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State of the Campaign Update!
almost 4 years ago – Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 12:30:24 AM

Good evening/morning/afternoon, gang!

As you can probably guess, we haven't been able to ship yet. I'm extremely sorry for this, there have been a few factors that have piled on to keep this from happening but I take sole responsibility for it. 

The transition to digital creation has been a positive one, for sure, but it's also been a source of frustration at times. I've had to go back and retool/resize figures to keep them as close to the correct scale as possible, re-sculpt a few bits/parts/COMPLETE figures due to them not working out in production for ease of making or aesthetic shortfalls. I've had some machine-based fails that set us back a tad, as well (which are thankfully now MOSTLY sorted out enough not to horrifically impact us moving forward), along with a few health-related pains in my butt (not literally, but you get the idea). Lastly, a couple of out-of-house supply chain issues have been problematic, but should be sorted out now.

The resizing has been figured as best as I can get it with steps in place to try to keep these issues from getting in the way again, the re-sculpting is mostly wrapped up with only Hob'Ehorse and the T.I.C.C. Battle Suit and Upgrade Packs needing to be finished up and the supply issues are sorting themselves out. The health stuff is what it is, and so long as my doctor doesn't find out I'm still turning-and-burning like a lunatic I should be good (provided I do at least TRY to get some rest). The joy of this new avenue is that it's a lot less physically demanding than our old process, so it won't kill me, but I'll be taking a week or two off after Gen Con to recuperate from that and the KS!

So, the good news in all of this? Since we had time, the game development team has looked over the Rulez and Statz again and found a few areas to tighten-up or add some fun stuff in; new rules, Missionz, Special Abilities and such! We've also been developing the Advanced Rulez Book at the same time, which will at some point in the near future FINALLY give everyone that wants that "little bit extra" in their games of ZynVaded! EVO and Don't Let The Zed-Bugz Bite to make a more detailed and involved gaming experience! We've developed a great new control mechanic for the Zed-Bugz as a Faction in ZynVaded! EVO and have made it so in this Kickstarter you'll have the ability to use not only the Necromancer as a Leader for the Faction in games of ZynVaded! EVO but you'll also be able to choose to use Al'Yse as a Zedz Leader in those games, too!!

We're looking to have all pledges on their way to you by end-of-July so that you'll hopefully get them in time for Gen Con if you're not attending, and all of you picking up at Gen Con will get them in your hot little hands as soon as the show opens on Thursday!

Again, I am truly sorry for the delay, I know how much it means to have campaigns delivered on-time, but I'm hoping that we can erase any bad feelings once you get the game in your hands, see the time and effort we've put into giving you the best possible game we can and can finally get the un-Zed madness creeping around your homes/offices/wherever! 

Before I go, I'll leave you with some pics of the redesigned Weaponz Case Objective Markerz!

Thank you for all of your support, gang, and have a great rest of your night/day!!

Quick Picture Drop!
almost 4 years ago – Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 02:52:51 PM

Good morning/afternoon/evening, gang!

I just wanted to drop a few pictures for you all to see, they're the final test-prints of the Objective Markerz and the Supply Tokenz!

Objective Markerz (with a Shotgunner mini for scale):

Supply Tokenz with Mini-Gun Booby Trap, with new hollow Cratez:

Well, that's all for this one, just thought you'd like to see these! Have a great weekend and we'll catch up again soon!

Update on Progress and a Whole Lot of Pictures!
almost 4 years ago – Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:23:18 AM

Good morning/afternoon/evening, everybody!!

I apologize for the lapse in updates, I've been running at a frenzied pace tying up all loose ends with this project, dealing with some hiccups in another project that was done before this one that had to be fixed and of course mechanical issues to add the cherry on top!

We've gotten quite a lot done, and shipping should still begin at the end of this month, but we might still be shipping into July a little ways. I sincerely apologize for this, but the mechanical issues we had killed some productivity time and a delayed shipment of resin didn't help, either!

