - Tariffs 😱
Good morning!
This update is short. I continue to write and hone the manuscript for the main book and Thicker Than Blood. We’re looking to be on track to enter into layout t...
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3 months ago
March Update: Thicker Than Blood Mockup
This month I have been making quite a bit of progress on Thicker Than Blood, the vinyl adventure. I have a solid draft of the system and a prototype map, and most exciting is...
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4 months ago
February Update: More Art From Zach Hazard
Good evening!
This month’s update will be short. We’ve been clearing our plate of 2024 projects over the last month, and we continue to make progress on Blood Leeches.
The ...
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5 months ago
January Update: Patches, Zach Vaupen Hazard, Anthers, Panda, Sam Wildman, and Editorial Team
We hope everyone had a great holiday season through December and January. We took some vacation ourselves during that time. Here's some of the progress that has been made rec...
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7 months ago
1 Day Left: More Art From Zach Hazard, Let's Unlock Those Standees
Good morning everyone!
We have a little over 24 hours left in the campaign, and we are super close to hitting our $33k stretch goal that unlocks Suspect and Creature s...
I apologize for the late update, but I wanted to shift updates to the middle of the month instead of the end of the month, so I waited a couple weeks longer. I've been writing away at the dungeons and regularly meeting with my editor, I'm really slow, and the progress is good. We're on track to start layout by the end of summer, and things will move quickly as we move into that phase of the project. We have already started laying out player aids and accessories, so there is also progress on that front.
A couple of weeks ago, Anthers, who is providing the music for the vinyl gamebook, did a show in Oakland, and I was able to attend! One of the members of the band is someone who I've known for over 20 years, so it was great to see him play. They've worked out the entire score for the vinyl, and they are on track to go to the studio this month. I got some fun analog photography of Oakland and the venue where they were playing, and I'll share some of those with you here.
Downtown Oakland
Oakland Beauty Supply, An Arts and Music Venue
Entrance to the Show
Zine Thing!
Thank you everyone for your support as I continue to build this ambitious project!
This update is short. I continue to write and hone the manuscript for the main book and Thicker Than Blood. We’re looking to be on track to enter into layout this summer. The biggest thing hanging over the head of this project is that it is being printed by Panda in China. Thankfully, we’re a little way out from actually moving into physical production, so we’re taking a wait and see approach to the Trump tariffs. I haven’t made any decisions about charging a tariff fee since we won’t be fulfilling soon. I’ll keep all of y’all in the loop as we move along since international trade is fluid rn, just a general clusterf*ck. However, the current political climate means that a politically informed proudly Queer work is more important than ever, so I’m not letting any of this bring me down as we develop Orgy of the Blood Leeches.
This month I have been making quite a bit of progress on Thicker Than Blood, the vinyl adventure. I have a solid draft of the system and a prototype map, and most exciting is that all of the vinyl cover art has been finalized by Zach Hazard. I've put together two mockups that are a more complete representation of the final project. The splatter and color on the vinyl aren't exactly correct, the vinyl will be see-through hospital green with the red splatter, but these two mockups show much more of how the work is shaping up.
This month’s update will be short. We’ve been clearing our plate of 2024 projects over the last month, and we continue to make progress on Blood Leeches.
The most exciting things we have to share are art from Zach hazard for the solo gamebook vinyl adventure Orgy of the Blood Leeches: Thicker Than Blood. I am sharing the character portraits for each of the two possible player characters who star in this adventure. Zach has also finished the back cover and the two inside flaps of the gate fold vinyl, but we’re saving that art to show later.
It’s looking like Anthers is now going to be entering into the studio in June due to their upcoming tour, but they’ve already shared an exciting demo for the ambient score that will be on the vinyl itself (along with two of their songs).
I hope to write the scripts for Amanda’s full spread illustrations by the end of the month, and I will be writing Thicker Than Blood During the month of March. I will turn my writing work back towards the main manuscript in April, and we’re looking at starting layout in earnest this Summer.
