October 2022 Update: Pre-Production is 100% Complete!
about 2 years ago – Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 01:06:31 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls,'

How's this for a slice of fried gold?* 

All of the files have been submitted and approved for The Big Bads of Tolk's Cave and all of our campaign's add-ons! Production is underway and we are right on schedule with a mid-November completion/freight ship date. 

This timeline will most likely have our goods arriving at their destination ports in December 2022 and allow us to hit our fulfillment promise of January 2023!

I am very, very happy with the way this expansion has turned out and I can't wait for you to battle the Big Bads in the New Year.

LOCKING ORDERS ON FRIDAY, 10/14/2022

With the production process soon coming to a close we need to lock orders for the campaign. The last day to make final updates to your Big Bads of Tolk's Cave pledge is Friday, 10/14. After this date, we will lock your reward selections and charge cards for add-on item purchases, pledge upgrades, late-pledges and shipping. 

Don't worry - you can still update your shipping address until we lock addresses for shipping in January 2023. 

If you need to review your information or pledge status (or wish to add additional items), you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://questkidsbigbads.backerkit.com

If you haven't filled out your survey and you miss the deadline you can still submit your information, however your shipment may be delayed.

The ability to late-pledge will remain open for a bit longer, however the available inventory outside of the US is limited. 

Thanks as always for your support! A Quest Kids quest is never done!

Dustin

* A slight variation on one of my favorite movie lines of all time. Yay boooy! 

August 2022 Update: 80% finished + I'd love your thoughts on some art!
about 2 years ago – Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 01:42:40 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

We have knocked out a TON of stuff since my last update. Let's just jump straight to the fun graphs:

As you can see ALL of the art has been finished and ALL but one of the files have been created and sent to the manufacturer for review! The only remaining item is the rule book, which has grown to 36 pages (the main reason being the 5 unique boss battles that now await our heroes at the end of the game).

We are hard at work on the rules, however the good news is that production can begin without the rules being 100% finished (we can print these separately without delaying the timeline).  The next major step before we hit the big START button is a thorough review of the prototype the manufacturer creates from the files we have sent over. 

I am hopeful that my next update will feature a lame celebration GIF because manufacturing has begun.

Want to help me out real quick?

We are in the process of choosing a new artist for our next project! I have asked a few artists to give me their take on two different characters and I'd love to get your thoughts. 

When considering the different options certainly look at the finished pieces, however also consider the style of the artist and what an entire game illustrated in their style may look like (they will end up creating over 30 new characters!). Our new game will be a family game for a slightly older audience than The Quest Kids (7+). 

If you could comment below with your top 2 or 3 in order for each set I would greatly appreciate it! Something like (TRAINS: A, B, C | ROBOTS - D,E, F).

Thanks again for being amazing supporters of The Quest Kids and I can't wait to share more of what Treasure Falls Games is working on soon! 

A Quest Kids quest is never done, 

Dustin

TRAINS

ROBOTS

Review the rules & win another copy of Big Bads of Tolk's Cave!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 12:58:39 AM

Good Afternoon Citizens of Treasure Falls,

We have completed the first draft of the first half of our rule book! We are happy with where it is right now, however we'd love to get your feedback. You can review the rule book by CLICKING HERE.

IMPORTANT: the rules for Big Bads of Tolk's Cave assume an understanding of how to play the base Quest Kids game. If you have not played The Quest Kids it'd probably be best to review that rulebook HERE before moving on to Big Bads of Tolk's Cave. 

To make things a bit easier we have created a quick six question feedback form that we are asking interested parties to complete after reviewing the rules. Not only does this form help us streamline the process of finding weaknesses in our rules and clearing up confusing bits, but we are going to giveaway a copy of Big Bads to one lucky participant later this month!

I realize that you fine backers already have a copy of Big Bads of Tolk's Cave headed your way, but if you do win the prize I am sure you can find another little dungeon crawler who would enjoy the expansion.

I want to thank you in advance for taking the time to review the rules with a critical eye. We can still easily tweak the rules right now without delaying the production at all. I obviously want the rule book to be as simple to understand as possible for all future players of the expansion.

You can find a link to the RULES and the FEEDBACK FORM by CLICKING HERE. 

We are currently working on the game play instructions for the five Big Bad Battles that await players at the end of the game. We will most likely also send these pages out for feedback as well when they are ready.

A Quest Kids quest is never done!

Dustin

July 2022 Update: Getting Closer!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 06:07:40 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We made great progress in June on Big Bads of Tolk's Cave, however I'd like to first give a quick Pledge Manager update. 

We've received completed surveys from 87% of our backers (thank  you!).  If you have any questions or issues be sure to check out this update or reach out to us and we'll be happy to help.

July 2022 Pre-Manufacturing Update

In June we knocked out 12% of our pre-manufacturing tasks. I know it may seem like progress has slowed, but that is simply because the tasks we are accomplishing now are the most time consuming of the whole process. As you can see the VAST majority of our remaining tasks fall in the "file prep" or "file/sample approval" categories, and these categories generally move a lot more quickly than the actual creation process. 

Here are some of the tasks we completed in June and what we are working on now:

• Finished all of the item art! Here's a look at the "Croaking Frog" item created by backer Galen.

• We finished the box bottom and sides design for Big Bads of Tolk's Cave! Below is what the print file looks like, which I always think looks cool/crazy. Notice all of the little and big bads on the inside box sides!

• Approved the Flint miniature mold (this is a somewhat lengthy process, so we are happy to have already completed it now to avoid potential delays).

• Approved the neoprene player mat samples. 

• Approved the dice samples. Here's a look! 

• Currently our design team is working on the first draft of the rules and our artist is wrapping up the final pieces needed for our Big Bads battles. 

As always please let me know if you have any questions about the project and I hope you have a wonderful day!

A Quest Kids quest is never done,

Dustin

June 2022 Update: Almost a third of the way there!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 05:02:22 AM

Greetings Citizens of Treasure Falls, 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It's update time.

Quick BackerKit Survey Update

All backers should have received an email last week with a link to their pledge manager survey from BackerKit. We covered all the info you need to know in THIS UPDATE. We've already received completed surveys from 66% of our backers (thank you!). If you have any questions or issues be sure to check out last week's update or reach out to us and we'll be happy to help. 

June 2022 Pre-Manufacturing Update

In May we completed over 25% of our pre-manufacturing work, putting our current standing at 30% complete. Here are some of the tasks we completed:

• Finished the art brief, art, design brief and designs for all of the remaining Bad Guy Tiles. This includes the new pirate and bear character art as a result of our backer vote during the campaign!

• We worked with our backers who won the Item Creation contest on art briefs that have been passed on to Apolline (our artist). She is working on the art right now. 

• We finished the box design for our Cardboard Dungeon Tiles Add-On. 

• Designed and finalized all of the new Kind Kid Cards, Tolk Gem Power Cards and Quest Cards that were unlocked during stretch goals. 

• Approved the Flint Miniature sample and have already begun production on the miniature mold (this is a somewhat lengthy process, so we are happy to have already started it now to avoid potential delays).

• Optimized and approved the final dice base colors and dice icon colors. We are waiting on production samples to give final approval on the dice. 

In June our main focus will be on the rule book design, Big Bads box design, Event Card design (including working with our backers who won the Event Card Contest) and playtesting/finalizing our Big Bads Battles. 

As always please let me know if you have any questions about the project and I hope you have a wonderful day!

A Quest Kids quest is never done, 

Dustin