Release Roundup: May 2024

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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

At the Gates launched on Backerkit three weeks ago, and funded in ten hours! We’re currently at $51,697, or 207% of the original $25,000 goal, thanks to our 937 backers! We have one week remaining!

We’ve unlocked the following stretch goals:

  • At the Gates Storyguide Screen
  • At the Gates Bookmark Set
  • At the Gates Companion x2: Professions & Arts, New Advanced Paths
  • At the Gates Digital Wallpaper
  • At the Gates Redbubble Backer Shirt
  • At the Gates VTT Token Pack
  • At the Gates Chibi Pins

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
    • Scion: Dragon Lair 3 (September)
    • Scion: Dragon Lair 4 (December)
    • Exalted: Exalted Essay Collection
    • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Jumpstart
  • Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
    • Exalted: Champions of the Divine Flame
    • Exalted: The Exalted Essence Player’s Guide
    • Exalted: Alchemicals
  • Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
    • Storypath Ultra Core Manual
    • They Came from [CLASSIFIED]: Villain 3 (July)
    • Exalted: Sidereals novella
    • Exalted: Sidereals Companion
    • Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall/The Ghost Town
  • Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
    • Scion: Dragon Lair 2 (June)
    • Exalted: Exigents Jumpstart
  • 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.
  • Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
    • The World Below: Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology of the World Below
    • The World Below: Underworld Adventures
    • Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests
  • Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
    • The World Below: Enter the Dungeon Jumpstart
    • Trinity Continuum: Tasty Bit Compilation
    • Realms of Pugmire: The Curious Cats of Mau

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.
    • Scion: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
    • Scion: Gifts of the Titans
    • Scion: Wild Hunt
    • Scion: Tasty Bit Compilation
    • Scion: Dragon Companion
    • Scion: Demigod 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!: Storypath Tasty Bit: Cabin in the Woods (October)
    • They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! VTT Adventure
    • Trinity Continuum: Aegis
    • 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)
    • Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: Shattered Seals (Terra Surge)
    • Mage: The Ascension: Forgotten and Forbidden Orders
    • Exalted Essence: Deeds Yet Undone (Adventure Trilogy)
    • Exalted: Exigents: Streaming Overlay
    • Exalted: Exigents: VTT Tokens
    • Exalted: Exigents: Wallpapers
    • Realms of Pugmire: Threats and Curs
    • 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.
    • At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook (Crowdfunding)
    • The World Below: The World Below Rulebook
    • Scion: Mythic Shards (Crowdfunding)
    • Scion: Path to Apotheosis (Demigod Scenarios)
    • Scion: Titans Rising
    • 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
    • They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Jumpstart
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether Jumpstart
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
    • Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Player’s Guide
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: With Great Power
    • Mage: The Ascension: Faces of Magick
    • M20 Victorian Age: Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters
    • M20 Victorian Age: Weird Wonders and Revolutionary Magick
    • Exalted: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion)
    • Exalted Essence: Pillars of Creation (Essence Companion)
    • Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
    • Branch Riders (Crowdfunding)
    • 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: No Gods, No Masters
    • Trinity Continuum: Community Content Style Guide
    • Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Apocalyptic Record wallpaper
    • Exalted: Exigents: ST Reference Screen
    • Chronicles of Darkness: Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters
    • 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: Essence: Essence Charm Cards
    • Exalted Essence: Tomb of Memory Jumpstart
    • Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course
  • Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
    • Scion: God 2e
  • At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release.
    • Reprints:
      • Scion: Origin: Proof has been gone through and back to printer.
      • Trinity Continuum Core: Proof has been gone through and back to printer.
    • They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Press files uploaded and processing… should see proofs in a couple of weeks.
    • They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Director Reference Screen: Sending info to screen printer for quotes.
    • They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Press files uploaded and processing… should see proofs in a couple of weeks.
    • They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Director Reference Screen: Sending info to screen printer for quotes.
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Going ahead and getting that quote going too.
    • Trinity Continuum: Anima: Pinging printer about cover specs again.
    • Trinity Continuum: Anima: Terra Surge Reference Screen: Sending info to screen printer for quotes.
    • Mage: The Ascension: Lore of the Traditions: On the boat.
    • M20 Victorian Age: M20VA Jumpstart: Inputting errata.
    • Exalted: Crucible of Legends VTT Tokens
    • Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes: Getting quotes for trad printing.
    • Exalted: Essence: On the boat.
    • Exalted: Essence Storyteller Screen: At Studio 2.
    • Deviant: The Renegades: The Clades Companion: Inputting errata.

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