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Hi, Rose here, with the latest progress from Eddy!
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Hello, good dogs!
It's been a couple of months since the Kickstarter ended, and I wanted to give you an update on where things are with me. March and April was preparation work, including:
The last one is a bit odd. I spent a chunk of April just focusing on incorporating some fixes and adjustments, smoothing out some rough edges so I can use the rest of the time on the first draft adding new material. Here's a list of some of the changes I made:
There may be more changes as I continue to work on the first draft, but those were areas that I knew I wanted to make some updates. Two areas that require more substantial changes are the spell system and enemies. Those are going to be completely reworked, and I've hired two talented people -- David Bounds and Rob Wieland -- to help me with them.
The majority of the feedback I've gotten were that spells are confusing, have some specific issues, and don't differentiate between artisans and shepherds very much. David has some ideas on how to not only fix those concerns, but also build a structure that will extend better to future products (including some very early ideas of Mau necromancy). I won't share any details right now, since we're still deep in the realm of discussing design, but I think it's going in a good direction. Meanwhile, I want a nice, flavorful selection of enemies and other non-player characters for the first book -- things that are evocative of traditional fantasy games, but still have that unique Pugmire spin. Rob and I have already kicked around a few ideas, and I'm really excited by what he'll bring to the table.
I've also been deciding on the nature of the world around the kingdom of Pugmire, and Rich has created this beautiful map. It's not the final version, but I already love how it's turning out. Here's a look at where it's at right now!
Finally, some people have asked about the status of other products with words in them. Right now, everything pretty much requires the first book to be finished before we can move forward. That's the book you backed, and I want to make sure it gets to you in good time, but any subsequent products also needs to build on this material, so I need to focus on it. I'm hoping that I can get started on some of the additional products (like the anthology) once I have at least a complete first draft. Earplay is a bit of an exception, because we're breaking completely new ground with that. It requires more of a lead-up as we sort out the logistics of making a whole new thing, but even that probably won't start in earnest for a couple more months.
That isn't to say I haven't been thinking about future products. Aside from the stretch goals we committed to, there are at least four more we're considering, and I'm in preliminary talks on some other very interesting possibilities. But that's all down the road, and it all comes after we get this first book done.
I'll have some more bits to share with you in June!
RichT here:
Just another reminder that we need you to fill out the Surveys we sent you from BackerKit.
They are really important to 1) start your connection to BackerKit and so you can start managing your pledge, and 2) so that we can get a starting count for the various Add-ons and Stretch Goal rewards we need to have manufactured.
Getting comfortable with BackerKit means you can make sure your pledge and rewards are all correct, but BackerKit also enables backers to upgrade their pledges as well as add more Add-ons after the KS is over. Which is something we haven't been able to do before!
So please get those Surveys filled out and sent back!
"A large chunk of playtest feedback incorporated, in preparation for the main manuscript write and rewrite."
And:
"I literally wrapped up the system tweaking a couple of hours ago, and I've gone through a couple of writer inquiries, so it's really close to getting the writing team on board."
He's hoping to have a more substantive Update next month, and I know he is also working on the dog and cat NPCs from those Reward Tiers.
Thanks!
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RichT here:
Just a reminder to fill out your Surveys via the BackerKit link we sent out. If you can't find your message with the link, you can use this one:
https://pugmire-fantasy-tabletop-rpg.backerkit.com/
With your Survey you can answer our questions like previous Kickstarters, but you can also add on more Add-ons or even Upgrade your pledge Reward Tier - which are cool extra features that come with BackerKit. The extra money won't be charged until we do the Lock Down in a few months. And don't worry, I'll send out messages warning everyone when the Lock Down is going to happen.
Also, another cool feature of BackerKit is that folks who aren't amazing backers like yourselves can Pre-Order Pugmire and some of the associated stuff like the dice and cards, etc. If you know anybody who wants to Pre-Order anything, please give them this link: https://pugmire-fantasy-tabletop-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Thanks!