Release Date and Trusting the Process
over 3 years ago – Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 05:29:31 PM

Release Date

As to not bury the lede we are going to push out releasing The Means of Magick to next month.  We absolutely could crunch and spend some long nights to get it out this month.... but that sounds awful. We also have a wedding to attend out of state at the end of the month causing us to miss a weekend of work.  

The Process

We are still doing layout work making the game look it's best. This also involves implementing a lot of invisible groundwork to make sure that accessibility options are working as intended. Accessibility isn't something we are willing to compromise for style. On the other side of things we are getting into the last phase of editing. This is the one where Alex reads every page out loud to make sure everything makes sense out loud and to catch some pesky errors. 

Monster-Spell-Skill Playing Cards?

Recently Alex has been learning NanDeck, a tool for automating playing cards like Yugioh, Magic, or Pokemon( along with any other kind of card you can think of. If there is interest we were wondering if people would be interested in sheets of these cards they could print out for TMoM.  These could be monsters and goons The Narrator might control with easy to access stats printed on them. Common spells a player might use to have handy instead of writing them down.  We believe these would help a lot for groups that want to keep combat as light as possible, as well as the those that want to get really deep reserves of random encounters.

If there is enough interest Alex will make these right after we release. They won't be released with art. We are happy though to with it release a excel sheet with all of the examples made, and the exact code and images used to make our cards so anyone can make custom cards for themselves.  Let me know what you think!

Also in the US go register to Vote. (probably not in the US also, but today is national register to vote day in the US)

 -Alex & Jess

See us at Gen Con Booth 132 + layout peek
over 3 years ago – Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 05:43:38 PM

So now for a peek at layout (from Jess):

Hey, all! Below are a couple of in-progress spreads that I've been working on. It's not final and still sloppy (text is still filler or unedited/earlier stuff, and not everything is in place on the page) but it shows you a couple examples of how spread pages and individual pages will look when everything's said and done. :) Hope the .png export I did for this post isn't potato quality!

(If you're using a screen reader, I put in alt text descriptions that just say that it's layout spreads for which pages. The actual electronic edition will be completely screen reader legible.)

Backer Kit is live! (From Alex)

Maybe this is exciting, maybe not? I added an exclamation mark to try to make it exciting for you. Our Backer Kit is now live for Pre-orders and such. So if you have a friend just wishing they were able to nab this game early, send them the link. Expect to start seeing surveys detailing product shipping and digital delivery next month.

https://tmom.backerkit.com/

Other than that we are off to Gencon. Come say hi! Booth #132 with the IGDN

Jess & Alex

Next steps! Layout and a little more!
almost 4 years ago – Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 08:36:37 PM

Hey, everyone!

It’s summertime, baby! Alex is back from Origins and I am finally on summer break. We’ve been working hard getting the game ready for release. I’m happy to be in layout heck as we get through the last bit of this Chicago heat wave.

Alex has sent out the last messages to people who are contributing artifacts and archetypes, so keep an eye out on your inbox for that if you backed the project at that tier.

All of our art is in and finished and looks amazing (thank you so much to all of our artists and to Aaron Radney for making it all happen). Now I get to use all of their amazing work to make the layout design pop. So no art drop today, but in the next update, I will show you some layout pieces.

Hope your summer is off to a great start.

--Jess

Here is a (late!) update! Plus art drop!
almost 4 years ago – Wed, May 04, 2022 at 10:25:02 PM

Hey everyone! 

Sorry about the delay on this update, I had covid reached Wannabe Games are really put a damper on our ability to do anything for awhile. Good news is we are on the mend and feeling good now! So onto new art! These are done by the talented @artofelaineho 

Come peek this art!
about 4 years ago – Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 08:21:45 PM

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