For packaging we had to end up going with white Chinese takeaway boxes instead of the black. The reason is that, after pricing everything up and before we could purchase them, EVERYONE seems to have stopped carrying the size we need in ANY colors other than white. I held out as long as I could searching for a supplier, but the closest I came to one needed a minimum order of 20,000 and that just wasn't anywhere possible for us to do. 

On a brighter note, we've got some pictures for you, showing both the progress (as of the middle of this past week) and some finished sculpts in physical form! To start, we have the progress shots:

As you can see, that's a whole lot of Zed-Bugz and more! We have ALL the Zed-Bugz sets complete (+20), all the Necromancer, Terra FyreFly and Amus the Hunter minis completed! There are more done than you see in the pictures (thankfully!), but we're well on the way to completion of ALL minis. This is thanks, in part, to making everything in-house. This shortens the proof-to-production phase so that as soon as I finish a sculpt and test it, we can run it out in batches once it's greenlit. 

Next, the characters! We're going to split this into another post, to keep the site from getting agitated by too many pictures, but let's start here with D'Ash:

Al'Yse:

The Alternate Sculpt Shotgunner, one of the 2 Hunterz that come in the starter set:

Ah, the Brawl'R:

I hope you enjoyed this Update, and again I'm so sorry for the delay in communication! I'm absolute crap when it comes to social media and whatnot, tending to get nose-in on something and space-out this sort of stuff! Not an excuse, just an explanation so that you know that I do own my shortcomings, but I certainly don't do it on purpose!!

I appreciate you all for following along, backing us and just promoting the heck out of our game! 

More to follow later today...

Update on Progress Two, Electric Boogaloo
almost 4 years ago – Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:22:41 AM

As promised earlier, here's the second half of the Update Pics! 

We'll kick off this half with the Medic:

The Rocket Trooper:

The SwordzMaster:

Here's the TeaCup for all of you out there that have De'Zell already! We'll be shipping one in every pledge just to be sure you've got one! If anyone else out there needs one for their De'Zell just reach out to us and we'll work it out!

The last 2 pictures are of all the alternate Shotgunners we've done and the new Recon minis; The Shotgunners original sculpt and alternate sculpt for the starter set are shown, as well as the "con-exclusive" sitting Shotgunner, perched upon the body of a fallen Zed-Bug while he rests up for the next wave! You'll be able to get him at shows where we exhibit or demo down the line after Gen Con (and we'll also have him available for online order for those who can't make the shows). We also have the "event exclusive" helmetless Shotgunner mini that players will keep when they sign-up to do an event with us going forward after Gen Con this summer! 

As for the Recon, we were originally trying to make it so that you'd be able to choose from 2 different heads for the model. That didn't work out as well as we'd hoped, and it was taking too much time that could be better spent on finishing up the other minis. So, we decided that the KS backers who ordered the Recon mini will get both. Anyone who didn'torder him will get a random Recon tossed into their pledges, as we didn't know this was how it was going to go so we don't want anyone to be upset about missing out on a free mini!

I'm hoping to have some more finished test minis to show off this coming week or next, as Hob'Ehorse, the last 2 Objective Markerz and the T.I.C.C. are almost ready for test-printing!

Our studio painter Chad "Obi" Obenauer is working on getting some color onto all of these so we'll hopefully have some painted pics soon!

Thanks for hanging out, I hope you all have a great day!!

Charging Cards and Objective Markers sighted!
almost 4 years ago – Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 01:41:19 PM

Good morning/evening, gang!

I know you've all been waiting for the charges to go through from Backerkit, and I'm really sorry for the delay!! I thought it was all set when we launched, but somewhere between launch and when the cards were supposed to charge they decided they needed information resubmitted. So, now we're just waiting for that to get set and re-linked to the campaign. I apologize for the delay, I'm hoping it'll be cleared-up today! Once we're good to go we'll send out another quick update so that you're all ready for it.

While we wait, here's some painted samples of Objective Markers! First up, the Partz/Bitz Box:

Next up, we have the Candy Stash:

That's all for the moment, I'll let you all know as soon as I get more info on the Backerkit charges. 

Have a great day, gang!!