BACK TO WORK!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 08:53:42 AM

The stars have begun moving to alignment!

Hey everyone, Reed here (that one guy who hacks away on 8-strings), bringing you our very first Post-Kickstarter Update!

The creative team went into hypersleep after the Kickstarter ended to get a few days’ respite. Now the bodies have been thawed, and the mind-awakening cocktails have been administered and we’re back in our respective studios moving forward to create all the truly awesome stuff you’re all a part of!

Creation and forward momentum

Writers have been hired to work on a half dozen encounters, and the main Action Fiction writing team have stocked up on all the snacks and sodas necessary to hole up for some indeterminate amount of time to rock out the main campaign. Artists continue to ink some amazing illustrations for the game, and as for the music, the base OST is complete for the existing outline, and I’ve been gathering quotes for vinyl records. As the writers (on both the main campaign and encounters) proceed, I’ll be working on new music and expanded ambience to accompany all that good stuff.

From funding to pre-order

Now that the initial funding has been successful, and we proceed to create and produce the game and associated artifacts, the material is all available for PRE-ORDER at our Backerkit site for anyone who missed the Kickstarter campaign. You can share it with friends and enemies up until we close late pledge/pre-orders (don’t worry, we’ll let you know when that’ll be).

See you on the other side, Dreamers.

Thanks again for all your support. We’re excited to not only move into creation mode but also asynchronously begin ordering some of those longer lead item pieces (vinyl). Plus, we’ll be running more playtests as we write more scenarios, so if you’re in our Discord, you’ll be able to hang out with us and participate in those!

We’ll be updating you as we move along with at least one email a month (more if some big things happen), and you can expect initial surveys to go out late this month or early November.

Until the next update…

Peace, Love, and 🦑 Metal - Reed

ONLY TWELVE HOURS REMAIN!
about 1 year ago – Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 05:52:15 PM

The end is nigh!

Our Kickstarter is nearly at a close! Only twelve hours left! This has been such an incredible experience for the last month. There are only a few hours left in the Kickstarter, and then it will TRULY be the end!

Well, the end of the beginning, anyway. Because once the Kickstarter is over, we’ll be hard at work bringing Cthulhu’s nightmares to life. But, for now, our time on this platform is coming to an end, and we have a few announcements to make!

Reminder: Playtest Tomorrow!

We’ll be playtesting our second Cthulhu Dreamt scenario, R’lyehian March, tomorrow at 7 PM ET over on our Community Discord Server. Come hang out and watch Cthulhu Dreamt be played LIVE with the creators and several members of our discord, and then hang out afterwards for a post-Kickstarter Q&A to celebrate the success of Cthulhu Dreamt!

Our final ARG winners!

The final slot in the arg contest has been claimed! All five winners have been notified of their victory, and we are super stoked for them to receive their prizes! The ARG ends with the Kickstarter, so if you want to test your skills for bragging rights, feel free! But, once the Kickstarter ends, that’s it for the ARG too!

See you on the other side, Dreamers.

Thanks again for all your support. We’re about to dive into production mode (after a short and well-earned break from the Kickstarter), and we’re excited to show you everything we do along the way! You’ll get a court-side seat for our design process, and we’ll be sharing snippets with you every chance we get. Plus, we’ll be running more playtests as we write more scenarios, so if you’re in our Discord, you’ll be able to hang out with us and participate in those!

See you when you wake up.

Jaron, and the Cthulhu Dreamt design team

Watch us play Cthulhu Dreamt + Check out our artists!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 03:42:58 PM

Hey, gang! Happy Labor Day!

Jaron here, coming at you in the FINAL WEEK of the Kickstarter campaign! This has been an incredible success, and I could not possibly be more excited than I am right now. Unless we fund even more before the end of this week. Then it is possible that I could push the boundaries of human excitement past their limit. If I evaporate into a higher state of being, well... that’s on y’all.

Play Cthulhu Dreamt: R’lyehian March with the Creators!

I am super stoked about this one. On Friday, at 7 PM ET, we’ll be running a LIVE playtest of Cthulhu Dreamt over on our Discord server! What’s more, we’ll be running R’lyehian March for the FIRST TIME EVER! This is the prequel adventure we’ve talked about on the Kickstarter, where players will have the chance to play EDGe Troopers on the day Cthulhu awakens (and trust me, that’s the last day you’d want to be an EDGe Trooper).

Join Snails as Facilitator, along with Reed, and some key members of our Discord community! We’ll be running it in a Stage channel on Discord, so you’ll be able to listen in as we play, and participate in text chat with us and the other viewers! Just head over to our Discord, then check out the Events list at the top of the channel panel.

This is the perfect way for us to bring our Kickstarter campaign to a close (remember: The Kickstarter campaign ends Friday at midnight!). We’ll ring in the end times both in the adventure and out here in the real* world! And we’ll cheer on the end of it all the way humanity does best: together (and probably by our own hands, let’s be real).

