Mud is back from the printer and shipping soon!
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 09:51:05 PM
Hi everyone,
We picked up Mud from the printer today! They’re looking great and we’re feeling lucky to have such a fantastic local print shop.
We’re still putting together the final pieces for the Nano Game Bundle level, but we’re expecting those to be finished shortly. We want to ship everything out at the same time, so everyone can expect their rewards to arrive at roughly the same time. For now, we’ve started packing up single orders of Mud so they’re ready to go out the door the minute the remaining games have arrived.
We’ll send another backer update out next week when shipping has begun. Can’t wait to get these games into your hands!
-Hannah and Evan
(Turtlebun)
Mud is being printed!
almost 3 years ago
– Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 04:49:30 PM
Hey everyone,
We’ve gone through our back-and-forth with our print shop on the Mud proof, and we’ve given our thumbs up.
We worked with them on things like cover stock, adding scoring and cuts, and lightening up images that were too dark.
Image above: When we asked for the “nature paper” cover stock we’d used for the proof-of-concept, they handed back the first proof with the kraft paper on the left. We thought the darker paper was cool, but our character sheet is printed directly on the interior cover, requiring a higher-contrast paper. So we switched back to the original stock, which they said is actually called their “tortilla paper” :)
Image above: We went back and forth a few times lightening up some images and darkening others to get as much depth as possible out of the images. It’s amazing how much range you can get out of pure black-and-white printing with adjustments to areas of light and shadow.
We’ll let you know when Mud is back from the printer and we’ve started to package up the zine (and the bundle-level games) for shipping. It feels great to be at this stage of the work—thank you all so much for your patience and good cheer!
Hannah and Evan
(Turtlebun)
Backerkit address and add-ons final call
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 05:55:06 PM
Hey everyone,
An update to let you know that we’ve started the Backerkit lockdown process. In 48 hours, this will lock in your address and any add-ons you’d like shipped with your game. Please take a moment to double-check that information is correct!
Survey page link:
https://mud-a-golem-memoir.backerkit.com/
If you’ve added any of our other games to your order, your card on file will be charged after the Backerkit is locked. Even if you didn’t pick up any add-ons, we still need your survey response so we can ship your rewards to the correct address.
If you know you’ve got a move coming up in the next few weeks, please reach out and let us know! We’ll make sure your rewards get to the right place and can update your address even after it’s been locked down.
We’ll let you know when Mud is back from the printer and will share a peek at the book.
Best,
Hannah and Evan
Mud headed to print
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 08:01:41 PM
Hi everyone!
A quick update to let you know that Mud is headed to the printer next week. Once we’ve looked over their proof - barring no major adjustments - we’ll be set up to get the game out the door!
As we’ve been wrapping up the final work on Mud, we’ve also been making updates and edits to the games included in the bundle level. Particularly You, an Astronaut, which received a huge 2.0 overhaul as part of the Mud Kickstarter. Here’s a look:
Astronaut 1.0:
Astronaut 2.0:
If you already own a digital copy of Astronaut because you purchased the game on itch.io at some point, we’ll update those files with the new version around the time the Kickstarter rewards ship. This is also the first time we’ll be printing physical copies of Astronaut! If you’d like to pick up a physical copy of any of our games before we lock down Backerkit, you can do so here:
https://mud-a-golem-memoir.backerkit.com/
We’ll share another update when the books are back from the printer and we’re ready to ship.
Very best,
Hannah
Mud moving to final layout
almost 3 years ago
– Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:25:48 PM
Hello,
An update to let you know that Mud has moved into the final layout pass. Every page of the book is illustrated, with many pages featuring multi-panel graphic novel illustrations. We’re really happy with the art, and we hope you like it too.
We’ve moved on to the final text layout pass. In the next week, we’ll be passing the book off to a few folks to test out the solo roleplaying/journaling elements of the game. Then, we’ll be sending the zine to our local printer. We’ll share another backer update when that happens, with a final heads up about Backerkit surveys before we lock those down.
If you haven’t filled out your Backerkit survey with your shipping address, you can do so here:
https://mud-a-golem-memoir.backerkit.com/
More soon,
Hannah & Evan (Turtlebun)
