10/05/2019: Surveys are being sent out, project status, Website is up!
almost 7 years ago – Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 01:29:25 AM

Hi everyone, I hope this update finds you well!

DTRPG Surveys

I've just sent out surveys so I can gather information I need to deliver your digital rewards via DriveThruRPG. PLEASE fill these out, as they are critical. I'll still send out digital rewards through backerkit, as I've had a bunch of pre-orders, but DriveThruRPG will always be my default for digital products.

Project Update

September has been pretty busy. Tons of editing, more writing, playtesting, lot's of hair lost, but we're getting pretty close now, hence the reason I sent out the surveys. I won't give a firm date yet, but the Player's Guide to 2095 pdf should be out in the next couple of weeks, and the POD will come very soon after.

Bennies have finally been ordered, and we're working on wrapping the final designs for the way of the gun deck. I'll share the final benny images once I get them back from the company I'm ordering them from.

Website!

In other news, my website is back up and running! I still have some cleaning up to do, but the forums are up and active, so if you choose to, you can head on over and create an account.

Thanks for your time, everyone!

Gun Metal Games

09/14/2019: Clearing up confusion
almost 7 years ago – Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:54:23 AM

Hi everyone,

As many of you have noticed,  I put a pre-order on sale through DriveThruRPG yesterday (September 13th, 2019).  Since then, I've fielded a ton of questions about it, as people have been confused as to whether or not they need to buy it. So let me be clear.

NO, don't purchase it. It is the SAME pdf that ALL OF YOU are getting when it's finished. You'll ALL get vouchers to get it in Print on Demand as well, so please, don't waste your money buying something you've already backed for.

09/12/2019: JumpStart is now live
almost 7 years ago – Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 12:06:29 AM

Hi everyone, 

I'm pleased to announce that I've begun mailing the JumpStarts through backerkit! You should be able to get your copy very soon.

If you are having troubles downloading the file, you can get it on DTRPG  HERE

I hope you like it. If you want to send direct feedback, my email is:  [email protected]

09/06/2019: We're getting there.
almost 7 years ago – Sat, Sep 07, 2019 at 02:36:41 AM

Hi everyone. Time for another update.

We've been working pretty hard over the summer tweaking, revising, and continuing to write other stuff for the book, and at this point, here is where we stand.

Writing

Here's what has been finished:

• Origins
• Campaign Themes
• Races
• Skill Specializations
• Hacking Revisions
• Augment Revisions
• Weapons
• Armor
• Golemmechs
• Basic Vehicles
• Life in 2095
• Full Timeline
• Full World Chapters for both the Players and GM’s Guide
• Street Cred rules
• Drone rules
• Bio-horror creation Rules
• All Three Plot Point Campaigns
• One sheet adventures

What still needs to be written

• GM’s Guide Advice on various subjects
• NPCs (Named and various types of Extras)
• Adventure generators for each individual campaign theme
• Some more biohorrors for the bestiary

...And I believe that's it. I'll check with my team though to see if I'm missing anything.

What Comes Next

I'm just about finished with the JumpStart, which I plan on releasing on Monday (knock on wood). After that, I'll begin full layout of the Player's Guide, and I expect I might have that finished and ready for you (in PDF), by the beginning of October. THAT book will go into Print on demand, and as promised, everyone will get a print voucher to get it at cost.

By that time, I believe I'll have everything ready for the final layout of the Introductory Adventure, and the GM's Guide. Once those are done, they'll get made POD-Ready and I'll start to prep everything for Offset printing.  During this process, I'll want to get as much errata from you as possible, so I can fix it before I send the print files overseas.

I really hate errata.

After the print files go overseas and are approved by our printer, it'll take approximately 8 to 12 weeks for them to be printed and shipped, at which point they'll be sent out.

Stretch Goals

The Malmart Catalog is being revised, but we'll probably want to add more cool stuff to it. Once I get the manuscripts back that shouldn't take long to deal with.

Need to find a writer for the solar system and the Europe-China-Russia Book, but I have some ideas on that.

Dark Pathways hasn't been a mental priority  because I want everything else to be perfect, and I've been struggling to find good ways to do this without people saying it's Shadowrun with the serial numbers filed off. I've had a few ideas, though, but none worth sharing right now. That book will be expanded though. I've decided to turn it into a sourcebook I call Interface Zero: Divergence.

Interface Zero: Divergence is going to look at a number of possible ways you can play cyberpunk (similar to the Campaign Themes you'll find in the Players Guide actually). They take the cyberpunk world and explore some genre mashups, like Interface Zero 200 years after the world has blown itself to hell, or even cyberpunk in a  fantasy-horror world; Think Interface Zero meets Evil Dead.

Anyhow, I need to get back to work if I'm going to get this JumpStart Finished.

I'll leave you with some eye candy, though.

Have a great weekend!

08/9/2019 Update: Questions for the group/Adventure cover
almost 7 years ago – Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:21:30 AM

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to stop in and give ya'll an update.  

The wild dice have been ordered. I expect to recieve them in about 2 months Chessex is handling them. They've done all of my wild dies and also did the Fate dice I had made a while back.

I'm getting ready to get the bennies done, but I really want to get your feedback on the existing designs. In the first IZ kickstarter, not many people seems to like the designs, but I didn't find that out until AFTER I'd made them. I don't want to make that mistake this time.

So, what do you want to see?

Here's the image of the existing design from the front page.

I can use those, or go with something like this. I certainly have enough art to go that route, but I need to know now, before I make the order. I'll be doing a back design, but that's not complete yet. I'll show you when it's finished.

Lastly, I have the cover art for the Adventure, which is written by John Dunn. I hope you like it!