Hello Immortals!
We are here with a new update. This time there are a lot of topics:
There are many aspects of the game that are currently in development, but we are to a good point.
Game design: Game design is complete. We still are running tests. We are also testing the expansion that introduces some new mechanics.
Graphics: Most of the graphics are complete, only the expansion is still to design.
Illustrations: They are almost complete.
Story: Story is complete. We only have to translate it in english.
We did a lot of scouting in the last months and gathered new quotes. We found a factory that meets our needs. We already checked the black samples and the quality is very good, so we can produce with them and reduce the production times. In this game there are no miniatures, but we don’t want to have a production that takes months as we did with Candelabria.
For Sheol (and next month for candelabria) we used freight by sea to logistic hubs in each continent, and then from there we prepare the packages and ship to each house. This process take about 3-4 months (sea ships are slow, and so the customs).
But as we did for Lumen tarot we decided to use air shipping directly from the factory to your houses. We will do so for some important reasons.
The first reason is the time: you will receive the goods in 10 days instead of 3 months.
The second is quantity: We don’t have thousand of pieces to ship, and using containers will only make it expensive.
The third reason is security. Shipping directly from the factory could make the entire procees smooth. For Lumet tarot worked very well and also backers are satisfied.
The downside of this is that this shipping more is a little more expensive than the sea one. Because it’s about 22 € at the current rates (could be a little more or less, depends on state and country), instead of the 15 € estimated during the campaign. We hope you understand our decision. Also, we don’t collect VAT/customs in the Pledge manager, except for UK, because of the law, gamefound will collect it for us.
As many of you already know, the Pledge manager is a website used to collect shipping information and shipping cost.
Very soon you should receive and email with all the credentials to access. Please, check also your spam folder. We use the email you have registered on KS.
This time we decided to use Gamefound, because it evolved a lot in the last year, and it’s very easy to use.
To deliver your game, we need you to provide some information, including shipping details. Here is a step by step guide to complete the pledge manager and make for us possible to deliver your game.
1. Your login credentials
Please go to Gamefound and access with the credentials received via email.
2. Your pledge in credits
After the login, you’ll be redirect in the Pledge manager page. Your pledge amount from Kickstarter and converted it into credits.
You will use these credits to configure your final order and cover the shipping costs. You may spend more than your Kickstarter credits, if you do, you will be asked to cover the difference during checkout.
3. Choose your reward
As a standard e-commerce website, you have to select your products and add them to the cart. If you would like to upgrade your pledge, or choose a different one, you can do now simply adding the product you want.
You may also add any additional copies, expansions, or add-ons before finalizing your order.
4. Checkout
After you’ve picked your products and your shipment method, the total cost of the order will be reduced by the value of your credits. Pay the remaining amount to finish your order.
5. Completed!
You are all set! If in the future you need to change your address, you can just login to the website and go to account page.
All the people that didn’s support Solace or pledged only 1 € on KS can now obtain the game in the pledge manager! Only for a limited time!
If you are a new customer, just register to gamefound website and use is as a normal e-commerce.
We also moved the late pledge of Candelabria and Lumen tarot on gamefound and we opened the store there. Remember that The Curse of Candelabria WILL NOT GO TO RETAIL, so you can only purchase the last copies.
In general, because our products cost a lot to produce and have an important vaule, usually don’t go to retail as happened with Sheol. Retailers and distributors need a discount of 70-75%, so if the final price is 100, we have to sell it to distributors at 25. Well, this is possible when you have very low production costs, that is not our case, because we always aim to top notch quality.
So… that’s it! Please let us know if you have questions. You can write to us directly via email to info@lunaroakstudio.com.
All the best!
LOS