Return

I’m driving home from Bristol today.

The Gower was lovely

Back at work tomorrow.

And back to Xeno Wars.

The pledge manager officially closes today but we still have 95 people who haven’t completed it.

Once that’s done we can place the orders.

We also need to finally choose a new box maker and place an order.

Lots to do…

Holiday

I’m away for the week.

In (old!) south Wales.

We’re taking some family time.

When I’m back I’ll be closing the pledge manager and starting to order everything.

Xeno Wars will begin to take shape.

Until then I’m relaxing.

‘Exciting’

… is one word for it.

Frustrating is another.

Worrying also works.

I’ve placed the order for all the wooden bits we need.

There’s a long lead time, so best to get the order in early.

Paid via Wise. It usually takes 3 hours and has low international fees.

It took eight days. For ‘verification’. Then at the end of all that they refunded me.

I need to fix the problem and try again.

I also contacted the box-maker to check the quote I got a couple of months ago is still valid.

They’ve gone out of business!

I need to find a new box-maker.

‘Exciting’.

Or frustrating.

Or worrying.

Production

I've spent the week working on the Pledge Manager.

It goes live at 2pm UK time today.

Paul is making the rewards that we already have the components for.

We're starting to place the orders for the materials that will take longest to arrive.

It's coming together.

Still lots to do.

But moving in the right direction. 

Shut Up

… and Sit Down covered FlickFleet in last week’s podcast.

Tom repeatedly described it as cute. And silly.

We got a bunch of orders as a result.

Many of which arrived while I was camping last weekend. 

It’s amazing the effect of a big name mentioning your game.

Actual influencers.

Photo by Eric Ward on Unsplash

I’ve tried to email Shut Up & Sit Down a few times over the last few years.

No luck.

Then Tom wandered past our stand at the Expo.

Was intrigued.

Took a copy.

I wonder how many sales we’ll get as a result?

Currently 16.

Plus a noticeable jump in Gamefound page followers.