Shipping If you donated to get a copy of Octo: Games Of Spring, or if you bought a Founder’s Edition, your copy has shipped. I’ve processed all the backlog. They’re in the mail, and many of you already have them. Funds raised to date remain unchanged What Now? Octo: Games Of Summer is going to [...]
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Big #octo Update : 26% Funds Raised, Project Status, Availability & Shipping
Ok people you’ve been incredibly patient for the last month or so while my work life has been taking up project time, and I appreciate that. Here’s a complete update for you. Today, all copies of Octo: Games Of Spring that were headed to domestic addresses were shipped, with one or two exceptions (inter-office copies, [...]
What 216 Copies Of Seven Games Looks Like
Next to a bottle of whiskey. Just waiting for one more…
Octo Mini Update
Did I really go all of March without blogging an update? Bad form. Work got on top of me a little harder than expected. Sorry about that. I’m posting from my phone, which is less than ideal. But here is a quick update, with a fuller update I hope tomorrow. All the games have been [...]
Octo Fundraising Status – 24% Complete, Expecting Mid-March Ship, What You Can Do
Coming up on the end of February. Let’s see how we’re doing. As with last time, there’s some money that isn’t allocated on the charts – $280 from the Ivanna and the Wolf indiegogo campaign (6 Days Left, Go Support It!) Total Funds Raised So Far: $961, or 24% of the $4,000 goal. I’d love [...]
Octo Fundraising Status – 21% Complete, Printing Begins, Flu Free
A week of flu, a long weekend and a work trip later, I present you with an overdue update. Apologies for the delay, let’s see where we are today, As with last time, there’s some money that isn’t allocated on the charts – $280 from the Ivanna and the Wolf indiegogo campaign (6 Days Left, [...]
I’m Offering $500 For The Best Space Marine Parody Game
After the brouhaha broke open again about Games Workshop and their attempts to strong-arm an author over their use of the term “Space Marine,” I got to thinking. Parody Is Fair Use. This is pretty well established in the courts. So, let’s start there. When the powerful engage in ridiculous behavior, they deserve to be [...]
Octo Fundraising Status – Charity Change, 16% complete, Crappy Chart
First off, I’ve had to swap out a charity. I was slated to participate in the Napa Valley Tour de Cure, and I’ve been double-booked that weekend by work. It didn’t seem to make sense to continue to fundraise for an event I wasn’t going to do, and that charity wasn’t getting much traction anyway, [...]
Octo Fundraising Status – 10% of the way there, how to help #octo
Here’s a fundraising update for Octo: Games Of Spring. Don’t know what that is? Click that link I just linked. I need to make a chart or something. I’ll try to do that for next week. In the meanwhile, here’s where we are today: As of this morning here’s where we stand on the fundraising [...]
Do you want to get #octo for just $10? 3 of you can.
So this is pretty cool. Renee Knipe is one of the contributors to Octo: Games Of Spring. The game she’s working on is called Ivanna and the Wolf. It’s about “an adventurous princess, a talking wolf, and the terrible monsters that beset them.” Inspired by an old Russian fairytale. She’s launched an Indiegogo Campaign to [...]