Artwork Preview: Berinncorte City Aftermath
about 7 years ago – Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 04:15:25 PM

As work continues on the content--nearly finished crunch-ing out the new NPCs, and the mapping continues--artwork commissions are progressing nicely.

I'm thrilled to see an advance preview of a major scene from the Berinncorte Basecamp book, which features the external City Gate in the aftermath of the events of Dark Obelisk 1. 

To address the question you're all likely to have, you might care about this, even though it's not for Dark Obelisk 2, because Jack's art style and talent are exactly the kind of tone I'm hoping to set in DO2... and I have several additional scenes lined up for him to tackle for that book.  So excited!

The finished scene will be half-page with some more detail, but so far, it looks amazing. I continue to be just stunned at how talented the artists I get to work with are at adapting a few lines of description into an emotionally-evocative product. 

Kudos to Jack Kaiser (http://jack-kaiser.deviantart.com/); this is the first time working with him and I'm super excited about his art style and his work thus far.

Production Update: April 20th
about 7 years ago – Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 08:26:01 PM

Just a quick update this time: Mapping has begun in earnest. As in full-color, fully-detailed, official mapping, not just the pencil-by-hand stuff that I've been doing thus far.  

Probably going to do a lot of the BB and DO2 stuff in the same stretch since I'm most productive when I just plug away at maps all in one go. Samples to come soon!

Stretch Goal Milestone!
about 7 years ago – Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 01:51:37 PM

Huzzah, thanks to a major backer just now (you know who you are...), we've crossed the $4k mark and unlocked Greatsnake Compound.

I've added a ho-hum Stretch Goal at the $6,500 mark; basically it's the free map pack for Barrowton should that be unlocked.

Many thanks to everyone for their support!

Production Update: April 17th
about 7 years ago – Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 09:48:00 PM

Latest Pagecount: 610.  

Um.  I really need to draw the line here at some point, recognizing that I've got lots of NPCs to add in, and there's a hard limit of 840 pages for hardcover books on the publisher's printhouse!

#goodProblemToHave

Production Update: April 14th
about 7 years ago – Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 03:01:37 PM

TL;DR:

• Pagecount is currently 523 laid-out-and-ready-to-go pages.
• Not included in that total: Pre-Eruption content, Post-Eruption content, dozens and dozens of new characters and statblocks. There's provisional outlining for those things but no guts laid out as of yet.
• Best estimate is that BB will end up being something on the order of 700 pages or thereabouts.

So yeah, worth your pledge dollar, to be sure.  I just wish I had a more satisfying answer as to when it'll be completed.