Dear Insane Children,
It's my last few hours in Thailand before heading back to Shanghai. Been super busy getting everything organized for Pirate Jam 2019.
In the meantime we're working on a Studio Pitch to put in front of potential finance/publishing partners. This outlines our vision of the opportunity for starting a studio in Thailand and developing Alice: Asylum into something amazing.
Speaking of...
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2019-02-28 03:17:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone
Martin here again.
So, I have now sent out the Backerkit surveys for all the Plush People to fill in.
Exciting stuff.
Everyone check your inboxes, and spam folders associated with the email address you have given here on Patreon.
If you don't see anything yet, you probably fall into one of these next categories.
1) Try waiting a bit longer. I know emails are supposed to be instant. But they're often not. Try looking again a bit later.
2) Try searching for your email with a text...
2019-02-26 11:21:07 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
LONG TIME no see! Whew! And I missed you all very much! I hope everyone is doing well and that you are all warm, healthy, and happy.
I am still in Thailand but finally back to the marina after several weeks out on the water. We sailed from Krabi down to the Butang Islands and then back up to the top of Phuket. Along the way there was great sailing, fantastic diving, and we even accomplished an overnight passage.
On Phuket I met with all the groups involved in this year's 2019-02-22 08:56:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone.
Martin here again!
Stopping by to let you know that we decided to go with a company called Backerkit to keep track of the Plush Rabbit fulfilment.
We used them before on the OOTW project very successfully.
It basically allows us to keep everything in one place rather than having to track everything with multiple excel sheets and also should allow us to mass email all of you with tracking details once ...
2019-02-21 05:20:53 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone
Martin here again.
I have now extracted the data from Patreon for this month.
It's quite the large excel sheet I can tell you :)
Almost all of you have been charged now.
So please check your account info/billing history for February and you should see "complete" in green over on the right. If you do see it is complete, you can go ahead and change your pledge level and tier if you need to.
As mentioned previously....
2019-02-17 09:30:32 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I have been completely off the grid for the past week. Sailing and diving across a range of remote islands in Thailand. Finally back to an island (Ko Lipe) with connection to the outside world... I checked Twitter, Facebook, the news, and... It's a crazy 'ol world we live in! Whew. One of these days we all need to run away to some far-away Wonderland and never look back. Seriously!
I did notice that while I was away there were quite a few questions about what happens now that we hit our Rabbit Pl...
2019-02-07 07:54:08 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone
Martin here. Hope you're all doing well :)
Here's just a quick update about what to do next if you're one of our Patrons who's pledged for the Plush Rabbit set.
Do nothing.
Even if you've checked your bank account and you can see that you've already been charged for the month. Still, do nothing.
Everyone please do nothing at all to your tier or pledge amount until after Feb 18th.
Changing your pledge or tier before I actually collect the Patreon data o...
2019-02-01 10:48:15 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We're starting today's livestream at 6PM PST - that's about an hour from when I'm posting this update. Join us via...
THIS LINK
Subscribe, set a reminder, or just tune in live!
We'll discuss Alex's latest update to the Mimic Health Pickup - along with the concept of "mimics" in general. Who doesn't love a surprise spike in the face?
We'll also celebrate the arrival of The Year o...
2019-01-30 00:54:58 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We have a decision to make! Swirls or No Swirls?
The image you see above is our Art Print for January. If you are at $75 for January this is the image we'll send you (along with the White Rabbit Collector Set). Those of you doing the 3x $35 Tier also have the option to choose this image on your third month.
But... Due to complications caused by data collection and manual fulfillment we need to select one version or the other - swirls or no swirls.
2019-01-28 03:57:06 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
A quick reminder that we're going live on YouTube at 6PM PST on 24/1/19.
That's about an hour from when I am writing this post.
Hit THIS LINK to head over and set a reminder or join the stream.
QUESTIONS?
