February has been a busy month at the Hat. Love and Monsters are in the air! We launched a crowdfunding campaign for Codex of Worlds (which is doing great!), released the Apocalypse Keys Roll20 bundle, and we’re getting close to sending out more! Here’s a breakdown by product!
Codex of Worlds – Crowdfunding Now!
Open the Codex of Worlds. Get ready for new monsters, new teams, and new realms! Written by Michael Sands and Marek Golonka.
We kicked off crowdfunding on 2/14 and we’ve already funded and hit 11 of our stretch goals!
Thanks to the incredible support from backers, we’ve brought on some amazing contributing authors to create their own Codex Mysteries and Team Playbooks:
Codex Project Status
The book is text and layout complete (if you’re a backer, you can get a prototype PDF of the entire book now!) and art is in development through March 2023. Here’s a preview of some amazing art…in development now:
Juan Ochoa (in progress art)
Adrian Stone (in progress art)
Jabari Weathers (in progress art)
Kurt Komoda (in progress art)
Lorne Colt (in progress art)
Apocalypse Keys
The final production is complete. We have all the Omen Class bundle goodies (Apocalypse Keys, Mystery Notepads, Playbook Folios) complete and the books are printed. We’re moving them to our fulfillment center and getting pricing to ship now! We hope to ship out to backers starting in March!
The Roll20 Module has been sent to backers and is available on the marketplace here!
Want to stave off the Apocalypse? Pre-order here!
Here’s a few more pieces of art from the book
Apocalypse Keys Stretch Goals
- Project Hourglass (by Rae Nedjadi). First draft complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
- The Betrayed (by Rae Nedjadi). First draft complete. Playtesting complete. Dev editing complete. Sensitivity reading complete. Editing through March 2023.
- Department of Change (by Kienna Shaw). First draft complete. Editing complete. Ready for Layout.
- The Chained (by Josh Hittie). First draft complete. Playtesting complete. Dev editing complete. Sensitivity reading complete. Editing through March 2023.
- ABYSS (by Jenn Martin). First draft complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
- The Untethered (by Sebastian Yūe). First draft complete. Playtesting complete. Dev editing complete. Sensitivity reading complete. Editing through March 2023.
- The Company Of Gentry (by Kieron Gillen). First draft complete. Playtesting complete. Review complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
- The Lost Ones (by Logan Timmins). First draft complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
- Xochitl, the Dream Eater (by Morgan Nuncio). First draft complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
- The Archivists (by Hipólita). First draft complete. Internal review complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
- The Void Mother (by KeganExe). First draft complete. Editing complete. Ready for layout!
Deathmatch Island
Deathmatch Island is a fast-paced game about a deadly gameshow on a mysterious island chain. The competitors don’t know how they got here. They have been selected and recruited, forced to risk their lives in a deadly series of games for the vague promise of a big reward for the sole survivor.
Playtesting is open till 3/10!
Here’s a few recaps that creator Tim Denee made from our playtest on ActualPlay.
Girl by Moonlight
Art is nearly complete for Girl by Moonlight. Crowdfunding will start May 2023! Here’s a few more pieces of in progress art!
Carly A-F (in progress art)
Keymintt (in porgress art)
Raven Warner (in progress art)
Si Sweetman (in progress art)
Zak Goggins (in progress art)
Stewpot
Stewpot by Takuma Okada. Playtest wrapped up in September and Takuma is making revisions through end of the year. This game never fails to fill me with delight. So excited to see the next version. You should to too!
Blades in the Dark: Dagger Isles
Blades in the Dark Dagger Isles Pam Punzalan, Aaron Lim, Malika Lim Eubank, Sinta Posadas, Brenden Gibbons, Joaquin Saavedra, Shao Han Tan, John Erwin, and Nychelle Schneider.
Draft complete. Layout and review underway by John Harper now!
Fate of Umdaar: Planet of Swords, Super-Science, and Sorcery
Fate of Umdaar: Planet of Swords, Super-Science, and Sorcery by David Joria, Lara Turner, Rob Donoghue, Pam Punzalan, Misha Bushyager, Mahar Mangahas, Helena Real, and Soup.
Post-playtest revisions are underway now!
Project: Perseus
Post playtest revisions by Stras Acimovic and John LeBoeuf-Little are underway.
Our lead graphic designer Cris Viana is working with Stras and John now to create the layout designs! Excited to share some of those with you in the new year…. like a new logo for the agency:
AGON: Realms of Khaos
Internal playtesting with Sharang Biswas, Mary Lou, and Sean Nittner completed. Revisions underway by John Harper now!
Project Status Updates
A few more places to find out about our project status updates: