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And the next print is…
Dear Insane Children, Font Lord here with the usual quick monthly reminder of what print is next. As you can see above, it is the rather dynamic “Jabberwock Battle”.This is for March Patrons charged in April. So you have 2 days left to change your tier if you like the look of this print, and…
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Jigsaw Poll
Dear Insane Children, Font Lord here again with a follow up to the jigsaw post from a few days ago. Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.We’re already doing some of them and looking into others, while also asking for a sample from the factory and all the usual good stuff we do before making…
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New MP3 Download Exclusive for Patrons – Needles & Thread
Dear Insane Children, Thank you to everyone who downloaded and commented on the “Gates of Rutledge”.I am blown away by the response, and it’s a special thing to share these experiments in sound with you all. We’re going to keep sharing more of these soundscapes as we go, so please stay tuned. I’ll see you in…
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Design Bible Updates – Core Combat Loop Foundations
Dear Insane Children, Hello again everyone, Alex here with more Design Bible updates. This time, we’re sharpening our Vorpal Blade(s) and discussing a HUGE subject, and one that I feel is among the most important aspects for any prospective Alice game. Combat. Before we get into it, who else really wants to see Alice dual-wielding blades…
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Help us piece the puzzle together
Dear Insane Children, Font Lord here letting you know what we’re going to do next and asking for a bit of advice from those in the know. We want to do a jigsaw puzzle.It’s looking like a 1000 piece jigsaw that will be 70cm X 50cm when complete. But this isn’t really something we’ve done…
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Patron Exclusive: “The Gates of Rutledge” MP3
Dear Insane Children, We don’t often post gated content (stuff exclusive to our Patrons) but when we do… We’ve made an exception with this beautiful track from Alex. Not only is he doing incredible work on the UI/UX graphics (and underlying design concepts) but he’s also providing these haunting soundscapes to really set the mood.…
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Design Bible Updates – The Alchemy of Construction and Destruction
Hi everyone,Alex here (Lead Designer, Co-Writer, + misc.) with another meaty Design Bible update. New video content above. I’ve also got some news from the Project Management side of the Alice: Asylum pre-production phase. Plus, we also have a Free MP3 Download at the bottom of this post for all our beautiful Patreon supporters. There’s a LOT…
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We got sealed inside!
Dear Insane Children, Well, much as I predicted… the lockdowns have arrived in Fengxian! We could see the wave rolling towards us over the past few days – all of Yan’s friends around Shanghai one by one reporting that they were being locked down. Btw, stop trying to click the Play Icon on that picture……
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Tick Tock. Time is up.
Dear Insane Children, Things here in Shanghai are crazy. I wasn’t here during the Jan-Mar period of 2020 when Covid first kicked-off, so I can’t compare it to that… but certainly for the time since then, this is the most serious period of virus and lockdowns that I’ve seen. Tons of areas around Shanghai are…
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Live Stream Canceled – Thanks, Virus
Dear Insane Children, Well… Shanghai is experiencing a wave of new Covid infections. You can read the local news about it here: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2203092893/ The result is that a ton of places are getting “locked down” – meaning residents can’t leave their homes; people have to stay put (for days) in their office buildings or schools;…