If you have a QUESTION or SUGGESTION that you'd like addressed during the stream, leave it in the comments below and tag it as QUESTION or COMMENT!
We ar...
2019-01-24 00:57:59 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Rejoice! We've unlocked the White Rabbit Plush Collector Set! Yay!
We posted an update on how to adjust your pledge now that the Goal is Unlocked. You can find that via THIS LINK. PLEASE READ THIS FIRST if you have questions or comments about the 3222 Goal.
Also, make sure you update your Pledg...
2019-01-23 03:42:47 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
YAY! 3222 Patrons! We hit our Goal! Reward Unlocked!
A HUGE thanks to everyone who's joined us and is supporting our journey towards Alice's next big adventure.
It literally couldn't be done without you.
Before getting into the 'what you do next' information, it's worth pointing out that if you're going to be pledging $45 for the plush goal, you might consider also setting yourself to the $35 tier if you want to aim for doing 3x$35 and getting an...
2019-01-23 01:52:54 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Based on feedback from Insane Children around the world we've adjusted the ears, loosened the fit, and made the overall appearance more in line with something we'd expect 13-year-old Alice to wear during the Denial Stage of Alice: Asylum.
While in Denial we want to communicate a sense of childlike wonder, innocence, and fear. At this point in the story, Alice will not yet be able to fight. So she must resort to sneaking, hiding, and overcoming obstacles using her wits. Later in the game, we ...
2019-01-21 01:53:34 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
This week's livestream is set for Thursday, 17th, January, 2019 (Hong Kong Time).
Hit THIS LINK to set a reminder over on YouTube.
That's Wednesday, 16th of January at 6PM PST for those of you in the US.
Join us!
American and Martin come to you live from the Bunny Arena! Two bunnies enter, two ...
2019-01-16 05:03:52 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Omri's back with a revision of the Rabbit outfit. This time it's a onesie! And, yes, it can come in orange.
Give us your feedback and suggestions in the comments below.
Keep in mind that these images are Work In Progress.
Also WIP is the concept that we might attach this in-game clothing item to the physical White Rabbit Plush - as in, "You need to purchase the Plush in order to unlock the in-game clothing."
I've seen more than a few strongly emotion...
2019-01-16 01:06:17 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Back when we were raising awareness for the "Out of the Woods" Kickstarter I promised that we'd send a free PDF copy of the Illustrated Book to everyone who signed up for the Mysterious Mailing List.
Tomorrow, we'll send out a link to the PDF via the mailing list.
So, this is your chance to sign up in order to get that link and grab the free PDF.
You can 2019-01-15 03:33:32 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I woke this morning to find a gift from Omri waiting in my inbox!
Behold The Plush Dress!
This is his design proposal for the DLC Dress we'd give to Plush Rabbit owners in Alice: Asylum.
What do you think?
A couple of things to discuss:
First, I like this dress. But what I had in mind was a "onesie" sorta like this...
There are a few reasons I think th...
2019-01-15 01:02:02 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
In the process of cleaning up my inbox after my Thailand travels I came across a batch of Joey art which I fear wasn't fully shared...
2019-01-14 08:01:55 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Omri sends along a new image to represent the Shock Stage from Alice: Asylum. This is the stage at the very start of the game - as is detailed over on the Design Wiki. Here's my feedback to him...
I love this image. And I really like the thinking behind moving away from the fire motif. It is a bit overdone. And... shock isn't a burning hot thing. It's actually a numb cold thing. Everyth...
2019-01-14 05:08:12 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Since my return from Thailand I've been running around in a state of Mushroom Brains - which makes the latest concept sketch from Joey all the more appropriate! This is the initial sketch which she'll turn into a full-color poster and we can offer as a print to Patrons. It's going to be beautiful!
Things turning my brain to mush Post-Thailand...
1) Pre-planning for Pirate Jam 2019 based on all the location info colle...
