Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the support for The Dose Makes The Poison, and for getting the project up to exactly 1000 backers when the backer train finally finished. 1000!

I was stuck in a work thing for much of the afternoon yesterday so completely missed the final hours, but it looked like a wild ride towards Mothership Month crossing the $1,000,000 mark in total pledges. $1,000,000!

Next steps here are:

Finish the TDMTP script - I’ve got quite a bit of new ideas and content to add to the current script, along with the new additional pages of factions content. I want this complete before the end of the year, so it can be sent over to DG Chapman for…

Editing in January. I’m going to earmark the whole month for this in case there’s a lot of back and forth or the need to play test anything before the edit. We’ll also finalise design elements like the illustrations for the Hope’s Serum TV ad, poster and sticker in this month before we get into…

Design and layout in February where Norgad gets free rein to knock the whole zine into shape. Will also get my animator Austin Temby on the case to make the TV ad.

In the background, I’ll be working on recording the Hope’s Serum jingle properly, and getting in-game voice notes audio files recorded with some actor pals. 

I’ll aim for at least monthly updates to let you know we’re all on track, and keep you abreast of any cool stuff as it happens.

Thanks for putting up with all the emailing and messages from me and for making this crowdfunding such a success for all the projects. 

Big thank you to Tuesday Knight Games, too. It’s been an absolute honour to be a part of the inaugural Mothership Month. 

Now let’s go make some zines!*

Andrew



*Jk now I’m off to look at 20 pledge transactions come off my credit card 💸😭💸

Oh hai. You still here?

With more false endings that TLOTR: Return of the King, the Mothership Month backer train rumbles on!

Update from my side: TDMTP managed to hit £12k in sales the final hour before the official campaign end, and I woke up this morning to see that it’s now crossed £13k, and we’re up to about 980 backers. Will we get to 1000? Who knows! Crazytown! Thank you all so much.

If you fancy keeping the train chugging a little longer, there's still projects tantalisingly close to hitting new stretch goals and hoping to make their modules the best they can be. Check out all the projects here.

And if you’re tuning in hoping for the next instalment of the CYOA poll game, I’m afraid that finished with you walking through a high security door and it slamming shut behind you. It’s not my fault you didn’t notice you were manacled. I didn’t mention it before? Look, over there - the backer train is down to 2 minutes! *bolts for the door*

Cheers,
Andrew

The finish line is in sight!

There are less than 3 hours left in the official Mothership Month 2024 campaign. Once that finishes, the Backer Train begins: as long as a person backs any Mothership Month project within the 10 minute countdown window, the Backer Train continues.

Let's see if we can run until Xmas Eve! Really, what I want/need is a lie-down with a towel over my eyes. But every upgraded pledge or new pledge helps the train, and there are still some amazing creators looking to hit stretch goal targets (including a newly announced Wages of Sin one), so go have a look at all the projects. I've backed them all (I know I know), and I want everything they can throw at me!

Or if, say, you fancy going from a pdf to a print copy of The Dose Makes The Poison, you can do that too and become part of the train. Choo choo.

A few wee things:

The Panic Table Interview: The aforementioned interview never happened; we just couldn't get schedules or Pax U internet to play nice. Next time!

Polls: I've been running a goofy Choose Your Own Adventure-style poll at the bottom of these updates. Below concludes this epic tale, and you folks have opted to go willingly into Hope Serum's medical testing unit! I mean, it's probably not the choice I would have made, but maybe it will all work out.

Thank you: Thank you. And again, thank you.

Thank you,
Andrew