July Update: planning, art, meeples, miniatures, & more!
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 08:29:15 AM
Hello everyone!
It is time for an update! With the campaign over, we are back to the drawing table to move forward with production. We are progressing in many categories at the same time, so we will break down this update accordingly.
Production planning
Above all, this past month has been a month of planning : assessing the numbers of assets left to produce, the volume of components unlocked, the different options regarding factories, materials, designs... We had to talk with our many partners, and work out timelines for our production. The first items that need to move to the production phase as soon as possible are the meeples, miniatures and dice. We're waiting for various quotes from factories, and in the meantime working on all fronts.
Art
Our artists have finished the following card art: Waters of the deep, Earthquake, Merchant #1. This is an example of one of the Merchants in the Co-op scenarios: Dinosaur cards.
The rework of the vegetable tile:
Screen print Art for the Mighty Beasts Meeples
Art currently a work in progress
-All in Box!, 2 Story Cards, Player Boards, Mighty Beasts Boards, Touching up the Dino module cards
Sculpts
Our sculptors are done with all the sculpts and sizing the Miniatures & Meeples. This had to take the priority due to the meeples and miniatures being manufactured first
An example of how the Deployable Hut has changed:
Rules and gameplay
Throughout our Kickstarter campaign you all suggested many interesting ideas that we have been trying out on top of the latest adjustments to make sure that all the extra content works smoothly together. August - October will therefore be 3 months with a lot of play testing, to tie up the potential loose ends and update some of the rules, while staying in line with the overall frame of the game. Everything is still under scrutiny for now, but we'll share rules update as soon as they are validated!
Update on Add-ons
We added a Meeple bundle that you are able to purchase in addition to your pledge and separately that will come in its own box. We have also added in game extra dice as an add-on.
Game Mats
Several backers had a suggestion about adding the colorful board print to one of the larger mats- almost like the small mat. This will require some time in design, will you be interested in something like this? Vote in comments: Y/N
Pledge Manager
Several backers asked about paying the shipping fees, You still have a couple months before we move to that phase ! We want to have a clearer view on the production timeline before collecting addresses and finalizing pledges.
And... That's all for now ! We're getting back behind our computers, drawing desks and prototypes, to bring you more exciting news next month!!!
Pledge Manager is Opening! ⛳️
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:19:47 AM
Hello everyone! Good afternoon 👋
Thank you for your patience 🙏 the Pledge Manager is finally ready to launch!
The Backer kit team ⛳️ is currently sending out a "Smoke Test" via the pledge manager for the next 24 hours. So surveys have and will be sent to about 100 people. We will wait until this test is complete and then we will be sending it out to everyone just to make sure everything is sorted! Don’t forget to check your cart, some items will be automatically added based on the add-ons by the algorithm however make sure everything you want is there!
Shipping Charges 📦
An important note is that you will not be charged for shipping right now. We will be charging shipping closer to the date of actually shipping and fulfilling the project. This needed to be postponed to have the best price possible for our Backers.
Digital Rewards ⛵️
The digital reward: ( the scalable Ark ) will be available upon checkout only for Deluxe, All in! And Investor pledges, the Ark is in a zipped file. This file when unzipped contains four parts of the Ark for 3d printing, the files are in a .stl format. Please let us know if there is an issue downloading it.
Retailers 🛍
If you are a retailer, there are retailer bundles in the pledge manager as well. They are discounted in bulk and the minimum order quantity is 7 units of each product! If you have questions, please send a private message or email to [email protected]
If you notice any issues… ✅
Once we launch the pledge manager, if you have any issues you can either message us directly here, message us on FB, or email us at [email protected].
Thanks again for all of your support. More updates are to follow soon!
Delay on the Pledge manager until week of 6/20-6/24
almost 2 years ago
– Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 12:53:20 AM
Hello everyone a quick update about the pledge manager via (Backer-kit). We have not gotten the backer data from KS yet, still waiting on it.. This data + testing out the pledge manager are some of the last tasks remaining for us to complete before we can open up the pledge manager. We are about 98% done with the set up and we will be testing it next week. With opening up the pledge manager we will also open a late pledge option for non KS backers.
Thank you everyone for your patience and hope you have a a good weekend !
Thank you! ❤️ ❤️
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 04:33:43 AM
Hello Everyone! The campaign is now over, on Behalf of the whole Bedoúin Games Team 🐫 including Malibù 🐾 , Thank you!!!
We wanted to take the opportunity to express our gratitude to you. This was an amazing campaign, you were all very involved, always curious, interested and supportive! Thank you for making this Kickstarter campaign a success! It would not be possible without you.
We hope this Kickstarter was a unique and fun experience. We were incredibly thankful to our Artists and designers that were able to do Art + Sculpting live throughout the campaign! As well as the mini game we offered each day.
Here is a list of our next steps, (priorities often shift during the publishing process):
- Finish the last illustrations and sculpts for cards, tiles and creatures.
- Run an intensive series of play tests to find balance in the last gameplay points, especially now that we have the global scope of the game.
- Review and finalize the global layout of the game and its iconography.
- Review the rules, proofread them and translate them in French and German.
- Validate the various quotes with manufacturers (again, we had to wait to have the global scope before going into the last part of that step), create the insert for all the unlocked content, see if we can improve even more components, and get samples from factories to make sure that they meet our quality standards.
- Set up the pledge manager, so you can fill in your address and pay for shipping and taxes (and potentially upgrade it and/or get extra copies of the games).
- Launch the production!
- And once it is done, of course, ship the games to our worldwide partners so the various hubs can deliver it to you in a timely fashion :)
We will be sending out the Pledge Manager invitations by the end of next week, where you will be able to make updates to your current pledge, as well as complete the shipping information.
Below is additional card art that was finished recently:
Card #1: "After their kind.."
Card #2: "Storage"
Thank you all again! 🐘🐊🦆
Game update summary 🌊. We have reached over 200k! ✨✨
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 03:46:16 PM
Hello everyone 👋 we have reached 200k✨✨, to celebrate 🥳 and thank all of our backers we wanted to offer another co-op scenario “The Fog” 3-5 Players🏜🏜!
The Flood now has 3 co-op scenarios !
Game changes summary 📜:
Balancing has been done to the game prior and since the start of the KS, thank you to all backers for your input in the rules. You are truly an amazing community! We are very thankful for each and everyone one you!
- Easy mode more defined, The easy mode if for quicker games, and for those who have not played many board games before. Resources balancing done in the easy mode limited to 3 per tile to avoid inflation. Players In Easy mode no longer get the synergy bonus.
- Sin cards ( Changed the set up )
- Cards taken out: “Sabotage”, “Fire”
- “Robbed” cards changed to "lose 1 resource"
- Added more cards to the Story card deck
- Co-op added boundaries to scenario #1, decreased the amount of resources required to build the crossing. Raptor token spawn increased to Dino tier II cards
- Dino cards tier balance I-III
- Event card balancing done, Decreased quantity of coin reward cards.
- Deleted the ability to take an Ark stage away via coins
- “Coins” will be changed to “Faith Tokens” to match the theme
- Balancing the “taunt” W. Rhino power vs Raptor tokens
These are the few updates to balancing and the rules !
Our next goal is for miniatures: Huts, Camps, Caravans and Cargo trails 🐘🐘🐘
Thank you everyone for backing this project! 💫
