Welcome to the Release Roundup! This is where we update you on what we’ve been up to for the last month, from weekly releases to crowdfunding projects to production status updates.
This month’s Onyx Path releases include:
- Scion: Path to Apotheosis: A Collection of Demigod Scenarios (PDF/print)
- Scion: Scion Book 4: God (PDF/print)
- Scion: Storypath Tasty Bit: The Source (PDF)
- Realms of Pugmire: Threats & Curs (Advance PDF)
This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:
- Scarred Lands: The Prison Unvanquishable
- Scarred Lands: 100 Books to Find In or About Hollowfaust II
- Scion: Pride 2024
- Scion: Once Man, Forever God
Crowdfunding Update
The Storypath Ultra Core Manual campaign launched and concluded within September! We funded in just over an hour, and wrapped up at $58,525, or 585% of our original $10,000 goal, thanks to 1261 backers!
We reached the following stretch goals:
- SPU Community Content Program
- SPU Digital Wallpaper
- SPU RedBubble shirt
- SPU Approved Licensing Program
- SPU VTT Token Pack
- SPU Discord Dice Bot
The Curseborne Kickstarter launched today! We funded in about half an hour, and are currently at $63,021, or 210% of our original $30,000 goal, thanks to 790 backers!
We’ve reached the following stretch goals:
- Tangled Webs: strange liminalities and shattered spaces based on real places to use in your game.
CURRENT PRODUCTION STATUS
Items in bold have changed in status since last month. Early stages, such as proposals, outlines, and approvals, are not shown here.
Development: These stages typically happen first in a project, and concern the words you’re going to be reading.
- First Draft: Writers turn in their initial drafts
- Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars
- Scion: Mythic Shards (Additional Shards)
- Exalted: Exalted Essay Collection
- Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
- Scion: Dragon Lair 4 (December)
- Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: Starship Fight (November)
- Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
- Scion: Myth
- Exalted: Champions of the Divine Flame
- Exalted: The Exalted Essence Player’s Guide
- Exalted: Sidereals Companion
- Exalted: Alchemicals
- Manuscript Approval: The developed manuscript goes to Content Leads, In-House Developers, and the Creative Director for final approval.
- Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall
- Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual
- Curseborne Core Rulebook
- Scion: Mythic Shards
- Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Villain #4 (October)
- Exalted: Exigents Jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: The Haunted Village
- Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
- At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Jumpstart
Art Direction: These stages happen concurrently with the final stages of Development, and concern the visual appearance of the final product. Accordingly, some items may appear in both the Development and Art Direction lists.
- Art Notes Prep: Hand-off between production and art. Art notes are collected from developers, projects placed in a holding pattern as artist availability is managed. Sometimes a project might move back from to Prep from active Art Direction. Don’t panic.
- The World Below: Underworld Adventures
- The World Below: Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology of the World Below
- The World Below: Enter the Dungeon Jumpstart
- Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests
- Scion: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
- Scion: Gifts of the Titans
- Scion: Wild Hunt
- Scion: Dragon Companion
- They Came From…: Heroes of Action and Wonder!
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: They Came from Witchford Academy!
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from the Danger Zone!
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! VTT Adventure
- Trinity Continuum: Tasty Bit Compilation
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies! (was Thrilling Tales)
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: DLC
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: alt-AR (Cascade)
- Exalted: Exigents: VTT Tokens
- Realms of Pugmire: Wallpapers
- Art Direction: Artists are hired according to the needs of the line and book. Art is created and turned in.
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual (Crowdfunding)
- Curseborne (Crowdfunding)
- At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook (Crowdfunding)
- Scion: Mythic Shards (Crowdfunding)
- Scion: Titans Rising
- Scion: Demigod Companion
- Scion: God: Player’s Guide
- Scion: God: Divine Inspiration
- Scion: God Jumpstart
- They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology!
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis
- Trinity Continuum: Aether Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: Shattered Seals (Terra Surge)
- Mage: The Ascension: Faces of Magick
- Mage: The Ascension: Forgotten and Forbidden Orders
- Exalted: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion)
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
- Exalted: Alchemicals (Crowdfunding)
- Branch Riders (Crowdfunding)
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau (Crowdfunding)
- In Layout: Typeface, coloration, and art are chosen, added to the manuscript text, and laid out for visual appeal.
- The World Below: The World Below Rulebook
- Scion: Tasty Bit Compilation
- Scion: God Storyguide Screen
- Trinity Continuum: Community Content Style Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: With Great Power
- Exalted Essence: Pillars of Creation (Essence Companion)
- Exalted Essence: Deeds Yet Undone (Adventure Trilogy)
- M20 Victorian Age: Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters
- Proofing: The final book layout is checked over by the art director, creative director, and sometimes the developer to make sure everything appears as it should.
- Scarred Lands: Spiragos Collected Adventures
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Jumpstart
- Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire 2e Core Rulebook
- At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release.
- Reprints:
- Scion: Origin: To Studio2.
- Trinity Continuum Core: To Studio2.
- Curseborne Brochure #3: Getting files over to the printer this week.
- Curseborne Gamehole Con Card: Getting to press.
- Scion: God: Reviewing quotes for trad printing.
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Advances in and signed off on.
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Director Reference Screen: Printer sending to Studio2.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Advances in and signed off on.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Director Reference Screen: Printer sending to Studio2.
- Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Player’s Guide: Working Page XXs at 2:01pm Tuesday.
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Reviewing quotes.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Advances in and signed off on.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Terra Surge Reference Screen: Printer sending to Studio2.
- Exalted: Crucible of Legends VTT Tokens
- Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes: Reviewing quotes.
- Exalted: Exigents Storyteller Screen: Looking at proofs.
- Exalted: Essence: Tomb of Memory Jumpstart: Errata input.
- Exalted: Essence: Essence Charm Cards: Got about half the PoDs set up...
- Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course: Index in. Awaiting Page XXs.
- Exalted: Sidereals novella: Errata shut down this week.
- Reprints: