Deep Madness Day One Update
over 7 years ago
– Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 08:54:17 PM
WELCOME, FRIENDS!
Welcome to day one of the Deep Madness reprint campaign! We are so incredibly ecstatic that you are here with us right from the beginning!
It’s been quite a whirlwind day, and in just a few hours we’ve hit over $250,000 and over 2,700 backers! WOW! And really, we’re saying first day, but it’s really only been 9 hours! How’s THAT for amazing!
So, we thought we'd start off by telling you a little bit about what's going to be happening during this campaign and what to expect. First of all, as we've said previously, we are purposefully shying away from adding a bunch of new miniatures to this campaign. This is because we want to get this reprint out to people as quickly as humanly possible, and stay as close to our target delivery date of August as we can. Having said that, does that mean there won't be any incredible new minis in this campaign apart from The Faces of the Sphere? Of course not! In fact, you might even get to help bring one to life! (But more on that in a couple of days.)
One thing we ARE going to do a lot of is experimenting. For starters, I (Byron) am going to do a Kickstarter Live tomorrow (tentatively scheduled for 3PM PDT,) which is something we’ve never tried before. So feel free to jump on there with me and ask away with your questions!
Next of all, we are going to do something that I think could be a ton of fun: a community-driven Choose Your Own Terror story! Basically, I'm going to write up part of an ongoing story, and then we're all going to decide what happens next in the comments from a couple of different (and potentially disastrous) choices (just like those old Choose Your Own Adventure books.) Where will this story take us? I have no idea! But I think it's going to be a blast! (Also, "mad" props to Jordan Adams who first did something similar to this in the comments section during the first DM campaign!) This is going to debut within the next couple of days.
We're also going to be doing a number of contests for different things, and big community pushes for others. All in all, we want this to be a really active, fun campaign for everyone involved.
Furthermore, we're approaching stretch goals a little bit differently. We are going to be using a hybrid system where some goals are standard stretch goals based on funding amounts, and some are based on off-the-wall social things or whatever. In other words, something that's a bit of a combo between something like Exploding Kittens and a more usual Kickstarter. For instance, we've already unlocked several stretch goals, but none of them thus far have been based on funding. (We'll take a look at those in a second.)
Of course we'll also have the "normal" surprises popping up throughout the campaign, and deeper looks at the stuff you already know about like The Faces of the Sphere and Shattered Seas. And because we're flying a little bit by the seat of our pants here, I can also say with complete joy that I have next to no idea what the next 21 days will hold. Okay, that's not completely true. We've got a pretty good idea of a lot of the goals and add-ons and such. But we're leaving a little room for flexibility and surprise along the way. And I think that's going to end up with all of us having a ton of fun with this campaign. So, with that in mind, what would you like to see happen over the next few weeks? Who knows: maybe your idea will make it in. =)
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ACHIEVEMENT CHART
So now we're going to show you something that you'll probably be seeing a lot of in the coming days: the Achievement Chart! This chart will keep us updated on how close we are to unlocking those delicious achievements which will bring us many of our stretch goals. You'll notice on the campaign page that many stretch goals say they are "Unlocked with ___ Achievements." That means we can actively work together toward unlocking these stretch goals by fulfilling the requirements of these achievements, without even waiting for pesky things like funding levels! How quickly can we blow through these? Let's find out! (The links to complete many of these achievements can be found lower down the campaign page. In the coming days we'll move this list higher so that they are easier to access. We just wanted the focus to be more on the game and what we're offering for the first day or two.)
Here's the Achievement Chart as it currently stands:
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THE FACES OF THE SPHERE STRETCH GOALS
As mentioned earlier, we've already hit a couple of stretch goals. Those are:
6 New Consciousness Cards
In case you're new to Deep Madness, consciousness cards are simultaneously a reward for killing a monster with no sanity tokens, and a snippet of story that peers into the past of the Kadath deep sea mining facility. (Think of them like audio logs in games like Alien: Isolation or Dead Space, or voxophones in Bioshock.) With this goal, we have added 6 new consciousness cards to The Faces of the Sphere, unraveling more of the story surrounding these abominations.
1 New Another Dawn Monster Die
We now have this awesome looking monster die included in every copy of The Faces of the Sphere! The monster die is almost always a bad thing when it's rolled, and it's also just about the only die in the game that you can't reroll by using sanity. Now you'll get to scream in terror in style with this gorgeous new 12-sided die!
We're actually really close to unlocking our next stretch goal, too, at 3,000 backers, which will be:
6 New Madness Cards
Madness cards are the polar opposite of the consciousness cards. Whereas the consciousness cards describe the past, madness cards tell you what's happening to you right now. They feature a little horrific story on each card, and each story will likely make you squirm in your seat. What's even worse, though, is that, while consciousness cards have good, benevolent effects, the madness cards are anything but. Sometimes they will destroy your precious items. Or force you to take wounds. Or devour your room. Or spawn monsters right on top of you. Or even worse. And, as soon as we unlock the next stretch goal, you'll get 6 more of them in The Faces of the Sphere! Lucky!
We are going to have a lot more info on The Faces of the Sphere very soon. I'd do more now, but I've just realized this update went really long already. But suffice it to say that in the next day or two we'll have a bunch more info explaining how these minis work and explaining some of the new mechanics they introduce. (Here's a teaser: they are NOT Epic Monsters. =D)
We will talk to you again soon! In the meantime, thanks once more for being here! We are so excited for what's coming up!
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Your Friends,
Diemension Games