September Beckett Update
over 9 years ago
– Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 09:08:10 PM
Hello V20 Beckett's Jyhad Diary backers!
RichT here:
I am just about finished with our V20 Beckett's Jyhad Diary BackerKit. A long and frustrating set of technical difficulties (that finally were worked out last week) resulted in a lot of wasted work on my part as my computer would randomly shut down as I was trying to put the pieces of the BackerKit together.
So, sorry about the wait, and expect your link late next week (sooner if I can, but now I'm nervous about promising something that should have been simple).
The link will be to a survey for you to fill out so we get your shipping info, as well as your choices for Add-ons. It will be part of a general BackerKit backer page for you that you can revisit at any time to change your shipping address, or add-ons, or even to upgrade your pledge or add more add-ons.
And if any of your friends missed the Beckett Kickstarter, you'll be able to direct them to the site so they can get in on some of the books and things like the V20 dice!
The V20 Beckett's Jyhad Diary additional chapters that were added as Stretch Goals continue to be written, and Mirthful Mike, our art director, has assigned all the new art we need to our amazing artists.
Thanks!
Beckett's August Update
over 9 years ago
– Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 01:35:20 PM
Hello V20 Beckett's Jyhad Diary backers!
RichT here:
Right now, I am partway through the set-up for the Beckett Kickstarter BackerKit survey and backer pages. Expect to be sent a link to that sometime in September once I get it finished and BackerKit makes sure it will work as planned.
The link will be to a survey for you to fill out so we get your shipping info, as well as your choices for Add-ons. It will be part of a general BackerKit backer page for you that you can revisit at any time to change your shipping address, or add-ons, or even to upgrade your pledge or add more add-ons.
And if any of your friends missed the Beckett Kickstarter, you'll be able to direct them to the site so they can get in on some of the books and things like the V20 dice!
The V20 Beckett's Jyhad Diary additional chapters that were added as Stretch Goals are coming along well, with the text being worked on, and Mirthful Mike, our art director, has assembled a team of artists to add to the already gorgeous art in the book.
Everybody is incredibly excited to be able to make this book even more amazing with the added material!
Finally, if any of you are going to be attending the 2016 Grande Masquerade in New Orleans in a week over the Labor Day Weekend, developer Matthew (The Gentleman Gamer) Dawkins will be attending and will be thrilled to talk to you at the Onyx Path booth (as will I and developer Matt McElroy). Both Matts will also be running a V20 game or two in the tabletop RPG area, so you can check in there and sign up if you're interested!
Thanks!
2 Hour Warning -- Check your pledges!
over 9 years ago
– Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:40:50 AM
Hi, Rose here. ^_^
Please, PLEASE, take a moment between now and the end of this Kickstarter in about 2 hours and review your pledge. I know it sounds unnecessary because you're on top of it and/or it's annoying to get multiple warning messages, but every single one of these cases below has happened to backers during one of our other KSs- even after we did multiple warnings.
The simple fact is that we at Onyx Path have so little control over fixing any slip in your pledging once the KS is over, even though we really want to make every aspect of your Kickstarter experience with us fun, that it would be a real shame if you didn't get the rewards you expect.
1) Did you pledge to the Reward Tier that offers you the rewards you want? Go through the description and make sure the rewards are mentioned there. They are not cumulative with the Reward Tiers before them.
2) Did you manually add money to the base amount of your Reward Tier pledge for the Add-ons you want? We'll send out the Survey after this KS is over that will contain spots to let us know what Add-ons you want, but you have to have had added the money yourself, manually, to the pledge before the KS is over. We can't add Screens or what have you after the KS closes.
3) Did you make sure that your payment method is valid? Is your credit card maxed out? Kickstarter will mark your pledge non-collectible and you won't get your Rewards. Did you borrow the card and they decided to block the charge because you had a fight? There's a window to resolve payment issues with KS, but there's no guarantee that resolution will be what you want. Better to make sure your payment method will work now.
That covers the typical trouble spots and we'll be answering your questions in the comments or more directly via that "contact me" link next to Rich's picture for the rest of the KS.
Finish line!
over 9 years ago
– Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 06:43:41 PM
Hi, Rose here. ^_^
Wow, folks. Here we are at the end of an incredible Kickstarter. You really turned out for this one, and are giving us the opportunity to add a lot of cool new stuff to the book.
Here's what you've funded:
- Most importantly, the Deluxe Beckett's Jyhad Diary itself.
- A limited-run t-shirt, which will be available from our RedBubble store for a short time, with backers getting the first notice.
- More full-color artwork.
- Seven new chapters, including exploration of the Cappadocians and the Salubri, an appearance by Lucita, and Omega, a chapter which showcases lore from across the V20 line.
Additionally, although we didn't make our final stretch goal, we will be expanding the Omega chapter anyway! Expect more news on that once we've had a chance to regroup post-KS.
New chapters and voting made this a different experience from other Masquerade books we've funded with Kickstarter. I had a lot of fun, and developers Matthew and Neall did, too. Thanks for being part of this!
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From RichT:
Fantastic! Thanks to everyone who pledged for this and particularly everyone who took the time to vote and let us know what you thought about the chapters!
As is usual with our Kickstarters, we will first need to allow Kickstarter to process payments for the next two weeks, and then we'll get together with BackerKit to set up your surveys and Deluxe V20 Beckett's Jyhad Diary BackerKit pages. Once the BackerKit surveys go out and you can access your pages, you'll be able to add more Add-ons, upgrade your pledges, and change your addresses - until we lock the project down close to when we are ready with the backer PDFs.
Thanks again for making this an exciting and enjoyable Kickstarter campaign for all of us here at Onyx Path HQ!
Just in... dice!
over 9 years ago
– Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 03:16:35 PM
Hi, Rose here. ^_^ I wouldn't normally stick two updates so close together, but Rich just sent me a new potential design for the V20 dice!
What do you think?