Concept Artist Celebration

I also wanted to use this update as an opportunity to spotlight a couple of the kick-ass concept artists that helped bring our work to life! Here’s a list of them, some of their work, and where you can find them out there in the ether (see: on the internet).

== Bleached Rainbows ==

Cher is WICKED talented. She created the concept for the parasite creature that we now know as The Brainchild (which you’ve seen on our limited edition slipcase designed by our art director Bianca Papalardo, and in action in Springfield Nocturne!). Cher has done a great job bringing some TRULY horrifying concepts to life for us, and we’re lucky to have her!

== Wouter ==

We’ve been working with Wouter (Voyager’s Workshop) on a ton of Action Fiction projects. He’s a wicked, multi-talented artist who has done everything from maps to concept art to layout on a handful of projects! He’s also responsible for the baffle birds - what we’ve been internally referring to as “gross chocobos.”

We’ve got a whole SLEW of super skilled illustrators on deck, and Bianca has been able to bring in even more along the way - keep a look out in future updates for some more showcases!

Signing Off

We’re getting set up for a HUGE final week, and all I can really say is: thank you for joining us on this journey. You’ve each been amazing, you’ve left us some really great feedback both here on Kickstarter and also on our Discord. You’ve shared your thoughts and helped us make Cthulhu Dreamt EVEN BETTER, and we owe you a ton for that. Very excited to come together and get this book into your hands as soon as we can.

Keep an eye out also for some upcoming open invitation playtests as we continue writing more and more content for you! Cheers!

Jaron R. M. Johnson & the Cthulhu Dreamt design team

Less than a week, now with more Add-Ons!
about 1 year ago – Sat, Sep 02, 2023 at 09:09:00 AM

Hey Dreamers, Reed here with a quick update for everyone.

We’ve got about six days left of the Kickstarter, and it’s done so well thanks to all of YOU!!

The whole team is so excited about how far its come, and all the progress made toward unlocking these sweet stretch goals.

Stretch Goals & New Add-ons

We're adding a poster set, a map of R'lyeh, and a Facilitator Screen! Read ahead for details!

POSTER SET. At the $40k goal, we unlocked the 3 poster set of art from the game, and backers at the All-In level will have these included in their rewards. The posters will be 12” x 18” and will look amazing! The Kickstarter will be the only time they’ll be bundled like this, so get em while you can.

MAP OF R'LYEH. At the $65k goal, we unlocked a ‘detailed Map of R’lyeh’, which we may be more excited about than is logical (especially me, who has a degree in Geography simply because MAPS ARE RAD!). The map will be part of the main campaign book, and ALSO, we’re printing posters of the map (18” x 24” - the add-on says "12 x 18" and we can't change it now because y'all jumped on it SO FAST 🤣) so that you can use them for additional study if you choose. Because these posters will be double sided, we’ve also added an add-on option to buy a bundle of 2 at a discounted price, in case you’re like me and are definitely going to frame one ;) A map will be included at the All-In tier!

FACILITATOR SCREEN. From the beginning of the campaign, we’ve gotten questions about whether we’ll have a facilitator screen separate and apart from the gatefold jacket of the Vinyl... Well, the answer today is YES!

We’ve added a 12” x 28” Facilitator Screen to the list of add-ons available for purchase. The inside will include handy charts and tables for quick reference, and the back will have a really epic piece of art of our favorite eldritch being, Cthulhu, which is in progress as I type. The Screen will be included at the All-In tier!

Stretch Goal GOALS

Because it’s one of the goals I'm most looking forward to and want to do so badly, the team and Kelli The Opera Geek have discussed, and we’ve decided to shift around some upcoming stretch goals to make the metal/opera song collaboration the $90k goal. We think we can get there, and we REALLY want it to happen.

And while I’ve got you, I just want to give a huge thank you for helping to get us this far! We’ve got about six days until this campaign winds down, and it’s been amazing. So, let’s make it something truly unforgettable and spread the Good Word of Cthulhu.

Until next time,

Reed Reimer and the Cthulhu Dreamt Team

Playing Cthulhu Dreamt with the Creators!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 05:41:29 PM

Hey, Howdy Hey! 

It's Snails, here to let you know that R’lyehian March, our never-before-seen, hot-off-the-press adventure path is going to be playtested LIVE with the creators and some community members over on our Discord Server to celebrate the end of our Kickstarter campaign! Our community will be able to chat with the players live as we’re playing, get questions answered, and hang out with the Cthulhu crew!

This will be a great chance for you all to see how the game is played, then ask us questions after the fact in a short Q&A! We will have an exact time for you in another update next week, but till then, stay safe!

Signing off,
Snails