Welcome to the Release Roundup! We hope your year has started off on a good note.
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:
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Storypath Tasty Bit: Operation: Fabric Spy
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Icons of Rage
- Mage: The Ascension: Lore of the Traditions VTT Assets
- Mage: The Ascension: Lore of the Traditions Streaming Overlays
- Exalted: Across the Eight Directions
This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: The Chronicles of Light
Merch
We released the following designs via our RedBubble store this month:
- Scion: Pantheon: The Round Table
- Scion: Pantheon: Plant Dôn
- Scion: Art: Charge
- Scion: Art: Avalon
- Scion: Art: Round Table
Crowdfunding Update
The Reprint Repro-a-GoGo launched two weeks ago and funded in 90 minutes! We just wrapped up this morning, ending with $5540, or 1108% of our original $500 goal, thanks to our 52 backers.
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
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual
- Scion: Mythic Shards
- Scion: Dragon Lair 1 (March)
- Scion: Dragon Lair 2 (June)
- Scion: Dragon Lair 3 (September)
- Scion: Dragon Lair 4 (December)
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: Storypath Tasty Bit: Spaceships (May)
- The World Below: Underworld Adventures
- The World Below: Jumpstart
- The World Below: Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology of the World Below
- Exalted: Exalted Essay Collection
- Exalted; The Exalted Essence Player’s Guide
- Exalted: Exigents Jumpstart
- Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
- Exalted: Sidereals Companion
- Exalted: Sidereals novella
- Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
- Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests
- Exalted: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion)
- Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
- Scion: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
- Manuscript Approval: The developed manuscript goes to Content Leads, In-House Developers, and the Creative Director for final approval.
- At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook
- Scion: Gifts of the Titans
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: Storypath Tasty Bit: Large Scale Space Combat (February)
- Realms of Pugmire: The Curious Cats of Mau
- Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
- Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
- They Came From…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology!
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Storypath Tasty Bit: Villain 2 (April)
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
- Branch Riders
- Realms of Pugmire: Threats and Curs
- Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
- Scion: God: Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Tasty Bit Compilation
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.
- Scion: Tasty Bit Compilation
- Scion: No Gods, No Masters
- Scion: Path to Apotheosis (Demigod Scenarios)
- Scion: Dragon Companion
- Scion: God: Divine Inspiration
- Scion: God Jumpstart
- They Came From…: Heroes of Action and Wonder!
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: Quip, Cinematic, Fantastic Settings, and Fiendish Plot Cards
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: VTT token pack
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: They Came from Witchford Academy!
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Quip, Cinematic, Twist, and Fiendish Plot Cards
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: VTT token pack
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from the Danger Zone!
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: Storypath Tasty Bit: Cabin in the Woods (October)
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! VTT Adventure
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies! (was Thrilling Tales)
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: DLC
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: alt-AR (Cascade)
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: Shattered Seals (Terra Surge)
- Mage: The Ascension: Forgotten and Forbidden Orders
- M20 Victorian Age: Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters
- Exalted: Exigents: Streaming Overlay
- Exalted: Exigents: VTT Tokens
- Exalted: Exigents: Wallpapers
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: Wallpapers
- Art Direction: Artists are hired according to the needs of the line and book. Art is created and turned in.
- Scion: Wild Hunt
- Scion: Titans Rising
- Scion: Demigod Companion
- They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology!
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Jumpstart
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis
- Trinity Continuum: Aether Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Adventure! Addendum
- Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: With Great Power
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
- The World Below: The World Below Rulebook
- Mage: The Ascension: Faces of Magick
- M20 Victorian Age: Weird Wonders and Revolutionary Magick
- Exalted Essence: Pillars of Creation (Essence Companion)
- Exalted Essence: Tomb of Memory Jumpstart
- Exalted Essence: Deeds Yet Undone (Adventure Trilogy)
- Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire 2e Core Rulebook
- 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.
- Scion: God 2nd Edition
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Director Reference Screen
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Director Reference Screen
- Trinity Continuum: Aether
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Adventure! wallpaper
- Trinity Continuum: Community Content Style Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Terra Surge Reference Screen
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Apocalyptic Record wallpaper
- M20 Victorian Age: M20VA Jumpstart
- Exalted: Essence: Essence Charm Cards
- Exalted: Exigents: ST Reference Screen
- Chronicles of Darkness: Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters
- Changeling: The Lost: The Hedge
- Deviant: The Renegades: The Clades Companion
- Realms of Pugmire: Squeaks in the Deep Companion
- 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
- Exalted: Many-Faced Strangers (Lunars Companion)
- Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
- Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes
- At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release.
- Scion: Origin Reprint: Thanks to Matthew, we’ve dealt with a great many additional errata items… including the character sheets. Book has been exported for press and uploaded for the printing crew.
- Scion: Once and Future: PoD proofs ordered.
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Index is in, awaiting XXs.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Index and XXs are in.
- Trinity Continuum Core Reprint: Interior with Eddy for error correction confirmation. Everything else is done.
- Trinity Continuum: Æon Reprint: Working on corrections and tweaking out anything that would get flagged in Pre Press. Oh, and there is font shift and its a 340+ page book… so it’s taking some time to do.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Probably going to end up going to press with the They Came from Double Feature.
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Apocalyptic Record: Should be at Studio 2 today and backer shipping could start soon.
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Apocalyptic Record Screen and Booklet: At Studio 2.
- Mage: The Ascension: Lore of the Traditions: Printing.
- Exalted: Across the Eight Directions: Awaiting errata.
- Exalted: Crucible of Legends VTT Tokens
- Exalted: Essence: At press. Proofs should arrive sometime this week.
- Exalted: Essence Storyteller Screen: At Studio 2.