Hey folks, Sylvan here!
First things first: my profuse apologies for not updating all of you sooner! It has been a crazy couple of weeks over at Clawhammer, not to mention t...
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Nicholas Ambrose
about 1 month ago
What's here, what's leaving, and what's coming soon!
Hello everyone! Nicholas here.
Who could’ve expected that going to Big Bad Con and then Metatopia not even a week later would knock me out so badly?
(Everyone. Ever...
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Sylvan Lawrence
2 months ago
Surveys Locking, Big Bad Con, The Book
Hey folks, Sylvan here! Quick update to cover a few key things. First and foremost, surveys are locking in 24 hours, so please please fill out your survey if you haven't already...
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Sylvan Lawrence
3 months ago
October Update: Backerkit Surveys, the Zine(tm), Big Bad
Hey folks, Sylvan here!
Seemingly with a finger snap, September has come to an end. Rolling, roiling, boiling heat has cascaded down from the foothills and washed over my home ...
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Sylvan Lawrence
4 months ago
We're So Back
Hey folks, Sylvan here!
After a much needed couple of weeks rest (and an additional waiting period for the funds to hit), the Clawhammer team is back at work and ready to rumbl...
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Sylvan Lawrence
4 months ago
The Flood Washes Over Us All
Hey folks, Sylvan here.
What a journey the past month has been. Nic, MC, Reese, Dominique, and I are absolutely thrilled that Before the Flood saw such a strong response, and w...
First things first: my profuse apologies for not updating all of you sooner! It has been a crazy couple of weeks over at Clawhammer, not to mention the busyness of all our day jobs. Regardless, it's not fair to keep you waiting to hear from us, and although there are likely not many more updates to be had in the future, I will do my best to be more prompt with them. Today's agenda includes three main components: Delays, Gratitudes, and Legends.
Delays
Due to a variety of complicating factors, we're going to have to push back our fulfillment until early/mid January. Our original timeline was ambitious, but it's really important to me that the team can take their time and get everything perfect than to rush even a single aspect of the product. I'm confident that when you see the finished product, you'll feel the same way. It's possible that we'll have books and boxes shipped out even sooner than mid January, but I don't want to make promises.
That being said, fulfillment for the basic tiers is starting this week. IPR has been in con season, which means that they've been running all around the country for weeks on end with nary a moment to rest (bless their hearts), but with Pax Unplugged concluding this past weekend, they're back to their usual schedule and can proceed with BTF fulfillment.
Gratitudes
With the holiday season comes the obligatory period of light, warmth, and comfort that contrasts the cold and dark of the outside world. Personally, I've always loved winter--it's my favorite season, and I am at my happiest during the shortest days of the year. It's times like this that make me especially grateful for all of you. Making art, especially art that requires a group of audience members, can feel both lonely and isolating. Games are only games once they are played, and it can often seem like when I am writing, I am tossing ideas off a cliff and hoping someone at the bottom will walk by and catch one.
So... thanks for catching one. Thank you for sticking around. Thank you for being you, and for supporting countless other artists just like me, like Nic, like Reese and MC and Dominique.
Legends
It's finally time: I am proud to announce our Book of Legend guest writers! Aside from Nic and myself, our guest contributors are:
90south (Chris Gales), a game designer that has been an active contributor to the Clawhammer game jams and a fantastic experimental micro RPG writer
The work that these three have done on the book already is outstanding, and I'm more and more excited about the final product every day. It's also looking like the book may be even longer than we initially anticipated... instead of 50 pages, we might be looking at closer to 75 or 100!
Thank you again for all of your patience and understanding. Stay safe, stay warm, stay bright.
Who could’ve expected that going to Big Bad Con and then Metatopia not even a week later would knock me out so badly?
(Everyone. Everyone expected this. Except me, full of gaming hubris.)
But I don’t regret it! They’re the two best cons in the US, in my opinion, and I had a fantastic time at both. We even ran Before the Flood at Big Bad, which was incredible. It’s going to take me a while to get over the rush of other people playing and having fun with something I made.
In any case, onto business. The regular ol’ Before the Flood physical copies arrived safe and sound at IPR right before I headed out for Big Bad, and we’re going to start getting everything ready to send those out this week. If that’s all you ordered, look out for an email with a tracking number soon!
Everything else, including the foil versions, playing card, tarot, poster, Book of Legend, ect, are getting finished up this week as well. I’ve got some fantastic artwork from Reese to show you on those accounts!
The Five of Cups
The King of Clubs
The Map Poster
The back of the tarot card! The playing card back looks similar, just sized differently.
We’re looking to get those ordered and delivered to IPR by the end of this month, and (hopefully) shipped out before the holidays.
I’ll see y’all at the end of this week with an update on how everything I’ve outlined has gone entirely and perfectly to plan, as they always do with crowdfunding projects (did someone say something about hubris earlier?).
ps. Sylvan and I have both moved off of Twitter entirely. If you're looking for us on social media, come join us on Bluesky! @lonelamplighter.bsky.social and @omophagic-beast.bsky.social.
Hey folks, Sylvan here! Quick update to cover a few key things. First and foremost, surveys are locking in 24 hours, so please please fill out your survey if you haven't already.
As soon as orders are locked, PDFs will automatically be distributed through Backerkit! And at the end of the week, fulfillment will start for the basic, book-only tier of backers.
Oh, yeah. The book came in! And it looks like this:
The beautiful cover!
An example spread
The title page
So pretty! Very wow.
Additionally, Nic and I will be at Big Bad Con together this weekend! Swing by, say hi, buy some games, play Before the Flood with us.
Seemingly with a finger snap, September has come to an end. Rolling, roiling, boiling heat has cascaded down from the foothills and washed over my home like a flood, baking us into the tarmac and sapping away the morning dew before we get back up again. Devildays, the hottest season of the year in Wanderhome, seems to come earlier and stay later every year.
Enough with the poetry.
Sorry! Heat makes me languish, and when I languish, I get wordy. September was extremely productive for the BTF crew--we've stayed completely on schedule, which is extremely exciting. Within the next 24 hours, you'll all be sent Backerkit surveys (I'll send out another short update reminding you to fill them out this week). You will have 2 weeks to fill out your survey. That includes adding on any extras you want to snag, giving us your shipping address, and paying postage. Once those two weeks have elapsed, the survey will close, and you will not be able to fill it out.
You can also all expect the PDF to be delivered to your inbox within the next couple of days. We're finalizing a couple of laaaaaast touches, and then the game will well and truly be done. And it looks..
Well.
Take a peek yourself :)
A preview spread of the first two pages of the "Weal" Mantle
The introductory section of the game
As a reminder, the zine-only orders will start shipping out by the end of October. Once I submit that print order on Monday, I'll be calling a meeting with the team to figure out our precise timeline for delivering All Of The Extra Things(tm) like the postcards, map template, playing and tarot card, and Book of Legend. You can expect that information soon. My optimistic estimate remains that you will all have all of your deliverables in-hand by the end of November, and there's nothing that's indicated to me yet that it won't be possible. I'll keep you in the loop.
Stay cool, stay dry, stay safe, my friends.
You'll be hearing from me soon.
With gratitude, Sylvan
PS: Nic and I will be at Big Bad Con this year running Before the Flood! Event sign-ups are happening right now, so go find us and get in on the action!
