Once More Into The Void

War Assets Secured
almost 3 years ago – Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 08:32:37 PM

We have just finished off our whirlwind, incredible kickstarter campaign for Once More Into the Void. Jamila and I are absolutely blown away by the stunning level of support you have collectively offered us for this campaign.

Over the last month, we have collectively raised $54,410 CAD from 1,387 backers. We have managed to raise more dramatically more funds than Genesis of Legend Publishing’s previous campaigns and we are in an amazing position to move forward with this project.

Kickstarter will be collecting your pledges shortly and we expect to receive those funds shortly. At that point, we will….

• Pay Jammi for all their developmental work on the project
• Pay Jason for all relevant sales of the After the War add-on + $1 for publishing services.
• Pay Camille for all interior illustrations under the project.
• Pay Adrien(ne) for the additional interior illustrations under the project.
• Pay Christopher for editing work.
• Pay Avery an additional sum for consulting work.

All of the funds which are not disbursed will be held by Genesis of Legend Publishing until we send the book to the printers and for fulfillment. Once printing and shipping costs are out of the way, the remaining funds will go to Sword Queen Games as profit.

Thank you all so much for your passion and your bold hearts. Now let’s go save the universe.

Jamila Nedjadi, Jason Pitre, and the whole team.

Time is of the Essence!
almost 3 years ago – Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 01:12:43 AM

We only have three more days before our ancient Enemy arrives to devastate our galaxy. Our campaign has fared well and we have collected over 41,000 credits with over a thousand brave heroes. Still, we need all the help we can get and want to you spread the word!

Since our last update, Jammi has been hard at work developing some of the expanded content and working on art direction. So far they have finished the draft versions of the two new playbooks and are digging into the minigame design. Meanwhile, Camille Chua is illustrating the various characters as we speak.

This game is going to be amazing and we want to make sure everyone has a chance to play. Thanks to your collective support and the generosity of our Galactic Bank tier backers, we have plenty of community copies available for folks suffering economic hardship or marginalization. We just have to let them know they have a chance to venture Once More Into the Void!

Jason Pitre and Jamila Nedjadi

Update 3: Collector's Edition Unlocked
almost 3 years ago – Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:38:43 PM

Thank you all for your unflagging support for Once More Into the Void. We have just blown past our 30K, final stretch goal and we are over the moon. Jammi is currently hard at work designing the new minigames and playbooks, while working with our fantastic artists to make the book as beautiful as possible. 

Rather than adding more stretch goals, we will be concentrating our efforts towards finalizing the book so we can put it in your hands as quickly as possible. We are excited to hear what stories you will tell!

Jason Pitre and Jamila Nedjadi

Thank you for Backing - Itch.io Preview Edition
almost 3 years ago – Tue, May 18, 2021 at 09:29:45 PM

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Update 2: Escaping Orbit
almost 3 years ago – Tue, May 18, 2021 at 09:01:25 PM

Hello everyone!

We are five days into the kickstarter campaign and I think it’s safe to say it’s exceeded our wildest expectations. We have a lot of faith in the project which has only been reaffirmed with your collective enthusiasm.  This has given us the concrete boost and tangible resources to make a stellar game for you.

Firstly, we unlocked the STANDARD EDITION when we hit 16K CAD. This allows us to commission art for the first 9 minigames and 6 playbooks, printing our hardcover books. We blew past that in a mere 8 hours!

Secondly, we hit the EXTENDED EDITION at 20K CAD which unlocked three new mini-games. Jammi is currently designing these, but here are the games in development:

• Before We Lose It All - An attack on your home
• What We Once Were - A flashback
• What We Built Without You - A look at the years since

Thirdly, the LEGENDARY EDITION at 25K CAD gave us some additional art budget, copies of Mass Effect Legendary Edition for all our contributors, and two new playbooks. Jammi is currently designing the new roles of:

• The Bound - a member of an ancient order who broke their code.
• The Keeper – An outsider and a companion in the Captain’s life since the tragedy.

Our original plan was to stop at two stretch goals, both due to our conservative estimates of the campaign's success and our well-earned fear of scope creep. Over the course of my many Kickstarter campaigns, I have seen how dangerous ambitious stretch goals can be and want to be cautious. That said, Jammi and I have agreed on _one_ more stretch goal.

The COLLECTOR'S EDITION at 30k CAD will allow us to add some additional GM resources and setting information to the book which should increase the book-length by about another signature. This will include information on a variety of different potential types of Enemy that might threaten the galaxy, some sector maps, sketches of certain facilities, and some information on iconic equipment your characters might wield. This will include more development work from Jammi and a pile of additional art from Adrian(ne) Valdes.

This is the final, final, stretch goal. Everything beyond this goes straight to Jamilla and Sword Queen Games for future projects, once we pay for fulfilling the Kickstarter.

Thank you all, and we are excited to share this perilous journey with you as we travel Once More Into the Void.

Jason Pitre & Jamila Nedjadi