2019-01-08 09:11:17 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I hope everyone had a lovely start to 2019! While I am wrapping up business here in Thailand and prepping to return to Shanghai, we received the latest Dark Symmetry print from Alex. "Time for Tea" indeed!
This is the last print in the series... did you manage to collect them all???
This will be the print we send out to everyone at $75 and above for January. Alternately, if you're doing the 3x$35 you can select this as your print - a reminder that it's 3x payments of $35 to unlock one print...
2019-01-02 03:37:06 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I hope everyone enjoyed a fantastic holiday! Did you get all you wished for this year? Like a box of tentacles or a rolly-polly fish head? No? Well, now you have those things - sent with love from Joey.
She also sent along ideas for power ups... in case any of you were feeling low on energy after too much family, food, and fun...
All of these concepts are based off ideas we discussed during the las...
2018-12-27 06:49:28 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Greetings from sunny Thailand! I've been going like crazy since I landed on Sunday night. With help from Aku (former tech lead at Spicy Horse who is on this trip with me), on Monday we prepped the boat for sailing. Tuesday saw us flying from Krabi to Bangkok and meeting with local art outsource company YGGDrazil to discuss how we might work together on Alice: Asylum.
2018-12-19 00:43:44 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We're hosting another Crowd Design Session over on Discord. That's at 10AM Hong Kong Time on Tuesday, December 11th. For those of you in the US that's 6PM PST on Monday, December 10th (less than an hour from when I am writing this update).
We did one of these last week and it went off quite well. Starting at the top of the 2018-12-11 01:05:38 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Yay! We did it! With help from our lovely Mods and Editors over on Discord and the Wiki - we managed the first-ever Crowd Design meeting for Alice: Asylum. Quite a few of our Insane Children joined for the live chat as we scrolled through the list of design suggestions collected over on the Asylum Wiki.
If you...
2018-12-06 01:55:17 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I sometimes look up from the mass of swirling creativity we've collectively brought into existence and think "WOW! WTF!?" There's just so much going on! I have to-do lists to keep track of my to-do lists. Let's get started!
Out of the Woods
All of the physical rewards are at the distribution center in Shenzhen! The Illustrated Books, Coloring Books, Card Games (in multiple languages), play mats, scarves, collector cards, and collector boxes... ALL THE THINGS are manufactured and r...
2018-12-03 08:42:34 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We've got a live-stream scheduled for this week - Thursday, November 29th at 10AM Hong Kong Time. That's at 6PM on the 28th in Los Angeles.
Hit THIS LINK to set a reminder.
During this week's live-stream we'll celebrate the completion of manufacturing on "Out of the Woods" and will give away copies of the games as PRIZES.
We've also fixed our audio issues (promise...
2018-11-27 08:07:35 +0000 UTC
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Hi there
Martin here with a quick note to tell you all that this will be the next art print as I've had a few messages asking that very question.
Continuing Alex's series, we have scary Shadow Alice...
So in order to get this, make sure you're at $75 when you're charged at the beginning of December. You still have a few days to change your pledge if needed!
The 3x$35 Tier people who make it to their 3rd m...
2018-11-27 03:20:01 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I've been thinking more and more about the end-game of Alice: Asylum and of the perspective from which the narrative is being told. As was (I think) mentioned in the most recent Livestream (godawful audio, sorry. we've fixed the technical issues now) - we're looking at having the Asylum story told from the perspective of post-Madness Returns Alice. That is, shortly after Alice pushes Bumby onto the train tracks, she goes somewhere t...
2018-11-24 04:11:19 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Lots of you traveling home for the Thanksgiving holiday this week. And we all have lots to be thankful for heading towards the end of the year.
In honor of all we've accomplished together we'll host a special Thanksgiving livestream over on YouTube. Let's go through and discuss ALL THE ART, all the design, and all the progress we've made this year!
Join us at 6PM PST on Wednesday, November 21st (10AM Hong...
2018-11-21 02:34:47 +0000 UTC
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