Update - The zines are shipped!
about 3 years ago – Tue, May 16, 2023 at 01:04:40 PM

UPDATE ON SHIPPING!

As of the Friday just gone, all the zines are shipped! It took a bit longer than ideal, but we finally got there!

Annoyingly, today I had a single envelope returned to my address sans postage label. I'm hoping this is an isolated incident, but there's obviously a possibility that this could have happened to other orders. If you haven't received your rewards in a couple of weeks time, please get in touch and I'll dispatch another copy for you!

I want to give a huge thanks to everyone who backed this project and made The Fall of Home possible! I hope you enjoy reading and playing it as much as I did writing and producing it.

I'd also like to thank all my collaborators on the project! It was a delight to work with everyone involved, and I strongly encourage you check out their other endeavours.

If you're interested in my work going forwards, I'd advise following my itch.io, where I publish all my ttrpg work, as well as on my socials, where I'll inevitably be talking about future projects! You can find me on Twitter and Instagram!

See you on the road,

~Jo

Shipping Update! ✨✨✨
about 3 years ago – Wed, May 10, 2023 at 04:52:07 PM

A quick update on where we're at with shipping!

US BACKERS

US backers should be receiving their copies of the zine any day now! I've already seen some folks posting on socials about this, so if yours hasn't arrived yet, hang tight! Character sheets are being sent from the UK, so will be arriving separately. I'm nearly done with packaging everything up on my end, so those should be in the post by the end of the week! 

As a side note, you may have received an email from basiliskonline mentioning pins - don't worry about this, it was an automated message Dyer had set up and is nothing to worry about!

UK AND INTERNATIONAL BACKERS

I'm nearly done with packaging up all the orders I'm sending from my end. These should be in the post by the end of the week, and will take anywhere from a few days to 2 weeks to arrive with people based on where they're heading! I'll post another quick update once those have been handed off to Royal Mail to let y'all know! 

That's all for today! Thanks for the patience everyone!

~Jo

MARCH APRIL UPDATE - SHIPPING SOON!! 💀💀💀
about 3 years ago – Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 02:48:48 PM

Hey folks.

Have been struggling with mental health recently, hence the ceased updates, but happy to report that I think we are actually ready to ship, for real this time!

!!! FINAL ADDRESS CALL !!!

Due to the unexpected delay before shipping, I have taken the liberty of unlocking backer addresses in order to ensure everyone receives their zine. To this end, all physical tiers should have received an email notification from Backerkit. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR ADDRESS IS CORRECT, AND UPDATE IT IF NEEDED!

 I’ll be locking addresses again on the 25th April, and going straight to shipping from then to keep up momentum. <3

As always. If you have any issues please drop me a message - anyone currently waiting on a reply should expect to receive one tomorrow.

Thanks all, that’s all for today.

~Jo

February Update - Shipping soon! PDF release! Soundtrack out now!
over 3 years ago – Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 07:59:47 AM

Hey everyone! An update on where things are at!

PDF Release

As of two weeks ago, (I’m a professional, shush) The Fall of Home has been available to download on itch.io! Everyone should have received an email with a link to claim their backer copy of the game. If you haven’t received that, please drop me a message!

 I’m also very happy to say that when we launched, The Fall of Home made it to the Top 5 Most Popular Physical Games on itch! This has never happened to any of my games before, so is very exciting!

Additionally, today I have uploaded copies of a Japanese translation of The Fall of Home, kindly provided to me by Toya Tsukagoshi, a fan of the game! I honestly recommend checking it out even if you can’t read it, as it really does look gorgeous!

Soundtrack Album

Everyone should have also received codes to claim copies of the Soundtrack on Molly’s Bandcamp! Again, if no, drop me a line! I’m super excited that people finally get to hear everything she and I worked on together. 

Please do share if you’ve enjoyed it, I would love to hear. While you’re there, consider checking some of her other music out! It’s pretty good!

Shipping

I now have approximately 200 copies of printed zine sitting in boxes in my bedroom, as well as another two boxes of packing supplies. I expect to ship everything coming from my end in about two weeks, as I’m still waiting on the print runs for character sheets to arrive for me to collate. I’ll update you all when those are sent out.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Dyer has reliably informed me he has the zines on his end, and is basically ready to start sending those out. US backers can probably expect to start seeing those arrive imminently!

That’s all for today! Thanks everyone. As always, your patience is appreciated.

~Jo out

December Update - So... Yeah...
over 3 years ago – Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 02:22:48 PM

December Update - So... Yeah...

Hey folks. Me again. I’m still alive.

First up - why you haven’t heard from me. Long story short, over the past month and a bit, various disparate elements of my personal life descended into chaos *yet again*. As such, I’ve found myself with little time to work on the project. My sincere apologies for the breakdown in communications - regardless of everything else going on, it’s always my goal to make sure backers stay in the loop, and I’ve failed on that front.

A progress update - the zine is now ready to be sent to the printers! In order to determine the respective sizes of the UK and US print runs, I’ll be locking down addresses with final notice shortly after this update goes up. This means you have 48 hours to ensure shipping details are accurate, so go do that NOW!

Due to ongoing industrial action at Royal Mail, as well as the general increased chaos in the postal system due to the holiday period, I’m making the executive decision to delay shipping until the new year. Whilst obviously later than I had hoped to get these delivered, I think this is the safest course of action to ensure everyone receives their physical zines!

Once things are moving re print runs, I’ll be turning my attention to fulfilling digital rewards, with the aim of getting these to people in the run-up to Christmas. Digital copies of the zine will be distributed via itch.io - expect another update next week on that front, as well as news on how to receive your copy of the soundtrack.

Once again, thank you for your continued patience in this project. I hope it’s everything you want it to be.

Until next time,

~Jo out