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:
- Curseborne: Storypath Tasty Bit: Nexus (PDF)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the RPG Anthology! (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the RPG Anthology! Quip Cards (PDF)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Cowboy’s Gulch! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Mean Streets! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Interstellar Starship! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Bard’s Quill! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Billiard Room with the Candlestick! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Hi-Octane Apocalypse! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from Under the Skull & Crossbones! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Steel Dragon Tournament! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from the Meticulously Planned Bank Job! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from Beneath Capes and Cowls! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- They Came from the RPG Anthology!: They Came from Bridgton Rectory! Quip Cards (PDF/print)
- Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Tasty Bit Compilation (Advance PDF)
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Adventure! Storyguide Screen (PDF)
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Shattered Seals: An Anima Jumpstart (PDF/print)
Merch released this month includes:
This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:
- Scarred Lands: Sangus’s Guide to the Titanspawn – Preview 1
- Scarred Lands: Sangus’s Guide to the Titanspawn – Preview 2
- Scarred Lands: Sangus’s Guide to the Titanspawn
- Scion: Trickster’s Guide to Ascension
- They Came from Beneath the Sea!: A Winter of Horror
- Trinity Continuum: Intermundium
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: N!-Force
Crowdfunding Update
Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars wrapped up on BackerKit yesterday, and closed at $20,500, or 137% of our $15,000 goal, thanks to 469 backers!
We unlocked the following stretch goals:
- Leviathan Companion: Kaiju!
- Steam Wars digital wallpaper
- Storyguide Reference PDF
- RedBubble Backer Shirt
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
- Curseborne: Toil & Trouble: Curseborne Player’s Guide
- Curseborne: Curseborne Jumpstart
- Curseborne: Tangled Webs
- At the Gates: At the Gates Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Gear and Gadgets
- Exalted: Exalted Essay Collection
- Exalted: Riders from the Sunless Lands: The Abyssals Companion
- Exalted: Infernals
- Realms of Pugmire: Expansion of the Realms
- Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual Additional Settings
- Storypath Ultra: Discord Dice Bot
- Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
- Curseborne: STB: Curseborne Antagonist 3 (March)
- Monster Kingdoms: Monster Kingdoms Rulebook
- Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
- At the Gates: At the Gates Jumpstart
- Scion: Mythic Shards (Additional Shard: Lost Time)
- Scion: Mythic Shards (Additional Shard: Journey to the Wild West)
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: The Lost City of the Oracle’s Amulet
- Exalted: Sidereals Companion
- Manuscript Approval: The developed manuscript goes to Content Leads, In-House Developers, and the Creative Director for final approval.
- Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual
- Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars: Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars Rulebook
- Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
- Curseborne: Curseborne Core Rulebook
- Branch Riders: Facilitator’s Guide
- Realms of Pugmire: The Haunted Village
- Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
- Exalted: Exigents: Champions of the Divine Flame
- Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall
- 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
- Scarred Lands: Spiragos Collected Adventures
- Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests
- Scion: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
- Scion: Gifts of the Titans
- 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!
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: DLC
- 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: Curseborne Rulebook
- At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook
- Scion: Wild Hunt
- Scion: Mythic Shards
- Scion: Demigod Companion
- Scion: God: Player’s Guide
- Scion: God: Divine Inspiration
- Scion: God Jumpstart
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Jumpstart
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! VTT Adventure
- Trinity Continuum: Aether Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars (Crowdfunding)
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies!
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: alt-AR (Cascade)
- Exalted Essence: The Exalted Essence Player’s Guide
- Exalted: Exigents Jumpstart
- Exalted: Exigents: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion)
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
- Exalted: Alchemicals: Servants of the Machine God
- Branch Riders
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau
- 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 Storyguide Screen
- Scion: Tasty Bit Compilation
- Scion: God Storyguide Screen
- Scion: Titans Rising
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Storyguide Screen
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: With Great Power
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Guide Screen
- 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.
- Exalted Essence: Pillars of Creation (Essence Companion)
- Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
- At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release.
- Reprints:
- Scion: Origin: At Studio2, prepping for shipping to backers.
- Trinity Continuum Core: At Studio2, prepping for shipping to backers.
- The World Below: The World Below Rulebook: Tweaking strata map and character sheet… then we PoD the sucker.
- Scion: God: Prepping press files.
- They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology!: On sale this week.
- Trinity Continuum: Tasty Bit Compilation: PoD proofs ordered.
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Trinity Continuum: Aegis Rulebook: PoD files uploaded.
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Prepping press files.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Shipping to backers.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Terra Surge Reference Screen: Shipping to backers.
- Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes: Quoting and press files.
- Exalted: Exigents Storyteller Screen: At Studio2.
- Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course: Quoting and press files.
- Reprints:
I see Scion God and TC Aether have moved from Quoting and press files to Prepping press files. Is there any hope on the horizon for getting Sidereals and Exigents over this hump as well? (I don’t mean to imply that you aren’t doing everything that you can, I just want to set my expectations realistically)
Will Exalted Essence Players Guide be crowdfunded or is it direct to DTRPG?