Release Roundup: July 2025

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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:

This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:

Crowdfunding Update

Pugmire Unleashed wrapped up this month on BackerKit! We closed at $17,115, or 342% of our $5000 goal, thanks to our 414 backers!

We hit the following stretch goals:

  • Unleashed Appendix: Character Creation Tables
  • RedBubble backer shirt design
  • Pugmire Unleashed Digital Wallpaper
  • New map of the Realms of Pugmire

CURRENT PRODUCTION STATUS

Titles in bold have changed production stages 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: The Making of Curseborne
  • Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
    • The World Below: Secrets of Kalm and Kaos: The World Below Storyguide’s Handbook
  • Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
    • The World Below: The World Below Delver’s Guide
    • Exalted: Riders from the Sunless Lands: The Abyssals Companion
    • Exalted: Infernals
  • Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
    • Storypath Ultra: Discord Dice Bot
    • Curseborne: Toil & Trouble: Curseborne Player’s Guide
    • Curseborne: Accursed Adventure supplement
    • At the Gates: At the Gates Companion
    • Realms of Pugmire: Pugmire Unleashed Appendix
  • 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 Jumpstart
  • Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
    • Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars: Leviathan Companion
    • Realms of Pugmire: Pugmire and Beyond (was Expansion of the Realms)
  • Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
    • Storypath Ultra Core Manual
    • Curseborne: Curseborne Fiction Anthology
    • Monster Kingdoms: Monster Kingdoms Rulebook
    • Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars: Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars Rulebook
    • Branch Riders: Facilitator’s Guide
  • Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
    • Curseborne: Storypath Tasty Bit: Weeping Scars (August 2025)
    • Curseborne: Curseborne Jumpstart
    • Exalted: Essence: Exalted Essence Player’s Guide

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 to Prep from active Art Direction. Don’t panic.
    • Curseborne: Tangled Webs
    • 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: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
    • Scion: Gifts of the Titans
    • Scion: God Jumpstart
    • Scion: God: Divine Inspiration
    • 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: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
    • Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars
    • Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies!
    • Trinity Continuum: Gear and Gadgets
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
    • Exalted: Exigents: Champions of the Divine Flame
    • Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
    • Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall
    • Realms of Pugmire: The Haunted Village
    • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Jumpstart
  • Art Direction: Artists are hired according to the needs of the line and book. Art is created and turned in.
    • Storypath Ultra Core Manual
    • Curseborne: Curseborne Rulebook
    • Curseborne: Toil & Trouble: Curseborne Player’s Guide (Crowdfunding)
    • At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook
    • Monster Kingdoms: Monster Kingdoms Rulebook (Crowdfunding)
    • The World Below: Underworld Adventures
    • Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests
    • Scion: God: Player’s Guide
    • Scion: Dragon Companion
    • They Came From…: Heroes of Action and Wonder!
    • Exalted: Essence: The Exalted: Essence Player’s Guide
    • Exalted: Alchemicals: Servants of the Machine God
    • Exalted: Sidereals Companion
    • Realms of Pugmire: Pugmire Unleashed (was: Pugmire and Beyond. Crowdfunding)
  • In Layout: Typeface, coloration, and art are chosen, added to the manuscript text, and laid out for visual appeal.
    • The World Below: World Below Storyguide Screen
    • They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Jumpstart
    • Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Players Guide Wallpaper
    • Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: alt-AR (Cascade)
    • Exalted: Exigents: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion)
    • Branch Riders
    • 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.
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether Jumpstart
  • Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
  • At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release. Statuses in bold have changed since last month.
    • The World Below: The World Below Rulebook: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
    • Scion: Mythic Shards: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
    • Scion: Mythic Shards Reference Booklet: PoD proof ordered.
    • Scion: Wild Hunt: Inputting errata.
    • Scion: God: At Studio2.
    • Scion: God: God Storyguide Screen: At press.
    • They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology! Rulebook: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
    • Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Trinity Continuum: Aegis Rulebook: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Trinity Continuum: Aether Rulebook: At Studio2.
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Storyguide Screen: At press.
    • Trinity Continuum: Anima: Anima Mobile Wallpaper: Out this week.
    • Exalted: Essence: Essence Novella Omnibus: Prepping PoD.
    • Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes: Quoting.
    • Exalted: Exigents Storyteller Screen: At Studio2.
    • Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course: Quoting.
    • Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave: PoD proof ordered.
    • Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Wallpapers: Out to backers.
    • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
    • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Wallpapers: Out to backers.