FINAL review!
over 4 years ago – Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:51:18 PM

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What's cooking this month - another update coming next week!
over 4 years ago – Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 07:28:25 PM

Greetings, heroes!

It’s been a busy month over here at GTG HQ. We’ve gotten a ton done, but the graphic design and layout review is taking longer than anticipated. They’re going over everything very carefully to make sure it’s the best it can be, so I definitely want that to happen, but I’d hoped to have a new final file for you that was genuinely the “this file is going to the printer by the end of this week” file as part of this update. That’s the bad news. Good news: they’ve told me that I will have that file to share with you all next week! Not too much longer to wait, at all! So, next week, there will be a “Backers Only” update that has that file, just to get one last pass of all of your eyes on it before we go to print. If you’ve ever missed out on the preview file before, this is the time to grab it! Consider yourselves forewarned!

With being so close to handing the SCRPG Core Rulebook off to the printer, we’re getting ready to dive into the History of Sentinel Comics book, as that’s coming together very well at this point. So, if you’re one of the backers at the level that gets your name as one of the characters in that book, keep your eyes open for a backer survey that I’ll be sending out right after this update. That will let me know the information necessary to make sure you’re a part of the Sentinel Comics history!

I look forward to bringing you an exciting PDF next week!

-Christopher

Checking it twice* (*"twice" meaning far more than two times)
over 4 years ago – Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 10:43:31 PM

Hello, everyone!

Wow, a lot has happened since the last update only a few weeks ago. We posted the SCRPG Core Rulebook PDF, and got a lot of useful notes from so many delightful backers! Thank you all so much for all of your wonderful feedback and close attention to detail! Since then, we’ve combed through and corrected every error and rephrased things to answer questions you’ve raised. It took longer than expected, but everything does - especially now. These are trying times for everyone, but we’re still making progress!

Additionally, our COO Jenn is the Creative Director of the core rulebook, and she’s just come back off maternity leave! Since the timing of her return matches up well with the timing of getting all of your feedback addressed, the book is now in her hands as she does her final pass on layout and graphic design. She’ll be giving me another “final” PDF in the next few weeks so I can make sure no errors were introduced to the text in that process, which I will immediately share with all of you backers. We’ll only have a few days at that point to go over it before it goes to print, but given how well everything else has gone here, that should be more than sufficient.

Yes, this additional review process is adding about a month to our production time, but we weighed the pros and cons and consider it well worth it. Another thing that happened in the last few weeks is that Gen Con was cancelled, which changes our schedule a bit. We were originally pushing to make sure that everyone had the book delivered by Gen Con so we could then have the book at that convention. With Gen Con off the table, and considering the backer feedback, it seemed worth it to us to take a bit more time for review. We’re so close to the finish line, so we don’t want to stumble now!

So! Look forward to another Backer-Only update soon! As soon as the file goes to print, Jenn and her team will start in on the process of optimizing, cross-referencing, and generally enhancing the PDF to the “product” version, including a more sensical PDF page numbering and chapter links and more! 

-Christopher

The SCRPG Core Rulebook Early Release PDF!
over 4 years ago – Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:21:01 AM

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It's May! The month of PDF release!
over 4 years ago – Thu, May 07, 2020 at 12:00:43 AM

Good morning, everyone!

Just to get things started, this is not the Kickstarter update you've all been waiting for, but it IS a precursor to that update. 

While Sarah and I were going over final notes on every little bit of text and art in the SCRPG Core Rulebook last week, we noticed some irregularities in overlapping lines in charts. Super minor stuff that we know we'd be kicking ourselves if we let it go to print with those lines. But! It's one thing to identify that problem, and another to go through and painstakingly adjust each line throughout the entire book. It's added a few days of work to our plates, but it's happening. All that to say, instead of you getting the entire PDF today (SORRY!), you'll either be getting it by the end of this week, or next Tuesday at the very latest. Fingers crossed for speedy delivery!

So, as excited as you are to get your digital hands on this thing, we're even more excited to send it to you! I promise to send it out as soon as I possibly can. Again, apologies for the additional delay, but we want it to be as close to perfect as possible. Thanks for sticking with us here. The finish line is so close!

Back to the "obsessively checking everything" mines! More updates coming soon!

-Christopher