GGWP! Thank you to every single one of you, from the Offerings to The Temple backers, to the 5 INCREDIBLE people that backed at Iron Hive Meister level, every pledge matters ...
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10 days ago
It’s the final countdown! Duruduudu durudu dudu
As many of you know, we are and have been in overtime since Tuesday, this is going until we break the previous record (47.6h), if we break it, TKG is going to give every back...
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Wicked Oni Publishing
17 days ago
Less than a week to go! Have some free stuff :)
There's a Mothership Month Game Jam over at itch (might be too late for anyone to just find out, there's still time left) and we've participated in TWO ways!
Raider Boundy of...
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23 days ago
UNLOCKED!! Comic Book!!
We're so so so happy that we got here! Everyone's getting a comic book!! Digital or Physical you'll get it! Once the campaign is finished there's gonna be a lore-dum...
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25 days ago
Mid-campaign update: where things at?
Hey! We said we didn't want to torment you with updates but also don't want to go silent for a long period of time, so here it is!
What have I (Abrah) been doing as of late?...
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about 1 month ago
Interview in Bark After Dark with Cameron from The Panic Table in ~45 minutes!
GGWP! Thank you to every single one of you, from the Offerings to The Temple backers, to the 5 INCREDIBLE people that backed at Iron Hive Meister level, every pledge matters so much, thank you for taking an interest on The Iron Hive and believing, we love that there are almost 700 of you looking to tell stories within the halls, depths, mines, and markets within this space station.
Sharing this SICK closing video from Alewood Games, I alone have watched it around 15 times since yesterday https://youtu.be/ZXbwKAJgyw8
What's next?
Well, I need to move, and that'll happen within the next few weeks, HOWEVER, the preorder store and pledge manager are going to be set up asap, we need to look into surveys for a bit, we need names thrown our way from HiveCorp Industries Representative backers and the sooner we get them the better.
When's next?(?)
Digital Early Access to the PDF will go in January-February along with the helper sheets, since we can't wait to get this into your hands, Abrah will be holding meetings with the artists responsible for the Ruzt Ratz catalogue and comic book during december and get those balls rolling right away (that'll be once funds get transferred + moving to the new place)
Speaking of funds, if you only funded this project you had a nice pleasant 24h, if you backed as we did, your bank is probably now aware of what BackerKit is and might've worried for a bit.
Everyone has been charged, some of your transactions failed, worry not, this is normal, even some of us had declined transactions for no apparent reason, go double check your credit card's info and let it try again, you have time to fix these.
Updates?
Yes, at least once a month
———— ↓ Apparently achievements don't die once the campaign ends ↓
As many of you know, we are and have been in overtime since Tuesday, this is going until we break the previous record (47.6h), if we break it, TKG is going to give every backer a free pdf adventure! (Sean McCoy announced it on the MoSh discord)
So what can you do?
Be sure you get everything you wanted from this and other campaigns, it’s gonna be over when it hits 48h so it’s not going to go forever, lock in your pledges! The timer refreshes when someone changes pledge tier so make sure you leave it on the level you want!
Can we get to 13k? Maybe, there’s nothing to it, so if you’d rather back another project that is close to an achievement go for that one! I’ll be upgrading the sector sheet to add a black market contract tracker, a surprise hidden achievement of sorts to celebrate this backer train going for this long
Pledge manager and late pledges
I’ll set this up as soon as I can (and figure it out), I finally have a place where to move so I’ll be juggling those things at once, no biggie (I hope)
There's a Mothership Month Game Jam over at itch (might be too late for anyone to just find out, there's still time left) and we've participated in TWO ways!
Raider Boundy of Gilgamesh VII
ChrisAir of 5MW Press contacted me and a group of 3pp to collab on this 4pg bifold, it's a depth-crawl adventure to go and find the leader of a terrorist cell and kill him for credits, easy enough, right?
I (Abrah) apparently make music now(?). I really wanted to participate with something on this game jam and this was the perfect excuse to re-install VCV Rack and start messing with virtual eurorack patches again, I had to relearn everything (it had been 3 years since I went on a week-long spree of learning) so don't expect anything too professional, they're all spooky dark ambient songs, recorded as I turned knobs and pushed buttons. This will definitely be the start of more stuff like that.
We're so so so happy that we got here! Everyone's getting a comic book!! Digital or Physical you'll get it! Once the campaign is finished there's gonna be a lore-dumping meeting with @gorgona.comics so he can start working on a story within the walls of The Iron Hive!
That was the last achievement, now what?
We already mentioned this in a past update, we feel like we are in a comfortable spot with physical rewards, and adding more things might be throwing too many wrenches at the works, so if anything comes up, it will either be digital or improve on an existing something, so maybe more pages on the comic, more animated scenes, we've been thinking of more tracking sheets (for the cave system generator and black market contracts). But that's something we'll brainstorm. For now, more money will equal better payment for everyone involved which means being able to dedicate more time into the book, and even bring more people into the mix to elevate this product even further. Thank you so much for showing this much interest in the project, can't wait to hear from your Iron Hives and the adventures that transpired within!
What about Black Friday?
We decided not to do anything special, there are some creators already running sales and special add-ons during the season, so you're free to go and throw your money their way!
Hey! We said we didn't want to torment you with updates but also don't want to go silent for a long period of time, so here it is!
What have I (Abrah) been doing as of late?
(feel free to skip through titles and read whatever piques your interest)
10 meters of bubble wrap already gone
Well...
I'm moving Soon™ so I've been packing stuff and hunting for a place to move to (I think I finally have the one, I've already lost 3 places (: )
Animated Scenes
But I haven't been still either (as if I knew how to)! I've been sketching and throwing around ideas for the animated scenes
Interview with Cameron in Bark After Dark
In case you didn't catch it, here's the VOD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3C7B01lAa0
Mothership Month Jam
And have also been thinking on participating with something for the Mothership Jam happening on itch, not entirely sure if I will by myself, but ChrisAir from 5MW is going to release little something that I've collaborated in, so look forward to that! If I contribute something, I want it so bad to be music, I've re-opened VCV Rack in hopes to create a few things, but I do have to re-learn a lot of stuff.
10k stretch goal
We've been dancing around it, it's been close for a while, we are <100 EUR away from it, lets get it !!!
Operation Golden Cut Cross-Collab
We've been talking and throwing ideas around, and on the process, I realized that even through I meant "during that time after the campaign is done and we are focused on creating", I wrote "The voting will be run through the campaign", maybe after I finally move and have 1 less thing to worry about I can start setting those ideas on paper and throw you amazing people a poll
