Quick update today. Thanks to an agreement between your employers (OPERA) and the Forebear government, (which you stand to reason she might not get along with,) Norahna Lora will be acting as your Doctor aboard the ship... whether you (or her) like it or not.

The full art (by Graey Erb) is available after the jump (by logging into BackerKit).

That's all for now, folks. Thank you!
-Wrel

Hey there, folks! There's just one week until my next project, Deeds Drawn, launches. I decided to pull the trigger on giving previous campaign backers (Gossamer Frontier or Distal) some bonus cards for Deeds Drawn when they pledge.

You'll get seven cards total (6 lineage options and 1 class option), based on your crew from Gossamer.



I recently finished a second prototype for the game, and am getting it printed and sent over. Should be here in a couple of weeks, which unfortunately doesn't time out with the game's launch, but it's all good. I'll show it off at some point.

Gossamer Progress
Below is an example spread for the day-to-day procedure during travel to new destinations. This is mainly how you'll interact with the crew between missions, outside of explicit cutscenes with scripted dialogue and such. It's essentially the "Commander Shepard talks to the crew between missions" portion of the game. I've waffled back and forth over this design a fair amount, so at this point, I think I just need to finish the core game loop up and get it into some folks' hands to playtest. Still a ways off from that, however.



For the visual design, what you see here is likely temporary. I keep trying (in vain) to push more color into the layout, but it's all a bit busy. I prefer clean, digestible, but the limited pagecount and smaller page height/width for this format is giving me a run for my money. We'll get there, though.

I'll keep you all posted, thank you!
-Wrel

Hellooooo again! I wanted to share another one of your crewmates in Gossamer Frontier. Macky will be your security specialist on the ship. Like every one of your crewmates, they've got a bit of baggage to sort out. Check out the art after the jump (you've got to log into BackerKit to do that.)

The lapel pins for folks showed up a couple weeks ago. This is my first time doing pins before. In hindsight, I'd handle some things a bit differently, but they turned out well regardless.

My next campaign launches with BackerKit's "Pocketopia" event in just a few weeks, and I've been thinking that it could be cool to reward Gossamer Frontier backers with special cards if they back Deeds Drawn.

I was planning to have a special "booster pack" that you could use in Deeds Drawn, swapping any of the basic lineages out with one from Gossamer. It feels like it could be more trouble than it's worth, but if enough Gossamer folks follow Deeds Drawn, it'd be a good signal for it.

You can follow Deeds Drawn here, if you aren't already.

Thanks, folks!
-Wrel

Hey there, folks! Here's a quick update to kick off April.

In Gossamer Frontier, your escapades take place in the Torq of Mag'dah. The map is unconventional... but so is the game's spaceflight. Magnets, how do they work?

During the campaign, we hit a stretch goal to get all physical editions a STICKER. Those got here recently, they look pretty good, and have a matte texture.

In May, BackerKit begins its "Pocketopia" event, and I'm participating! Deeds Drawn is a new card-based TTRPG I've just been sitting on for most of the year. It's a pocket-sized, GM-less, solo or cooperative experience, so you can play it on the plane... or with your morning coffee, or whatever!

Follow that project here!

Thanks, folks! More to follow.
-Wrel