HYPERLANES: Cinematic SciFi for DnD 5e

BackerKit Reminder and Update on HYPERLANES Corebook Progress
over 9 years ago – Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 09:57:19 PM

So, we're finishing up the 1 month BackerKit period tomorrow. We'll be charging the few of you who use credit cards for add-ons on the 20th. If you haven't filled out your BackerKit survey, you can go here: https://hyperlanes-cinematic-scifi-for-dnd-5e.backerkit.com/

We've been pleased with how smooth the BackerKit process has been and with how professional and helpful their staff have been. This is our first Kickstarter using the service and it seems to be really helpful in making sure people can grab up all the little added things they need to play the game. 

Work on the HYPERLANES corebook is coming along. We have first and second drafts on most of the book, with content editing almost finished and copy editing underway. Our internal soft deadline for most things is March 15, as that will be the week we do assembly because Katherine will be on spring break and can give us their undivided attention. During that period I (Ryan) will be doing layout for all the card decks.

We're still working on vehicles systems and superscience items, but we've pretty much finished the NPCs and monsters section which has a lot to do with how vehicles work, so that will be done soon. Things are really coming together. Gambits are not totally finalized, as vehicles rules play into the Engineering and Vehicles schools, but we're getting close.

Art is coming along and we're already starting to see some fun portraits. Once I get a few of those together from Avery I'll likely do an update to let you see how it's coming.

Our hope at this point is to get the proofs ordered from DriveThruRPG for us to look at by the end of March. When we do that we'll also send out digital copies of the corebook to backers. If all goes well we'll have DriveThru send out the corebooks and decks a couple weeks later.

After that things are going to happen real fast. We'll be putting out stretch goal books at a very quick rate from then on until about the end of June. We're thinking that our last couple books may need a little bit of wiggle room for development right at the end, but for now we're hoping to hit our June estimated delivery time for all books. 

Things are going well so far! We'll keep you updated as we get closer. 

-Ryan

Surveys Sent!
almost 10 years ago – Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 01:21:09 PM

The BackerKit surveys for HYPERLANES are currently sending. Backers should all get them today. You'll have until Feb 19th to fill them out and pick up any add-ons you'd like to grab.

Hope everyone's having a great year.

-Ryan

Happy New Year: Campaign Finished
almost 10 years ago – Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 03:38:31 PM

And we're done. Thanks to everyone who pledged! We'll have the BackerKit together and launched in about two weeks. 

We're looking forward to creating these cool books and card decks for you. We'll keep you updated as we go.

Fiction Book UNLOCKED!
almost 10 years ago – Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 10:22:08 PM

What a great way to end the campaign and the year. Looks like we've hit our big stretch goal of $40,000, unlocking expanded fiction in the books and a separate fiction book collecting them all up.

Have a great 2017 everyone! Let's celebrate.

Just 12 Hours Left for HYPERLANES!
almost 10 years ago – Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 03:47:19 PM

We're in the final final stretch here everyone! The campaign ends at midnight pacific time, so that the members of the Scrivened team on the west coast will really have something to celebrate.

We're getting pretty close to our $40,000 stretch goal for expanded fiction and a separate fiction book. Let's see if we can get there!