When we started the campaign, it was speculated that I might not make the $750 necessary to print the zines, much less pay for the remaining spreads' art, and I even delayed the launch a month to get more ground work in before going live. Thanks to you, we proved the metrics wrong and my first project as a real game designer pulled in $10,547!
Oh, sorry for the delay in getting this update to you; I needed a couple days just to re-tool my brain to no longer be checking the funding level every half hour, and enjoy not having to be "on" in self-promotion mode at all times. It's hard on the street for an introvert.
I have started to look at the surveys, and will be getting those out to you when I am able. I also see that I have given incorrect information and we WILL be able to do late pledges OR a preorder store.
THE BLASTED HIGHWAY AHEAD
As mentioned, you'll be getting surveys soonish. I need to get with the printer to get some revised estimates on add-ons like Blood on the Bleak Road that popped up later in the campaign, as well as some updated quantities, volumes, shipping data, and other boring stuff.
WHEN WILL YOU GET .PDFs?
Most of the .pdfs will come out just prior to shipping, but I'm going to see about getting Blood on the Bleak Road to physical buyers through my Itch page (by the way: cheers to the person who paid $6.66 for Enter the Dismal Armory last night; you have been witnessed, sir!). This is all pretty new to me, so give me a bit to get it sorted.
TALES FROM THE LORE DUMPSTER - FINAL ACHIEVEMENT & EPILOGUE!!!
We just barely squeaked in with exactly 460 backers in the final minutes of the campaign! I don't know what your parents, friends, children, and strangers you met on the street and forced to pledge at gunpoint are going to do with my zines, but I'm happy to give it to them, anyway! I don't want to Bust a Deal and Face the Wheel, so it looks like you're getting an epilogue to Janet From Marketing's story in the Backer section of this update.
