Quodd Heroes

Pre-Holiday Update
over 8 years ago – Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 12:06:58 AM

Happy Holidays Heroes!

Whether or not you celebrate at this time of year its clear that the spirit of giving and friendship is in the air!  I hope all of you are planning some time with family and friends over the coming week or so.

Now on to the news...

Alright so I'll cut to the chase.  The files haven't gone off to panda yet.  Myself and Matt have been working hard to get there but the stuff just isn't ready yet.  With seemingly a million small tasks that feed into bigger tasks that lead to other medium sized tasks its been a fun experience but we're getting VERY close now.  Here is a link to the PDF's containing the cards.  These show no duplicates at this point but please take a look and share any feedback you may have.  In dropbox you can comment directly on the PDF files and even comment on specific areas of an image so don't be shy with your feedback.  At this point things like icons will not change from a design standpoint but any text or anything that is unclear is fair game.

Here's the link to the cards: 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kx3f6zny4enyvqo/AABdk0gaP4WW6jw2sm0cO3q2a?dl=0

I am aiming to have a rulebook for you guys to look at during the holidays.  Part of the issue with it taking so long is the number of small graphics and icons that need to be added when many of them have had to be updated and cleaned up.  I'm trying to improve my processes for organizing all of the files so that for the next project things will flow much more smoothly.  As I've said, its a learning experience for me doing such a huge project essentially on my own. I won't fly solo quite so much on the next one..  which will mean taster time-lines all-around.

Here's another thing:

This is a 3D render of the face side of the first player coin.  Hope you like it!  Mayor Trixie is a bit full of herself and insisted that her face be on the coin since she's the mayor of Fringe... 

 OK.  That's all I've got for you guys today.  You won't likely hear another update from me until after Christmas (likely around the 31st).

I hope all of you have a safe and happy and board game filed holiday season!  I will be driving 8 hours south west to visit my family for 4 or 5 days during the holidays and be back a few days before New Years.

Thanks for everything so far and I can't wait to get this amazing project into the extremely capable hands of Panda and get this game made at last!

 Until next time!

Ryan

Live streaming NOW
over 8 years ago – Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:24:02 PM

Hi Heroes,

I realize that many of you are unable to watch but if you want to get in on the discussion about the timeline and delivery and ask any questions I am streaming now.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wondermentgames/quodd-heroes-0

Cheers!

Ryan

Pre-Production update and timeline
over 8 years ago – Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:03:41 AM

Hi Heroes!

I hope you've been well and enjoying the start of the Holiday season.  The past few weeks have been about carrying on with pre-production on the printed material for Quodd Heroes.  I have enlisted the help of another local graphic designer to help get the files ready for print, so things are moving along more efficiently now.  Yay! 

Production timeline

Last week I had a phone meeting with Matt, my rep at Panda where we discussed production, final numbers and cost.  The most significant information to come out of that meeting was a firm estimate on the production timeline.  Sadly its not good news.  I promised to deliver all of the English print files to Panda by Dec 17.  Based on this production won't be finalized until roughly the start of May... This was unexpected for a number of reasons but sadly there is not much that can be done about it.  I'm VERY sorry that we won't be delivering in early 2018 as promised.

Print and Play

Once the print files are in Panda's hands I will be working to deliver an expanded print-and-play to all backers before Christmas.  Hopefully everyone having a shot at playing some Quodd Heroes will reduce the pain of having to wait even longer for physical game.  

Live Stream

I will be live streaming tomorrow at 11:00am EST (-5 GMT) to answer any questions you have.

Cheers!

Ryan

Backerkit Lockdown + Livestream
over 8 years ago – Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 12:07:21 AM

Happy Monday Heroes!

Pledge Manager Lockdown this week!

While at Essen I spoke to my rep at Backerkit about locking down and charging credit cards on Backerkit for Quodd Heroes while still keeping pre-orders open.  I hadn't realized this was an option. Thankfully it is. What this means is that I will be locking down and charging all existing orders on Backerkit this coming Friday November 10th.  If you need to update your credit card or payment information please do that before Friday.  

You will still be able to alter your shipping address right up until we start shipping (likely March of 2018 at this point), so don't worry about that at this point.  Just make sure your order is ready, if you need to change anything, add add-ons etc. please do that this week!  

Live Streaming this morning!

It has been far too long since the last live stream.  Those of you who appreciate the Live-streams have been asking for me to stream again.  I'll be streaming live this morning November 6 at 11:30am EST (-5 GMT).  If you miss it live you can watch at any point afterward.

Have a great week!

Ryan

Post Essen Spiel update!
over 8 years ago – Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 12:58:57 AM

Greetings Heroes!

Its been about 5 days since I returned home from Essen and I think I've finally returned to business as usual.  Jet lag hits me pretty hard and combine that with the sensory overload and exhaustion that such an event represents and I needed some recovery time.  I'm back in the drivers seat and will continue toward getting everything finished to hand off to Panda.

Essen Spiel!

Essen has come and gone and it was an amazing whirlwind of awesome!  While the Wonderment games / Quodd Heroes booth was at the very FRINGE of the convention space the booth was jam-packed with visitors for the entire duration of the show.  Coming in I didn't expect a ton of traffic to be honest.. boy was I wrong. I need to thank Xuan, Marco, Nadine, Jan and Kerstin for their help.  I wouldn't have survived without their help and support, not even close! I spent my days teaching and running demo games all day every day of the event from Thursday morning through Sunday afternoon and everyone else, especially Marco and Xuan held down the fort with giving shorter explanations of the game and its mechanics to those who stopped by (and there were MANY people who stopped by!).

The painted minis were a huge hit and drew tons of attention, I'm glad we had them.  It was nice to show everyone a small piece of what the final minis could look like when painted.  

It was fantastic to meet so many enthusiastic backers on the show floor and at the backer meetup on Saturday night. Some people got confused finding the meetup and ended up at the OTHER Holiday Inn in the center of town, but thankfully they eventually found us!  I think everyone had a fun time. Sadly we were all so busy teaching and playing Quodd Heroes at the event that no one thought to take any photos...  which makes me sad. I will remember to take photos next year!

During spiel I experimented with some improvised scenarios, some worked out much better than others.  My apologies to those who had to deal with a complex co-op scenario with me at the meetup.  It was probably a bit much for a first play experience... haha.  

Anyway, I plan to stream on Monday morning and chat with you guys for a bit them put in a jam-packed week of work and get this behemoth out the door!

Talk soon!

Ryan

Here are some photos from Speil 17: